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[2024] Voltron Nevera | Mack Stryker Coaster

The lines indicating the layout split at certain points. At first I thought they were indicative of the left and right rail of the track but I don't think that makes sense.

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Is this one track doing a shallow corkscrew/roll over a straight track?

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Brad97 said:
That's Lost Gravity's layout isn't it?
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I think you're right
 
Brad97 said:
That's Lost Gravity's layout isn't it?
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Yeah - it does appear so. Although the above layout also shows three trains with two rows each. Whereas the art Michael Mack released of the train clearly shows four rows - so I reckon that layout may just be a place holder and not indicative of the final ride at all.
 
It was a tease/joke by Patrick Marx of nextparknerds fame. Typical for his humor. They would not let slip the layout like that. In May they start a building documentation series on veejoy, where those things will slowly see the light of the day.

Update: Trailer for the documentation is online on veejoy.de. Quite funny (no German knowledge necessary).
 
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Yeah that’s definitely not the layout. Interestingly with 4 rows the Mack Big Dipper has a real “gerst infinity coaster” vibe about it.
 
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Dave said:
Yeah that’s definitely not the layout. Interestingly with 4 rows the Mack Big Dipper has a real “gerst infinity coaster” vibe about it.
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I was going to say, this photo instantly reminded me of The Smiler.

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AstroDan said:
They also trademarked "Transferator Ohm" and "Apparatus Ohm" a couple of years back. So, could we see "Volton" as the overall name, with each side of a duelling coaster given those names?

Anyone getting a touch of Mystery Castle about all of this?
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While no mention of duelling has been made by the park so far. The ohm symbol was used for the teaser video and it has been pointed out the black metal grill front of the train bares a resemblance to the trademarked logos.
 
Yesterday evening was a Rust public meeting to discuss the coaster project. Little extra information was given out about the ride itself however; focus was on the surroundings and noise concerns.

- ride is for the same target group as Silver Star and Blue Fire
- the tallest point of the coaster will be 32m and the speed approx. 80 km/h
- due to the relatively low height, the park itself serves as the first noise protection barrrier
- environmental measures are being taken into account for bats which are active in the area therefore most trees will be retained and the amount of lighting will not exceed the current amount of lighting in the area
- the facade of the station building takes after architecture of the Balkans, a sketch showed a building with several gate and window arches (no signs of this being duelling after all according to those who saw the sketch)
- Jurgen Mack stressed the ride will not be sponsored

The other major topic was complaints about noise pollution caused by Wodan. The park blames wear and tear, especially in certain curves, and wants to remedy the situation with additional noise protection walls, noise protection mats and retracking work.
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Wodan already did for this season receive a sound barrier along the turnaround at Atlantic Supersplash.
 
Local news site has reported on some more details about the station building and Telsa theme.

The actual decision on the Europa-Park rollercoaster station building was unspectacular in the public Rust building committee meeting. The members voted unanimously for its construction in the new "Croatia" theme area of Europa-Park. The necessary changes to the "Storettenstraße II" development plan are being changed in an accelerated process according to paragraph 13 of the building code of the inner development. The decision to set up the list has been made and public participation has already taken place.

Resemblance to Tesla's laboratory and radio tower
So far, so unexciting. During the session, however, a sketch of the new station building was also briefly shown. And its conspicuous tower is suspiciously reminiscent of the "Wardenclyffe Tower" that Tesla had built on Long Island in 1901: a triangular, elongated frame with struts, on the top of which a hemisphere can be seen. The appearance of the 10.2 meter high station building with its curved arches has certain similarities with the laboratory at the foot of the tower. A section of the roller coaster can be seen there as a loop, but without touching the tower.

This seems to confirm the suspicion of Europa-Park fans that the new roller coaster in the Croatian themed area is dedicated to Nikola Tesla. As the portal parkerlebnis.de reported, Europa-Park had secured the trademark rights to the names "Voltron Coaster" as well as "Oszillodrom" and "Coastillator". In April 2020, the park also had the brands "Apparatus OHM" and "Transferator OHM" registered to the company "Mack Media & Brands GmbH & Co KG". "Ohm" is the unit of electrical resistance, "Volt" is the unit of electrical voltage.

For many fans, that was a clear reference to Nikola Tesla, who was born in Croatia and made important contributions in the field of electrical engineering. However, at that time they had hoped for a "duel roller coaster" in the form of a Tesla coil. However, the course of the roller coaster, which was already shown briefly at the public participation, makes this seem more than improbable. And Europa-Park had already announced to our editorial team in December that the rumor of a "duel roller coaster" could not be confirmed. However, as the plans for the station building show, Tesla fans should also get their money's worth with the new roller coaster.

Nikola Tesla began planning the "Wardenclyffe Tower" on Long Island (USA) in 1898, and the wooden tower was built in 1901. It was 57 meters high and the metal dome was almost 20 meters tall. A year later, Tesla built a laboratory at the base of the tower. Officially, the "Wardenclyffe Tower" was a huge radio tower. Telsa promised his sponsor J.P. Morgan a system that could send news, music, pictures or messages to any part of the world. Actually, however, he hoped to be able to realize his big dream with the help of the tower: the wireless long-distance transmission of electrical energy. Tesla's sponsor backed out, however, and the tower and laboratory were never completed. In 1915, Tesla had to sell the facility, which was already in decline, because of unpaid hotel bills. In 1917 the tower was then blown up with dynamite.
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Rust have uploaded the building permits for the BigDipper revealing an overview of the unusual layout.
The application document just discusses how the station buildings will include toilets and the maintenance hall will be on the former staff car park (mid way through the layout). However the main topic is flood management with the stream through the site. Parts of the buildings will be extensively greened to the extent that is structurally feasible so that overall less rainwater will be fed into the stream than before.

 
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So the end on the left I’m assuming is the end of the first half of the ride. The layout sort of suggests there’d then need to be some sort of transfer track to get the train to the second half which looks like it starts with a top hat maybe?
 
venny said:
So the end on the left I’m assuming is the end of the first half of the ride. The layout sort of suggests there’d then need to be some sort of transfer track to get the train to the second half which looks like it starts with a top hat maybe?
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There were rumours of vertical launches amongst other things. Lots to come out, I feel!

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Well this looks completely crazy! Shame there are no plans with vertical elevations, but it's nice to have some element of surprise. The layout on the more formal looking plans does differ slightly from the layout in the labelled diagram, so it will be interesting to see which is accurate. I wasn't expecting the coaster to go so far out to the access road!

It's also looking like you will be able to gain entry to the new area from both Russia and Greece.
 
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