Wodan - Timburcoaster
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Europa-Park ( Rust , Baden-Wuerttemberg , Germany ) |
| Type | Wood - sitting |
| category | Wooden roller coaster |
| Drive type | Lift hill |
| Manufacturer | Great Coasters International |
| costs | 10 million euros |
| opening | March 31, 2012 |
| length | 1050 m |
| height | 41 m |
| Departure | 40.3 m |
| Dimensions | 220 × 72 m² |
| Max. gradient | 52 ° |
| Max. Bank | 65 ° |
| Max. speed | approx. 100 km / h |
| Max. acceleration | 3.5 g |
| Travel time | 3:25 min |
| capacity | 1,250 (18,000 daily) people per hour |
| Trains | 3 trains, 12 cars / train, 1 row of seats / car, 2 seats / row of seats |
| elements | Crossing of two other lanes ( Blue Fire Megacoaster and Atlantica SuperSplash ), fly-through |
| Subject area | Iceland |
Wodan - Timburcoaster (spelling: WODAN - Timburcoaster ) is a wooden roller coaster in Europa-Park in Rust, Baden-Württemberg . The track opened on March 28, 2012 and is located in the Icelandic themed area of the park. It is the first wooden roller coaster in Europa-Park. It was designed and built by Great Coasters International .
The roller coaster is about 1050 m long and has a speed of about 100 km / h. Wodan - Timburcoaster has three trains with twelve cars each. Two people can be seated in each of the cars. The minimum height for passengers is 120 cm.
Surname
The roller coaster was named after the Germanic name of the Norse god Odin . The name Timburcoaster is made up of the Icelandic word timbur for wood and the English word coaster, short for roller coaster for roller coaster, and thus translates as wooden roller coaster .
Theming of the waiting area
Nordic mythology was chosen to design the waiting area for the wooden roller coaster .
A large entrance gate was built at the beginning of the waiting area, which is flanked on both sides by two Vikings. After going through the gate, you come to the Viking village of Midgard .
In addition to the normal waiting area, there is the possibility of queuing in the single rider queue.
The queue goes through five different areas of Norse mythology. First you get to Yggdrasil , the world tree that embodies the entire cosmos. On the further way you come to Schwarzalbenheim , the underground dwarf kingdom. This section is designed like a mine where gold and precious stones are mined. The next station leads to the realm of the goddess Hel . Hel is half dead and half alive. The hourglass is in her right hand as a sign of this. The path continues through the Midgardschlangentor to Niflheim , an icy world in the north that is inhabited by frost and frost giants. When one has left this place behind, one reaches the exact opposite of Niflheim, Muspellsheim . This is the fire kingdom in the south, inhabited by fire giants and ruled by their leader Surt . Next you encounter Nidhöggr , a snake-like dragon who lives on the world tree Yggdrasil and torments the dead. In the last scene, the giant Mimir guards the spring of Mimir , which lies at the foot of Yggdrasil. In order to gain powers of vision, Wodan gave an eye as a pledge to be able to drink from Mimir's well.
Then the rainbow bridge Bifröst leads from Midgard up to Asgard , where the Valhalla is located. Valhalla is a resting place for those who died in battle. This is the boarding station for Wodan - Timburcoaster .
Logo on the roller coaster
Wodan and Whale Adventures
construction
Up to 26 carpenters were involved in the construction; the construction time was planned to be nine months.
The track was built in the Icelandic themed area on an area of 1.6 hectares. Around 1,000 cubic meters of pine wood , which was assembled on site, was used to build the wooden roller coaster . In the complete construction there are a total of around 21,000 beams, which are held together by around 1.6 million nails.
Incident on August 20, 2019
On the afternoon of August 20th, the chain that carried the train to the top ( lift hill ) broke. There were 24 people on the packed train when the incident happened. Nobody was injured, people were evacuated close to the ground. According to Europa-Park information, the roller coaster was able to go back into operation on August 21 , after the chain had been replaced overnight.
Web links
- Wodan - Timburcoaster in the Roller Coaster DataBase
- Information about the railway on the website of the Europapark
- Wooden roller coaster WODAN. Galileo contribution. In: ProSieben . March 30, 2012
Individual evidence
- ↑ The moment of shock in Europa-Park: roller coaster stopped due to broken chain. In: Schwäbische Zeitung . August 20, 2019, accessed on September 11, 2019 (source: dpa ).
Coordinates: 48 ° 15 '40.8 " N , 7 ° 43' 9.4" E