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Infinity Coaster
The Infinity Coaster is a roller coaster design by Gerstlauer. A variant of the popular Euro-Fighter model, the Infinity Coaster allows for higher capacity through longer trains. The coaster also features a magnetic rollback system on rides with lifthills, to allow for easier evacuation of riders in breakdown situations. The ride car can now roll backwards with the magnetic fins deployed and the lift motor in reverse. The first Infinity Coaster was The Smiler at Alton Towers Alton Towers Resort ( ) (often referred to as Alton Towers) is a theme park and resort complex in Staffordshire, England, near the village of Alton. The park is operated by Merlin Entertainments Group and incorporates a theme park, water park, ... in the UK, opened in 2013. Installations References {{Reflist Mass-produced roller coasters Roller coasters manufactured by Gerstlauer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Smiler On Opening Day
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madagascar Mad Pursuit
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar), is an island country in the Indian Ocean, approximately off the coast of East Africa across the Mozambique Channel. At Madagascar is the world's List of island countries, second-largest island country, after Indonesia. The nation is home to around 30 million inhabitants and consists of the island of Geography of Madagascar, Madagascar (the List of islands by area, fourth-largest island in the world), along with numerous smaller peripheral islands. Following the prehistoric breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana, Madagascar split from the Indian subcontinent around 90 million years ago, allowing native plants and animals to evolve in relative isolation. Consequently, Madagascar is a biodiversity hotspot; over 90% of wildlife of Madagascar, its wildlife is endemic. Human settlement of Madagascar occurred during or befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pitts Special (roller Coaster)
Pitts Special is a roller coaster made by Gerstlauer for the PowerPark amusement park in Alahärmä, Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B .... The ride opened during the summer of 2020. The ride has a vertical 43-meter-high lifting hill right at the beginning, after which the train accelerates immediately to its top speed of 100 kilometers per hour. References Roller coasters in Finland {{Finland-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobbejaanland
Bobbejaanland is a theme park in Lichtaart, Belgium. The park was founded by Bobbejaan Schoepen, a Flemish singer, guitarist, and entertainer who enjoyed international success in the fifties and early sixties. In 1959, he bought a 30 hectare marsh, had it drained and built a 1,000 capacity venue that opened in December 1961 as Bobbejaanland. This developed into an amusement park and remained in his possession until he sold it in 2004. History For its first decade after opening the park centered on water attractions and performance spaces. Numerous variety artists from Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany appeared there. Following the advice of Phantasialand owner Gottlieb Löffelhard, Bobbejaanland evolved from 1975 onwards into a theme park, with rides becoming more important than music shows. It grew to fifty attractions with four hundred employees and received visitors from the Benelux countries, France, and Germany. As an independent family concern, it also supported educati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fury (roller Coaster)
Fury is a triple launched roller coaster in the Belgian amusement park Bobbejaanland. It opened on June 24, 2019. It is the 2nd fastest roller coaster inside Benelux with a maximum speed of 106.6 kilometers per hour. Before the ride, passengers can choose with a voting system whether the ride will be done in the forward or backward direction. History On February 27, 2018, Bobbejaanland announced that they would be adding their next roller coaster. It would be set to open in 2019 as part of a expansion. By September of that year, the ride's blueprints were leaked and the space was cleared. It was then confirmed that the attraction would be a Gerstlauer Gerstlauer Amusement Rides GmbH is a German manufacturer of stationary and transportable amusement rides and roller coasters, located in Münsterhausen, Germany. History In 1982, Hubert Gerstlauer, a former employee of the Anton Schwarzkopf-o ... triple launch coaster. In February 2019, Bobbejaanland announced that the ride ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walibi Rhône-Alpes
Walibi Rhône-Alpes is a French theme park located in the commune of Les Avenières, in the Isère department. It is the largest theme park of the Rhône-Alpes region. The park contains more than 33 rides and it covers an area of 35 hectares. Origin of the first Walibi park, the park was created in 1975 by Eddy Meeùs, a Belgian businessman. The name "Walibi" comes from the three municipalities in which the Walibi Belgium park is located: Wavre, Limal and Bierges. The park had an income of 8.8 million euros in 2005, and it greets over 400,000 visitors yearly. Walibi Rhône-Alpes also contains a 13,000 m2 waterpark called L'Île aux Pirates (previously Aqualibi). As of 2006, the park is owned and operated by Compagnie des Alpes, which also owns many theme parks and ski resorts across Europe. History The park opened in 1979 under the name Avenir Land. The Walibi group would acquire the park in 1989, renaming it Walibi Rhône-Alpes. In 1986, Walibi introduced water rides with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mystic (roller Coaster)
Mystic is a steel roller coaster located at Walibi Rhône-Alpes in Les Avenières, France. The coaster marked the park's 40th anniversary as well as a headlining part of a decade-long, €25 million investment plan. The coaster was manufactured by Gerstlauer and traverses a total of track both forwards and backwards, at a top speed of . History During the IAAPA Expo 2017 in November 2017, Walibi owner Compagnie des Alpes and German manufacturer Gerstlauer signed off on a new upcoming coaster project. On December 8, 2017, Compaigne des Alpes and Walibi announced the addition of a yet-to-be-named coaster to celebrate the park's 40th anniversary in 2019, with an animated rendering showing off the full layout of the attraction. The coaster would be incorporated into a new area, Festival City, being built in the southwest corner of the park, where three new Zamperla rides were scheduled to debut in 2018. It would also contribute towards a 10-year, €25 million investment plan into t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knott's Berry Farm
Knott's Berry Farm is a theme park located in Buena Park, California, owned and operated by Cedar Fair. In 2015, it was the twelfth-most-visited theme park in North America and averages approximately 4 million visitors per year. It features 40 rides including roller coasters A roller coaster, or rollercoaster, is a type of amusement ride that employs a form of elevated railroad track designed with tight turns, steep slopes, and sometimes inversions. Passengers ride along the track in open cars, and the rides are ..., Family-friendly, family rides, dark rides, and water rides. The park began in the 1923s as a roadside berry stand run by Walter Knott along California State Route 39, State Route 39 in California. By the 1940s, a restaurant, several shops, and other attractions had been constructed on the property to entertain a growing number of visitors, including a replica ghost town. The site continued its transformation into a modern amusement park over the next two de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HangTime (roller Coaster)
HangTime is a steel roller coaster at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California. The Infinity Coaster was manufactured by Gerstlauer on the former site of Boomerang and Riptide. On opening, it had the steepest drop on a rollercoaster in California, at 96°. HangTime was also marketed by the park as the first Dive Coaster in California. It opened on May 18, 2018. History On August 16, 2017, Knott's Berry Farm announced that they would be adding HangTime. It would be the second Gerstlauer Infinity Coaster in the United States, with the first one being The Monster at Adventureland in Altoona, Iowa. Vertical construction of HangTime began in November 2017 with the lift hill supports rising. In January 2018, the track layout was complete. HangTime performed its first test runs two months later in March 2018. Much like The Smiler at Alton Towers, the trains would have four rows that carry 16 riders. HangTime opened to season passholders on May 11, 2018, and to the general publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attractiepark Slagharen
Attractie- & Vakantiepark Slagharen is an Amusement park and holiday resort in Slagharen, located in the Dutch province Overijssel. The park opened in 1963 and was originally named ''Ponypark Slagharen''. The logo contains the English name ''Slagharen Themepark & Resort''. The Amusement park contains two areas, which are connected by a main street containing shops and restaurants. The park has more than 30 attractions, including 2 Roller coasters. The park contains 6 themed areas: Indian, Yellowstone, New Orleans, Mexican, Wild West and Jules Adventureland (named after the French writer Jules Verne). The entrance and Apollo, Enterprise and Free Fall rides are all found at the southern end of the park. Whilst, the larger roller coasters including Gold Rush, Wild West Adventure and Tomahawk rides are at the northern end of the park. The flour mill built in 1859 named De Pionier can also be found at the northern end of the park. Adjacent to the main street is the ferris wheel and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Rush (Slagharen)
Gold Rush is a steel launched roller coaster at Attractiepark Slagharen in Slagharen, Overijssel, of the Netherlands. The coaster is manufactured by Gerstlauer and replaced the aging Thunder Loop attraction, which now operates in Cyprus. Gold Rush is heavily themed to the 1849 California Gold Rush, and features the first (and currently only) triple launch system on a Dutch roller coaster. History On June 10, 2016, Attractiepark Slagharen announced that they would retire Thunder Loop, their classic Schwarzkopf ''Looping Star'' coaster, which had been in operation since 1979. For those familiar with the park, the announcement came to no surprise, as in the years prior the deteriorating Thunder Loop had become an increasingly costly and often unpredictable asset, having failed multiple technical inspections during that time. Slagharen director Wouter Dekkers stated on multiple occasions that the attraction had long been on the nomination list for removal, but was kept in operation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motiongate Dubai
Motiongate Dubai (shortly known as Motiongate) is a Hollywood-inspired theme park located in Dubai Parks and Resorts, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, showcasing themed areas and attractions based on DreamWorks Animation, Columbia Pictures, Lionsgate, and ''The Smurfs'' and was opened on December 16, 2016. History MOTIONGATE Dubai is operated by Dubai Parks and Resorts. The park's opening date was originally scheduled on October 31, 2016, but was postponed due construction delays. It was opened on December 16, 2016. Theme park operations were temporarily suspended in March 2020 due to COVID-19 precautionary measures. It was supposed to reopen on April 8, 2020 but the closure was extended for the summer period with the destination reopening on September 23, 2020. The company will "focus on the roll-out of the enhancement programme and completion of maintenance works during the closure period". On January 21, 2022, Lionsgate zone expanded to feature 2 additional movie franchises 'Now ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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