Mamba ( roller coaster ) - Wikipedia Mamba ( roller coaster ) Mamba Mamba 's lift hill Worlds of Fun Park section Africa Coordinates 39 ° 10 ′ 19 '' N 94 ° 29 ′ 26 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 39.171979 ° N 94.490561 ° W ﻿ / 39.171979 ; - 94.490561 Coordinates : 39 ° 10 ′ 19 '' N 94 ° 29 ′ 26 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 39.171979 ° N 94.490561 ° W ﻿ / 39.171979 ; - 94.490561 Status Operating Opening date April 18, 1998 ( 1998 - 04 - 18 ) Cost $10,000,000 USD General statistics Type Steel Manufacturer D.H. Morgan Manufacturing Designer Steve Okamoto Track layout Out and Back Lift / launch system Chain lift hill Height 205 ft ( 62 m ) Drop 205 ft ( 62 m ) Length 5,600 ft ( 1,700 m ) Speed 75 mph ( 121 km / h ) Inversions 0 Duration 3 : 00 Max vertical angle 66 ° Capacity 1700 riders per hour G - force 3.5 Height restriction 48 in ( 122 cm ) Trains 3 trains with 6 cars. Riders are arranged 3 across in 2 rows for a total of 36 riders per train. Fast Lane available Mamba at RCDB Pictures of Mamba at RCDB Mamba is a steel hypercoaster designed by Steve Okamoto and manufactured by D.H. Morgan Manufacturing. Mamba is located at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, Missouri. Mamba opened in 1998 at a cost of 10 million USD. Contents 1 Ride elements 2 Trains 3 Rankings 4 References 5 External links Ride elements 205 foot 1st hill 184 foot 2nd hill 580 ° helix at speed 60 + mph drop on the first hill 5 `` Camelback '' bumps including a `` double - up '' bump Trains 3 trains with 6 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in 3 rows, for a total of 36 riders per train. Rankings 7th longest steel roller coaster in North America ( tied with Steel Force ) Golden Ticket Awards : Top Steel Roller Coasters Year 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 Ranking 9 20 18 24 31 28 25 26 39 40 30 38 50 Mitch Hawker 's Best Roller Coaster Poll : Best Steel - Tracked Roller Coaster Year 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006 2007 2008 Ranking 15 n / a 15 31 37 36 65 88 102 93 Mamba at night Mamba as seen from outside the park Mamba towering over Coaster 's Drive In Mamba dwarfing Timber Wolf References Jump up ^ `` Mamba - Worlds of Fun ( Kansas City, Missouri, USA ) ''. www.rcdb.com. Jump up ^ `` RCDB Length Record Holders ( North America ) ''. Retrieved 2018 - 05 - 24. Jump up ^ `` coasterville.com ''. www.coasterville.com. Jump up ^ `` Coaster Grotto - 502 Server Overloaded ''. Jump up ^ `` Amusement Today ''. Jump up ^ There was no steel poll for 2000. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mamba ( roller coaster ). Official page Mamba at the Roller Coaster DataBase hide Worlds of Fun Roller coasters Boomerang Cosmic Coaster Mamba Patriot Prowler Spinning Dragons Timber Wolf Attractions Detonator Dinosaurs Alive ! Halloween Haunt Planet Snoopy SteelHawk Winterfest Defunct Camp Snoopy Extremeroller Orient Express Schussboomer Silly Serpent Zambezi Zinger This article about an amusement ride or roller coaster is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mamba_(roller_coaster)&oldid=842838164 '' Categories : Operating roller coasters Roller coasters by name Roller coasters introduced in 1998 Steel roller coasters Roller coasters manufactured by D.H. Morgan Manufacturing Hypercoasters Roller coasters in Missouri Worlds of Fun Roller coasters operated by Cedar Fair Amusement ride stubs Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Français Edit links This page was last edited on 25 May 2018, at 00 : 45 ( UTC ). About Wikipedia

Question: when did the mamba open at worlds of fun
Answer: April 18, 1998