Shaman is a
steel roller coaster
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located at
Gardaland
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,
Castelnuovo del Garda near
Verona
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,
Italy
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. Manufactured by
Vekoma, the roller coaster originally opened as Magic Mountain, featuring
Arrow Dynamics trains, which were replaced with newer Vekoma trains in 2008.
A VR experience and additional new theming was added to the ride in 2017, and it was renamed Shaman. The VR was removed the following year. In November 2020, Gardaland began removing parts of the track. It was replaced with new track pieces, similar to what was done on
Python
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Snakes
* Pythonidae, a family of nonvenomous snakes found in Africa, Asia, and Australia
** ''Python'' (genus), a genus of Pythonidae found in Africa and Asia
* Python (mythology), a mythical serpent
Computing
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at
Efteling, to improve the smoothness of the ride experience. The supports & other theming items were also repainted to improve the theming of the area.
Gallery
References
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Roller coasters in Italy
Roller coasters operated by Merlin Entertainments
Roller coasters introduced in 1985
Gardaland rides
1985 establishments in Italy
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