Euro-Mir

Euro -Mir

The Euro -Mir is a roller coaster, which is in the Europa-Park Rust. It is in Russian theme and was opened after three years of construction 1997.

Data

The roller coaster category spinning coaster is at the highest point 28.30 m high, 984 m long and reaches a speed of 78 km / h This keeps Euro -Mir -both in the category of roller coasters with spiral lift as well as in the category of paths with rotating trolley each world records for altitude, speed and length. The journey takes 4:46 minutes, it was built by Heinrich Mack GmbH & Co. KG. The maximum capacity is 1,600 passengers per hour.

Theming

The name of the roller coaster was derived from the German - Russian space flight Euro -Mir, which took place in 1994 with the participation of Ulf Merbold. A training module of the Russian space agency, which resembles the former Mir space station and is already in the possession of the Europa Park has long been integrated into the building and can be visited. The waiting time will be shortened by the trance soundtrack " Project Euro -Mir ", specially developed to Hell Bopp ( Christian Steiger ) and Nick Sputt ( Ben Seidl pants ) for the Europa- Park.

Description of trip

The car of the roller coaster can be rotated 360 °, which means that you have to opt for a sitting position facing or rear-facing position before getting. A spiral elevator (also called drum lift, is located in the middle of a huge drum to which the trains are pulled up ) pulls the roller coaster train to the top. While driving up the nacelles are rotated, but locked up again. An exception is the first car that pulls the train on the spiral elevator up and therefore can not rotate. After a first shot ride the gondolas are again rotated 180 ° and found again. On the way down you go to mirrored towers, the cars accelerate up to 78 km / h There are some steep turns. At the end of the journey you will pass a very long right-hander in which a photo is shot. The g - forces in this passage are the highest. Then it goes into a short left turn, the roller coaster train is braked sharply and moves into the holding station.

The Euro -Mir has nine trains with four cars. In each car four people can ( two forward and two backward) take place. A total of 16 people can be seated per train. The most recent car of each train has both front and rear on-board cameras whose records are after driving from each passenger to purchase as DVD.

Others

The only roller coaster in the park, the Euro -Mir has a size limit for visitors to 1.95 m.

In 2004, it came after a power failure to an accident. A brake in a gondola was obviously released too early, so she started at a low speed to another. A teenager broke his leg, the other guests suffered especially cervical spine syndromes.

In August 2013 there was again an accident when a man is squeezed out of the safety bar. The man fell on a track adjacent to the rails escape and hurt his leg, but was otherwise unharmed.

In September 2013, the entire attraction served as the original site for the music video " Project Euro Mir". The capsule outside of the building was completely blocked this also from the park for visitors.