Shambhala (roller coaster)

Shambhala
Shambhala (white) and Dragon Khan (red)
PortAventura Park
Location	PortAventura Park
Park section	China
Coordinates	41°05′05″N 1°09′23″E / 41.08472°N 1.15639°E / 41.08472; 1.15639
Status	Operating
Opening date	12 May 2012 (2012-05-12)
General statistics
Type	Steel – Twister
Manufacturer	Bolliger & Mabillard
Model	Hyper Coaster
Lift/launch system	Chain lift hill
Height	76 m (249 ft)
Drop	78 m (256 ft)
Length	1,564 m (5,131 ft)
Speed	134 km/h (83 mph)
Inversions	0
Duration	3:00
Max vertical angle	77.4°
Capacity	1,680 riders per hour
G-force	3.8
Height restriction	140 cm (4 ft 7 in)
Trains	3 trains with 8 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 32 riders per train.
Shambhala at RCDB

Shambhala: Expedición al Himalaya is a steel hypercoaster roller coaster located at PortAventura Park in Salou and Vilaseca, Spain.^[1] Manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard, it was the tallest (76 metres (249 ft)) and second fastest (134 kilometres per hour (83 mph)) coaster in Europe at the time of its opening. The height and speed records were beaten in April 2017 by Red Force (with a height of 112 metres (367 ft)), which was also opened in PortAventura World in its new theme park Ferrari Land.^[2] Among coasters with a lift hill, the height and speed records were beaten in July 2018, when Hyperion opened at Energylandia in Poland. Shambhala is named and themed after the inaccessible land in the Himalayas: Shambhala. The coaster was announced on 24 October 2011, and opened to the public on 12 May 2012.