Europa-Park announced Silver Star in the summer of 2001, and the public first rode it on 23 March 2002. For the visitor arriving in Rust, it was a new high work on the edge of the holiday park, promising a climb that could be seen before the journey was even quite finished. coasterpedia.net

The undertaking brought Bolliger & Mabillard steel to Europa-Park in Hyper Coaster form, with Mack Rides working in close company. The result was one of the park’s first true giants, a seventy-three-metre structure set out with the calm assurance of modern Swiss engineering. blog.europapark.de· coasterpedia.net

At its opening, Silver Star stood among Europe’s great steel coasters, with a recorded top speed of 127 km/h and no inversions. Its distinction came from height, speed, and the long sweep of its hills, rather than from turning riders upside down. en.wikipedia.org

The course makes a broad parade over the park’s own parking lot, a practical piece of land transformed into theatre. With a stated capacity of 1,750 riders per hour, it was built not merely to impress the traveller from afar, but to carry the summer afternoon crowd with steady dispatch. fr.wikipedia.org