Krake
Sign in to saveKrake (German for "kraken") is a steel Dive Coaster roller coaster at Heide Park in Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard. It is the first roller coaster of its kind in Germany. At a cost of 12 million euros, the roller coaster features floorless trains, of track, and a maximum height of . The attraction officially opened to the public on April 16, 2011.
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- Instance of
- Dive Coaster
- Part of
- Heide Park
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Soltau
- Manufacturer
- Bolliger & Mabillard
- Image
- Krake, Heide Park 4.jpg
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Krake (German for "kraken") is a steel Dive Coaster roller coaster at Heide Park in Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard. It is the first roller coaster of its kind in Germany. At a cost of 12 million euros, the roller coaster features floorless trains, of track, and a maximum height of . The attraction officially opened to the public on April 16, 2011.
==History== thumb|left|Krake's splashdown area during construction Speculation that Heide Park would be getting a new roller coaster began in late 2009 after it was revealed that the park was working on a project code named "Ungetüm 2011" (translates to "Monster 2011"). In September 2010, track pieces from manufacture Bolliger & Mabillard began to be delivered to the park which then led to rumours that the new roller coaster would be a Dive Coaster. On October 31, 2010, Heide Park officially announced Germany's first Dive Coaster, Krake.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Krake” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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