La Mer de Sable | Wild Buffalo | GCI Wooden Coaster | 2025

[Niles]

Looks like this little park will be getting a wood coaster of some sort, the park have released some info on their 2025 addition. Theme park magic says in their post "Wild Buffalo will be a wooden roller coaster with a top speed of 67 km/h. The project costs 5 million euros. The roller coaster will be accessible to visitors from 1.10 meters. The roller coaster will be built on a gigantic site in the theme zone "Le Désert du Nouveau-Mexique"." G forces are between 0.2G to 3G.



Land clearing is taking place.




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[Rollercoaster David]

Interesting, might be worth stopping by when visiting parc asterix!

France seems to have a bit of a niche for wooden family coasters, with Timber and Wood express already in the country.

 

[owenstreet7]

Exciting news wonder if this is GCI or Gravity Group?

 

[Absimilliard]

GCI is the manufacturer of the ride according to people at the park today and who saw the shipping labels on the lumber present at the park.

 

[Absimilliard]

https://actu.fr/hauts-de-france/erm...-voir-le-jour-a-la-mer-de-sable_61694003.html

According to this local news site, the ride will also feature a 40-meter-long tunnel.

 

[Graeme]

Sounds very good indeed. Their Vekoma 335m - Silver Mountain - looks really well-themed too. The park is owned by Looping Group, I see, so it'd be fantastic if they could send another GCI Pleasurewood Hills' way!

 

[ricklap77]

Good news!!! Thanks to France on building more woodies! I wish more parks woulg go for those smaller woodies that pack quite some punch while being quite affordable and easy to maintain. Kudosto Mer de Sable!

 

[TPoseOnTantrum]

It is indeed a wooden coaster that has gone very very vertical, too;

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[ricklap77]

Looks great!

 

[Slamming Coastercore]

Posted on LinkedIn by the Technical/Security Director.

 

[ricklap77]

Nice work!

 

[VonRolland]

https://www.facebook.com/themeparkmagic1/posts/1062025662385524

 

[Slamming Coastercore]

Another LinkedIn update from the Technical/Security Director.

 

[Peet]

That tunnel will be fun, looks like the track will go through it twice

 

[Niles]

Its looking pretty much done.





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[Niles]

Here are some close ups of how the coaster is coming along, trains have also arrived on site.

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