Xcelerator

Xcelerator
Xcelerator is a steel launched roller coaster in the Boardwalk section of Knott's Berry Farm. The ride launches riders at speeds of 82mph up a 205 foot top hat and down 200 feet. The ride opened on June 22, 2002. To give the attraction a kind of 1950's theme, the two trains the coaster has are painted to look like 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air convertibles. The ride is currently the seventh fastest roller coaster in the United States.

Ride synopsis
Riders board their train on the attraction and then slowly move to the brakes. Then, there is a short pause, before they accelerate at 82 mph. They then drop 200 feet and go through two sharp helixes before their train breaks to a stop and returns to the station.

Rollbacks
Riders on the attraction can rarely experience an event called a "rollback." A rollback is when a car launches up the 205 foot-lift hill, but it doesn't drop down. It kind of stays put there for a minute, and then descends back to the ground.