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Walibi Belgium | Mecalodon | Gerstlauer Family Coaster | 2025

KristofWB said:
I even heard some people say they prefer Mecalodon instead of YoY in Walibi Holland. And they all rode YoY Thrill & Chill the day before.
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Yes from what I've heard YoY is also quite rough. Although I haven't had the chance yet to go, so perhaps people are just a bit whiny when it comes to the roughness.

But Dock World and Mecalodon look really good. I also like the soundtrack. Will definitely be going back to Walibi Belgium this year to see it for myself.
 
Graeme said:
It really looks like they've nailed it with this one. No spikes, switch tracks or backwards sections; just a long, well-landscaped coaster. Definitely seems to have elevated Gerstlauer as probably the top choice for this type of ride. It's exactly what so many parks need.
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In my eyes they already were the best pick for these coaster projects, however this ride absolutely reaffirmed it. The only company that's a serious competitor to Gerstlauer in this market is Vekoma with their relatively new LIM coasters, the rest of the industry is playing catch-up (or aim for parks with a tighter budget)
 
Hello. I used to lurk on this forum or possibly a predecessor when was a predecessor. Now I am old but live 30 minutes from Walibi and have a kid which gives me an excuse to go. I tried out Mecalodon Tuesday and thought it was great fun. Very smooth, great acceleration and nicely whippy at the end. It'sa family coaster so have that expectation not a total thril ride and it really puts a smileon your face.Very smooth ride, but it was only 4 days old! Theming is fantastic. Even the fish and chips in the new restaurant was decent. 20250408_134841.jpg20250408_133324.jpg

A tip for anyone who can drop by at short notice (couple of hours from calais or on the eurostar). Park currently open I guess for international holidays and the many international schools here. But it's not actually school holiday for most Belgians this weekor next, 20 minute queue for this and the always slow loading tiki taka(?), walk on for everything else.
 
Popped back in today as a bit of drizzle and the same not actually holiday here situation. 5 minute walk ons for everything apart from tiki waka (20 minutes), including for Mecalodon. Rode it at the front last time so got the back this time. It is a bit better at the back. As you'd expect launch more fun at front, airtime better at back. Then walked around again and just took a normal middle row. Still a fun ride, which you'd expect but is good to confirm. I also did Tiki Waka as don't normally because of the queue. Then realised there was a single rider queue that I had never noticed so did it again. Feels like it's gone pretty rough and rattley pretty quickly, but still a lot of fun.
 
Rode this a couple weeks back, it is an awesome family coaster and the perfect addition to this park's already very strong lineup. Gerstlauer was not lying when they called this model an Airtime Coaster! I wish the area had a little more movement though, such as some splash effects with water interactions or animatronics, but otherwise it's an excellent fit to the park.
 
Got to ride this last week - it's great, but the bag policy is really bizarre and ended up detracting from the experience quite a lot! I had a shoulder bag and small rucksack with me - but the ops wouldn't let me leave them anywhere and indicated I had to keep them both in the car. When we went over the first hill, the airtime was strong enough to fling one of them a foot in the air so I spent the whole time clinging on to and wrestling with them instead of enjoying the ride. So basically, either don't bring any bags into the queue or have them secured under a coat or something! I can't believe that people aren't regularly losing things...? Why on earth do they insist on this weird policy? It's definitely what it's billed as, a family airtime coaster, and your stuff will go flying.

Otherwise it was extremely smooth, felt very long, good fun, and the trains look so cute. There are some great close-up interactions with the walkways as well. The launches aren't very strong and it's not quite an adrenaline machine but it's definitely not boring.
 
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