Ghost Posted December 8, 2005 Posted December 8, 2005 this might have been shown before but just in case, some nice artwork of the ride can be found under this link... http://www.screamscape.com/html/efteling_-_flying_dutchman_0.htm I am so going to be there when it opens
VsEuro Posted January 21, 2006 Posted January 21, 2006 Today the efteling had a pressconference about the flying dutchman. Themepark.nl, a dutch themeparksite was there and took some pictures. (I've only translated the texts of there site, and have nothing to do with themepark.nl (I hope i didn't make too many typing and translation mistakes ... cause my English is not perfect !) Some numbers: Capacity: 1900 people per hour ride time: 3.43 min tower height: 22.5 meter lifthill: 45 degrees Total surface: 17000 square meters 11 boats (taking 14 pepole each) max speed: 70 km/hour G-forces: max=3g min=0.2g costprice: 19 000 000 Euro's (= 22 961 500 dollar) Track length: 420 meters min. rider height: 1.2 meter Open in summer and winter (should be no problem to -3 degrees celcius, (26.6 Fahrenheit) The amount of wetness of the ride can be changed to fit ith the weather ... (no details available on how) Opening : april 16th (Easter, the day that the legend of the flying dutchman actually finds place, based on the story !) More info will be available soon. Welcome sign : safety first when visiting: A nice view on the outside: (The small door is the entrance !) The entrance door, the house of captain "Willem van den Decken". Trough his house, you go trough a secret passage that goes to the harbour and is used for smuggling. A picture of pegasus, the wooden efteling coaster in a dry lake: Lions, Lions and lions ... they seem to be everywhere (by the way, the shield contains the Efteling logo and 2 capitals of the name of the attraction "Vliegende Hollander" (= Flying Dutchman). Let's get smuggling: A view on the station: A lift of 45 degrees (wow, that's a lot !) : View before the drop: This is the part where you have to pray to survive ... They do theme everything overthere : source: http://themepark.nl/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=889209&page=0&fpart=1&vc=1
DATman Posted January 21, 2006 Posted January 21, 2006 WOW! Talk about kicking the crap outta JTA! This one has air!!!!!
Hattuchili Posted January 21, 2006 Posted January 21, 2006 Thanks for posting the great pictures! The theming looks so cool! I am sure that will be a nice attraction! --Sören
Gutterflower Posted January 21, 2006 Posted January 21, 2006 loving the look of this. love that awesome looking Horseshoe bend after the air time hill.
hyyyper Posted January 21, 2006 Posted January 21, 2006 additionel info about the flying dutchman myth: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flying_Dutchman also the logo for the ride is sort of a rip-off from the VOC, the dutch schipping company during the colonization period, the eftling chanched the letters a bit : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Voc_logo.gif
viking86 Posted January 21, 2006 Posted January 21, 2006 Damn that ride looks fantastic! I knew the theming would be great after hearing all sorts of great things about other rides at Efteling, but this is way better than I had expected. And the ride itself looks very fun too.
TwistedTrack Posted January 21, 2006 Posted January 21, 2006 the track seems somewhat like a B&M track. who's it built by?
VsEuro Posted January 22, 2006 Posted January 22, 2006 Even more pictures can be found here: http://www.eftelist.nl/index.html?dvhbouw.html All i can say now is: "I am really impressed, this is going to be one hell of a top ride!".
Hattuchili Posted January 22, 2006 Posted January 22, 2006 ^ I have said it before, the theming is really good! It looks like it would be a great ride! Thanks again for sharing. --Sören
Red Posted January 22, 2006 Posted January 22, 2006 Will the splashdown occur in the lake, using lake water? The whole project seems to be very well done, I especially like the logo, very creative.
VsEuro Posted January 23, 2006 Posted January 23, 2006 The splash will not be 100% in the lake. They will create a sort of trench. And to assure opening the entire year they will be able to lower the water in the winter to prevent people from getting soaked. So they will probably have some kind of magnetic brakes system added to slow the boats down in stead of using water. But the efteling is not giving away any details. We will have to wait to see what it exactly will be when it is finished !
Joe Cool Posted January 23, 2006 Posted January 23, 2006 Wow the themeing is impressive. That is like Disney themeing, looks awesome.
turbolaaf Posted February 17, 2006 Posted February 17, 2006 And there is a undate again. When you have a close look then you see that the tunnel where the train will fly into als has been covered and closed with some wood. The inside has changed a bit with the lights and some steel parts for the gates to the boats. Anyway looks fine by me so far The tunnel is the entrace with the boat to the dark ride part. When entering the station you will walk behind the windows on the first floor of the houses. The side view
viking86 Posted February 17, 2006 Posted February 17, 2006 Holy crap that looks REALLY impressive! Hopefully the ride will be good too.
SharkTums Posted February 17, 2006 Posted February 17, 2006 Darnit! It looks like I'll actually have to go back here now! Seriously though, this looks really impressive. Kumbak needs it so we'll see!
Hattuchili Posted February 17, 2006 Posted February 17, 2006 OMG, the theming is awesome! I hope to see more pictures soon! --Sören
ECZenith Posted February 17, 2006 Posted February 17, 2006 Very impressive. Thanks to all who posted photos.
Nrthwnd Posted February 17, 2006 Posted February 17, 2006 This definitely makes travelling to Europe more often, more impressive. Great themeing seen, so far. Thanks for sharing all the photos, everybody.
Damien666 Posted February 17, 2006 Posted February 17, 2006 Whoa, now thats top notch theming! I want the go there so bad now, and I want one of those lion statues!
Ghost Posted February 18, 2006 Posted February 18, 2006 I am SO going to the Efteling this year... Hell Yeah... It was a poor contribution from me, but I had to shout it out...
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