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Cobra
La Ronde - Manèges.JPG
Previously known as Stand Up (1988-1994)
[[La Ronde]]
Coordinates 45°31′19″N 73°32′18″W / 45.5219°N 73.5382°W / 45.5219; -73.5382
Status Closed
Opening date 1995 (1995)
Closing date 2016 (2016)
Skara Sommarland
Coordinates 58°24′14″N 13°33′07″E / 58.404°N 13.552°E / 58.404; 13.552
Status Relocated
Opening date 1988 (1988)
Closing date 1994 (1994)
General statistics
Type Steel – Stand-up
Manufacturer Intamin
Model Stand-up roller coaster
Lift/launch system Chain lift hill
Height 87 ft (27 m)
Drop 87 ft (27 m)
Length 2,575 ft (785 m)
Speed 48 mph (77 km/h)
Inversions 1
Height restriction 54 in (137 cm)
Trains 2 trains with 6 cars. Riders are arranged 4 across in a single row for a total of 24 riders per train.
Flash Pass Available
Cobra at RCDB
Pictures of Cobra at RCDB

Cobra was a stand-up roller coaster located at La Ronde amusement park in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Built by Intamin, Cobra opened to the public in 1988 at Skara Sommarland amusement park, where it operated until 1994. It reopened at La Ronde the following season in 1995 and was one of only three stand-up roller coasters manufactured by Intamin. Cobra was removed from the park's website in 2016 and then demolished in 2018.

History

The roller coaster was relocated in 1994 from the Skara Sommarland amusement park in Sweden, where it was known as the Stand Up. In 2007, it was announced that a colony of Townsend's big-eared bats had settled in the ride's engine room. Le Cobra was a clone of the Shockwave coaster that was at Six Flags Magic Mountain, Six Flags Great Adventure and later at Six Flags AstroWorld as Batman The Escape. Cobra only had one inversion (a vertical loop), a turnaround dive hill and a helix through the only loop.

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