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 Chongqi ...
in the
Mall of America
Mall of America (MOA) is a large shopping mall located in Bloomington, Minnesota, United States. Located within the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, the mall lies southeast of the junction of Interstate 494 and Minnesota State Highway ...
. 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
US Thrill Rides is an entertainment design and consulting company in Orlando, Florida. It is best known for creating thrill rides in several US locations. History
In 1992, William Kitchen and Ken Bird invented the SkyCoaster. Kitchen founded S ...
" 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 installed, the others being "Octotron" at Belmont Park in San Diego, California, and Jimmy Neutron's Atom Smasher at the
American Dream mall's Nickelodeon Universe park.
The ride is based on the Nickelodeon television network's game show of the same name and spans 56 meters in
diameter
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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.
References
{{MOA Coasters
Nickelodeon Universe
Amusement rides manufactured by Chance Morgan
Amusement rides introduced in 2010