Mammoth (ride)
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| Holiday World & Splashin' Safari | |
| Area | Splashin' Safari |
| Coordinates | 38°07′26″N 86°54′44″W / 38.1238°N 86.9122°WCoordinates: 38°07′26″N 86°54′44″W / 38.1238°N 86.9122°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Cost | US$9,000,000 |
| Opening date | May 11, 2012 |
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| Type | Water coaster |
| Manufacturer | ProSlide Technology |
| Model | HydroMagnetic Mammoth |
| Course | Custom |
| Lift system | Conveyor belt lift hill and 6 uphill launches powered by linear induction motors |
| Height | 69 ft (21 m) |
| Drop | 32 ft (9.8 m) |
| Length | 1,763 ft (537 m) |
| Max vertical angle | 45° |
| Capacity | 1,100 riders per hour |
| Duration | 3:00 |
| Height restriction | 42 in (107 cm) |
| Round Spinner Boats | 10 boats. Riders are arranged in an inward-facing circle for a total of 6 riders per boat. |
 Single rider line available |
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 Must transfer from wheelchair |
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Mammoth is a water coaster at Holiday World & Splashin' Safari in Santa Claus, Indiana, United States. It was designed and built beginning in 2011 by ProSlide Technology; it opened on May 11, 2012. Mammoth is named after the Mammoth, a now-extinct prehistoric mammal, keeping with the water park's safari theme. When it was completed in 2012, Mammoth became the world's longest water coaster at 1,763 feet (537 m) long. It claimed that title from Holiday World's first water coaster, Wildebeest, which is 1,710 feet (520 m) long.
On August 3, 2011, Holiday World & Splashin' Safari announced Mammoth, a ProSlide HydroMagnetic Mammoth that was to be built to the east of Wildebeest. Unlike Wildebeest, which uses 4-passenger, toboggan-style boats, Mammoth was to use round, 6-passenger boats. Another unique feature of Mammoth is its length. When completed, the water coaster was 1,763 feet (537 m) long, making it the longest water coaster in the world.
Mammoth opened on May 11, 2012. When the HydroMagnetic water coaster opened, it operated with ten 6-passenger boats. The riders in the 6-passenger "round spinner" boats are seated in a circle facing each other; when it opened, Mammoth was the only water coaster to utilize this type of boat.
Mammoth uses a total of ten yellow, 6-passenger boats called "round spinners". In each of the round spinners, riders are seated in a circle facing each other. Each seat has individual seat backs and two handles to hold on with, one on the rider's left and one on the rider's right. To allow the linear induction motors to interact with the boats and propel them uphill, a magnetic metal plate is attached to the underside of every boat.
The track on Mammoth is made out of numerous pieces of molded, red, yellow, and blue fiberglass supported by concrete pillars. The total length of the track is 1,763 feet (537 m) and includes seven drops, with the largest being 32 feet (9.8 m). The track features a conveyor belt lift hill as well as six linear induction motors that propel the boats back uphill, including the longest LIM on a water coaster.
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