New Mexico Rattler at Cliff's Amusement Park
80 ft uptop of the lift hill 52°drop angle

Cliff's Amusement Park, Albuquerque, New Mexico

New Mexico Rattler

POV
Ride it: front row POV
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New Mexico Rattler's entrance
New Mexico Rattler Watch Performance Should I ride it? Specifications Reviews History

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Performance

Vs. other coasters at Cliff's Amusement Park

It has some incredible laterals and great airtime while maintaining a strong pace all the way into the brake run.

Nathan F

It may be on the small side, but it still packs a nice little punch with some decent airtime as well as great laterals, good speed, good pacing, and just a ton of fun.

Incredible Coasters

It has some surprising airtime filled drops and a cool lateral floater hill combo.

X2fan710

The first half has some great pops of air in the back row, and the way it fits into the park is genius.

Ethan S.

It’s jarring but man it makes up for it with the floajector and ejector airtime.

@johnnyRandomadness

The second didn’t do much in the morning, but it offered ok floater once the ride warmed up.

Canobie Coaster

It has a little bit of a rattle to it that can be off putting but the trains are very comfortable and absorb that pretty well.

Nathan F

It is not smooth by any means but it is fun and perfect for a small park like Cliffs.

Noah Sanchez

I wouldn’t recommend to ride this rollercoaster it can cause pain...although this video makes the rollercoaster look smooth it really hurts...the turns are to fast.

@stinkymonkey9253

Both helixs were recently retracked and felt smooth and intense.

X2fan710

That drop also heads through an underground tunnel and the low-point exerts really strong positive Gs for a wood coaster.

Canobie Coaster

It feels way faster than its posted speed of 47 mph or 76 kph.

Canobie Coaster

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Specifications

80 ftHeight
75 ftFirst drop
47 mphTop speed
52°Drop angle
0Inversions

What riders say

Criticised for

Rough or rattly

It may be on the small side, but it still packs a nice little punch with some decent airtime as well as great laterals, good speed, good pacing, and just a ton of fun.

Incredible Coasters, published review

It is not smooth by any means but it is fun and perfect for a small park like Cliffs.

Noah Sanchez, Captain Coaster review

It has a little bit of a rattle to it that can be off putting but the trains are very comfortable and absorb that pretty well.

Nathan F, Captain Coaster review

The first half has some great pops of air in the back row, and the way it fits into the park is genius.

Ethan S., Captain Coaster review

The first drop is banked, but it has a really, really, really surprising airtime moment going down it.

CoasterVisuals, review

rattler is a fun ride its not scary but just knowing the rails are made out of wood scares me somehow

@gato5763, review

Photos

Cliff's Amusement Park; Wind Rider, New Mexico Rattler & The Vault
Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0
Cliff's Amusement Park; The Balloon Wheel & New Mexico Rattler
Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0
Cliff's Amusement Park, Fireball & New Mexico Rattler
Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0
New Mexico Rattler's entrance
Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0
New Mexico Rattler's station
Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0
New Mexico Rattler at Cliff's Amusement Park
Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0

6 photographs. Swipe or drag sideways.

History and awards

September 28, 2002Opened

Built by Custom Coasters International.

$2 millionTo build
3.1 gStrongest force on riders

Golden Ticket Awards, top wood coaster: ranked in 5 polls, 2004 to 2008

24th2004, its first poll
49th2008, most recent

Sources

Restraint types: Captain Coaster. History, incidents and awards: Wikipedia. Specifications and status: Coasterpedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Also read: Captain Coaster (converted to feet and mph). Rider sentiment and performance scores: rider reviews on Captain Coaster, incrediblecoasters.com, youtube.com, read and scored by AirtimeFever.

Photographs via Wikimedia Commons: Cathy from USA (CC BY-SA 2.0), Jeremy Thompson (CC BY 2.0). Video thumbnails remain the property of their channels and link back to them.

The photo slider at the top: Roller Culture's front row POV, PORNCOASTERZ - New Mexico Rattler - HD FRONT SEAT POV - Cliff's Amusement Park (YouTube), and the page's Wikimedia Commons photographs.