Plopsaland de Panne | The Ride to Happiness | Mack Xtreme Spinning Coaster | 2021

[Benenen]

They plan to open the coaster on July 1 2021.

Source: HLN (Belgian newspaper)

Where in the article does it say that? I read on Loooopings (not a great source) that it would open sometime between Easter and July 1st

 

[Nick13]

I think that means they have changed the opening date from Easter to July. And the hotel has been pushed back to February.

That’s a shame as I was planning a trip for May!

 

[VonRolland]

Where in the article does it say that? I read on Loooopings (not a great source) that it would open sometime between Easter and July 1st

Ahhh Looopings the best place to receive passive aggressive mostly bitchy news...

 

[Rein]

I think that means they have changed the opening date from Easter to July. And the hotel has been pushed back to February.

That’s a shame as I was planning a trip for May!

Correct. The Looopings tweet confirms the change of dates from Easter 2021 to July 1 2021. And the opening of the hotel to Februari 1 2021.

The article says:
“De bouw is volop bezig”, zegt Steve Van den Kerkhof. “We maken ons sterk dat we die attractie tegen 1 juli 2021 kunnen openen.”
Meaning:
“Construction is in full swing,” says Steve Van den Kerkhof. "We are committed to opening the attraction by July 1, 2021."

 

[Benenen]

Ah my bad, completely misinterpretated that translation.

I imagine there's a lot of us planning a 3-4 park Belgium trip and this really limits that. Looking at opening times the parks seem to only be open weekends in September or October so I think the only option is to go in the summer holidays when it's disgustingly busy or pick 2 parks and do a weekend trip later in the year.

 

[CSLKennyNI]

Nick the quality controller for Plopsa has shared a teasing picture from in the Mack Factory of the trains.

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[EDjanaika]

It's looking really good and all i can say is roll on 2021!

 

[MLDesigns]

Breaking: super secret leaked image of trains, got it from secret source i cant say who becoes they might lose job shhh


(Kidding aside, not too disappointed that it appears to be the same trains as Time Traveler 1. They're gooorgeous)

 

[CrashCoaster]

Found this on Coaster Studios Discord:-

 

[JoshC.]

I feel like all I do is moan about how I dislike how this ride looks, but eww, those supports are ugly.

 

[Coasterwaffle]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1334545049858805764

Some more pics of the new ride at Plopsaland

 

[EDjanaika]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1334545049858805764

Some more pics of the new ride at Plopsaland

This coaster is looking so good now i feel like it's definitely necessary to make the trip to Belgium what with Mega Coaster and this! Just counting on one thing...!

 

[Coasterwaffle]

This coaster is looking so good now i feel like it's definitely necessary to make the trip to Belgium what with Mega Coaster and this! Just counting on one thing...!

The layout indeed looks very good and the experience will be very great too but I am not really sold on the color scheme of the ride.

 

[MatthijsFB15]

Lots of progress has been made this week, including reaching the highest point.

 

[Coasterwaffle]

Wow te ride has some really beefy looking catwalks on the second launch, those look very wide which makes sense for a spinning coaster but still.

 

[VonRolland]

Wow te ride has some really beefy looking catwalks on the second launch, those look very wide which makes sense for a spinning coaster but still.

Ok?

 

[JeffreyDC]

Credits:

Themepark Magic
Facebook pretparken.be

 

[Intamin to Win]

This could be the sleeper contender for ride of the year. I realize it’s against stiff competition, but maaaaannnn

 

[Pear]

 

[Ries]

Plopsa Director Steve Van den Kerkhof told Looopings that they aren't sure yet what the theme will be.

De directeur realiseert zich dat die werkwijze ongebruikelijk is. "Ik weet dat het raar klinkt", lacht hij. "Bij een partij als Disney zou zoiets ook niet kunnen, maar bij Plopsa wel."

He is realising that this is an unusual method. "I know this sounds strange, At Disney this wouldn't be possible, but at Plopsa it is."

Source is here (in Dutch).