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Coaster Express is a wooden coaster, located in the Spanish theme park, Parque Warner Madrid in the Community of Madrid. Coaster Express located in the "Old West Territory" themed area. The coaster was made out of 270,000 cubic of wood material and was build and partly designed by the "Roller Coaster Corporation of America", which Intamin would later buy and known to be RCCA's last work until they fell into bankrupcy. The coaster opened to the public in April 6, 2002 and would be called "Wild Wild West", in honor fot the themed area.
It is the longest and 4th highest wooden coaster in Europe, as well as one of the fastest. Being a wooden coaster, vibrations occur in the cars, and due to the speed it reaches the vibration is quit strong. In the 2009 season the coaster remained closed due to problems in the structure and had to resorted by adding metal supports. Currently, the attraction suffers from alot of problems due to it's vibrations, which can cause pain among it's riders. The attraction gets many negative reviews and getting closed in some periods.
Description[]
Coaster Express has a large structure that occupies 18 hectares(10% of the park), consists entirely of wooden beams. The coaster has two trains with five cars, each one contains three rows, with the capacity of two peoples each, that makes it a total 30 people. The trains for the attraction were supplied by Intamin.Through the valley, the trains reaches two elemants, those are two helices, one is a 590.0° Helix and the other is a 520.0°. The layout ends with sharp banking turns before it's return to the station. The attracion is highly criticized due to its strong vibration and for being rough and unenjoyable to ride. The coaster is the longest Woodie in Europe with a length of 4,757.0 feet.