BrainSurge is a flat ride located in

Nickelodeon Universe Nickelodeon Universe is the name of two indoor amusement parks located at Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota and American Dream in East Rutherford, New Jersey, with a third location under construction at the Mall of China in Chongq ...

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in the

Mall of America Mall of America (MoA) is a large shopping mall located in Bloomington, Minnesota. Located within the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, the mall lies southeast of the junction of Interstate 494 and Minnesota State Highway 77, north ...

. It is a first park model of

Chance Morgan Chance Morgan Coasters, Inc. is a roller coaster and amusement ride manufacturer. It was formed on June 14, 2001 when Michael Chance, grandson of Chance Rides founder Richard H. Chance, acquired the assets of roller coaster builder D. H. Morgan ...

's " UniCoaster" attraction that is located near the center of the park. The ride is based on the game show of the same name. On December 21, 2022, US Thrill Rides, the ride's designer, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Description

BrainSurge is the first park model of Chance Morgan's UniCoaster flat ride and was unveiled March 20, 2010. It is the first of three UniCoasters built and one of two still in operation, the other being Jimmy Neutron's Atom Smasher at the

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mall's Nickelodeon Universe park. The second UniCoaster, dubbed "Octotron" was installed at Belmont Park in San Diego, California has since been removed from the park since December of 2024. The ride is based on the Nickelodeon television network's game show of the same name and spans 56 meters in

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. In the center of the machine is a giant model of a brain that glows and flashes. It is in the center of the park near the Avatar Airbender ride. The ride spins at around the brain. In this ride, riders control the orientation of their car. The ride has eight sweeps radiating from a central column. At the end of each sweep is a two-seat gondola with over-the-shoulder restraints. Sixteen riders per cycle use a lever between the seat pairs to control the forward/backward flipping motion of the individual gondolas as they travel around the track. Ride time is two minutes per cycle.

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{{MOA Coasters Nickelodeon Universe Amusement rides manufactured by Chance Morgan Amusement rides introduced in 2010