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Ride details

Ninja

Arrow suspended coaster op Samurai Summit, waar de treinen onder de baan hangen en in bochten vrij zijwaarts zwaaien.

Ninja gebruikt geen inversies om spanning te maken, maar het slingeren van de suspended treinen. De baan duikt door bomen en bochten, waardoor de snelheid en het zijwaarts zwaaien meer doen dan de relatief lage hoogte doet vermoeden.

Normal 5 min
Average 7 min
Highest measurement 70 min Measured at 20-06 18:50
Type Ride
Category Roller coaster
Open 5 min
RCDB

Coaster profile

View on RCDB

Classification

RCDB #129
RCDB status Operating since May 21, 1988
Classification Roller Coaster
Track type Steel
Design Suspended
Scale Thrill
Layout Suspended terrain coaster
Categories Roller Coaster, Steel, Suspended, Thrill, Terrain
RCDB track 2,700.0 ft (823.0 m) length; 60.0 ft (18.3 m) height; 55.0 mph (88.5 km/h); 0 inversions; 1:30 duration
RCDB element Chain Lift Hill
RCDB trains 3 trains with 7 cars; 2 across in 2 rows; 28 riders per train
RCDB capacity 1600 riders per hour
Official ride profile 42 inch minimum; thrill level 2; Samurai Summit; introduced 1988; Arrow Dynamics Inc.

Tracks

Length 2,700.0 ft (823.0 m)
Height 60.0 ft (18.3 m)
Speed 55.0 mph (88.5 km/h)
Inversions 0
Ride duration 1:30

Trains

Arrangement 3 treinen met 7 wagens per trein; rijders zitten 2 naast elkaar in 2 rijen, samen 28 rijders per trein.
Trains 3
Cars per train 7
Rows per car 2
Riders per row 2
Riders per train 28
Capacity per hour 1,600

Location

Ninja ligt op Samurai Summit, waar de suspended treinen door bochten en bomen rond de heuveltop van Magic Mountain zwaaien.

Notes

RCDB vermeldt 2700 ft baanlengte, 55 mph en drie treinen van 28 rijders. De officiele Six Flags-pagina noemt Ninja een van de weinige suspended swinging coasters in zijn soort.

Theming

De Samurai Summit-ligging en de naam Ninja sturen de beleving richting snelheid, behendigheid en beweging tussen de boomtoppen.

Data

Wait statistics

Based on available measurements and historical wait-time data.

Now 5 min
Normal 5 min
Average 7 min
Highest measurement 70 min Measured at 20-06 18:50
Measurements 4281
Outage measurements 342
Avg. outage duration 19 min
Often busy 11:00 5 min average
Often quiet 10:00 0 min average
Reliability High 4425 measurements, 12 hour blocks
Distribution

Boxplots

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

Wait times

4281 measurements

0 min 20 min 40 min 60 min 80 min
Min
0 min
Q1
5 min
Median
5 min
Q3
5 min
Max
70 min

Typical wait time: around 5 min.

It usually falls between 5 min and 5 min.

See more than 5 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

106 outages

0 min 25 min 50 min 75 min 100 min
Min
2 min
Q1
5 min
Median
6 min
Q3
19 min
Max
94 min

Outages usually last about 6 min.

Some are over quickly (sometimes within 5 min), others take longer (up to 19 min). That varies per outage.

Already longer than 19 min? The attraction may stay closed a while longer.

Outages per day

34 days

0 2 4 6
Min
1
Q1
2
Median
3
Q3
4
Max
6

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

That usually falls between 2 and 4.

On quiet days it was 1, on busy days up to 6.

Historical

Wait-time build-up

Today compared with historical wait times by hour.

Today Expected Historical Outage
Horizontal axis hours, vertical axis queue minutes. 0 min 5 min 10 min 15 min 20 min 10:00 12:00 14:00 16:00 18:00 20:00 22:00