Fact sheet: ‘Voltron Nevera powered by Rimac’
Records:
• Steepest launch in the world (105°)
• Among the launch coasters with the most overhead elements in the world (seven)
• Longest launch coaster in Europe (1385m)
• Longest overhead rollercoaster in Europe (sixth longest overhead rollercoaster in the world)
• Holds the record in Europe with three acceleration sections
• Holds the record in Germany with four accelerations
Dates & Numbers:
• Beginning of construction: January 2022 (Construction time: over two years)
• Type: Stryker Coaster (Further development of the Big Dipper)
• Manufacturer: MACK Rides
• Drive: LSM-Launch drive (drive with 'Linear Synchronous Motor')
• Number of trains: 7 (3 to 4 on the route at the same time)
• People per train: 16
• Theoretical capacity: 1,600 people per hour
• Highest point: 32.5m
• Length: 1,385m
• Travel time: 3 min
• Maximum speed: 100 km/h
• Height/Age: Target: 130 cm, 8 years
• Construction: 142 rail parts, almost 300 stators (magnetic acceleration), 406 column foundations
• Total weight of supports: almost 500t
• Support colour: brown
• Ride elements: 30 different elements, a total of 4 launches (one backwards), 7 overhead elements (inversions)
• Track: Beyond-Vertical Launch (Vertical launch with 105° inclination), 4 rows of stators, Inverted Top Hat, Airtime Dip and Airtime Hill, Immelmann, with a particular element: At a height of 32m, passengers are weightless (Inverted Stall), S-curve with Transition to Dive Loop (cars rotate 180°), reverse drive with Launch in Top Hat, Banked Stall with side Airtime, Ejection Drifter (new development unique worldwide: Banked Stall inclined 90° to the left with side airtime), Double Up (final height: 20m), Falling Roll, Cutback, final element: Corkscrew (car rotates on its own axis and crosses two other rails)
• Darkride section (after the train station), a rollercoaster curve close to the water
• a train consists of 24,893 components, is equipped with lighting elements, a special feature: the elaborate design of the seats in the style of old, quilted leather armchairs (most elaborate seat that MACK Rides has ever produced)
Theming:
• Size: 20,000m² (construction phase 1)
• Rollercoaster is integrated into the 17th European themed area Croatia, inspired by the city of Hvar/Croatia
• Two Voltron towers (each 28m total height), Croatian bell tower (34m, highest decorative element), other traditional Croatian elements: light limestone as a basic element, arches, old ruins, pieces of wall
• Flora: Croatian plant selection (Pinos, vineyard field), special feature: 800 year old olive tree
Storytelling:
• by MACK Magic, is about Nikola Tesla, as he was born in what is now Croatia
• Rollercoaster starts in a hydroelectric power station provided by the Adventure Club of Europe and repurposed by Tesla
• Tesla's groundbreaking discovery: People can be transformed into cosmic energy and transported from tower to tower as lightning
Station building:
• L-shaped building (Total area: 1.600 m²)
• Main waiting area, Virtual Line, Single Rider
Gastronomy and merchandising in Croatia themed area:
• Ice cream parlour ‘Sunce i Lavanda’
• Imbiss Ćevapčići Snack
• Shop ‘Suveniri Nikola’
Miscellaneous:
• Augmented reality feature in the Europa-Park & Rulantica app: Users can accompany Nikola Tesla on a mission and solve puzzles. The goal: to successfully start up the virtual rollercoaster!