Typhoon (Santa's Village AZoosment Park)

Facts

Roller Coaster:			Typhoon
Amusement Park:			Santa's Village AZoosment Park (Dundee, Illinois, USA)
Classification:			Roller Coaster
Type:			Steel - Sit Down
Status:			Defunct SBNO during 2006 Operated from 7/27/1998 to 2005
Relocations:			Santa's Village AZoosment Park as Typhoon Los Angeles County Fairgrounds as Typhoon
Make / Model:			Top Fun / All Models / Typhoon
Serial Number:			142a
Maps:			Bing Maps (Satellite) · Google Maps (Satellite)
Cost:			$1,500,000 USD

Length:			541 m
Height:			19.2 m
Inversions:			1
Speed:			72.4 km/h
Elements:			Inclined Loop

Trains:			2 trains with 3 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 12 riders per train.
Restrictions:			Riders must be 1.32 m or taller to ride.

History:			The Typhoon was scheduled to open in 1997, but problems delayed it until 1998.
			The Typhoon sold for $250,000 at auction to the Ray Cammack Show company, a traveling carnival operator based in Arizona.

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