Invader
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Invader
Rainbow's End · NZ · Zamperla Disk'O Coaster
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Fast facts
- Invader is a Zamperla Disk’O Coaster at Rainbow’s End. parkworld-online.com
- The ride opened in December 2009 and remains in operation. rainbowsend.co.nz
- Its highest point is fifteen metres. rainbowsend.co.nz
- The ride covers an eighty-metre track at up to seventy kilometres an hour. rainbowsend.co.nz
- The Disk’O Coaster combines rocking and spinning motions with outward-facing motorcycle-style seats. zamperla.com
- Zamperla lists the Disk’O Coaster’s theoretical hourly capacity as four hundred and eighty riders. zamperla.com
The story of Invader
Invader was introduced at Rainbow’s End in December 2009, adding a new ride to the Auckland park’s collection of major attractions. The park records that it quickly became popular with visitors of all ages. rainbowsend.co.nz
The ride came from Italy and made its arrival in six forty-foot containers. Rainbow’s End’s account describes the delivery travelling from the Ports of Auckland in convoy to the park, a suitably impressive piece of seaside logistics for a substantial new amusement ride. rainbowsend.co.nz
Park World reported in February 2010 that Invader was a twenty-four-seat Zamperla Disk’O Coaster and believed it to be the first ride of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere. parkworld-online.com
Contemporary reporting found that the new ride helped increase visitation, revenue and profit at Rainbow’s End after its December 2009 opening. Invader had made a strong beginning on the Auckland hillside. nzherald.co.nz· nzherald.co.nz
Sources
- parkworld-online.com Acceptable source
- rainbowsend.co.nz Acceptable source
- rainbowsend.co.nz Acceptable source
- zamperla.com Preferred source
- nzherald.co.nz Acceptable source
- nzherald.co.nz Acceptable source