Mantis

My friends and I rode this the day it first opened.

Type: Steel – Stand Up
Status: Operating since 5/11/1996
Make / Model: Bolliger & Mabillard / Stand-Up Coaster
Designer: Ingenieur Büro Stengel GmbH
Cost: $12,000,000 USD
Capacity: 1800 riders per hour

Length: 3900’
Height: 145’
Drop: 137’
Inversions: 4
Speed: 60 mph
Duration: 2:40
Max Vertical Angle: 52 Degrees
Elements: 119’ tall Loop
103’ tall Dive Loop
83’ tall Inclined Loop
Corkscrew (Flat Spin)

Trains: 3 trains with 8 cars per train. Riders are arranged 4 across in a single row for a total of 32 riders per train.
Trains: Riders must be 54” or taller to ride.
Trains: Restraints: Shoulder harness.

History: Initially, Mantis was to be named “Banshee.” In Irish folklore, a banshee was a female spirit whose wail was said to foretell a death in the family. After this definition was printed in a local newspaper, Cedar Point felt uncomfortable with it in its patrons’ minds in association with the new coaster. For sensitivity reasons, the name was changed to Mantis, which was on a short list of names for the coaster. The original logo would come to be that of Dorney Park’s Steel Force.