La Mer de Sable (France) to build a Mine Train for 2020

[Coaster Hipster]

https://www.facebook.com/399601970063726/posts/2948186075205290

La Mer de Sable announced on social media they are building a Mine Train - presumably - for this year.

Although no year is mentioned in this post, the French park made an allusion to the ride in its New Year wishes post. That January 2nd post claimed guests will "roll over gold" ("rouler sur l'or" in French, metaphorically meaning getting conspicuously wealthy).

La Mer de Sable is located a little over an hour north of Paris - not too far away from Parc Astérix.

 

[Pear]

Those trains in the concept art resemble Vekoma family boomerang trains. It would be interesting to see them on a mine train style ride.

 

[Rein]

The promotion banner inside the park said the track would be 350 meter long and 15 meter high (difference).

 

[Us3rmane]

yeah so it will be the typical Junior Vekoma Coaster

 

[ThrillsExpress]

*bump*
This thing is up now

Themepark Magic on Instagram: "Het Franse La Mer de Sable zal in 2021 een nieuwe achtbaan openen genaamd "Silver Mountain" (2de hands Vekoma Junior Coaster uit het Zuid-Afrikaanse pretpark "Ratanga Junction"). Deze achtbaan met een lengte van 350 me

133 likes, 0 comments - themepark__magic on February 7, 2021: "Het Franse La Mer de Sable zal in 2021 een nieuwe achtbaan openen genaamd "Silver Mountain" (2de hands Vekoma Junior Coaster uit het Zuid-Afrikaanse pretpark "Ratanga Junction"). Deze achtbaan met een lengte van 350 meter en een...

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[VonRolland]

Bonjour!
First test run's with some theming completed, certainly look's very decent considering it's a family coaster

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[Peet]

Looks like it will be very nicely themed once it's done.

Just seen on rcdb it's apparently named Silver Mountain and is relocated from Ratanga Junction:

Silver Mountain - Mer de Sable (Ermenonville, Hauts-de-France, France)

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Take a look at the shoe-themed trains it ran back at Ratanga!

 

[Lukas.03]

More theming has been added. Looks pretty cool if you ask me!


Source: themepark_magic

 

[Matt N]

Looking great! Should be a nice ride for the park!

On a more random note, is it true that Mer de Sable is operated by Looping Group, the new owners of Drayton Manor, or did I completely make that up?

 

[Zwoopaman]

Looking great! Should be a nice ride for the park!

On a more random note, is it true that Mer de Sable is operated by Looping Group, the new owners of Drayton Manor, or did I completely make that up?

If you are to believe Wikipedia they're owned by CDA. Which is quite funny because it's only a 20 minutes drive from Parc Astérix.

 

[richardcrete]

Mer de Sable is owned by Looping Group since 2014, not CDA anymore.

 

[TPoseOnTantrum]

Silver Mountain will apparently open with the park on Saturday June 12. This was supposed to open last year but was obviously delayed due to COVID.

Source; https://www.leparisien.fr/oise-60/o...ble-01-06-2021-4WQVOUXSVVA3XFH2STFI6KBZV4.php

 

[Pokemaniac]

MINETRAIN is an EIT Raw Materials-funded European research project. The goal of MINETRAIN is to create a high-level training program for mining industry experts. This education is unique in that it gives students a holistic view of the entire mining lifetime. It's a fantastic project in my opinion, moreover for Europe, where the train is a popular transport.

Huh. What a strange case of spam. Gotta ban the account eventually, but yay or nay on keeping the post?

 

[Hixee]

Whoops - I already spited it.

 

[Rupert]

Whoops - I already spited it.

Was going to say - it had gone faster than I could report it!!

 

[Pokemaniac]

Oh well, I still have the quote to document it for posterity.

 

[Hixee]

Note to self: Be sure to quote-reply the better of the crazy spam posts.