Nightmare at Crack Axle Canyon

Nightmare at Crack Axle Canyon
Ride information
Park	The Great Escape
Area	Ghost Town
Sponsored by	Freihofer's (1999) Milky Way (2021)
Manufacturer	Schwarzkopf
Ride type	Steel roller coaster
Opening date	Spring 1999 2013 as a Fright Fest Attraction
Closing date	2006
Max speed	31.1 mph
Length	1,765.1 feet
Total height	44.3 feet
Height required	48 inches
Number of lifts	1

Nightmare at Crack Axle Canyon was an indoor roller coaster at The Great Escape, located in the Ghost Town section of the park. It opened for the 1999 season. The relatively simple steel coaster was enclosed in a warehouse-like building allowing the cars to run in the dark giving a heightened sense of disorientation around sharp twists and turns. As the ride was situated in the park's Ghost Town area, it was themed to the Old West.

History

The ride originally opened at Beech Bend park as "Jet Star" around 1970. It was moved to Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom, where it operated as "Starchaser" from 1987 to 1995. Then it was moved to Six Flags Darien Lake, where it operated as "Nightmare at Phantom Cave" from 1996 to 1998. The ride then was moved and opened in The Great Escape in Spring 1999 as "Nightmare at Crack Axle Canyon". The 2006 season was the last season the coaster was operated at The Great Escape. The park later confirmed that the ride had been scrapped. The building was left unused until 2013, when it was used for a haunted attraction in Fright Fest.

Gallery

The Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom - Making News Again (1999, USA)

First television commercial

External links

• Nightmare at Crack Axle Canyon - The Great Escape at Six Flags (archived 2006-09-17, 2001-07-07)
• Nightmare at Crack Axle Canyon at Coasterpedia
• Nightmare at Crack Axle Canyon at the Roller Coaster DataBase
• Nightmare at Crack Axle Canyon at the Roller Coaster Wiki
• Nightmare at Crack Axle Canyon at Wikipedia

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