Europa-Park Rust: Roller coaster will get caught throughout check experience and must be rescued | EUROtoday

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EThe day earlier than the opening of the brand new “Voltron Nevera” curler coaster at Europa-Park in Rust, Baden, a check experience with an unmanned prepare was canceled. The prepare failed to finish a curve, a park spokesman stated when requested on Thursday night. It was then rolled again on the rails and rescued with a crane. The “Badische Zeitung” had beforehand reported on the incident.

The official opening of the brand new curler coaster ought to happen as deliberate this Friday (April twenty sixth), stated the spokesman. A couple of minutes after the breakdown, chosen annual ticket friends have been supposed to have the ability to experience the curler coaster for the primary time on Thursday earlier than the official begin. The spokesman stated this occasion was then canceled at quick discover for technical causes.

On Wednesday, Europa-Park offered the brand new curler coaster to the press. The railway took about two years to construct. According to the park, the experience is the 14th curler coaster on the leisure facility and is embedded in a brand new themed space devoted to the nation of Croatia. “Voltron Nevera powered by Rimac” is the complete identify of the curler coaster; Rimac is a Croatian automaker that builds electrical supercars.

“Voltron Nevera” guarantees 2.2 seconds of weightlessness

According to park supervisor Roland Mack, the just about 1.4 kilometer lengthy monitor with a number of rollovers can transport round 20,000 individuals per day. Passengers have to be at the very least eight years previous and 1.30 meters tall, as Germany's largest theme park introduced.

Anyone who dares to experience “Voltron Nevera” can speed up 4 occasions to as much as 90 kilometers per hour and revel in 2.2 seconds of weightlessness in a single go. Right in the beginning of the experience, curler coaster followers are catapulted into the automotive by 105 levels – a world report, as Europapark writes on its web site.

Last yr, Mack initially introduced that the brand new curler coaster can be launched in the beginning of the summer season season on the finish of March. However, it already identified uncertainties comparable to provide bottlenecks for digital components.

The experience was constructed by Mack Rides – the producer is a part of the household enterprise. At the prepare station there’s a tower with a dome, which is meant to be paying homage to the inventor Nikola Tesla (1856 to 1943)'s earlier Wardenclyffe Tower in New York.

The newly constructed household curler coaster “Alpenexpress Enzian”, which was badly broken in a significant hearth final yr, is scheduled to be on the street once more from May 14th. The “Tiroler Wildwasserbahn”, which was additionally rebuilt, was additionally affected by the hearth in June. The hearth broke out in a technical room within the “Yomi Magic World of Diamonds” attraction.