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Sky Fly 2015
New Sky Fly rides are planned from Gerstlauer this coming season at at least three parks in Europe, adding to the attractions already operational at L egoland Deutschland and Nigloland in F rance. Each of the three new rides will stand 22m high and feature
12 single - seater gondolas that passengers can flip from side to side and roll lover by moving levers on the wings.
Red Arrows Sky Force, Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Familypark, near lake Neusiedlersee in Austria, will soon be opening an extensively themed version of the ride called Leonardos Flugsmachine. Anchoring the new Piazzi Da Vinci, it will be sited alongside the Flying Fish
ride from Zierer that was new in 2014.
Blackpool Pleasure Beach in England has teamed up with the RAF Red Arrows aerobatic display team to launch a ride called R ed Arrows Sky Force. The ride is set for a spring debut, in the shadow of the park ’s signature Big One rollercoaster . Added touches will include a control tower from which novice pilots will be prepared for take- off.
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Holiday Park, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany has chosen the manufacturer’s original name for its Sky Fly ride, which will ope
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It will be located in the shadow of the Sky Scream coaster from P remier Rides that opened last season. The design team of park owner Plopsa has come up with an interesting look for the ride, which will be executed over the next two seasons as the theming of the surrounding area is completed in 2016.
‘Speed and sensa tion’ promised on Eft eling’s new coast er
Efteling has released details of the layout for Baron 1898 – the Dutch park ’s new B&M Dive Coaster opening this su
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Camelback goes indoors Wa
s resort in Ta Tannersville, P Pe structure and Storm Chaser
The Bolliger & Mabillard attraction has a theme based on the glory days of mining and the highest point of the tower and the deepest section of “mineshaft ” are already in place as the ride’s 501m-long track is constructed around them.
Aquatopia Indoor Waterpark will enjoy the world premiere of three WhiteWater attractions when it opens this April at the Camelback Lodge ski Venus SlydeTrap,
Pennsylvania. The wonderfully-named V door water Ve
a combo family raft ride, will feature alongside the Kartrite’s Quest AquaPlay r,, the longest uphill indoor water coaster in North
America – all featured in the exciting labyrinth of slides you see pictured here.
Mt Olympus adds
Manticore
Mt Olympus, W isconsin Dells, W isconsin, is adding a 43m (140ft) F untime Star Flyer for the 2015 season. Called Manticore, the 24- seater ride will be built under licence in Turkey and comes equipped with a barrage of LED lights.
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“Mine workers”, who must be at least 1.4m tall to ride, will enjoy the experience on a 18- seater trains (three rows of six). On their “search for gold” they will leave the terminal building and climb to a height of almost 30m before plummeting into a 37.5m freefall down into the mineshaft. Subsequently , passengers will roar around elements including an Immelmann (a half loop with a half roll) at around 90kmh, followed by a Zero - G roll (an inside out corkscrew during which riders momentarily experience weightlessness) and finally a fast spiral. “ There’s no time to recover from the bloodcurdling dive,” says Efteling chairman and CEO F ons Jurgens. “ The entire ride, which lasts a full 130 seconds, is characterised by speed and sensation.”
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