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Hanse Flieger Hansa Park's nice gesture
season but communication problems with the certification body TÜV Süd have caused unforeseen setbacks and the ride will now open instead in 2017. Fortunately the new Hanse Flieger Wave Swinger from
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Wood Design has opened as planned, and as a nice gesture to guests, the Leicht family that runs the park had
Mean Streak
to close They killed a forest to build it, and now Mean Streak, Cedar Point’s massive wooden rollercoaster, will be closing for good. Designed by Curt Summers and built by the Dinn Corp, the ride opened in 1991 as the world’s tallest (161ft/49m) and fastest (65mph/105km/h) wooden coaster. More than 26 million guests have boarded Mean Streak's three trains of green, gold and red, experiencing its 155ft (47m) drop, tall hills and rattling turns. But it was showing its age. The attraction will give its last rides on September 16 as Cedar Point makes way for future development in Frontier Town.
p on Germany's East Sea coast, Hansa Park was planning to launch its Kleine Zar (Little Czar) family coaster from Preston & Barbieri this
RIGHT: The new Wave Swinger from Wood Design
also hired a couple of family rides off Zamperla for the summer, a Turtle ride and Western Boot ride. Theming on the mighty Schwur der Kårnan rollercoaster that opened last year has begun, but external decoration will not be completed until 2017. “We only learned of the delays to Kleine Zar a few
weeks before we were due to open it,” reveals Claudia Leicht, “however we were keen that our guests would still have something to look forward to in 2016. So far we are satisfied with business this season, and we have been fortunate with the weather in the north of Germany.”
Not yet,
Heidi! Hansa Park (see above) is not the only European seaside park forced to delay the opening of a rollercoaster until 2017. Visitors to Plopsaland De Panne in Belgium won’t be saying “Hi” to Heidi this season either. Opening of the Great Coasters International (GCI) wooden coaster has been pushed back to at least Easter. There’s no problem, as such, with the woodie. It works, however noise
This shot of Heidi shows some of the soundproofing added
levels during testing upset local residents. Sound baffles and quieter wheels have been added, and more work is to follow. The decision to postpone the opening was a late call as park maps for 2016 and posters around the local area, including Calais, all show the new coaster. Heidi the Ride is an almost perfect clone of White Lightning at Fun Spot America in Orlando, the obvious difference being that it has an entirely wooden structure rather than metal supports used on its Floridian sister.
The sea is not the limit!
Who says a Polyp ride has to have an octopus theme? Certainly not a handful of parks in Europe. At Djurs Sommerland, Nimtofte, Denmark, a brand new Gerstlauer version of the ride has opened called Søulken, featuring a pirate theme. Sat inside spinning boats, passengers hold on tight
El Torito at Slagharen
Søulken at Djurs Sommerland
as they are tossed around on the merciless Caribbean waves. Pitched at older
children, or 5-6 year olds and their parents, the new attraction is located in Piratland near the park's Piraten water coaster from Mack and was themed by Jora Vision. Djurs has also invested in various new food & beverage offerings within this area of the park this season.
For 2017, meanwhile, a big new coaster is planned from Intamin. Over in the Netherlands, Slagharen has relaunched its 43-year-old former fish-
themed Octopus ride as El Torito, complete with a new Wlid West look in keeping with other areas of the park. Meanwhile at Liseberg in Gothenburg, Sweden, a Jukebox themed Polyp from Gertslauer opened as a new attraction in 2014.
8 AUGUST 2016
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