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- Name
- Xcelerator
- Status
- Operating
- Closing
- No
- Park
- Knott's Berry Farm
- Category
- Roller Coaster
- Elements
- Top Hat, Overbanked Turn
- Description
- A hydraulically launched Intamin Accelerator Coaster designed by Werner Stengel -- the company's first of its kind -- that accelerates from 0 to 82 mph in 2.3 seconds up a 205-foot top hat with a 90-degree drop. It was built on the former site of Windjammer Surf Racers. Trains are styled as 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air convertibles. Height, length and speed are in imperial units.
- Designer
- Werner Stengel
- Coaster type
- Steel
- Opening date
- 2002-06-22
- Opening year
- 2002
- Rows per car
- 2
- Seating type
- Sit Down
- Trains count
- 2
- Height
- 204.99 ft (62.48 m)
- Length
- 2202 ft (671.17 m)
- Max speed
- 82 mph (131.97 km/h)
- Ride model
- Intamin Accelerator Coaster
- Ride sub type
- Accelerator Coaster
- Seats per row
- 2
- Cars per train
- 5
- Restraint type
- Lap Bar
- Track material
- Steel
- Attraction type
- Ride
- Intensity level
- Extreme
- Manufacturer
- Intamin
- Inversions count
- 0
- Launch speed
- 82 mph (131.97 km/h)
- Capacity per hour
- 1330
- Closing from park
- No
- Construction cost
- 13000000
- Propulsion method
- Hydraulic Launch
- Source unit system
- Imperial
- Launch time
- 2.3 s
- Ride duration
- 62 s
- Closing date precision
- Exact Date
- Opening date precision
- Exact Date
- Construction cost currency
- US Dollar (USD)
- Max vertical angle degrees
- 90