Welcome, it’s Wednesday, it’s theme park news day, it’s dispatch.
First up, Energylandia has decided it would be a good idea to build another roller coaster.
Enegylandia, Poland’s largest theme park, will debut a new roller coaster in 2023, bringing
the park’s total coaster count to 20 by the time it opens.
What other theme park has 20 roller coasters, Six Flags Magic Mountain in California - which
currently holds the title for the most roller coasters in a single park.
Sadly, that record will seemingly not last long.
On average, Energylandia has been constructing two roller coasters a year since 2017.
Perhaps 2024 wil see the park debut their 21st coaster, taking the title once and for
all.
What is Energylandia’s new roller coaster you ask?
Well, for a long time, it’s been rumoured that the park plans to debut a Vekoma tilt
coaster, a legacy roller coaster model, which sees track at the top of the lift hill tilt
from horizontal to vertical, before allowing guests to plunge through the rest of the layout.
Surprisingly, we know a decent bit about what to expect from this new ride.
It’ll measure 45m 148ft high, reach top speeds of 85kmh 53mph, and will feature a
twisted vertical drop, multiple versions and several moments of airtime.
The roller coaster is being built by Vekoma, who debuted their first tilt coaster back
in 2002.
It’ll be interesting to see how far the design has come since then!
Vekoma isn’t the only one changing coaster models though.
Intamin have recently released some videos on their YouTube channel showcasing their
newly enhanced multi-dimension coaster model.
Currently multiple of these rides exist, the first being thirteen at Alton Towers - the
world’s first roller coaster to feature a vertical drop track element.
Alongside this element, Intamin are offering a multitude of other experiences for guests.
This includes a teeter-totter see-saw element, a side drop, and an edge tilt section.
These elements can be used alongside trains that can rotate on demand, allowing parks
to create immersive and unique experiences.
We’ve seen more rides feature drop track elements in recent years, so perhaps it was
only a matter of time before Intamin offered more variations.
In other news, Hersheypark is rethemeing their Vekoma boomerang coaster.
In 2022, the park plans to debut the Jolly Rancher Remix, a revitalised boomerang ride
with music, lights and scents for a unique sensory experience.
The park plans to have five randomised flavour rides built into the roller coaster, including
Watermelon and Green Apple - whatever that means.
Mix’d a new flat ride will also be constructed surrounding the coaster, providing something
fresh to the area.
Mix’d is a Nebulaz ride built by Zamperla, which sees guests rotate around other riders.
Tokyo Disney Resort has announced that a combined 800 million people have visited Tokyo Disneyland
and Tokyo Disneysea since their debut in 1983 and 2001 respectively.
Kenji Yoshida, president of Oriental Land Co Ltd, the company that owns the park, thanked
the “countless guests” who have visited the resort so far.
He added that the parks “will continue to evolve”, with the debut of their new Toy-Story
themed hotel, and Fantasy Springs area.
Tokyo Disneysea will see it’s eighth port debut in the next few years, which will feature
three lands inspired by Frozen, Peter Pan and Tangled.
Over in Florida, the world’s first fully dedicated Peppa Pig theme park has opened
to guests.
The new theme park has opened next to Legoland Florida, acting as a separate second gate
theme park to the Legoland Resort.
Rides include the family coaster called Daddy Pig’s Roller Coaster, Peppa Pig’s Balloon
Ride, Grandad Dog’s Pirate Boat Ride, and Grampy Rabbit’s Dinosaur Adventure.
Although, the park will eventually be one-upped.
Merlin and Hasbro plan to debut the world’s first standalone Peppa Pig Resort in China,
in 2024.
And finally, Leviathan, not the one at Canada’s Wonderland, the new wooden roller coaster
coming to Sea World Australia, has an opening date!
The all new wooden attraction built by the Gravity Group will open on the 3rd September
2022.
Like many rides, the roller coaster was originally intended to open late 2020, but this got pushed
back.
Leviathan is also being joined by another new ride, Trident, a starflyer-esque attraction
which allows guests to soar 42m 138ft above the park, which is set to open on the same
day.
And that’s it, another episode of dispatch ticked off, and another Wednesday successfully
completed.
I’m going to go and cancel my plans to visit Six Flags Magic Mountain, because why visit
the park with the world’s second most roller coasters, when I can just wait for Energylandia
to build another small children’s coaster instead.
Got to use your brain to save time and money you see.