Hershey Park in Hershey, PA, about 2 hours away, will be opening a new roller coaster during Memorial Day Weekend, according to an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

The coaster, called Fahrenheit, boasts to be the steepest in the entire nation. The ride will take people 121 feet up in a 90-degree ascent. Once at the top, it will plummet down a 97-degree drop. The previous steepest drop is 95-degrees.

The ride lasts 85 seconds and is scheduled to open to the public on Saturday. The coaster also has an inverted loop, inverted corkscrew roll, and a maximum speed of 58 miles per hour.

Photo courtesy of Rollercoastercentral.net.

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