Vild-Svinet
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Vild-Svinet
BonBon-Land · DK · Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter 320 (prototype — first Euro-Fighter ever built)
“Zealand met the new century at a ninety-seven-degree edge.”
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Fast facts
- Vild-Svinet is a steel roller coaster at BonBon-Land in Holme-Olstrup, Sjælland, Denmark. coasterpedia.net
- The ride opened on 16 May 2003 and is listed as operating. coasterpedia.net
- Gerstlauer records 2003 as the world premiere of the Euro-Fighter type at Danish Bonbonland. gerstlauer-rides.de
- Its height is 22 metres and its listed top speed is 72.4 kilometres per hour. en.wikipedia.org
- The first drop is ninety-seven degrees, following a vertical chain lift. coasterpedia.net
- The course includes one inversion, a vertical loop. en.wikipedia.org
- Estimated throughput is about 650 riders per hour, and the estimated build cost was about US$6 million. en.wikipedia.org
The story of Vild-Svinet
The traveller coming south through Zealand finds BonBon-Land near Copenhagen, a family park first opened in 1992. In 2003 it gained Vild-Svinet, the steel ride that gave the park a place in coaster engineering history. parquesreunidos.com· en.wikipedia.org
Gerstlauer’s own history marks Vild-Svinet as the world premiere of the Euro-Fighter type. Its vertical lift and more-than-vertical ninety-seven-degree descent made a compact tower of steel into a small Danish landmark. gerstlauer-rides.de· coasterpedia.net
The figures are brisk and exact: twenty-two metres high, 72.4 kilometres per hour, and one vertical loop. Single cars carry eight visitors, two rows of four, sending each party over the edge with very little ceremony. en.wikipedia.org· coasterpedia.net
The achievement was noticed beyond the park gates. Gerstlauer lists Vild Svinet at BonBon Land as the FKF Award winner for 2003, a fitting laurel for the first member of a line that would travel far beyond Zealand. gerstlauer-rides.de· gerstlauer-rides.de
Sources
- coasterpedia.net Preferred source
- gerstlauer-rides.de Preferred source
- en.wikipedia.org Acceptable source
- parquesreunidos.com Acceptable source
- gerstlauer-rides.de Preferred source
- gerstlauer-rides.de Preferred source