Rollercoaster Restaurant (styled ROLLERCOASTERRESTAURANT) is a chain of
restaurants
A restaurant is a business that prepares and serves food and drinks to customers. Meals are generally served and eaten on the premises, but many restaurants also offer take-out and food delivery services. Restaurants vary greatly in appearan ...
where food is delivered by way of
rollercoaster
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 o ...
tracks via gravity, owned by HeineMack GmbH. The restaurants work on a
license model, and there are currently 8 locations across Europe and the Middle East, some of these restaurants are in or near
theme park
An amusement park is a park that features various attractions, such as rides and games, as well as other events for entertainment purposes. A theme park is a type of amusement park that bases its structures and attractions around a central ...
s, the company resp. patent holder is based in
Nuremberg
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(where the first restaurant opened).
The food delivery system is
patent
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ed, and only their licensed restaurants (some under the Rollercoaster Restaurant brand) currently use the concept of food delivery by rollercoaster in their restaurants.
Concept
Food, drinks, and (in some locations such as Europa-Park and Alton Towers) merchandise items can be ordered using a touch-screen device on each table, either attached to the table or given to customers as they enter. Most food arrives via the network of rollercoaster tracks, though there are some items (such as hot drinks) which are brought to the table by a waiter.
Locations
As of May 2016, the company has the following open or planned locations:
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Alton Towers Resort, UK
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Sochi, Russia
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Dresden
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, Germany (under the Schwerelos brand)
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Europa-Park
Europa-Park is the largest theme park in Germany, and the second most popular theme park in Europe, after Disneyland Paris. Europa-Park is located in Rust, Baden-Württemberg, Rust, south-western Germany, between Freiburg im Breisgau and Strasbo ...
, Germany (under the Food-Loop brand)
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Hamburg
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, Germany (under the Schwerelos brand)
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Vienna
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, Austria
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Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi (under the ROGO'S brand)
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Abu Al-Hasania
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, Kuwait (under the Pop à Loop brand)
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Futuroscope
Futuroscope, or Parc du Futuroscope (), formerly known as Planète Futuroscope, is a French theme park based upon multimedia, cinematographic futuroscope and audio-visual techniques. It has several 3D cinemas and a few 4D cinemas along with ...
, France (under the Hotel Station Cosmos)
References
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Europa-Park
Companies based in Nuremberg