Dueling Woodie for Efteling in 2010

[Rach]

Found this while browsing TPR and Towers Times.

Recently, Efteling have closed Pegasus. A replacement coaster called Joris en de Draak (George and the Dragon) is set to go on the site.

Height: 25M
Length: 1400M(together or a track is yet unknown)
Number of trains: 4
Capacity: 1700 P/PH
Max Speed: 75 KM/PH
Min length: 1.10M

There's no definite source, but it has came from TPR

 

[Lofty]

If this is true or not is still to be known but I have to admit, it does sound quiet incredible if it is! But if they go and buy them silly ****ing trains that Stampida has now they ought to be sentanced to death, or ride it themselves, either will work lol!

 

[LiveForTheLaunch]

Sounds like an interesting concept, but I'd have to see more of the ride layout to form a proper opinion. If they use that dragon in the theming though, that would be awesome!

 

[Emmett]

Efteling already has some decent theming so if this dueling woodie goes ahead and then can have the tracks travelling through the forest areas in the park it should turn out pretty interesting. I like the idea of the George and the Dragon theme.

 

[Dave]

The Kumbak trains are fine. I don't see why everyone complains about them. Yes they can be a bit painful on the ribs, but any wooden coaster does that.

 

[Antinos]

If it's going to be a dueler, I would bet that GCI would be building it.

 

[Lofty]

Dave, the old Stampida trains never used to hur your ribs at all, sides maybe, not ribs!

 

[Lofty]

Sorry for double post but it seems to have been confirmed now....

RCDB

 

[marc]

What a shame this is not at Thorpe.

 

[Ormerod]

Camelot need theme like this. I want Camelot to do well, they deserve to be a top quality park.

 

[nealbie]

What a shame this would be if it was at Thorpe.

Fixed.

 

[Uncle Arly]

This sounds really interesting! I like the theme.

 

[rollermonkey]

Sorry for double post but it seems to have been confirmed now....

RCDB

Press release came out last night...

...Aw, shoot. I already deleted the e-mail. Sorry!

 

[HarryBoyy]

this ride will be fantastic if it is going to be built. The idea is fantastic and I love the dragon in the concept art.Really cool. The trains shouldn't be like stampidas because they hurt you alot!

 

[rollermonkey]

Don't blame the trains. They rode perfectly fine back when I rode them. Track maintenance is 99% of the issue with woodies.

 

[Anonymous]

Pegasus is going down!!

From and more at: http://www.vijfzintuigen.nl/Forum/index ... #msg250218

According to some rumors I have heard, then the reason why they remove Pegasus is because they accidentally raised the water level too much when they were testing Vliegende Hollander, so that the water damaged the wood on the lower support structure, which meant that they either had to rebuild much of the coaster or get a new one.

And I guess we know what they decided to do...

 

[Emmett]

GCI have been announced as the builders of Joris en de Draak.

http://www.efteling.nl/Pages/NewsItem.a ... me=Actueel

 

[Antinos]

I win

I wonder if this will compare to Lightning Racer?