Hexenbesen

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Wondered if anyone has been on this unique coaster and if they can give a short review of the ride.

 

Pictures: http://rcdb.com/ig3050.htm

 

RCDB.com details:

 

Roller Coaster: Hexenbesen

Amusement Park: Erlebniswelt Seilbahnen Thale (Thale, Saxony-Anhalt 06502 Germany)

Classification: Roller Coaster

Type: Steel - Flying

Status: Operating since 2003

Make / Model: Wiegand / Hexenbesen

 

Inversions: 0

 

Trains: 2 cars. Riders are arranged inline in a single row for a total of 1 riders per car.

Riders must weigh 65 kg or less to ride.

 

Etymology: "Hexenbesen" is German for "Witch's Broom(stick)".

 

In the hills surrounding the place, there are legends of the devil and witches -- this has become local folklore.

 

Features: This is a single rail flying roller coaster. So it is a bit of a suspended roller coaster as well.

 

This is also a self-operated ride without an operator present. You go up the stairs and get down on your stomach into the "tube".

 

There are no restraints whatsoever; you can hold yourself by the bars in the "front window" of the car. You put a token in the box on your left hand side and when the light turns green, you push the start button.

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If been on it in 2005.

 

It´s funny, but I felt a bit unsafety on it.

 

In front of the last turn there is a little accelerator, I think without it would not carry the complete track.

 

But it´s very nice at Thale, there's also a couple of do-it-yourself-rides an Alpinecoaster and a beautiful landscape!

 

 

Tim