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before it exited into a banked left turn and ascended a hill. After cresting the ascent, the trains continued left into a banked drop in its sustained turn before it straightened out and ascended into a small hill going through the vertical loop. After it traversed through the middle of the loop, the
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in March 1980, with an opening that was due in May 1980. On May 16, 1980, Scorpion opened as the park's second roller coaster. In 2004, Scorpion was repainted from its original paint scheme of orange track and black supports to red track with blue supports (a paint scheme similar to
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designed roller coaster with a 360-degree-loop". The
Timbuktu expansion would open in two phases, with the Scorpion roller coaster to open as part of the latter-half at a later date. The original opening date was reported to be in December 1979, though, was moved back several times.
458:. The total cost of construction for the roller coaster ranged from $ 2.5 million to $ 3 million. Scorpion was one of three Silver Arrow model roller coasters that were produced by Schwarzkopf, which includes Big Blue located at Fun Park Biograd in
434:. The train then traveled forward into a right turn on the outside of the layout, going into straight track before it made another right turn into the station. One cycle of the roller coaster took about a minute and a half to complete.
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and sought $ 15,000 in damages as a result of the model's injuries as she was forced to continue riding the roller coaster several times thereafter without a break. The lawsuit was later dismissed by the judge in 1997.
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Scorpion as it descends out of the vertical loop element
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