Astro Storm
| Astro Storm | |
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| Brean Leisure Park | |
| Coordinates | 51°17′10″N 3°00′29″W / 51.286078°N 3.008076°WCoordinates: 51°17′10″N 3°00′29″W / 51.286078°N 3.008076°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | 23 July 2011 |
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Astro Storm at Brean Leisure Park at RCDB Pictures of Astro Storm at Brean Leisure Park at RCDB |
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| Pleasure Beach Blackpool | |
| Coordinates | 53°47′23″N 3°03′15″W / 53.789738°N 3.054250°W |
| Status | Relocated to Brean Leisure Park |
| Opening date | August 21, 1984 |
| Closing date | September 2008 |
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Astro Storm at Pleasure Beach Blackpool at RCDB Pictures of Astro Storm at Pleasure Beach Blackpool at RCDB |
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| General statistics | |
| Type | Steel – Enclosed |
| Manufacturer | Zierer |
| Designer | Werner Stengel |
| Model | Four Man Bob |
| Lift/launch system | Chain Lift Hill |
| Drop | 59 ft (18 m) |
| Length | 1,490 ft (450 m) |
| Speed | 37 mph (60 km/h) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Duration | 1:30 |
| Max vertical angle | 36° |
| G-force | 2.6 |
| Height restriction | 48 in (122 cm) |
Astro Storm is an enclosed, sit down roller coaster at Brean Leisure Park in Brean, England, created by German amusement ride manufacturer Zierer. It was formerly located at Pleasure Beach Blackpool in Blackpool, England where it was known as Space Invader 2.
Space Invader opened on 21 August 1984, and was Blackpool Pleasure Beach's fourth steel roller coaster. The ride itself was constructed by Zierer, a German ride manufacturer. The original ride was similar to the ride as it is today. In 2000, a young boy died after reportedly unbuckling his safety belt after panicking. It was refurbished in 2003 by KumbaK Coasters and reopened in 2004 as "Space Invader 2". In September 2008, the ride closed following a failed evacuation during operating hours. They closed the ride due to the cost it needed to reopen. The ride was removed in June 2010 and sold to Brean Leisure Park.
It was announced in July 2010 that Blackpool Pleasure Beach had sold Space Invader to Brean Leisure Park. The ride had been standing but not operating for over 18 months, but the ride has been restored and it was renamed Astro Storm and opened 2011.
After leaving the station, cars make a 90° turn to the right and are carried to the top of a chain-lift hill; the cars then descend a 59 ft drop in the dark, at an incline angle of 36°. The ride then has several drops, banked turns and helixes, before cars reach the brake run and return to the station to be unloaded.
Astro Storm operates single car trains. Riders are arranged inline in three rows for a total of three riders per car with a T-bar restraint. Before 2003 (When it was the original Space invader at Blackpool), the ride used cars which were able to carry 4 people and riders were restrained by a seatbelt.
When it was Space Invader (2), the ride was themed around a journey through space, and was decorated with glow-in-the-dark pictures of stars, planets and aliens. The Queue and loading area were themed around a space station, with various signs telling riders how long it would be until boarding their ride vehicles. Some parts of the queue were themed around the Star Wars films, such as a statue of Han Solo stuck in carbonite.
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