JnETrains Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 I have been a long time member of TPR and this is my first attempt at a trip report. Please bear with me. I was fortunate enough to travel to Spain on a rollercoaster trip. I was able to take a side trip, with two other enthusiasts to a country that I never heard of before. It is the country of Andorra. It is about 180 Square miles and is located between Spain and France. This little country boasts the longest Mountain Coaster in the world. The lift hill took over ten minutes and the ride down between five and seven minutes. It was incredible. We got tickets for five rides but ran out of time as we only did four. On the last ride down a local asked me if I would give one of his daughters a ride down-I couldn't refuse because she was the same age as one of my grand daughters. We had to go through a border crossing coming into the country but that was not a problem as the border guard was asleep. For all you European experts-What is the official language of Andorra? Crap I posted the pictures backwards Mountains on the way to Andorra License Plate to prove there is such a country We have arrived at Naturlandia Tobotronc-name of the Mountain Coaster Ready to go Start of the lift hill Lift hill More lift hill Even more lift hill Crap more lift hill Almost there Finally-close to the top We are finally on the way down View from the ride My Andorran riding partner The Spanish border crossing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Thriller Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 People speak Spanish there I believe. That looks awesome. I've only been on the longest one in Bohemia, but this one blows it away. --James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JnETrains Posted August 23, 2009 Author Share Posted August 23, 2009 People speak Spanish there I believe. --James Good guess but not correct. It is the only country in the world that has this as an official language. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 ^Actaully, the offical langauge is Catalan, the same langauge spoken in certain areas of Spain, including Barcelona. But it is not Spanish. Nice job Jeff - I love mountain coasters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JnETrains Posted August 23, 2009 Author Share Posted August 23, 2009 ^Actaully, the offical langauge is Catalan, the same langauge spoken in certain areas of Spain, including Barcelona. But it is not Spanish. Nice job Jeff - I love mountain coasters! You are correct. Catalan is it and I have no idea what it sounds like. The coaster is 5.3 km long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Thanks for sharing these pictures, Jeff. As for posting them "backwards," almost all first-time trip reporters do that. You'll get the hang of it, my old UK trip roomie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HCLcoasters Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Ironically I went on one of these in Spain. They're really fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coastinmiller Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Nice report Jeff, glad to see you posting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedten Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 17,000+ feet = 2.5 times the length of The Beast. That is awesome! Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philrad71 Posted August 23, 2009 Share Posted August 23, 2009 Thanks for sharing these pictures, Jeff. As for posting them "backwards," almost all first-time trip reporters do that. Yes, include myself in that category - I did the same thing when posting my first report! That looks like one mean slide down the mountain. I hear that they have some good one's in Germany and the Alps, but not sure if I will have the time to get to any of them on our trip this fall. Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shockwave Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Jeff, great photos. That thing looks amazing! Funnily enough, a friend of mine was discussing going to Andorra for this, but I had no idea that the ride was as big as you say. Might end up going there sooner than I imagined now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Mike Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Young Jeff!!! Good job scouting this one out! On your next trip report, spice it up a bit with a few bikini pictures!!! Peace, Big Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JnETrains Posted August 25, 2009 Author Share Posted August 25, 2009 The prices for the ride are 9 euros for one ride, 25.5 euros for 3 rides and 41 euros for 5 rides. Oh-Big Mike-I am so sorry you don't have this credit! Tobotronc layout from the Naturlandia brochure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packfanlv Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Thanks for posting this. It makes me wish that I had scheduled some time for this in my upcoming Spain trip. After getting my feet wet on the one at the Great Wall and feeling the insanity at Park City, I can't wait to ride more of these. They are absolutely incredible!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebl Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 We have some nice hills here in the U.S. Too bad there aren't that many---if any---here. I've never ridden one, but it looks like a blast! Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JnETrains Posted August 25, 2009 Author Share Posted August 25, 2009 We have some nice hills here in the U.S. Too bad there aren't that many---if any---here. I've never ridden one, but it looks like a blast! Eric There is one in MA, one in MD, one in CO and one in UT that I know of. I rode the one at Jimminy Peak in MA and it was like a kiddie ride compared to this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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