Valravn’s First Drop Completed

The brutal cold temperatures aren’t hampering Cedar Point construction crews from making amazing progress on Valravn, the new-for-2016 Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M) dive coaster. The park’s director of communications, Tony Clark, has been sharing the coaster’s progress on his Twitter page.

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The final piece of track separating the post-lift turn and the 214-foot drop was installed last week.

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The lift hill, standing at a dive-coaster-record 223 feet will be visible from many areas within the park.

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Before long, the coaster’s 24-seat trains (riders seated eight abreast in three rows) will be plunging toward the earth.

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All photos © Cedar Point

Soon, the coaster’s lift hill won’t look as bare once the remainder of the coaster’s twisted layout is completed:

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See a short video of the drop below:

What do you think of Valravn so far? How do you think it will compare to the other B&M dive coasters? Discuss in the comments section below.

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