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Talon

Roller coaster
Minimum height to ride: 54 inches

About Talon

Weighing in at nearly 3 million pounds, Talon features 186 steel columns supporting 3,110 feet of slithering steel tubular track, making it the longest inverted coaster in the northeast! Eight-row trains painted bright blue with orange, yellow, red and teal accents, will seat riders four abreast and streak across a screaming orange and yellow track.

With two, 32-passenger trains and a ride time of approximately 2 and a half minutes, Talon can accommodate 1,200 fearless riders per hour.

OPENING DAY: May 5, 2001

Manufactured by Bolliger and Mabillard (B & M), Monthey, Switzerland.

Track Length: 3,110 feet

Lift Height: 135 feet

Vertical Drop: 120 feet

Angle of Descent: 50 degrees

Vertical Loop: 98 feet


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17 votes, so far

Awesome ride! I love everything about it! It is a very smooth ride as a steel coaster should be - unlike Hydra. - Stacey C

It's great! Amazingly smooth, and quiet. It's quiet because B&M made both the box-track and the supports hollow, and filled it with gravel. I find Hydra barely better, but this is more intense. - Eli Katzman

very smooth NOT jerky at all. fast many inversions overall great ride - christian giovannini

This coaster grabs you, tosses you around and never lets go. From the killer first drop to the 90 degree turns, this is one ride to be reckoned with. - Nick S

#2 on the inverted coaster list and #17 on my all time list. Its a very nice smooth coaster. There is never a line. Its very quiet. But it has a very fast pace and the first drop is very nice. Much better than the BTR models. - jim boyadjis

Extraordinarily smooth, and more thrilling than Hydra: The Revenge, which is unexpected because Hydra is both taller and has three more inversions. - K P

One of my favorite coasters. relly smooth - Dan Rosenberg


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