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Casino Pier Asbury Park Nj
Hydrus
Casino Pier
LocationCasino Pier
Coordinates39°56′34″N74°04′19″W / 39.942784°N 74.072083°WCoordinates: 39°56′34″N74°04′19″W / 39.942784°N 74.072083°W
StatusOperating
Soft opening dateMay 6, 2017
Opening dateMay 26, 2017
ReplacedStar Jet
General statistics
TypeSteel – Euro-Fighter
ManufacturerGerstlauer
DesignerWerner Stengel
Model320
Height72 ft (22 m)
Drop70 ft (21 m)
Length1,050 ft (320 m)
Speed45 mph (72 km/h)
Inversions3
Max vertical angle97°
Trains2 trains with a single car. Riders are arranged 4 across in 2 rows for a total of 8 riders per train.
Hydrus at RCDB
Pictures of Hydrus at RCDB

Hydrus is a steelroller coaster at Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey. Opened in 2017, it was the sixth Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter roller coaster to open in the United States[1] and the first Euro-Fighter 320 model in the world.[2] It replaced Star Jet, which was destroyed by Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

  1. Bring your Family to Reconnect and Reminisce! Seaside Heights is waiting for you this summer! Don't miss a visit to Casino Pier and Breakwater Beach Waterpark in the heart of the Jersey Shore. Casino Pier offers some of the best attractions at the shore, including the exhilarating Hydrus Roller Coaster and Ferris Wheel. Test your putting skills on the 36-hole multi-level Smuggler's Quay.
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History[edit]

After the Star Jet roller coaster was destroyed (along with a large portion of the Casino Pier) during Hurricane Sandy in 2012, it took almost three years until permission was granted to rebuild; this permission to rebuild included a new roller coaster.[3] After swapping land with the city,[4] however, it was decided that this new coaster would not be built on the pier over the water (as the 1970 Jet Star and the 2002 Star Jet had been), but it would instead be built over the beach to prevent a repeat of what had happened with the hurricane.[5]

In late 2016, it was announced that the roller coaster replacing Star Jet would be a Euro-Fighter manufactured by Gerstlauer. The coaster was named Hydrus and opened in May 2017. New Jersey governor Chris Christie was present for a ribbon-cutting ceremony on May 26[4] which occurred several weeks after a soft opening of the ride.[6][7]

Layout and theme[edit]

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Hydrus has the characteristic steeper-than-vertical (97 degree) drop of all Euro-Fighter coasters. The coaster (a Euro-Fighter 320) is similar to 320+ model Euro-Fighters, but it eliminates the final helix at the end.[8] Elements include a loop, cutback, and heartline roll.[6] There are two eight-person cars, each with lap-bar restraints.[9] The owners of Casino Pier have said that the name Hydrus references the constellation of the same name, and the 'Jet Star' and later 'Star Jet' names of the previous Casino Pier coasters.[4]

Reception[edit]

The coaster has been included in rankings of top 2017 coasters from CNN and USA Today.[10][11]

References[edit]

  1. ^Marden, Duane. 'List of Euro-Fighter roller coasters'. Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  2. ^Marden, Duane. 'List of List of Euro-Fighter model 320 roller coasters'. Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  3. ^Bases, Daniel (August 17, 2015). 'New Jersey OKs permit to rebuild storm-hit amusement park'. Reuters. New York. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  4. ^ abcCorasaniti, Nick (May 26, 2017). 'A Shiny New Ride Above the Sand at the Jersey Shore'. New York Times. Seaside Heights, NJ. Archived from the original on May 31, 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  5. ^Goldgeier, Kathy (May 26, 2017). 'Brand New Coaster Replaces One Tossed Into The Waves By Superstorm Sandy'. NPR. Archived from the original on May 26, 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  6. ^ abMarden, Duane. 'Hydrus (Casino Pier)'. Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  7. ^Mikle, Jean (May 5, 2017). 'New Casino Pier rollercoaster to open Saturday'. Asbury Park Press. Seaside Heights, NJ. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  8. ^Marden, Duane. 'Euro-Fighter 320+'. Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  9. ^Nee, Daniel (February 7, 2017). 'New Casino Pier Roller Coaster Will be Known as 'HYDRUS''. Lavallette-Seaside & Ortley Beach Shorebeat. Archived from the original on February 8, 2017. Retrieved June 3, 2017.
  10. ^Hetter, Katia (May 26, 2017). 'A roller coaster fanatic's 10 picks for 2017'. CNN. Archived from the original on May 26, 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
  11. ^Levine, Arthur (February 14, 2017). 'The nine most anticipated new roller coasters of 2017'. USA Today. Archived from the original on June 1, 2017. Retrieved June 1, 2017.
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SEASIDE HEIGHTS — A man was taken into custody after climbing to the top of a tower ride at Pier Casino. The climb was ment to protest 'unfair charges' brought against him by local police, the man, Christopher Angulo, 45, of Lavallette, claimed.

Casino Pier Asbury Park Nj© Keith Schubert A man who climbed to the top of a tower ride at Casino Pier is led away in handcuffs.

Angulo climbed to the top of the ride and hoisted a flag. He said at first he would come down after he secured an attorney to help with the charges.

Shortly after 10 a.m., police escorted Angulo away from the boardwalk after he climbed down from the ride.

'He's having problems with other police departments,' borough police Chief Thomas Boyd told the Asbury Park Press Monday.

Boyd said Angulo had interrupted a council meeting in Angulo's hometown of Lavallette and 'had problems up in Bay Head.'

The state Judiciary's records show dozens of criminal charges against Angulo dating back to 2001, mostly alleged disorderly persons offenses.

© Keith Schubert A man climbed to the top of a tower ride at Casino Pier in Seaside Heights to protest “unfair charges” brought against him by local police

Boyd said he spoke with Angulo by cell phone while Angulo was still atop the ride.

'After I talked some sanity into his head — he's not a stupid kid, he's a pretty bright kid, he's not stupid — after I talked to him, he said 'I'll come down,' Boyd said.

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Angulo's previous publicity stunts include swimming out to the Sandy-damaged Jet Star roller coaster off Seaside Heights in 2013 and climbing onto a floating ice disk with a pickaxe and chainsaw in Westbrook, Maine in 2019. His effort in 2019 earned him the nickname 'some idiot from New Jersey' in a headline from a local radio station.

Had Angulo not climbed down on his own, Boyd said state troopers were ready to climb up and get him.

Boyd said Angulo would be facing charges of criminal trespass, but that 'We're going to get him help, we're going to get him some mental help.'

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Keith Schubert is the morning breaking news reporter. He can be contacted via text, call or signal at (732) 239-8731 or emailed at kschubert@gannett.com. Follow him on Twitter at @keithsch94.

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