Walibi Holland | Speed of Sound
Speed of Sound is a steel Boomerang roller coaster in Walibi Holland. It was manufactured by Vekoma and opened in 2000 as La Via Volta. It was open until 2007 when the park announced it would be shut down. That year, the train was sold to Pleasurewood Hills in England and now operates on Wipeout and the track remained in place at Walibi World. On November 12, 2008 the train crashed into a rock. 1 passenger died and 4 were injured. On 30 January, Walibi Holland announced that the La Via Volta will reopen in 2011, with a new style train from Vekoma under the name of Speed of Sound. P&P Projects was responsible for the design and build of this new attraction. Walibi Holland announced that it held a competition to win tickets for the opening of the roller coaster on April 6, 2011.

FACTS & FIGURES:
Type: Steel – Shuttle – Boomerang
Manufacturer and Designer: Vekoma
Model: Boomerang
Lift/launch system: Chain Lift Hill
Opened: 2000
Height: 35.5 m
Length: 285 m
Speed: 76 km/h
Inversions: 3 inversions. Each completed both forwards and backwards.
Duration: 1m48
Max vertical angle: 56°
Capacity: 760 riders per hour
G-force: 5.2
Train: Single train with 7 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 28 riders per train.
[ Source + more Info: Wikipedia - Speed of Sound (Roller Coaster) ]

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Robin Hood | Mister Bloomingdales 29/04/2017 15h38
Mister Bloomingdales likes American sized wooden roller coasters! Robin Hood is a wooden roller coaster built by Vekoma and opened in the year 2000. It has a height of 32 meters, length of 1035 meters and the maximum speed is 80 km/h.

Walibi Holland
Walibi Holland (previously called Flevohof, Walibi Flevo, Six Flags Holland and Walibi World) is a theme park in Biddinghuizen, The Netherlands.
Attractions include the Speed of Sound, El Condor, Xpress, Goliath and Robin Hood roller coasters.
The adjacent associated event grounds has been the location of large music festivals.

In 1971, the park was opened under the name 'Flevohof'. It was an educational themepark themed after agriculture and farming. Having struggled to compete with more modern family attractions, Flevohof went bankrupt in 1993, and was subsequently purchased by the Walibi Group that autumn, who redeveloped the site as an amusement park. After a major winter-long programme of reconstruction the park reopened as Walibi Flevo on 7 May 1994, featuring the world's first Vekoma suspended looping coaster (SLC), El Condor. The park also adopted the wallaby mascot of its sister park, Walibi Wavre in Belgium. (The name 'Walibi', incidentally, is derived from the first two letters of three towns in Belgium put together to form a single word: Wavre - Limal - Bierges).

The Walibi parks, including Bellewaerde in Belgium, were purchased by Premier Parks Inc. in 1998, who subsequently overhauled the Flevo park, removing the 'Walibi' branding and building 30 new attractions as part of its transformation into Six Flags Holland in 2000. Six Flags's nominal expansion into Europe saw a similar refurbishment of the Belgian Walibi theme park, which was renamed to Six Flags Belgium. Both parks benefiting from the group's rights to use Warner Brothers characters within them, leading to the creation of a Looney Tunes-themed area and a powered-launch coaster themed around popular comic figure Superman, later changed to the Xpress.

In 2004, Six Flags Holland and its sister parks were purchased by financiers Palamon Capital Partners, who grouped the attractions under the name "StarParks". The park reverted to Walibi branding in 2005; numerous attractions having been rebranded as the sale of the parks also meant the loss of any references to Looney Tunes and DC Comics characters rights.

In the second half of 2006, the parks were sold for the second time in as many years to the French group Grévin & Cie (Compagnie des Alpes), most notably the operators of the French themed resort Parc Astérix, who also purchased two other Dutch attractions - the Dolfinarium Harderwijk and Avonturenpark Hellendoorn. In 2011 the park was renamed as Walibi Holland, which introduced new mascots.

The adjacent associated event grounds were originally developed with Scouting Nederland for the EuroJam 1994 and the 18th World Scout Jamboree in 1995. It is or has been the location of many festivals like the Lowlands music festival and the Defqon.1 music festival .

FACTS & FIGURES:
Slogan: Dare to get Real
Coordinates: 52°26′24″N 5°45′45″E
Owner: Compagnie des Alpes
General Manager: Mascha van Till-Taminiau
Opened: 1971
Previous names: Walibi World (2005 to 2010) - Six Flags Holland (2000 to 2004) - Walibi Flevo (1994 to 1999) - Flevohof (1971 to 1991)
Operating Season: April - October
Rides: more than 40
Roller Coasters: 7
Water rides: 3

[ Source + more Information: Wikipedia - Walibi Holland (05/2017) ]

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Walibi Holland | Speed of Sound 14/04/2017 17h45
Speed of Sound is a steel Boomerang roller coaster in Walibi Holland. It was manufactured by Vekoma and opened in 2000 as La Via Volta. It was open until 2007 when the park announced it would be shut down. That year, the train was sold to Pleasurewood Hills in England and now operates on Wipeout and the track remained in place at Walibi World. On November 12, 2008 the train crashed into a rock. 1 passenger died and 4 were injured. On 30 January, Walibi Holland announced that the La Via Volta will reopen in 2011, with a new style train from Vekoma under the name of Speed of Sound. P&P Projects was responsible for the design and build of this new attraction. Walibi Holland announced that it held a competition to win tickets for the opening of the roller coaster on April 6, 2011.

FACTS & FIGURES:
Type: Steel – Shuttle – Boomerang
Manufacturer and Designer: Vekoma
Model: Boomerang
Lift/launch system: Chain Lift Hill
Opened: 2000
Height: 35.5 m
Length: 285 m
Speed: 76 km/h
Inversions: 3 inversions. Each completed both forwards and backwards.
Duration: 1m48
Max vertical angle: 56°
Capacity: 760 riders per hour
G-force: 5.2
Train: Single train with 7 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 28 riders per train.
[ Source + more Info: Wikipedia - Speed of Sound (Roller Coaster) ]

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Walibi Holland | Speed of Sound 14/04/2017 18h02
Speed of Sound is a steel Boomerang roller coaster in Walibi Holland. It was manufactured by Vekoma and opened in 2000 as La Via Volta. It was open until 2007 when the park announced it would be shut down. That year, the train was sold to Pleasurewood Hills in England and now operates on Wipeout and the track remained in place at Walibi World. On November 12, 2008 the train crashed into a rock. 1 passenger died and 4 were injured. On 30 January, Walibi Holland announced that the La Via Volta will reopen in 2011, with a new style train from Vekoma under the name of Speed of Sound. P&P Projects was responsible for the design and build of this new attraction. Walibi Holland announced that it held a competition to win tickets for the opening of the roller coaster on April 6, 2011.

FACTS & FIGURES:
Type: Steel – Shuttle – Boomerang
Manufacturer and Designer: Vekoma
Model: Boomerang
Lift/launch system: Chain Lift Hill
Opened: 2000
Height: 35.5 m
Length: 285 m
Speed: 76 km/h
Inversions: 3 inversions. Each completed both forwards and backwards.
Duration: 1m48
Max vertical angle: 56°
Capacity: 760 riders per hour
G-force: 5.2
Train: Single train with 7 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 28 riders per train.
[ Source + more Info: Wikipedia - Speed of Sound (Roller Coaster) ]

Tags:   Europe Nederland Netherlands Holland Pays-Bas Flevoland Biddinghuizen Walibi Walibi Holland Walibi Flevo Themepark Park Parc Parc d'Attractions Fun Rollercoaster Ride Thrill Ride Montagnes Russes Achtbaan People Inversion Speed of Sound Boomerang Coaster Vekoma Orange April 2017 Meteorry

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Walibi Holland | Speed of Sound 14/04/2017 18h09
The colorful entrance to one of my favorite roller coaster rides in Walibi Holland.

Speed of Sound is a steel Boomerang roller coaster in Walibi Holland. It was manufactured by Vekoma and opened in 2000 as La Via Volta. It was open until 2007 when the park announced it would be shut down. That year, the train was sold to Pleasurewood Hills in England and now operates on Wipeout and the track remained in place at Walibi World. On November 12, 2008 the train crashed into a rock. 1 passenger died and 4 were injured. On 30 January, Walibi Holland announced that the La Via Volta will reopen in 2011, with a new style train from Vekoma under the name of Speed of Sound. P&P Projects was responsible for the design and build of this new attraction. Walibi Holland announced that it held a competition to win tickets for the opening of the roller coaster on April 6, 2011.

FACTS & FIGURES:
Type: Steel – Shuttle – Boomerang
Manufacturer and Designer: Vekoma
Model: Boomerang
Lift/launch system: Chain Lift Hill
Opened: 2000
Height: 35.5 m
Length: 285 m
Speed: 76 km/h
Inversions: 3 inversions. Each completed both forwards and backwards.
Duration: 1m48
Max vertical angle: 56°
Capacity: 760 riders per hour
G-force: 5.2
Train: Single train with 7 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 28 riders per train.
[ Source + more Info: Wikipedia - Speed of Sound (Roller Coaster) ]

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