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Duinrell |"Dragon Fly"| Gerstlauer family coaster

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Looks like it will just be a slightly larger version of that new coaster at Hanse Park. Looks fun, though its not really going offer much of a different experience to the Tivoli coaster they have.
 
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Martyn B said:
164' 1" isn't exactly a generic height like 40m etc
It is, infact, a generic height just like 40m; it's 50m exactly. Obviously someone wrote down 50 instead of 15. And rcdb can make mistakes; they've got Thorpe's new ride down as having 5 inversions for example.

Aside from that this looks really great, these Gerstlauers are usually awesome and will add to their nice little coaster collection.
 
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Construction has begun! Woo!

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Photos sent in by Herman Nijkamp. Cheers! :D

I couldn't quite place where this was going to be built before, but looking at those pics, it's pretty much to the left of Falcon. That makes sense I guess, although it looks like they're going to be pretty close to eachother. "Gerstlauer Corner", anyone? It's like a Muller Corner, but more lumpy.
 
Re: Unknown, Gerstlauer family coaster for Duinrell

Nic said:
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Photos sent in by Herman Nijkamp. Cheers! :D

I couldn't quite place where this was going to be built before, but looking at those pics, it's pretty much to the left of Falcon. That makes sense I guess, although it looks like they're going to be pretty close to eachother. "Gerstlauer Corner", anyone? It's like a Muller Corner, but more lumpy.

Every parks should advertise their future ride like that !!!! With Coaster Design and layout poster !!!!
 
Re: Unknown, Gerstlauer family coaster for Duinrell

^And Lumberjacks standing defiantly in front of the station. :)
 
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The more I look at that layout, the more I think this could be a fab little coaster. The first drop looks steep, and there's a few Rita style hills in there, so this could be a mini airtime machine.
 
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I love themed supports. I still can't get moist over this though.
 
Re: Duinrell |"Unknown"| Gerstlauer family coaster

Testing:

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Looks dull. And kinda pointless when you consider they have the Tivoli coaster that is practically the same...
 
Re: Duinrell |"Unknown"| Gerstlauer family coaster

I thought it was meant to be a mine train theme, what's with the train! .
 
Re: Duinrell |"Unknown"| Gerstlauer family coaster

^It's very plain isn't it? :?

Looks like any other kiddie coaster, so...
 
Re: Duinrell |"Unknown"| Gerstlauer family coaster

Oh god, that train is hideous. Little disappointed, tbh, although I guess it's intended for families, so it'll do the job. I won't be rushing back out there though.

I can't stop wondering about the Tivoli though. It's so ancient, it's nearly as old as me. Is it different enough to this new ride? I guess that, at almost twice the height (the Tivoli is 8m), this looks a lot more intimidating especially to children.

Oh well, whatever happens, I hope that this is a success for the park, and that it allows them to make some more exciting investments in the not too distant future. Actually, thinking about it, they seem to have thrown a lot of money at the resort as a whole over the last few years (posh shower/toilet block for campers, shiny shop/restaurant complex for holiday park residents, complicated pneumatic death slide in the water park...) so they're obviously doing OK for themselves. Lets keep our fingers crossed :)
 
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I think that this coaster is a great kiddie coaster. Not sure which one is better, Ben 10 or this.
 
Re: Duinrell |"Unknown"| Gerstlauer family coaster

Okay, it's not the most thrilling in the world is it?

I suppose it's better than this...

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But it'll do for a nice decent family coaster...for such a compact footprint, it's a good investment though..
 
Re: Duinrell |"Unknown"| Gerstlauer family coaster

^ It was a good investment considering this is generally a family park, but I just see it as a mere cred! ;) But those trains are just gross.
 
Re: Duinrell |"Unknown"| Gerstlauer family coaster

Hopefully after its broke in, and some theming has been added, it'll be a little bit more exciting.
 
Re: Duinrell |"Unknown"| Gerstlauer family coaster

It's just another family coaster, nothing to shout home about. I like how it has the same support theme as Falcon though. When i was there in the summer i saw the footprint and i figured it would be fairly average. Will be interesting to see if they will dismantle Kikker-8-Baan and if they put something else under the water ride.
 
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