Kooky

new pics from the first airtime hill on http://www.miraforever.com/2012/02/02/nuove-foto-divertical-sotto-la-neve/

wow... that's a really big pre-drop, never have thought about a hill like this can`t wait to see this in action... and hope no boat will ever rollback really nice addition to this park... i pray that they will add the theming this year, but like you said, it doesn't look like they could do it this year.

hmm... don`t want to disappoint you but there is an artwork from the EP which shows trains! but i know...this is still an artwork and it don`t have to present the final trains and it seems like they used the trains from "troy"(like in the trailer), if you want to compare you can look at one pic from troy here http://www.freizeitpark-welt.de/freizeitparks/toverland/fotos/2008/troy06.jpg source Europa-Park: http://presse.europapark.de/standardseiten/aktuelle-nachricht/datum/2012/01/23/der-europa-park-in-stichworten-8/ EDIT: and some new pics from http://chris-space.net/?incvar=bilder.php&path=news/2012/2012_01_30/ some track-parts get their metal rails:

new photos on http://imageshack.us/g/525/sam2039h.jpg/ . track is going up again and the track style changed a little bit and get outside rails... like i predicted before

^ i never thought about a wingrider, but seeing this pictures from a woman spread hear arms like wings as hint, it seems to be possible

there are two different sources... the official europa-park homepage still says it will open with the beginning of the season, but the man who writes the blog answered in the official EP-Fan Forum, that they were suprised by themselves when the architect and the construction supervisor said it will open at this date. And he mentioned that they send their blog report to the officials of the Europapark to let it it check and get the permittion to publish it. So maybe it's a correct date here is the original post from the blogger from http://www.ep-board.de/die-neuheiten-2012-2013-f42/2012-wodan-timburcoaster-t5342-s1640.html: and the google translation:

new stunning photos with a look on some nice theming elements from http://www.rideonblog.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=236&Itemid=417:

wow, that looks awesome... much longer than i expected

3 new pics from the loading station on their FB-Site https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150478317891855.387191.70105691854&type=1: this track part looks like it is build to get the trains of the track for maintenance or sth. like this

many new pics from http://chris-space.net/?incvar=bilder.php&path=news/2012/2011_12_26/: and some more from http://www.coasterfriends.de/forum/deutschland-news/3085-europa-park-neuheit-2012-wodan-eine-holzachterbahn-von-gci-und-sein-mythos-113.html:

and they were working on the theming right now... the station will look like a gun and the terrain gets more plants and details and maybe they are ready to add the LED-Wheels to train this year

The center bar on the track will serve as an upstop. You`re right that the center bar will serve as upstop on the first drop... but if you look closely on the photos you can recognize that the last part of the track seems like it has another part of track installed, which looks more like the one from the Mack Watercoaster... So i think they will change the track after the drop,because the center bar looks to small to work for strong forces in curves... it will be enough for the first drop but i think it won't work for the rest of the track! but maybe i am wrong if you don´t know what i mean look on the last piece of track on this photo... the track seems to have some extra rails on both sides... and like we know from the mack watercoaster, it is easy to fade-in the extra track, even during driving compared Mack watercoaster track it looks nearly the same(track in the backround of this pic), but a little bit different in the way it is built, maybe to get no problems with patents: and this will look a little bit more like the track we've seen on the artworks... even if it is not exactly the same (i know, they are just a artworks)

i had the same problem with firefox... i recognized that the name of the file was not complete at all. so i right click on the file and renamed it as the original "2495_Holiday Park 2011.SC6"... this worked fine for me maybe this will help

they postet a very rough 3d animation on facebook:

hope that this doesn`t mean i have to make a new entry to the contest, so two coaster will still be enough? ... but maybe i am adding a third coaster to my excisting one, just for fun EDIT: Sorry just read that have written: you "may" have 3 ones so the question is already answered

seriously, this what all german coaster enthusiast are waiting for.... the rumors have started to grow, what will come in the huge area were the both logflumes where located. They even are going to destroy the old western city,too, this will lead to a really big new free space in the middle of the park. So because now the park has just mystery river as water ride, this is why many rumors point on a water coaster or a aquatrax ride... but nothing is really known about it, just complete rumors but we all started praying now

^^ worked a long time on the coasters, especially on the dive machine. But i have to admit, after i had put every aviable ride into the park i just had 900 people in the park at year 5 or sth.! So i began to add every ride multiple times in a fast way, to get the goal number of 2000 people normaly i don´t put two of the same rides in one park, but here it was my only option

do we have to post our parks in this thread? if we have to, here are the three pics of my park, shortly after i finished the goals (and putting in many multiple rides for reaching the guests numbers): http://themeparkreview.com/game_exchange/images/thumb/2496_SCR3.BMP The first massive coaster is "Schnee-Hüpferle", a (3:55 min) long dive coaster, with multiple drops on a very narrow space: http://themeparkreview.com/game_exchange/images/thumb/2497_SCR1.BMP The secound one is "Schlitten-Gaudi" which trys to simulate a sledge ride down the hills, which is why i build it very close to the bottom: http://themeparkreview.com/game_exchange/images/thumb/2498_SCR2.BMP and here is the download link to the park: http://themeparkreview.com/game_exchange/track.php?id=2496 the two coaster tracks were uploaded in the exchange, too.

some new pics from http://blog.mirabilandia.it/2011/12/20/divertical-visto-da-mirabilandia-parte-1/, not much has changed, but the track has reached the top of the hill:

^^ that is what i was thinking, why they didn´t just push it. i mean if it comes to a complete stop, then it would be the easiest way to let roll it down to the station... But maybe german authorities wouldn`t allow this, because it´s to unsafe for the guy who pushes the train. But on the other side, i think it's really dangerous to evacuate it in this height... they have to stabelize the train and they need to get people out of the train, one by one. But i am really hoping that they will get this coaster finally to work

Yeah, like you said... the german TÜV is really notoriously strict and i can't imagine that they will allow this, but i hope i was wrong and they get a permission to build this nice theming! I know from paint which makes things more fire resistant, but fire so close to wood, even if they statues are built out of another material, i am not sure that they will really built this like they painted it in the artwork... but like i said, i hope they will do

they started testing: I hope/think they will paint the trains too. Maybe like everything in duinrell in a wooden style

like i said before... they were just not rely on the opening of the coaster next year, because they need the permission... BUT IT IS NOT OVER...the ring racer is still alive the newest info of a german newspaper from last week http://www.rhein-zeitung.de/regionales_artikel,-Nuerburgring-Chefs-%E2%80%9EWir-koennen-die-Pacht-bezahlen%E2%80%9C-_arid,351739.html#articletop: Rough and shortened translation: Never heard that a coaster before had to get certificate for guarantee that the velocitly is harmless... people drive with cars on the street with 241 km/H... never heard that some one just gets hurt because of the speed as long as you didn`t crash into something.

is it allowed to build underground track.... to make ground works for tunnels? and where do i upload the final result... just upload it in the track exchange, does need a special name or sth. like this? never done it before...

So with this pics the name "Wodan - Timbur Coaster" is officially confirmed