Hark back to the birth of flight with a ride with the barnstormers...
Hark back to the birth of flight with a ride with the barnstormers...
| Theme Park | Adventure Island |
|---|---|
| Park Area | West Side |
| Type | Rollercoaster |
| Audience | Families |
| Opened | 2000 |
| Manufacturer | Zierer |
| Model | Tivoli Custom |
| Height | 30 ft |
| Length | 728 ft |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Max Speed | 24 mph |
Barnstormer
Themed as an old-fashioned biplane flight, Barnstormer is one of Adventure Island's family friendly rollercoasters.
The ride is a smaller version of a Zierer Tivoli coaster than Green Scream, with its ten row train being half the length of the larger rollercoaster on the other side of the park.
At the front of Barnstormer's train is a fibreglass pilot and aeroplane propellor, while a large dog takes up the navigator position at the rear.
Barnstormer is definitely family friendly, but is a fantastic fun ride and features a surprisingly good helix element that the train really flies through.
Barnstormer at the top of the lift hill
Barnstorming
Helix
The full length of the train
Barnstormer in front of the station building
The rollercoaster seen from the Pier train
Barnstormer sits to the west side of Southend Pier
