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The bite of the Cobra of Amun Ra

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Changes in Belantis

I make no secret that I like the Leipzig amusement park Belantis with its summerland-like character and its almost too friendly staff. Besides its good portfolio of rides, it is especially the small attractions along the wayside, which the park seems to master to perfection. They create a successful ambience and, in combination with the park’s rather pleasant audience, positively influence the time spent in the park. Of course, not everything is perfect in the 2003 created park; for example, it still lacks a circuit without a dead end and one or the other tree, but at least it is nothing that could not be improved in the coming years. After all, the last two years have shown that it is possible to be a little more willing to invest than in the years before. As a result, the area around the big roller coaster Huracan has lost a bit of its insularity, although the small 23m long Kiddy Racer by the manufacturer Gerstlauer is only used as an entry level roller coaster for the very small ones, which is admittedly very cute when you watch it. This year’s novelty, the roller coaster Cobra des Amun Ra in the Egyptian themed area of the park, is more suitable for older children.

Cobra des Amun Ra

The coaster is identical in construction to the Dragon Fly roller coaster from the Dutch amusement park Duinrell, but it was wonderfully staged. The station and a large part of the queue are located inside a temple complex, which robs you of the feeling of space because of the confusing corridors inside. The light effect of the collapsing columns and walls towards the end of the queue is brilliant, but the Turkish Christmas illumination before isn’t. I can hardly imagine that the rapidly changing play of light has not yet brought any victims to light, because without a warning about the possibility of an epileptic seizure, the queue should actually not be released, especially as many problems especially with younger children are often not yet known. Unfortunately, the location of the station is also unfavorable, since it starts with the front part of the train, which means that people rarely move to the back.

After the train has been loaded and dispatched, the carriages start moving and leave the station building in a left-hand bend. After a small right-hand bend the lift hill follows, which is climbed relatively fast. After a short straight line, one leaves the lift in a sharply descending left-hand bend, followed by an elevated turn. Immediately after that, one enters a Bavarian curve-like course with quite high hills and deep valleys. Full of momentum, one now makes several short changes of direction and briefly crosses under the lift hill only to pass through a descending left helix shortly afterwards. Soon the brakes are reached and in a short left turn you return to the station, which you reach through a wall of fog.

The Cobra des Amun Ra is a straightforward family roller coaster with a great dynamic course and thus a pleasant interplay of accelerations. In contrast to the larger roller coaster of the same type TNT – Tren de la Mina from the Spanish amusement park Parque de Atracciones de Madrid, which is strongly based on the Youngster Coasters and thus on the competing product of the Mack company, the ride hardly gets lost in the directional changes towards the end of the ride, thus offering a better ride. Only the lower capacity prevents several repeat rides.

Pictures Belantis

Capt'n Black's Piratentaufe • Abc Rides Tilt Tower

Cobra des Amun Ra • Gerstlauer Family Coaster

Drachenritt • Gerstlauer Bobsled Coaster

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TKathke October 3, 2015 October 2, 2022 Belantis

Sommer- und Winterrodelbahn Wippra (2015)

When I last visited Wippra the Sommer- und Winterrodelbahn Wippra was unfortunately closed for technical reasons. On the off chance I dared to visit it again, since the web site, which had been neglected for years, unfortunately does not provide any data on whether it was open or not, and lo and behold, after I had paid the price for a ride – which was higher than the price listed in the ticket office list – the ride could start right away.

After leaving the lift there is a short right-hand bend, whereupon one immediately increases speed in a left-hand bend. This speed is continuously increased on the following straight before it goes into a wide right turn and then over a small gradient. In a small tunnel you change direction and race down the slope for a few meters before you approach the highlight of the course in a wide right turn. With full speed you pass a bigger jump and after another turn you pass two waves. Then you go around a small lake featuring a Nautic Jet from Heege, only to take off a little bit in the sled in another jump. Two turns later you reach the end of the Sommer- und Winterrodelbahn Wippra.

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TKathke October 3, 2015 December 3, 2020 Saxony-Anhalt

Over the Bode using a witches’ broom

Preface

The Wie-Hex installations are certainly not among the most popular products of the manufacturer Wiegand, which is known above all for its toboggan runs and steel tub slides. Nevertheless, this year a second generation witches’ broom in a remarkable version, the Boderitt, was installed in the second fun park of the Seilbahnen Thale Erlebniswelt, near the cable car up to the Hexentanzplatz and in the immediate vicinity of the first generation witches’ broom.

Seilbahnen Thale Erlebniswelt

Boderitt

A little later than I thought, I reached the Erlebniswelt in the Bode Valley – which is run by the manufacturer Wiegand – only to be at the Boderitt way too early. Although the opening hours were clear, the new Wie-Hex had not even completed his test rounds, and even worse, it had not even started. Only on demand the ride was set in motion, but it was much colder than expected and the cars had a hard time to make the track at all. After almost an hour, a technician started up the ride after numerous attempts.

With the course of the day completely turned upside down, I was able to take a seat in the vehicle familiar from the Ski- und Rodelarena Wasserkuppe. After inserting the necessary 3 chips, the vehicle immediately starts moving and climbs the first lift hill. Without any noticeable deflection you make a left turn and then a small detour along the terrace of the restaurant. After a further left turn, the car is braked almost to a standstill in the following right turn, as the second lift hill is approaching. Back on a higher level, followed by a swerve, there is a serpentine-like play of curves that is driven somewhat faster, whereupon the third lift hill is reached. You also leave this hill in a left turn, followed by a wide right turn. Not surprisingly, after another change of direction you reach the final lift. The now following slope is a little more distinctive and the two curves also have a narrower radius through which the gondola swings a little more. However, also in this case, one is braked too soon and consequently one crawls towards the exit position.

The Boderitt is only remarkable because of its size, unfortunately not due to the ride. Compared to the witches broom of the Wasserkuppe, the swinging of the cars is almost non-existent, neither rocking forwards or backwards nor swinging to the side. Admittedly, the ride was certainly not yet sufficiently run in at that time and therefore the swinging might have been much lesser than in the late afternoon; but that doesn’t make the track, whose highlight in the end were the four lifts themselves and the final curves, any better. Nevertheless, it enlivens Funpark 2 at Seilbahnen Thale Erlebniswelt and fills it well, as does the new water ride from the manufacturer Zierer.