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Freizeitpark Plohn in Germany is set to have an explosive year in 2019 with the opening of new roller coaster Dynamite.
There are currently five roller coasters at Freizeitpark Plohn including the GCI wooden coaster El Toro.
Dynamite will be 44 m (144 ft) tall and 500 m (1640 ft) long, featuring an inverted Dive Drop, Loop and Zero G-Roll. The ride will reach a top speed of 62 mph (100 km/h).
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French theme park Le PAL will open a new family ride for the 2019 season, with The Yukon Wings joining the Yukon Territory-inspired area of the park.
The ride model is known as WindstarZ, from the the manufacturer Zamperla.
Riders will be able to take a seat aboard a hang glider and become a pilot by controlling the movement of the sail.
With its colourful, attractive and original design, the new attraction promises to offer an unforgettable experience with guaranteed thrills.
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Efteling – the fairytale theme park in the south of Holland – has revealed that a new attraction is to launch where the Bob bobsleigh run is currently located, scheduled to open in spring 2020.
After more than 34 years of service as a children's roller coaster, next year Bob will make way for a new roller coaster aimed at children aged between 4 and 10 years old.
Max & Moritz will be a dual-tracked roller coaster, based on a well-known German visual poem about two naughty boys called Max and Moritz.
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Efteling – the fairytale theme park in the south of Holland – has announced that the park will be welcoming a new fairytale in the park’s Fairytale Forest, due to open in autumn 2019.
Based on the Brothers Grimm fairytale called The Six Swans, the attraction will be the 30th to join the forest and will be located between Snow White's cave and Cinderella's house.
The fairytale scene will be the first ever in Efteling that will be combined with a mini ride.
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Opening in May 2019, the first Air Race thrill ride in Germany will open at Fort Fun Abenteuerland.
The Air Race 8.2 model from Zamperla takes riders on a thrilling journey which replicates the experiences and sensations of an acrobatic aeroplane flight, with banks, loops, dives and weightlessness that will test even the most experienced thrill seekers.
The action takes place up to 7.6m above the ground and 'pilots' experience accelerations of almost 3G.
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The new Eurosat - CanCan Coaster, with VR experience Coastiality, is now open at Europa-Park in Germany, Europe's second most visited theme park.
The combined dark ride and roller coaster Eurosat, a landmark of Europa-Park’s French themed area, as well as the square around the giant sphere founded in 1989, have been extensively modified and shine in a new light.
The rails and cables of the Eurosat ‒ CanCan Coaster have been completely renewed, and the technology and theming has also undergone a generous overhaul.
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Gröna Lund in Sweden will premiere Snake, a new thrill ride, exclusively for the 2019 season. The new attraction will spin riders 40 meters into the air at 80 km/h, exposing them to 4.3 G.
Snake will become the park's most intensive ride so far, with guests seated at the end of a gigantic rotating arm.
The attraction type is a Chaos Pendle, manufactured by Funtime, where the gondola spins freely around its own axle, which means each ride is different from the next depending on the distribution of weight among fellow riders.
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To celebrate its 40th birthday in 2019, Walibi Rhône-Alpes will open a new Infinity Coaster built by the German manufacturer Gerstlauer.
This new roller coaster, the first of its kind in France, will be 575m (1,886ft) in length, 31m (101.7ft) high and reach a top speed of 85kph (53mph).
It will also feature a signature vertical lift hill, several inversions (Dive Drop and Zero-G Roll), a Top Hat, LSM Launch and Switch Track which will enable the ride to go forwards and backwards.
