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- Name
- Steel Venom
- Status
- Operating
- Closing
- No
- Park
- Valleyfair
- Category
- Roller Coaster
- Description
- Intamin inverted impulse coaster, Minnesota's first launched coaster. Two 185 ft vertical spikes; LIM launches fling the train forward and backward. As of 2019 the only Intamin Impulse still running its holding brake. Height requirement 52 in min (max 78 in).
- Drop
- 175 ft (53.34 m)
- Coaster type
- Steel
- Opening date
- 2003-05-17
- Opening year
- 2003
- Seating type
- Inverted
- Height
- 185.01 ft (56.39 m)
- Length
- 629.99 ft (192.02 m)
- Max speed
- 68 mph (109.44 km/h)
- Ride model
- Intamin Impulse Coaster
- Ride sub type
- Inverted Impulse Coaster
- Restraint type
- Over-the-Shoulder
- Attraction type
- Ride
- Intensity level
- Extreme
- Manufacturer
- Intamin
- Inversions count
- 0
- Launch speed
- 68 mph (109.44 km/h)
- Capacity per hour
- 950
- Closing from park
- No
- Propulsion method
- LIM Launch
- Source unit system
- Imperial
- Height requirement
- 51.97 in (132 cm)
- Closing date precision
- Exact Date
- Opening date precision
- Exact Date
- Max vertical angle degrees
- 90