Wiener Prater | Wiener Looping | Mack Stryker Coaster | 2025

[w8erbahn]

From today:

















Track pieces for the lift hill and other stuff:

 

[DelPiero]

So exciting!
Starting to get ideas together for next year and this is definitely on the list. Does anyone know when they start having all the rides open? Guessing Easter?

 

[w8erbahn]

So exciting!
Starting to get ideas together for next year and this is definitely on the list. Does anyone know when they start having all the rides open? Guessing Easter?

The official season at Wiener Prater is 15.3. - 31.10. But pretty much everything can be open when the weather is fine.

 

[HandsUpPantsDown]

Lift hill is installed. More progress pictures HERE

 

[NemesisRider]

Whilst I do worry about how the pacing on this will turn out, being a more Eurofighter-esque layout, it looks absolutely gorgeous - very excited to see it finished!

 

[TPoseOnTantrum]

Final piece of track was placed on the banana roll the other day, so there's that.



Source

Prater also announced yesterday that a major new 1,800-seat Theater will be built by 2027 on the site traditionally used by Olympia Looping and other temporary attractions. The contract with Barth was originally set until 2030 but the coaster is scheduled to be traveling all next summer, so those days are now over it seems.

Press Release

 

[w8erbahn]

Pictures from today. They’re currently doing the electronics.



Edit: forgot to upload the banana roll

 

[The_bullgod]

Who has changed the coaster type into a Mack Stryker coaster?
I thought this would be a Big Dipper coaster.

 

[CrashCoaster]

Who has changed the coaster type into a Mack Stryker coaster?
I thought this would be a Big Dipper coaster.

This IS a Big Dipper, probably the last to be built as as far as I'm concerned the Striker is it's spiritual successor. The location of the chain guard and brake setup is like that of the other Big Dippers compared to Helios; the thread title is incorrect.

I'm lead to believe this coaster has been in the pipeline for many years, which explains the late-2010s layout design compared to the stuff Mack is pumping out now. Only thing is they have fabricated it with Mack's newer track design, most likely to cut down on material costs.

 

[Changa]

I hope that this coexists with the Stryker in a similar manner to the Eurofighter and Infinity. This layout looks fantastic and I hope it opens the door to more creative, ultra-compact layouts that seem* to benefit the tight turning radii of the big dipper trains.

*I have no clue how the BD and Stryker trains compare. If the Stryker would be capable of this, then my case is redundant.

 

[CloudRuben]

This ride looks really great! It's short, but packs a punch.
Am I the only one who thinks the first drop looks crazy steep? I cannot find good pictures of it, but it seems to be trimmed in some computer renders. Is it also a double down drop? Looks great!

 

[bob_3_]

Yeah the vertical (or extremely steep drop) into a double down is a wild way to start the ride regardless of if it's trimmed. It defo fits MACKs recently design philosophy of pushing the boundaries.

 

[Lofty]

Unpopular opinion, but, I'm all for a trim if it makes the ride experience more enjoyable and repeatable. Having body-hurting forces isn't always the 'best' ride.

 

[The_bullgod]

Unpopular opinion, but, I'm all for a trim if it makes the ride experience more enjoyable and repeatable. Having body-hurting forces isn't always the 'best' ride.

You're right. Being forceful isn't a huge problem, but when it's body hurting, it is.

 

[w8erbahn]

Better pictures of the drop I took a while ago:

 

[MLDesigns]

Died 2020, reborn 2025- Welcome back Mystery Mine's first drop! That's pretty fun looking, real interested to see how this ends up. Love the double down!