Cobra was a

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located at La Ronde amusement park in

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, Canada. Built by

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, Cobra opened to the public in 1988 at

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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

amusement park in

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, where it was known as the ''Stand Up''. In 2007, it was announced that a colony of

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s had settled in the ride's engine room. Le Cobra was a clone of the Shockwave coaster that was at

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and later at Six Flags AstroWorld as

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. Cobra only had one inversion (a

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), a turnaround dive hill and a helix through the only loop.

References

External links

Cobra at La Ronde Official Website
{{La Ronde La Ronde (amusement park) Stand-up roller coasters Roller coasters manufactured by Intamin Roller coasters introduced in 1995 Roller coasters in Quebec