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KUMBAK MAKES COMEBACK
KumbaK appeared at its first trade show in old and new were available for inspection on
several years when it exhibited at the Euro KumbaK’s stand at EAS.
Attractions Show (EAS) in Amsterdam from Also on display was the new train completed
September 30 to October 2. There on its for Sea World on the Gold Coast in Australia.
, Utah
prominent stand were three coaster trains, each KumbaK has been building a new train for the
of which should keep the Dutch amusement Arrow ride step-by-step since 2005, starting with
engineers busy in the months to come. the chassis, then the castors and new wheel
The most intriguing was a vintage 17-seater carriers, and now new bodies and seats.
Cowabunga Bay
train from the Rutschebanen (rollercoaster) ride After starting life as a full service coaster
at Bakken near Copenhagen. In common with design company in 2001, “engineering is now
They
’
ll stay and
several other Scandinavian coasters, the ride our core business,” highlights KumbaK’s Sjors
features a staff-operated brake car, but times Smeets. Accordingly the company has
play all day!
change and now Bakken – the world’s oldest rebranded as “KumbaK – the Amusement
surviving amusement park – wants something fit Engineers” and recently moved into new
Exciting hands-on adventures for the entire family. for the 21st Century. premises in Weert near Eindhoven.
KumbaK’s solution is to fit the ride with a Services offered include re-engineering of
control system and magnetic braking system, existing designs, drive systems, track
with magnets underneath each of the trains modification, testing and more – all with the
rather than on the track. A total of new three goal of extending a ride’s life and driving down
trains will be delivered at the start of next the cost of ownership.
season, complete with new style wheels and
www.kumbak.nl
wood-effect finish (the body is actually made
from a form of fibreglass). Rutschebanen trains BELOW: The Bakken coaster trains old and new
Hersheypark, Pennsylvania
Swiss Ride for Swiss Pavilion
Swiss Rides has landed a prestigious contract to Alps. It is expected to
supply a chair lift ride as part of theSwiss be one of the more
Pavilion at Expo 2010 in Shanghai. high profile pavilions
Wet ’n’ Wild, Arizona
The ride will start inside the building, then at the Expo because it
travel outside across a grass-covered roof and is the only one
back down via a spiral. Hourly capacity if featuring a ride, and
predicted at 1,500 using pairs of six-seater ride is forecast to
vehicles like the one you see here (right). welcome 40 million
Designed by Buchner Bründler Architects and visitors in six months
Element GmbH, the Swiss Pavilion will explore the (the Expo itself is
theme of “rural-urban interaction” and include supposed to
the visions of Swiss citizens along such features as entertain 70
a high definition movie of million).
the When the Expo
is finished at the
end of October,
Wild Wadi, Dubai
the building and
the ride’s track will
be demolished but ABOVE: A sample gondola
Swiss Rides hopes to from the ride, as exhibited at
Your Waterpark Company
An artist’s impression sell the ride vehicles
Euro Attractions Show in
whitewater@whitewaterwest.com of the Swiss Pavilion
on.
Amsterdam
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20 NOVEMBER 2009
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