Fårup Sommerland, one of Denmark’s biggest amusement parks has unveiled Fønix, a brand-new roller coaster designed to be the largest, fastest and most exciting park ride in the country.
The ride will stand at 40 meters tall, reach speeds of up to 95 kilometers an hour, feature the world’s first “stall loop” element, and have more airtime than any other amusement park ride in Scandinavia.
Fønix will be the first roller coaster in the world to feature a “stall loop” – a spectacular world first element combining the all-time favourite classic looping with the inverted stall into one new unique element. In this new element the train is forced into an overhead position by half a loop followed by an inverted camelback where the riders experience a period of 2.5 seconds of weightlessness before entering the second half of the loop combined with a twist.
Vekoma Rides, one of world’s largest roller coaster manufacturers, is the brains behind Fønix’s unique design and construction. Total investment of this project is approximately DKK 100M (€ 13M), making it the park’s largest-ever single investment. The second largest was back in 2013 when roughly DKK 44M (€ 5.9M) was invested into building Orkanen, a popular suspended family coaster.
