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It seems that this will be the final speed... but i thought the same when i saw test videos of other coasters and when i rode it the speed was alright. and love the trains too. even though i can`t wait to ride it next month by myself

Ok now the BIGGEST BLUEFIRE UPDATE EVER with the complete trains and people on it and some really nice pics from the souroundig area. I think it will be the last one before the ride opens in about two weeks(all pics from http://www.epfans.info) here is the video: and the pics:

the coasters in my homepark "Europa Park" of course: i hope to start with "bluefire" and then the others: SIlverStar EuroMIR EuroSAT SchweizerBobbahn Poseidon and many more

yes of coursse... they just waited for the technic to get installed then they will began with the test ride.... A intresting fact they mentioned in the press conference is, that they will add the darkide part over the season and in the the holiday break next winter.... So the coaster this season is just running without a story/darkride part or just with minimalistic one.

IT´S ALIVE!!!! pics (from http://freizeitparkweb.de/cgi-bin/dcf/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&forum=DCForumID4&om=7237&viewmode=all): and the first POV video: and its my post number 100

new pics from http://plopsafansite.be/ inside the station: and the building:

i don`t think so.... where have you read this!? you can see some little pics from construction area from the last weeks: http://www.nuerburgring.de/Baustellendokumentation.474.0.html seems that much work had to be done and they will build on this till summer

no sorry there is no one! a must say that i just read about it in other german forums so its better to take it as a rumor...

video from the building area:

here are the newest pics from http://themepark.nl/ubb/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=1022892#Post1022892 you can see that every ride ist painted in the wooden style:

some new facts: they moddified the train and put on them a windshield. the curve of the track has height of 33 meters. you find a park map here: http://www.ring-werk.com/attraktionen/ and the new video of the complete project here: http://www.nuerburgring.de/Nuerburgring-2009.53.0.html

here are all facts from the coaster! They corrected the minimum height from 1,40 to 1,30meters. Another intresting point is that they confirmed the onride sound system and pulse monitor on the trains: Typ: Launch-Coaster (Katapultstart) mit Linearmotoren Höhe (height): 40 Meter Schienenlänge (track-length): 1.056 Meter Spitzengeschwindigkeit (maximum speed): über 100 km/h Umlaufzeit (ride duration): ca. 3 Minuten 20 Sekunden Beschleunigung (acceleration): in 2,5 Sekunden von 0 auf 100 km/h, 1 G Beschleunigungsstrecke(launch-length): 80 Meter Max. Beschleunigungskräfte (max g`s) : ca. 3,8 G Über-Kopf-Elemente (rollover elements): 1 x Looping, 3 x 360°-Schrauben Anzahl der Züge (number of trains): 5 Fahrgäste pro Zug (guests per train): 20 Gesamtkapazität (overall capacity): 1.720 Personen/Stunde(hour) 20.000 Personen/Tag(day) Mindestgröße(min height): 1,30 m Mindestalter (min age): 7 Jahre Gewicht pro Zug (weight per train): ca. 10 t (voll besetzt)(fully loaded) Gesamtgewicht Stahlbau (weight of the complete steel construction): ca. 620 Tonnen Gewicht gesamte Anlage (weight of the overall construction): ca. 650 Tonnen Einzelstücke (segments): ca. 130 Stützen(supports) und ca. 120 Schienensegmente(track elements) Hersteller(manufacturer): MACK Rides GmbH & Co. KG Besonderheiten (special features): Kombination aus Dark Ride und Launch-Coaster mit Über-Kopf-Elementen (combination of a dark ride, launch and looping parts), innovatives Sitz-/Sicherheitsbügel-System mit Sound und Pulsmesser (innovative restraints system with sound system and pulse monitor), höchster Looping bei einer Katapultbahn in Europa (highest loop in a launch coaster in europe) source: http://www.europapark.de/lang-de/c51/m242/d459/default.html

there is a new video from some tests with rollbacks:

@hobbit: read the posts before. the same pictures, the same informations!

a littlempic update from http://www.kataplektor.de: the track is still not completed: inside one building: the lifthill is nearly enclosed:

found some new pics from http://www.themeparkdenmark.dk/TDDiscussion/viewtopic.php?t=1438&start=60 Looks like it will be partly indoor

very biiiiig picture update from http://picasaweb.google.be/lancsweertbram/PlopsaCoaster# from the user "bram"! Seems like the coaster is nearly completed by now.... wonder how fast this thing was built!!! Compared to the other new european coaster it really looks great! blue fire, "fluch von novgorod" and i-speed really get a new opponent:

so a new big update from tests of the ride and from the surrounding area: following pics are from the new parking area from the park, the hotels and ohter parts next to the new ride: all pics from http://www.epfans.info/

^ good question. To ride this you had to be 10 years old and minimum heigt of 1,40 meters (=~4,6 ft). I think they just call it so because the park especially concentrates on familys as costumers. In press material they talk about a "megacoaster"... So i think they will use the expression which is in the best context depending on where the text is published. For teens its a megacoaster for familys its a family one.

This ride really gets one of the best. When i read about how you like "Formula-X", i just can say HRRR looks 10 times better than Formula-X. Can`t wait to see the noninverted loop and lifthill going up. Hope sometimes i will be able to ride this one

In the video you can see for a short time one G3 version which is build in a building and is completly flat. So I think that they will build this version, just like they say it in the german article of coasters and more. So it will probably be a darkride with 3D projections and nice theming, but not with coaster like track parts.

in meantime the station began to look really nice: and its going up: all pics from HERE

That`s not true! There is a german article from a coaster magazin of the Euro Attractions Show 2008 here: http://www.coastersandmore.de/rides/eas2008/eas2008_2.php they write exactly: ."...Eine weitere Ergänzung wurde auf der IAAPA 2004 in Orlando zusammen mit der kanadischen Amec (heute Dynamic Structures) präsentiert, bei der ein Roboterarm auf einem schienengebundenen Fahrzeug montiert ist. Der erste Kunde ist Universal´s Islands of Adventure in Orlando, wo die fahrenden Roboterarme als Ridesystem für den Harry Potter Ride dienen werden. Im Gegensatz zu der Präsentation auf der IAAPA wird die Schiene jedoch nur horizontal in zwei statt in drei Dimensionen gebogen sein. Eine achterbahnähnliche Grunddynamik ist daher nicht zu erwarten...." This says that the first costumer is Universal`s Island of Adventure in Orlando. The will use the Kuka robotarms for a ridesystem in a Harry Potter Ride. BUT THE TRACK is JUST BUILD HORIZONALLY, in 2dimensions instead of 3D. A roller coaster similar dynamic is therefore not expected. So its just a Darkride with Robot Arms

the newest pics from yesterday: source: http://themepark.nl/ubb/ubbthreads.php/topics/1004293/23.html

so today i present you a collection of the newest pics and nolimits simulation video mixed with old intresting things from gerstlauer and http://plopsafansite.be: first the video: the newest pic from the station: source: http://plopsafansite.be/DePanne/2009/index.htm sadly they changed the final theming, if you don`t remember here is the old artwork which really looks incredible: so here the new pics from track segments and the building plans: and here some old artworks: i hope that they didnt`t changed the theme of the cars too. Here a random theming artwork: source for all of that stuffhttp://plopsafansite.be