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2014: Arthur in the Minimoys kingdom

Have they given a reason as to why? Otherwise I would suspect that unlike at Towers they have had a few technical problems (on what is an entirely new ride design) and while they probably could do a rushed job to finish it would rather everything is sorted out.
 
It will be technical.

Sad but there's a chance it'll open for Easter weekend.
 
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Nice one guys. You had me for a minute there.

*checks the date, realises it's not April the first*

... Oh. Well, as long as it's open for Junket, that's the main thing, right?
 
A ride opening delayed, geek venom spew forth.....

Venom?

Anywhere?

No?

Ohh forgot it's Mack

:D

Seriously though not good news but these things actually do happen.
 
Clearly very disappointed to learn of this.

Must be something pretty serious as the ride has been under construction for 18 months, which seemed like plenty of time...

Hopefully it's not a Smiler / Chiapas or even worse... HARTENHOF style delay and they get it open ASAP!
 
I think it is VERY embarrassing, that the attraction with the biggest advertising effort, the park ever did, and that was announced far in advance. After that they fail to meet the deadline for opening. The park could loose its good reputation here. Europa-Park has the ambition not to be any park, but the best.

As management I would make shure that the attraction will run in any circumstances at season opening, no matter the cost. And if they hire 100 more workers who work 24 hours a day.

And if really something fundamental will not be ready (such as no TÜV-approval for Arthur), so that the main attraction can not operate, it is in my opinion the wrongest thing just delete the opening date without comment from web sites and advertising materials and to hope nobody will notice. Especially in times of Facebook etc. this could backfire. OK, maybe we will see an official statement within the next days.

But anyway FAIL!
 
Something fairly serious must have happened, particularly considering the generous timescale the park gave themselves to finish in. Although I suppose the brand new ride system needs to be looked at as a probable cause of issues for the park.

Europe seems to be a calamity of delays recently though... The smiler, Chiapas and now this!
 
Roland should clearly retire if he can't get his park to opening this massive investment on time...

The French must be fuming since it's their gift too...

Shocking...
 
So they've gone and just removed all traces of the opening date from their website? Hmm that's certainly concerning and suggests that they don't actually know when it will be ready. Also, dare I say it, but just removing the date without any form of annoucement is a very Merlin/Towers thing to do.

It's never good when a new attraction isn't ready on time. I hope they can get it open ASAP. Considering the huge amount of time that they've spent contructing it you'd have to imagine it's a pretty serious issue.

:)
 
Rob said:
So they've gone and just removed all traces of the opening date from their website?
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They removed the date "05.04.2014" (season opening) and replaced it with "spring 2014".

Edit:
Meanwhile there is a press release about that with no new information.

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,

in Zusammenarbeit mit Mack Rides und dem französischen Starregisseur Luc Besson entsteht im Europa-Park zurzeit die aufwändigste Indoor Attraktion in der Geschichte von Deutschlands größtem Freizeitpark: "Arthur - Im Königreich der Minimoys". Auf einer 10.000 Quadratmeter großen Insel entsteht ein völlig neuer Themenbereich. Herzstück ist eine gigantische Halle mit einer weltweit einmaligen Themenfahrt, Kinder Freefall Tower, Rutschenparadies, Karussell, Gastronomie und Shop. Ein weiteres, wetterunabhängiges Angebot für die ganze Familie.

Führende Designer und Bühnenbildner aus Hollywood und der Welt der Freizeitparks setzen derzeit diese Themenwelt mit Hilfe neuester und noch nie zuvor eingesetzter Technologie um. Knapp 500 Dekorateure, Skulpteure, Ingenieure und weitere Fachleute sind in der Endphase dieses Großprojekts und arbeiten Tag und Nacht an der Fertigstellung.

Die neue Attraktion soll die höchste Qualität des Europa-Park und des verantwortlichen Filmstudios EuropaCorps in Perfektion widerspiegeln und die Besucher auf eine bis ins Detail ausgearbeitete Reise in das Königreich der Minimoys entführen. Daher haben sich die beteiligten Unternehmen dazu entschlossen, die Eröffnung von "Arthur - Im Königreich der Minimoys" nicht zu Saisonbeginn, sondern im Frühjahr 2014 zu feiern.

Der Europa-Park öffnet seine Tore am 5. April 2014 und erwartet die Besucher mit neuen faszinierenden Shows, einer spektakulären Ausstellung rund um das Thema Geschwindigkeit und vielen weiteren Neuheiten.
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Ladies and Gentlemen,

in cooperation with Mack Rides and the famous French director Luc Besson, the most elaborate indoor attraction in the history of Germany's biggest theme park " Arthur - In the Kingdom of the Minimoys" is currently in construction at Europa-Park. On a 10,000 -square-foot island creates a completely new themed area. The centerpiece is a huge hall with a world wide unique dark ride , children free fall tower , slide paradise , carousel , restaurants and shop. Another weather- independent activities for the whole family.

Leading designers and set designers from Hollywood and the world of theme parks currently build this world using the latest technology and technology thad has never used before. Nearly 500 decorators, sculptors , engineers and other experts are in the final stages of this project and are working day and night for the completion.

The new attraction is designed to reflect the highest quality of Europa-Park and the responsible film studios of Europe Corps in perfection and take visitors on detailed travel in the Kingdom of the Minimoys . Therefore, the parties have decided to celebrate the opening of "Arthur - In the Kingdom of the Minimoys" not to season start, but in the spring of 2014.

Europa-Park opens its doors on 5.4.2014 and awaits its visitors with fascinating new shows, a spectacular exhibition on the subject of speed and many other innovations .
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Source: http://www.epfans.com/?id=4082&lang=&
 
DragonMarty said:
As management I would make shure that the attraction will run in any circumstances at season opening, no matter the cost. And if they hire 100 more workers who work 24 hours a day.
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Currently there work nearly 500 workers day and night.
 
It's the Smiler all over again! From opening March 16th, to May 24th then to just May. Lets hope they sort it out (and get it open before Junket!).
 
I have to say, I have been saying to one or two people about this in recent weeks:

I had begun to question if there were problems for the ride because the park have been silent since Christmas about Arthur...

"Spring" could be defined as any time up to the end of May... let us hope it is sooner, preferably Easter weekend... but then, Easter weekend only gives them 2 extra weeks and the problem may take longer to iron out.
 
Don't worry there's over (don't know how many rides there is at EP) rides & attractions to enjoy
 
I wonder if they've had some kind of manufacturing issue in their factory? Helix was supposed to have it's trains by now and start testing on the 19th but delivery has been delayed until then.

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Hmm maybe. Do we have any idea if the trains for the coaster have been delivered yet? I don't think there have been any photos of the trains in full, just various bits of them in the factory.

:)
 
Press release from EP:

New major attraction " Arthur - In the Kingdom of the Minimoys " from the spring of 2014 at Europa-Park

In collaboration with Mack Rides and the famous French director Luc Besson produced at Europa-Park is currently the most elaborate indoor attraction in the history of Germany's biggest theme park , " Arthur - In the Kingdom of the Minimoys ." On a 10,000 -square-foot island creates a completely new topic. The centerpiece is a huge hall with a globally unique theme ride , children free fall tower , slide paradise , carousel , restaurants and shop. Another weather- independent activities for the whole family.Leading designer and set designer in Hollywood and the world of theme parks currently operate these issues to the world using the latest and never before the technology used . Nearly 500 decorators, sculptors , engineers and other experts are in the final stages of this project and are working day and night to completion.The new attraction is designed to reflect the highest quality of Europa-Park and the responsible film studios in Europe Corps perfection and take visitors on a worked out to the last detail travel in the Kingdom of the Minimoys . Therefore, the parties have decided to the opening of " Arthur - In the Kingdom of the Minimoys " not early in the season , but in the spring of 2014 to celebrate .The Europa-Park opens its doors on 5 April 2014 and awaits its visitors with fascinating new shows, a spectacular exhibition on the subject of speed and many other innovations.
 
So I suppose it depends what they define Spring 2014 as. I see Spring until the end of May. You'd think they'd want it open by Easter weekend so fingers crossed.

:)
 
This is surprising news, with Europa's track record, it was always going to be more disappointing.

Hopefully they will get in open in time for the Junket, otherwise its an excellent reason to visit the park again :) When I visited EP last year, Wodan still felt like it was new.

Ian
 
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