Vonkaputous
Vonkaputous was a water roller coaster located at Linnanmäki in Helsinki, Finland. Ride experience In Vonkaputous, visitors rode in a roller coaster car appearing as a boat, seating 10 passengers in 5 rows. After leaving the station, the car descended into a 90 degree turn leading to the lift hill. After the lift hill, the right-hand first drop led through a tunnel with mist effect. After the left-hand second drop, the car splashed to the water. After the splash, the car slowly passed to the station through an S-turn. History Vonkaputous was built in a mostly empty section of the amusement park, and only a small track ride called Hokkus Pokkus was relocated to make space for the new ride. Vonkaputous was built during the off-season 2000–2001 and opened on 12 May 2001, two weeks behind schedule. Total cost of the project was 22 million marks, which made Vonkaputous the most expensive ride investment in Linnanmäki's history at that time. Vonkaputous is the first Premier Rides roller coaster installed in Europe, and the second and last Liquid Coaster model to be built, alongside now-defunct Buzzsaw Falls at Silver Dollar City. Due to limited space, Vonkaputous did not have a free-floating