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Jardin D'Acclimatation | Unknown | €10m coaster | 2024

JoshC.

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EDIT: Moved this post across to the topic @cookie posted as it was some good foreshadowing. Hixee

Don't think it's worth its own thread just yet, but Jardin d'Acclimatation will be replacing their oldest coaster sometime over the next few years:


The cred, Dragon Chinois, is pretty rubbish (and that's coming from a Soquet fanboy). It doesn't take up too much room from what I remember, but there's space around the area. Don't expect anything big, but could end up being something pretty neat.
 
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cookie

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Announced on the French TV program "66 Minutes", the small park Jardin D'Acclimatation located in central Paris will be adding a new coaster worth €10m in total investment in 2024. The coaster is set to replace the old Soquet coaster "Dragon Chinois" that's been operating at the park since 1987, but it's unknown if that'll close this year or the next. Concept art of the new coaster's station shows it'll keep the Asiatic theme, and the ride's throughput is projected to be about 600 guests per hour. No other details are known at this time.

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Hixee

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Moved across Josh's post from the Small News thread. :)

What's our guess? Something powered? Junior Vekoma?
 

peep

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Was that concept art made in RCT3? Looks like something I'd make.

Excited to see what they have planned though, their additions in recent years have been great.
 

cookie

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So apparently a major update for this flew completely under the radar. It'll be a Gerstlauer family coaster—tentatively called "Dragon 2"—and it will include at least one section where the train travels backwards.

The total cost appears to have been lowered to €8.5 million. But for reference, Wakala at Bellewaerde only cost €7.5 million to build, so it could still be a sizable coaster for the park.

 
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cookie

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Dragon 2 appears to have been delayed. The coaster is featured on the park's map for the 2024 season (the green triangle on the western end of the park), but only listed as "coming soon", and the temporary Fils du Dragon ("Son of the Dragon") Wacky Worm will remain in the park for the calendar year.

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