Beeja Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 (edited) According to RCDB, De Standaard (Belgian newspaper) and the Plopsa fansite, Plopsa Coo will build a new coaster for 2011. CEO Steve van den Kerkhof confirmed the news. Here's a short extract from the article, translated via a website so I hope it's OK: With the arrival of the new attraction an investment of such a € 3.5 million would be paired. Which constructeur the new roller coaster can supply, is still unknown. The most attentive spinning coasters are built Maurer Söhne and Gerstlauer. Taking into account the planned budget it is very probable that the future innovation of Plopsa Coo by is built one of these two constructeurs. I hope they choose Maurer Söhne and they build something like Winja's! But then again, Anubis (the newest ride at Plopsaland De Panne) is a Gerstlauer and the company seems pretty satisfied with this baby. Then we get something like Tony Hawk's Big Spin! Fine! Edited October 20, 2014 by gisco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerstlauer1 Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 Hey guys! I'm surprised to see that no more information has been given about this ride, so i searched around and found this! Height: 17 m (Pretty high for a Gerstlauer spinner!) Length: 400 m Top Speed: 55 km/h All info taken from Gerstlauer's homepage. And heres a layout: This layout has potential! I think this is gonna be a great spinner! The trains looks awesome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottBrown Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 You are so right those trains are freaking awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MayTheGForceBeWithYou Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 This looks so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastercrazy216 Posted April 12, 2011 Share Posted April 12, 2011 That looks like a VERY short, but very intense coaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerstlauer1 Posted April 13, 2011 Share Posted April 13, 2011 ^ I'm used to short coasters, as i live in Skandinavia. And ooooookaaaayy. This is the latest construction picture from their fansite: They are a little behind schedule? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerstlauer1 Posted June 10, 2011 Share Posted June 10, 2011 A testing video of Vicki: The Ride, has been posted on the parks Facebook page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elizabethpwalker Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 i think both the layout and the trains look just awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jur Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 They're allready testing the ride! Here an overview of how it looks like there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jur Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Sorry for the double post, they've just placed an image of the trains! They look stunning.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDG Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 (edited) New in 2015: waterslides source: Plopsa Edited October 17, 2014 by BDG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 It seems as though wet / dry water slides are still pretty popular, at least over in Europe. That set looks pretty cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_koppen Posted October 17, 2014 Share Posted October 17, 2014 A wet/dry bomerango seems pretty awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 That's a really well themed wet dry slide. Very impressive looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuckInSD Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 I love the wave effect on the halfpipe. Wet or dry, it looks like fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gisco Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Looks well done with nice theming to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 It's weird how wet/dry slides seem to have been removed from many parks in the US over the last ten years, but still live on in Europe... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 ^I know what you mean. At first I thought it was because Americans didn't like the risk of getting soaked with all their clothes on, but that doesn't explain the popularity of rapids rides lined with water cannons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 ^or those stupid drenching splash battles! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteornotes Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 ^Pretty sure you'd end up dryer if you just sat in a lake compared to riding a Splash Battle. This does look nice. I have no idea why these are not more popular in the US. dt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midgetman82 Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 That theming looks pretty cool. Definitely looks like something of WhiteWater's doing (of course, I could be wrong). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder_Run Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 It's weird how wet/dry slides seem to have been removed from many parks in the US over the last ten years, but still live on in Europe... To be honest, I never really got why there was suddenly a craze or if there even was a "demand" for wet-dry slides in the early 1990's other than the fact that some parks didn't want to spend too much money on a whole water park. And then there's the fact some parks even added the slide complexes right before or just after they gained a water park (Astroworld's Adventure Rivers, Worlds of Fun's Python Plunge, Kentucky Kingdom's The Squid, etc.) Only notable case I can think of where they were decently popular was SFGAdv's Adventure Rivers section with the three complexes... and those only lasted 8 years at the park before being removed for Looney Tunes Seaport. I will say, however, that this one certainly looks more exciting than any other thus far with that half-pipe section. Never seen one themed before either, so it looks pretty awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 It's weird how wet/dry slides seem to have been removed from many parks in the US over the last ten years, but still live on in Europe... I think it really comes down to a cost vs. benefit. For the costs of having operators at the top and bottom, parks can get more staffing bang for their buck elsewhere. I think they fit in perfectly at small to mid size parks, but don't offer much benefit to larger parks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPDave Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 ^ that's a good point. These smaller European parks probably don't have quite as much of an iron grip on overheads and stuff as well so they might not be as put off by it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDG Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Name & theme of the new slides: © Plopsa Coo source: Plopsa Coo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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