Negative-G - Lost Island Theme Park - Construction Tour - April 2022

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The Nopuko Sky Coaster in the Udara realm at Lost Island Theme Park, Waterloo, Iowa

The big ride in Udara is the Nopuko Air Coaster.

The Nopuko Air Coaster is a Vekoma Suspended Looping Coaster (SLC) that originally opened in 1998 As Cobra at South Africa's Ratanga Junction theme park.

Ratanga Junction closed in 2018 and shortly after Lost Island purchased it.

Nopuko is pretty similar to most of Vekoma's SLC's with a spiraling first drop and the heart shaped "roll over" inversion that takes riders upside down twice.

The roll over should be pretty fun, especially with a train that has vests and a lap bar instead of the often painful over the shoulder restraints that make most SLC's a bit painful.