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Fly the Great Nor'Easter

Morey's Surfside Pier

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Morey's Pier's Fly the Great Nor'Easter is a suspended looping coaster with a custom layout to fit the site on the pier. Seated in trains suspended from an overhead steel track, with nothing between your dangling feet and the ground, riders fly through five inverting elements on the double out and back track layout.

Roller Coaster Stats

Year Track Type Designer
1995 Steel Suspended Looping Vekoma International
  • Height
    115
    feet
  • Drop
    95
    feet
  • Length
    2,172
    feet
  • Top Speed
    55
    miles per hour
  • Inversions
    5
    upside down elements
  • Ride Time
    2 minutes, 5 seconds
    minutes : seconds
  • Ride Capacity
    1200
    riders per hour
  • Number Of Trains
    2 - 20 passenger
     

Fly the Great Nor'Easter Facts & History

Vekoma custom Suspended Looping Coaster model

Inversions: Roll Over, Sidewinder, Double Inline Twist

2008 – Trains replaced with new ones featuring a different restraint system. Great Nor'Easter renamed Fly the Great Nor'Easter.

Estimated cost: $5.5 million

Train has ten cars with one row each, seating two abreast per row.

Height requirement: Riders must be at least 52 inches tall and less than 80 inches tall

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