Erlebnis-Rodelbahn Ruhla (2020)

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After years of riding mountain coasters in Germany, I finally managed to come across a Mountain Coaster by Brandauer. In contrast to the more usual Alpine Coasters by Wiegand, the ride features a monorail style ride system – very similar to the Caripro roller coasters – whereby the cars are guided by a metal stripe welded on top of the pipe. The Brandauer system also allows for steeper descents, which is very frightening.

I arrived at the Erlebnis-Rodelbahn Ruhla shortly before its closing time and had to buy my token at the miniature park Mini-a-Thür right next to it. Shortly thereafter, I already started my ascent on the ride. Once at the top, the ride starts with a short right-hand bend before we immediately go downhill in a very steep manner, whereby we are simultaneously being guided through serpentines. Two large and steep jumps follow.  After this shocking moment, whereby we start to trim our velocity a bit, the track continuous in a more harmless serpentine fashion. Shortly before the end of the ride, we disappear into a forest and take a last steep curve into the brakes. This is the end of the short, but also very funny ride.

Erlebnis-Rodelbahn Ruhla • Brandauer Mountain Coaster

 

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Thuringia

Inselberg Funpark (2020)

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The Inselberg Funpark not so far away from the Ski- und Rodelarena Wasserkuppe, is a Wiegand Erlebnisberg – a small showcase amusement park of the manufacturer Wiegand. Here you can find besides a classical luge, a Luna Loop and Nautic Jet by Heege, as well as the prototype of the Wie-Flyer Suspended Powered Coaster.

For many years, I wanted to give the Wie-Flyer a try, but sadly never found my way to this corner of Thuringia. Therefore, I missed to ride the ride with its original encaged vehicles. Nowadays, the cars are far more open and provide a ride experience very similar to that of a suspended coaster. As you can also control the speed of the vehicles, you can influence your experience similar to a Bobkart ride by the same manufacturer – a ride which can be found in amusement parks all over the world.

The ride starts with a right-hand bend, which goes over in a large downhill helix to the left. In two serpentine curves we then gain a bit of altitude. This is followed by a long wavy stretch of track, which makes it passengers giggle like crazy. After a left-hand bend this section is repeated. In the courtyard of the first helix, we take an upward leading spiral back to the starting height of the ride. After a longer straight and a left-hand curve, we reach the end of this surprisingly funny ride.

 

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Thuringia

Altmühlbob (2020)

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One of the most interesting stops during my current tour through Germany was the Altmühlbob in Riedenburg, Bavaria. Since 1999, the location is home to an Alpine Coaster by Wiegand sharing the same name. Since 2017, it is also the home to the Speedbob – a so called Sport Coaster made by Wiegand.

While the Altmühlbob provides a solid ride through a over severall smaller jumps and a bunch of serpentines, the Speedbob fully concentrates itself on camelbacks. This is unusual for a mountain coaster and more importantly even for a roller coaster. After the long ascent, the ride drops off immediately with a double down. After an intense valley, the bob takes the first camelback and thereby tries to kick us out of our seats. This is insane! Thanks god, two more camelbacks are joined immediately after. After the third airtime filled hill, we are forced to a standstill in the magnetic brake section. Shortly thereafter, the extraordinary mountain coaster ride comes to an end.

 

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Bavaria