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A scientific adventure P
erfectly integrated into the volcanic landscape of the themed amusement and science park Vulcania in Puy-de-Dôme, France, this Multi Dimension Launch Coaster offers a unique, fully immersive family thrill experience. Following seismologists – who discovered an active seismic zone – the story takes visitors through the themed queue line into the research laboratory of the team “Namazu”, where the scientific adventure begins. After leaving the beautifully themed station, the train enters a stone cave where an earthquake catches the scientists by surprise. This causes the cave to collapse and the train to fall multiple metres
downwards to the ground. Escaping the ruins of the cave, the passengers then experience the first launch followed by a panoramic high turn and an airtime hill giving them a good sense of weightlessness. The next exciting elements are a highspeed S-turn, a zig-zag speed bump and finally a jump over an S-hump into the second launch/boost. Picking up more speed, the riders experience the second part of this Multi Dimension Launch Coaster with twists and turns as well as ground-hugging elements over the hills and down the trenches through the beautiful natural landscape surrounding the research centre, where the expedition ends again.
How did you choose which manufacturer to work with on Namazu?
Once the idea had been chosen to speak about earthquakes, we had to find the best tool to deal with this theme. As we wanted something unique, we met five manufacturers to get proposals. The idea was to have something to create the impression to fall (the drop) and something to go on
We wanted a
coaster like no other and fully customised (layout, vehicles…). After having visited some parks in Europe, we chose the proposal of Intamin out of five received.
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Intamin’s newest Multi Dimension Launch Coaster, named “Namazu” by the park, successfully opened to the public on 10 July 2021 at Vulcania, France.
Park World editor, Becci Knowles spoke Gregory Mouilleseaux, director of Vulcania, to find out how the project came to life and how the park and its guests feel about it three months on.
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