The ride's station is located on the midway directly across from Top Thrill Dragster and next to Super Himalaya and near Power Tower. It was the first coaster to have inversions featuring a walkway underneath.
Trains
Corkscrew originally had three 24 passenger trains painted red, white & blue, a color scheme inspired by the U.S. Bicentennial in 1976, the year the ride was introduced. The ride currently runs operates with two trains to reduce the excessive stacking on the brake run. Riders are restrained by over-the-shoulder restraints with interlocking seat belts and riders are required to be to ride. As the restraints cannot be unlocked by all cars at once, pedals are hinged on the backs of the cars to be manually released and locked individually by ride operators on the platform.
Ride experience
Layout
The train exits the station when the ride operator releases the pneumatic station brakes. The train reaches a slight decline that allows the car to roll out and around a 180 degree turnaround and ascends the 30-degree and 85-foot chain lift hill, operating at a speed of. The train then descends at a 45-degree angle at a top speed of 48 mph. The train enters a bunny hop, drops lower than the main drop, and enters a vertical loop. The train goes a up to a short straightaway before descending a banked 180 degree right turn nto the two consecutive corkscrews over the midway of the park, traveling at. Lastly, the train enters a slight ascending right turn followed by a shallow left turn and then enters the brake run with trim and block brakes before returning back into the station.
Track
The ride is long, consisting of blue tubular steel track with a separation between tubes, built on, rides for 1 minute and 40 seconds, and has three 24-passenger trains. Almost daily, a train is transferred off the track once ridership reaches a point that permits two-train operation with little or no waiting in line. A different train is cycled off each day. The ride was designed by Ron Toomer and built by Arrow Dynamics. The total cost of construction was, and the ride has had over 30 million total riders since opening in May 1976.
