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UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Coming soon to a park near you…
Ride vehicles will feature some of the sharpest
Maurer Söhne
With a ride system from Maurer, the coaster
colour changing LEDs around, and high-energy
will feature six near-miss moments and
visual displays will fill the queue line. With up
thrills including a record-breaking non-
to four ride vehicles on the tracks at any
The German manufacturer Maurer Söhne is inverting loop, shown right.
given time, and with concert lighting and
preparing a dual-track rollercoaster for a client in The coaster will be 3,806ft long,
special effects mixed in, Hollywood
Abu Dhabi that will simulate an automobile race. tower 171ft above the midway, and
Rip, Ride, Rockit is expected to
There will be four separate LSM launch sections with dispatch up to 1,800 riders an hour.
provide what Universal describes as
two flywheel power storage units. The coaster will A fleet of seven two-car trains will
“a high-intensity, multi-sensory
carry on-board music and cameras. be used on the ride, all of which
experience.”
Funtown Splashtown USA, Saco, Maine, will will continue to move during
Guests will be able to customise
introduce a Maurer Wild Mouse coaster for 2009. loading. Once aboard, riders will
their experience by choosing what
At over 50ft tall and with 1,200ft of track, guests will reach speeds of 65 mph.
song will play in their car, and then
have a much more exciting experience than on the But there's more to the ride than
take home a music video of their
Galaxi coaster the Mouse will replace. Rides-4-U just the ride system. Inspired by its
ride. Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit
arranged both the purchase of the Wild Mouse and earlier work on Hollywood Dream at
will be located near the Jimmy
the sale of the Galaxi. Universal Studios Japan, the
Neutron attraction travelling the
Meanwhile more details are emerging about Universal creative team is
southern perimeter of the Universal
Hollywood Rip, Ride, Rockit, scheduled to open in combining audio and special
Studios park, over to CityWalk
spring 2009 at Universal Studios Orlando. effects.
lagoon and back.
Swiss Rides
Intamin
Swiss Rides recently supplied water rides to four malls and entertainment
outlets in Saudi Arabia, including Al Hokairland and the new Galleria
Ride Trade, acting as agent for Intamin, is shipping rides around the world.
mall in Riyadh, the Red Sea Mall in Jeddah, and the Al-Hokair-operated
Two Megalite coasters are scheduled to open in China in 2009. Happy
Mall of Dhahran, in the city of the same name. The package included a
Valley Shanghai, an OCT park, will introduce a Mine Train, Gyro Swing
Raft Ride, two Chute 'n' Rafts and two Junior Raft Rides.
and Flying Island. A Flying Island has also gone to Happy Valley
Chengdu, which may be open by the time you read this.
A Spinning Coaster is destined for Bakken, Denmark, and a 115ft
ZacSpin Coaster to Gröna Lund, Stockholm, Sweden. A 3,281ft LSM
Europa-Park
launched coaster is planned for Mirabilandia, Ravenna, Italy, while a 62ft
hydraulic catapult is targeted for Molfetta, Italy. Sea World on the Gold
Europa-Park has revealed details of the launch coaster it is adding next
Coast in Australia has ordered a Jet Ski Coaster. In the US, Holiday World
season, courtesy of Mack Rides. The ride will race from 0-100km/h in 2.5
in Indiana is erecting a Hyper Splash, the biggest ever, called Pilgrim's Plunge.
seconds, reaching a maximum height of almost 40-metres. Surprisingly, it will
be the first coaster to turn Europa-Park guests upside down since the venue
opened in 1975!
The 32-metre-high loop will be followed by a series of turns, right and left
Fabbri Group
rolls, a hump and a 360-degree heartline roll before hitting the brakes. In
total the coaster will feature over 1,000-metres of track, as well as a brief
The Fabbri Group has secured an order for a second giant Ferris Wheel in Asia.
dark ride element. Five 20-passenger trains will be used.
Although neither customer can yet be revealed, both rides will be 85-metres-tall
The attraction, which will be ready for the start of the season, is being built
and feature ski lift-style gondolas designed in Switzerland. One wheel will in fact
next to the Scandinavian themed area of Europa-Park. As our picture (taken
stand 115-metre-tall as it will be mounted on top of a shopping mall.
just before Christmas) shows, construction is already well underway.
Meanwhile Fabbri has now sold four Sky Tower rides, including its first park
model. By the time you read this, number two should be with its French owner
following the original ride delivered to a Dutch showman at the end of August.
Further orders have since been received from customers in Spain and for a park
installation in China. All will be 30-metres-tall. Plans are now on the drawing
board, however, for a 60-metre park version.
Two orders have now been received for the Hydro Mania, Fabbri's interactive
boat ride. The first will debut in 2010, at the same Chinese park as the Sky
Tower. The second is also due for somewhere in Asia.
In something of a departure for the Italian manufacturer, Fabbri is to partner
with Brogent Technologies of Taiwan to produce an interactive theatre ride.
The attraction will feature horse seats that move up and down as riders shoot at
the action on screen. According to Fabbri salesman Edward Cromheecke, the
attraction will be competitively priced and offer more movement compared to
rival products.
16 JANUARY 2009
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