{"id":3597,"date":"2017-02-07T13:09:55","date_gmt":"2017-02-07T18:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/?p=3597"},"modified":"2017-02-07T13:10:09","modified_gmt":"2017-02-07T18:10:09","slug":"new-casino-pier-roller-coaster-will-be-known-as-hydrus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2017\/02\/new-casino-pier-roller-coaster-will-be-known-as-hydrus\/","title":{"rendered":"New Casino Pier Roller Coaster Will be Known as &#8216;HYDRUS&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"v-7yaijiun-1\" class=\"video-player\"><iframe title='VideoPress Video Player' aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='1000' height='562' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/7yaijiun?hd=1&amp;cover=1&amp;loop=0&amp;autoPlay=0&amp;permalink=1&amp;muted=0&amp;controls=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;useAverageColor=0&amp;preloadContent=metadata' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write; presentation'><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>She towers and soars over the boardwalk \u2013 and now she has a name!<\/p>\n<p>The new roller coaster at Casino Pier in Seaside Heights will be known as the HYDRUS, the park announced Tuesday. Last week, Shorebeat <a href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/lavallette-seaside\/2017\/01\/new-roller-coaster-mostly-built-in-seaside-heights\/\">reported on the progress<\/a> of construction on the ride, including a video that was widely circulated of the coaster being built.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are thrilled to hear all the excitement from all of you through the construction progress of our new roller coaster, so we don\u2019t want to keep the name a secret anymore!&#8221; Casino Pier posted via social media Tuesday. &#8220;We welcome all of you this spring to experience the thrill of HYDRUS!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>HYDRUS is a&nbsp;Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter model Roller Coaster which has a 72-foot&nbsp;vertical lift and beyond-vertical drop. A&nbsp;\u201csensational\u201d first drop of 97\u00b0 starts the thrill ride, which tracks at 45 mp.h. Passengers will glide the 1,050-foot coaster track which includes a vertical loop, an Immelman turn and a heartline roll during its course.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-dd48c84a02e67cf9510d9be9a5226b92 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:600px; height:550px; max-height:550px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" width=\"600\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3hH4bYQz5l8?feature=oembed&color=red&rel=0&controls=1&start=&end=&fs=0&iv_load_policy=0&autoplay=0&mute=0&modestbranding=0&cc_load_policy=1&playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"origin\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/p>\n<p>The Roller Coaster has &nbsp;two, eight-passenger cars equipped with comfortable lap-bar restraints with redundant, hydraulic cylinders that safely keep passengers in the ergonomic bucket seats during the incredible ride. 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