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CoasterAnne I Guess Donkeys Are Okay
Joined: 03 Apr 2007 Total posts: 23 Location: Leeuwarden, NL Age: 16 Gender: Male |
 Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 5:52 am Post subject: |
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It's now official that it's gonna be a GCI. Here's my translated version of the press mail:
| Quote: | Efteling and GCI sign for cooperation
8/12/2009
This morning, Bart de Boer and Clair Hain Jr. (president of GCI), signed the agreement for the construction of the new ride Joris en de Draak (George and the Dragon). In 2010 the wooden racer-coaster Joris en de Draak will be open in the Ruigrijk part of the Efteling. It's the first racer-coaster in Northwest-Europe and that makes the ride unique.
Joris en de Draak
In the new, double rollercoaster Joris en de Draak, the visitors will be divided in to two tracks: Water and Fire. There will be a battle for the quickest laptime, where the Dragon will not be unheard. The visitors will be real 'dragonhunters', just like the legendary Joris, who defeated in the early days a dragon and saved an innocent girl. Joris en de Draak will be placed on the place of Pegasus, by the Flying Dutchman. It'll be a cool, themed coaster for the entire family in an exciting and natural environment.
Facts & Figures Joris en de Draak
Length: 2 x 2300ft
Height: 70,5ft
Number of trains: 4
Max. speed: 43,4 mph
Minimum height: 3,6ft
Great Coasters International,Inc.
GCI is a famous American company specialised in building wooden family coasters. They have won many awards througout the years, such as Wooden Coaster of the Year 2005 & 2006. The company distinguishes by by the authentic and passionate way their rides are built. The first woorden rollercoaster was built in 1996 for Hersheypark, Pennsylvania and in 2006 the company expanded by building coasters in Europe as well.
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Sorry for my quick translate, but it's at least better then Babelfish. 
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| CoasterAnne I Guess Donkeys Are Okay
Joined: 03 Apr 2007 Total posts: 23 Location: Leeuwarden, NL Age: 16 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 5:53 am Post subject: |
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| Jeroen_twee wrote: | Efteling en Great Coasters tekenen samenwerking
Vanochtend tekenden Bart de Boer, directievoorzitter Efteling en Clair Hain Jr., president Great Coasters International, Inc. de intentieverklaring voor de bouw van de nieuwe attractie Joris en de Draak. Medio 2010 zal de houten racer-achtbaan Joris en de Draak te beleven zijn in het Ruigrijk van de Efteling. Het is de eerste houten racer-achtbaan in Noordwest Europa en dat maakt deze attractie zo uniek.
Joris en de Draak
In de nieuwe, dubbele achtbaan Joris en de Draak worden de bezoekers verdeeld over twee banen: water en vuur. Er wordt tegen elkaar gestreden om de snelste tijd waarbij de draak van zich laat horen. De bezoekers treden als echte ‘drakenjagers’ in de voetsporen van de legendarische Joris, die in vroegere tijden een draak versloeg en een onschuldig meisje het leven redde. Joris en de Draak komt tegenover De Vliegende Hollander te staan, op de plek van de Pegasus. Het wordt een stoere, gethematiseerde coaster voor het hele gezin in een spannende en natuurlijke omgeving.
Facts & Figures Joris en de Draak
- lengte: 2 x 700 meter
- hoogte: 21,5 meter
- aantal treinen: 4
- capaciteit per uur: 1750 personen
- max. snelheid: 70 km/u
- minimum lichaamslengte: 1.10 meter
Great Coasters International, Inc.
Great Coasters International, Inc. is een gerenommeerd Amerikaans bedrijf dat gespecialiseerd is in het bouwen van houten familieachtbanen. Dat blijkt ook uit de vele awards dat het bedrijf door de jaren heen heeft ontvangen, waaronder de award voor Wooden Coaster of the year in 2005 en 2006. Het bedrijf onderscheidt zich door de authentieke en passievolle wijze waarop de attracties worden gemaakt. De eerste houten achtbaan werd gebouwd in 1996 in Hersheypark, Pennsylvania en in 2006 breidde het bedrijf uit door ook achtbanen te bouwen in Europa.
Persbericht Efteling
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Short version for who can't read Dutch:
GCI! |
I translated it for y'all. See above. 
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| thrillerman1 Bonafide Donkey Expert
Joined: 07 Aug 2006 Total posts: 1250 Location: in a champagne supernova in the sky Gender: Male |
| Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 8:38 am Post subject: |
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I think this announcement by Efteling kinda flew by maybe a little unnoticed with the Kennywood and Holiday World announcements this week too, but a new GCI racing coaster with theming sounds really great to me. I personally can't wait to see how this one turns out!
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| Nosferatu Full Fledged Donkey Enthusiast!
Joined: 16 Feb 2005 Total posts: 135 Location: Singapore (exchange Student) Age: 23 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 9:58 am Post subject: |
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GCi + Efteling's standard of Theming + duelling = Awesome.
I don't think it's really fair judging this ride by lightning Racer. That ride is 9 years old, and see how far GCI coasters has evolved since then. Judging by their latest efforts, this is probably going to be incredible. Imagine something like a duelling El Toro  
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| hobbit Full Fledged Donkey Enthusiast!
Joined: 10 Feb 2007 Total posts: 342 Location: Netherlands Age: 17 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 9:56 am Post subject: |
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| it will be a race coaster..
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| CorkscrewFoley Reeks of Books
Joined: 13 Sep 2005 Total posts: 375 |
| Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:40 am Post subject: |
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I'm happy with the announcement. It's too bad it was going to be a dueling scenic railroad. 
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| Coaster Cow Full Fledged Donkey Enthusiast!
Joined: 19 May 2009 Total posts: 141 Location: Rochester, NY Age: 15 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 2:05 pm Post subject: |
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Awesome... I love the appeal of Lightning Racer, and I think that Gwazi has a lot of potential, so I'm definitely looking forward to more on this.
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| Josh Linn Way Close to Knoebels!
Joined: 26 Feb 2005 Total posts: 179 Location: Bloomsburg, PA Age: 19 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 2:08 pm Post subject: |
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| hobbit wrote: | | it will be a race coaster.. |
So one will be black and the other white?
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| Jeroen_twee I Love Donkeys! Joined: 27 Mar 2006 Total posts: 43 Location: netherlands Age: 22 Gender: Unknown |
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| coasterfreak101 Gimme Some Candy!
Joined: 28 Apr 2005 Total posts: 1641 Location: O-Dent-On, Maryland Age: 17 Gender: Male |
| Posted: Fri Oct 09, 2009 11:33 am Post subject: |
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There's a dual station fly-by. Life is good.
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