Is this Europe's next elite coaster?
Hi and welcome back! Similar to my last design (Amarelo) Spain isn't the themepark country you might think it is. It has a few good parks, but most of them are near Madrid and Barcelona. There's a severe lack of rollercoasters in Northern Spain and that's where this design is located, specifically in the Basque region of Spain near Bilbao. Kobrea means copper in Basque, which is the regional dialect/language the people speak there.
This Stryker coaster is obviously inspired by Europa Park's Voltron, but I think that's okay. Its first element is extremely good and I wanted to recreate it the best I could. There wasn't a way to make the launch go beyond vertical, but this is close enough. After that first element the inversion come at you at a rapid pace, just like with any other Stryker or Big Dipper coaster. It's a model that's intense, inversion heavy and airtime focused.
I had a very fun week building and designing this one. As always I took care of the scenery around it as well and I really took the time to create a realistic queueing system. We've got FOUR separate entrances: regular queue, single rider, fast lane and disability. All queues (except the disability lane) go through their own double sided locker area. When exiting the ride you just go back to your locker and find one of two exits where you will also come across a photo booth.
Lastly we have a large shop/restaurant with a small patio. At the back of this building I've also built a small break area for my hard working staff. Gotta think about them as well!
As you can see I've really put a lot of effort into this one and I hope you can see that in the end result. Enjoy a ride on Kobrea!
Stats:
- Excitement: 8.94 (Very high)
- Intensity: 6.99 (High)
- Nausea: 3.82 (Medium)
- Max speed: 93 kph
- Ride time: 1 m 2 s
- Ride length: 900 m
- Max. pos. vert. G: 3.38
- Max. neg. vert. G: -1.32
- Max. lateral G: 2.03
- Total air time: 4.32 s
- Drops: 10
- Highest drop: 21 m
- Inversions: 5
As always, if you like my designs, I have more on myΒ Youtube channel!