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2018: Eurosat Can Can Coaster / Madame Freudenreich Curiosités

Sam said:
There's a rumour on the usually reliable eprust.free.fr that the Circus Parade (which is closed all winter) will be rethemed to Jim Knopf, which is apparently an anti-racism German children's book, which is nice. According to Wikipedia there's an English-language film coming out this year, which further indicates that film ties-ins are unfortunately an area EP are increasingly moving into.
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Circus parade isn't closed all winter at all, I went on it yesterday!
 
Sam said:
There isn't a general 2018 topic - apologies for the enormous amount of inconvenience this must have caused.
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Is that sarcasm, out of interest? Don't mean to sound rude, but it's very hard to tell from just words.
 
Last Saturday, EuropaStreet were given the opportunity to have a tour of the Eurosat construction site. This included taking a trip inside of the ride building which was quite surreal!

All of the track on "ground" level (i.e. station level) has been removed along with the station and all theming. They have also removed all track back to the final break section (the one where you pray it doesn't trim). No more track will be taken down now until new track has been installed; new track is due to arrive very soon.

It is an extremely complex project that really makes no financial sense whatsoever, but this is EP and this is Eurosat! They need to get it right as if track pieces are out by just 10cm at the bottom, they could be out by 1m at the top (or something along those lines anyway). Because of this complexity they really have no idea when it might re-open and there is no pressure to rush.

The new VR station is actually going to be outside of the existing Sat dome. An extension will be built on the Silver Star side of the dome and this will house a generically themed Coastiality VR station.

The lift mechanism and track is remaining, as are the vast majority of the existing supports.

We got to walk up the lift which was really quite cool and walk around a new first level that they have created for construction purposes. Being inside the dome makes you realise just how tight everything is, space is very limited.

Take a look at our photos here:




I must say a huge thank you to Europa-Park for this unique experience!

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Walking on Eurosat's lift hill track was quite the experience (even if only briefly)! Thanks to the EPS team and the park for organising it. :)
 
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Rob, did they clear up either way whether the ride will be substantially shorter due to fitting the VR in? I heard about 5 seconds or something like that...
 
Sam said:
Rob, did they clear up either way whether the ride will be substantially shorter due to fitting the VR in? I heard about 5 seconds or something like that...
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The ride is the same length as before, whether the trains will travel slightly faster though I do not know. There are three modifications to the track but these are minor and are to enhance the ride experience.

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Is the VR optional? I'm visiting Europa Park for the first time next year so I'd like to experience the 'original' version if possible.

No doubt I'll be posting plenty of questions on here over the next 6 months.
 
John_P said:
Is the VR optional? I'm visiting Europa Park for the first time next year so I'd like to experience the 'original' version if possible.

No doubt I'll be posting plenty of questions on here over the next 6 months.
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Yes, the VR experience on Eurosat will be totally separate from the main experience and therefore optional. It will utilise its own entrance and station on the other side of the Sat building.

So worry not, you'll get to experience Eurosat as normal, although expect a new theme!

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EPFans.info have confirmed that Eurosat will indeed become Eurosat - CanCan Coaster.

They have also shown off the Eurosat Coastiality station concept which is similar to what we were shown over new year:

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Hoping for a soundtrack that mixes together CanCan music with the traditional Sat music!

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How's the VR station going to work? Will it be one train normal, then one VR? I guess there's going to be switch tracks rather than every train going through the VR station?
 
I really was not a fan of this CanCan theme when it was first rumored, however it has grown on me since and I think that it could be a lot of fun. I'd imagine there is quite a lot they can do in terms of theming and effects on the lift hill!

In terms of the VR, I do hope that one of the film options is space Eurosat with the original soundtrack etc. It would be a nice little throwback without impacting on the new experience that they want to promote.

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I also assume that the coaster is going to stay in the dome, and the outdoor track in the promo is just so people know it's a coaster?
 
If it wasn't for the fact they are calling it CanCan Coaster.... it would have been taken 10x more seriously.

I am not sure on the name - but the concept is great.
 
Will they have to update the little "don't stick your limbs out" sign to be "don't dance the can can"?
 
I really don't understand what this is all about but I am sure it'll be fun, it's been a while since Europa put a foot wrong with new additions.

Interesting to see the general mood around the VR given the typical disdain.
 
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