Ravine Flyer II

Ravine Flyer II is a hybrid wooden roller coaster located at Waldameer & Water World in Erie, Pennsylvania.

The roller coaster traverses Pennsylvania Route 832 (also known as Peninsula Drive) along its course, emulating the course of the original Ravine Flyer.

[2][3] Steve Gorman, general manager of Waldameer, announced in 1997 that the park would build a wooden roller coaster.

The ride would cross over Pennsylvania Route 832, the main entrance to the nearby Presque Isle State Park.

[8] Waldameer had previously obtained a 120-foot-long (37 m) easement allowing the park to build a roller coaster above PA 832.

Brian and Antoinette Candela, who lived near the proposed coaster, claimed that the ride violated a Pennsylvania state law because it was within a "bluff recession hazard area".

[9] Local officials granted a zoning variance to Waldameer in April 2004, allowing the park to build the ride above PA 832.

[6] It traverses PA 832 on an arch bridge measuring 165 feet (50 m) long, making it the only ride to cross over a four-lane highway.

It traverses two bunny-hop airtime hills and makes a final righthand turn before entering the brake run and returning to the station.

Ravine Flyer II's lift hill and final airtime hills