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Pony Express

Een Zamperla Moto Coaster waarbij rijders als koeriers te paard uit het station worden gelanceerd.

Pony Express vertaalt het oude postkoeriersthema naar een compacte launchcoaster met straddled seating. Gasten zitten als op een paard en worden direct vanuit het station versneld naar 38 mph, waarna de route langs Ghost Town-decor, Boot Hill en waterattracties trekt. Door de korte ritduur, nul inversies en de duidelijke launch-prikkel is dit een tussenstap tussen familiecoaster en thrillride.

Normal 30 min
Average 23 min
Highest measurement 90 min Measured at 07-09 19:54
Type Ride
Category Roller coaster
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Coaster profile

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Classification

RCDB #4089
RCDB status Operating since May 22, 2008
Classification Roller Coaster
Track type Steel
Design Sit Down
Scale Thrill
Layout Custom Moto Coaster layout
Categories Roller Coaster, Steel, Sit Down, Thrill, Straddled Seating
RCDB track 1,250.0 ft (381.0 m) length; 44.3 ft (13.5 m) height; 38.0 mph (61.2 km/h); 0 inversions
RCDB element Flywheel Launch from 0-38.0 mph (61.2 km/h) in 3 s
RCDB trains 2 trains with 8 cars; 2 across in 1 row; 16 riders per train
RCDB details Designer Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH; steel fabricator OCEM Structural Steelwork
Official profile 48 inch minimum; 1300-foot route; top speed 38.0 mph (61.2 km/h) in under 3 seconds; no inversions or large drops
Wikipedia/UR Opened May 22, 2008; capacity 900 riders per hour; 0:36 duration; Ghost Town / Wild Water Wilderness

Tracks

Length 1,250.0 ft (381.0 m)
Height 44.3 ft (13.5 m)
Speed 38.0 mph (61.2 km/h)
Inversions 0
Ride duration 0:36

Trains

Arrangement 2 treinen met 8 wagens per trein; rijders zitten 2 naast elkaar op 1 rij, samen 16 rijders per trein.
Trains 2
Cars per train 8
Rows per car 1
Riders per row 2
Riders per train 16
Capacity per hour 900

Location

Ghost Town

Notes

RCDB vermeldt Pony Express als Zamperla Moto Coaster Custom met flywheel launch, 1.250 ft fysieke track, 44,3 ft hoogte, 38 mph topsnelheid en nul inversies. De officiële Knott’s-pagina noemt een 1.300-foot route, 38 mph in minder dan drie seconden, geen inversies of grote drops en een minimale lengte van 48 inch. Openingsdatum, capaciteit en Ghost Town zijn aanvullend gecontroleerd via Wikipedia/Ultimate Rollercoaster.

Theming

De rit grijpt terug op de Pony Express-postdienst: rijders zitten schrijlings op paardachtige voertuigen en vertrekken als snelle koeriers door het Wild West-deel van Knott’s.

Data

Wait statistics

Based on available measurements and historical wait-time data.

Now Closed
Normal 30 min
Average 23 min
Highest measurement 90 min Measured at 07-09 19:54
Measurements 7544
Outage measurements 573
Avg. outage duration 18 min
Often busy 15:00 30 min average
Often quiet 09:00 0 min average
Reliability High 7984 measurements, 14 hour blocks
Distribution

Boxplots

Spread of wait times, outage duration, and the number of outages per day based on available historical data.

Wait times

7544 measurements

0 min 25 min 50 min 75 min 100 min
Min
0 min
Q1
5 min
Median
20 min
Q3
30 min
Max
90 min

Typical wait time: around 20 min.

It usually falls between 5 min and 30 min.

See more than 30 min? It is probably busier than usual — consider a quieter moment.

Less than 5 min? You are in luck: that does not happen often.

Outage duration

214 outages

0 min 30 min 60 min 90 min 120 min
Min
1 min
Q1
5 min
Median
6 min
Q3
16 min
Max
119 min

Outages usually last about 6 min.

Some are over quickly (sometimes within 5 min), others take longer (up to 16 min). That varies per outage.

Already longer than 16 min? The attraction may stay closed a while longer.

Outages per day

60 days

0 4 8 12 16
Min
1
Q1
2
Median
3
Q3
5
Max
13

On days with outages, we see an average of 3 per day.

That usually falls between 2 and 5.

On quiet days it was 1, on busy days up to 13.

Historical

Wait-time build-up

Today compared with historical wait times by hour.

Today Expected Historical
Horizontal axis hours, vertical axis queue minutes. 0 min 10 min 20 min 30 min 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00