January 22, 20169 yr comment_226868 From Phantasialand... It looks...I don't know even. I don't like the look of that front, but I don't know what I was expecting really...
January 22, 20169 yr comment_226870 I like it, looks very different from what we've seen so far (yay for no OTSR's). Anyone know when this one is expected to open yet?
January 22, 20169 yr comment_226873 It looks...I don't know even. I don't like the look of that front, but I don't know what I was expecting really... It looks like Intamin have learned from their competitors - I don't think we could have asked for a better train. Clean, open-feeling, non-winged seating with lap bars. +20% hype for this ride now! But yes, weird fibreglass front is weird. If you look at it long enough it's a handlebar moustache.
January 22, 20169 yr comment_226874 The front of the train did remind me of a dragon horn. And then you have some rockwork that looks like a dragon head? Could be a nod to the potential theme maybe?
January 22, 20169 yr comment_226882 Yeah it looks like a Dragons head, or a vikings helmet. I think this might be one of the best noses intamin have done though, I don't think I've seen one with so much... 3D ness by them? I mean it's not just a logo printed on a nose, and it does look quite intimidating. I agree it seems weird, but hopefully any story for the ride will clarify it's meaning!
January 23, 20169 yr comment_226960 On Phantafriends Hadn't thought about this. But it seems very likely, self duelling even if unintentional like Smiler?
January 23, 20169 yr comment_226962 Oooh, I hadn't thought about this either! I guess with the large amount of track squished into one space, self-duelling moments at some points are practically an inevitability. If they have planned it so that they can work in some awesome self-duelling moments, then that would be pretty spectacular!
February 11, 20169 yr comment_227889 Couple of photos of Raik, which is now complete, from the best Dutch website ever looopings.nl: The last photo shows the park removing some of the rockwork theming which was in way of Raik. Whilst there's no photos of it, the lift hill and end of the track have apparently been fully enclosed.
February 12, 20169 yr comment_227910 Here's a fuller view of the majority of the track, including the enclosed lift hill. You can also see how it will interact with Taron. https://instagram.com/p/BBpksVHR8GZ/
February 12, 20169 yr comment_227912 This is going to be one hell of a coaster! The junior boomerang also looks a decent ride which will compliment and support Taron well.
February 12, 20169 yr comment_227929 That's like saying X is homage to Space Station Zero, because both are/were inside and dark
February 12, 20169 yr comment_227930 There's several possible reasons for the enclosure of that piece of track. The main one of course being that River Quest is in the Mystery area, whereas Raik is in Klugheim, so they'd either have to retheme RQ or just enclose it and make it look mysterious (totally the wrong word to use but you get what I'm saying). And of course, with Phantasia having to minimise noise, it's only natural many of their rides are enclosed in one way or another. So any resemblance is more than likely coincidental given what they can do.
March 6, 20169 yr comment_229057 A nice graphic of Klughiem, made my Tobi over on PhantaFriends.de https://www.phantafriends.de/topic/377-neu-2016-themenbereich-klugheim-diskussion-2/?page=240 Just insane! Also gives us a look at Raik's layout (if you can make it out!).
March 9, 20169 yr comment_229155 Is there an opening date for this yet? Nah; not even a month. Presumably not wanting to commit to anything yet after Chiapas' opening year problems. Given how things are progressing, I'm expecting it to open around May/June time tbh.
March 17, 20169 yr comment_229905 With Taron & Raik opening [somepoint] this year, the big question will be what be happening next? Here's your answer Race for Atlantis is dead! The once iconic globe which had similarities to the Euro Mir & Epcot icon is disappearing from the park forever. What's replacing it, who knows. But I've heard Hollywood, Nighthawk and that strange underground ominmover ride are apparently on the chopping block.
March 17, 20169 yr comment_229907 Good riddance to bad rubbish I think is Phantasia's motto at the moment, which can only be a good thing... And as they've proven, they could have ANYTHING up their sleeves...
March 17, 20169 yr comment_229908 Good. That thing was terrible. And the rides on the hit list. Perfect. All way past there best.. if they even had a best.
March 20, 20169 yr comment_230117 Phantasialand have posted some lovely photos of Klugheim... Train clearance; looks tight! And some more images from phantafriends.de... Trains! Raik's lift / end of track is fully enclosed. River Quest has also seen some new theming, and in general a bit of love... (Photos from Phantasialand) Still no word - or even a rumours - of an opening date yet for Klugheim, but hopefully not too long left to go! I must say the area to looking a little barren at the moment, but I'm expecting that once the area is 'live', and there's people in the area, music playing, rides running, etc, it won't feel like it at all!
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