Joris en de Draak
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Joris en de Draak
Efteling · NL · Great Coasters International Racing wooden coaster (Water and Fire tracks)
“Two timber roads contest the green fields of Efteling.”
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Fast facts
- Joris en de Draak opened at Efteling on 1 July 2010. en.wikipedia.org
- It is a wooden racing coaster manufactured by Great Coasters International. coasterpedia.net
- The two racing courses are named Water and Fire. efteling.com
- Each course rises twenty-five metres and reaches seventy-five kilometres per hour. en.wikipedia.org
- The ride has no inversions and a listed capacity of 1,750 riders per hour. en.wikipedia.org
- Its reported build cost was $17.3 million. en.wikipedia.org
- GCI later listed Joris en de Draak as its first international Titan Track installation, with 510 feet added. greatcoasters.com
The story of Joris en de Draak
Before Joris en de Draak, this corner of Ruigrijk held Pegasus, Efteling’s earlier wooden coaster. By 2009, Pegasus had given its years of service, and the park chose a new racing wooden ride for the same ground. efteling.com· coasterpedia.net
In August 2009, Efteling and Great Coasters International announced their cooperation on the new attraction. The plan called for a double wooden racer in which visitors would be divided between Water and Fire, a proud American-built work set down in the Dutch parkland. eftelist.nl· greatcoasters.com
The coaster was officially opened on 30 June 2010 and entered the summer season as a new Efteling landmark. Contemporary Efteling material described it as opening to visitors on 1 July 2010, bringing a wooden dual-track roller coaster to the park’s programme for that year. eftelist.nl· efteling.com
The finished ride stood twenty-five metres high, reached seventy-five kilometres per hour, and sent two trains out in friendly competition. In later years GCI also recorded a 510-foot Titan Track installation on Joris en de Draak, showing that this wooden racer continued to receive serious engineering attention after its first decade. en.wikipedia.org· greatcoasters.com
Sources
- en.wikipedia.org Acceptable source
- coasterpedia.net Preferred source
- efteling.com Acceptable source
- greatcoasters.com Preferred source
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- eftelist.nl Acceptable source
- efteling.com Preferred source