chehza Posted March 20, 2012 Posted March 20, 2012 Hey people, Today was for the lucky ones, a testday, for the new rollercoaster at Duinrell in Holland. The new Gerstlauer coaster doesn't have a name yet, but that will follow soon. I don't want to let you go before seeing the new ride's onride! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjpDD-tgSXg (I didn't find any topic about this subject, so i made one )
milst1 Posted March 21, 2012 Posted March 21, 2012 Hi Chezha, I don't know who you are, but I was at Duinrell for the testriders event today too! You scooped me but I was just too tired to post when I got home today. I received my invite via a Dutch enthusiast site called Rides.nl. Miraculously I didn't have classes today so Cheryl and I headed over to Wassenaar, about 45 minutes by public transit from where we live in The Hague. Here's the 91 bus to Wasenaar. Here's the Duinrell bus stop! Here's the welcome tent and some Dutch enthusiasts. Test riders sign in! As part of the welcome packet, we got a free park ticket for later in the season, including 2 hours at the waterpark. Two hours? The Duinrell Express would take us directly to the coaster! One cool thing I noticed on the way in was that they've put up a climbing wall on the supporting structure of this super slide. Pretty clever. I don't remember seeing that on past visits. We were among the first to arrive. As you can see, there is still no name for this coaster! We got right on with no wait. You can see that they left the Gerstlauer plastic sheeting on the trains. It's a fun little ride! I guess this is the Gerstlauer version of the Vekoma Junior. I don't remember riding one of these things before. It's a fun and twisty layout, with a couple of head choppers (when did "fin del capo" stop being used?). Not bad for a family ride. Here is Duinrell's more extreme Eurofighter, Falcon, which was also open to the testriders today. Their Zierer Tivoli Large was open today too, but I didn't get a pic. A lot more people started showing up and they had a little speech for the media. We ran into Oscar Abbenhuis too. He's the Netherlands rep for European Coaster Club. There was a fair amount of media. We got interviewed by The Telegraph. I'm sure my broken Dutch amused the reporter. I'm not good at explaining this hobby in English, much less Dutch. A little quality time with Rik, the park's spokesfrog. Thanks for checking out the report, and thanks to Chehza for starting the thread and posting the video!
milst1 Posted March 21, 2012 Posted March 21, 2012 We actually got our photo from the Duinrell testride in the biggest paper in the Netherlands today. Page T11 of De Telegraaf, whoever's interested. Seems to not be avail. online.
Luukardinho Posted March 21, 2012 Posted March 21, 2012 I was there too! The new coaster better than the falcon in my opinion, it was smooth and twisty
Werner Posted March 21, 2012 Posted March 21, 2012 Looks like a great family ride to me guys, can't wait to ride it this season. To bad i was sick yesterday and still am today. Would have been great to see you again Miles and Chery
gisco Posted March 22, 2012 Posted March 22, 2012 Looks like a fun little coaster. Thanks everyone for sharing.
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