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The Official 2010 GCI Woodie at Efteling Thread!
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 5:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's now official that it's gonna be a GCI. Here's my translated version of the press mail:

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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.



Sorry for my quick translate, but it's at least better then Babelfish. Taiko Bounce
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 5:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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. Taiko Really Happy
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PostPosted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 8:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Fri Aug 14, 2009 9:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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 Taiko Airtime Taiko Loves You Too!

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it will be a race coaster..
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 10:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm happy with the announcement. It's too bad it was going to be a dueling scenic railroad. Taiko Wink
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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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PostPosted: Mon Sep 14, 2009 2:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

hobbit wrote:
it will be a race coaster..


So one will be black and the other white?

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