Oct 15, 2018 Joe Kleiman Europe & Middle East, News, Theme Parks, World markets Comments Off on Efteling to replace bobsleigh ride with new dual track family coaster
Efteling – the fairytale theme park in the south of Holland – has revealed that a new attraction is to launch where the Bob bobsleigh run is currently located, scheduled to open in spring 2020.
After more than 34 years of service as a children’s roller coaster, next year the Bob will make way for a new roller coaster aimed at children aged between 4 and 10 years old. Max & Moritz will be a dual-tracked roller coaster, based on a well-known German visual poem about two naughty boys called Max and Moritz. Like Bob, Max & Moritz will be suitable for the whole family (with a minimum passenger’s height of one meter) and will open in spring 2020.
The Bob’s current Swiss theming and its station building will be retained for the new attraction, while the construction of the track will start in September 2019 and is expected to cost 15 million euros. The Bobsleigh run will remain open until then.
Max & Moritz will be themed on the 1865 German illustrated story of the same name, written and drawn by Wilhelm Busch. The forerunner of the comic strip, the original copy consists of drawings and text, with each image accompanied by a few lines in rhyme. The story follows Max & Moritz, two naughty boys who make fun of villagers with their mischievous behavior. Efteling will create a free adaptation of the original story in the attraction; a happy nod to the story about the two boys.
With the announcement of Max and Moritz, the opening of another new attraction in a soon-to-be expanded area to the east of the amusement park will be postponed until 2021. It will be part of a completely new themed area. The new themed area will be part of the adventurous Reizenrijk, and include the new attraction next to the Efteling Hotel, renovations at the hotel and a few smaller attractions.
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