| Matugani | |
|---|---|
 Matugani when it operated as Kanonen at Liseberg | |
| Lost Island Theme Park | |
| Park section | Yuta Earth Tribe |
| Coordinates | 42°26′19.33″N92°18′32.79″W / 42.4387028°N 92.3091083°W /42.4387028; -92.3091083 |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | May 20, 2023 |
| Liseberg | |
| Coordinates | 57°41′35.76″N11°59′43.49″E / 57.6932667°N 11.9954139°E /57.6932667; 11.9954139 |
| Status | Removed |
| Opening date | April 23, 2005 (2005-04-23) |
| Closing date | December 30, 2016 (2016-12-30) |
| Cost | 50,000,000SEK |
| Replaced by | Valkyria |
| General statistics | |
| Type | Steel –Launched |
| Manufacturer | Intamin |
| Designer | Werner Stengel |
| Model | Accelerator Coaster |
| Lift/launch system | Hydraulic Launch |
| Height | 79 ft (24 m) |
| Length | 1,444 ft (440 m) |
| Speed | 47 mph (76 km/h) |
| Inversions | 2 |
| Duration | 1 min 13 sec |
| Max vertical angle | 90° |
| Capacity | 930 riders per hour |
| Acceleration | 0 to 47 mph in 2 seconds |
| Trains | 2 trains with 4 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 16 riders per train. |
| Matugani at RCDB | |
| Video | |
A video of the ride atLiseberg. | |
Matugani is a steelaccelerator roller coaster located atLost Island Theme Park inWaterloo, Iowa, United States. Manufactured byIntamin, it originally opened atLiseberg amusement park inGothenburg, Sweden, in 2005 asKanonen ("the cannon"). The ride features ahydraulic launch and twoinversions. The coaster was built with a tightly packed layout because of the limited area that was available at Liseberg. On December 30, 2016, Kanonen closed permanently at Liseberg, and was relocated to Lost Island Theme Park to make room for the park's new rideValkyria, aBolliger & Mabillard dive coaster. The coaster was dismantled and sold in 2018 to Lost Island Water Park, where it reopened in 2023.
In 2002, Liseberg's only looping roller coaster HangOver, aVekomaInvertigo model, was removed. The park contacted several roller coaster manufacturers with the aim of introducing a new looping ride, with the winning bid coming fromSwiss companyIntamin. Lars-Erik Hedin, technical director of Liseberg said "Due to the good experiences withBalder and the impressive catapult launch we decided to mandate Intamin again with the project".[1]
In 2016,Liseberg announced that Kanonen would close to be replaced by aB&Mdive coaster calledValkyria in 2018.[2] December 30, 2016 was Kanonen's last day, it was then dismantled and sold afterwards.[citation needed]
On July 19, 2018, the roller coaster was sold to Lost Island Water Park located inWaterloo, Iowa.[3] It was planned to be included withina theme park expansion of the complex that was planned to open in 2022[4] and was initially set to be placed on the park's lake shore before soil stability concerns resulted in it trading places with the Yuta Falls flume ride.[5] Located in the Yuta Earth Tribe realm, the coaster was renamed Matugani,[6] with a green track repaint and snake themed trains.[7] Matugani did not open with the rest of the park in June 2022,[8] as the new brake motor parts were delayed bysupply chain issues.[9][10]
Within the attraction's backstory, Matugani is a giant emerald serpent that prowled the jungle of the Yuta Realm and was considered a menace until it rescued the Yuta people when their civilization became trapped in their mines in a landslide by guiding them back to the surface through one of their burrows. This act lead the Yuta to begin living in balance with nature and Matugani was celebrated as a wise protector. The coaster's station is themed as the Yuta's former mining headquarters, now converted into a temple to honor Matugani.
After departing the station, Matugani's 16-person trains are accelerated to 72 km/h straight into a 24 metres (78.7 ft) hightop hat element. This is immediately followed by anair time hill and a 20 metres (65.6 ft) highvertical loop, the first inversion of the ride. After a highly banked turnaround, the trains pass through aheartline roll before entering thebrake run, bringing the ride to an end.[11]
On June 8, 2009, a train got balanced at the top of the top-hat with 14 riders on board.[12]