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Baron 1898
Efteling
Location Kaatsheuvel, North Brabant, Netherlands
Coordinates 51°38′54″N 5°03′04″E / 51.6483°N 5.050995°E / 51.6483; 5.050995
Section Ruigrijk
Status Operating since 1 July 2015
Cost €18,000,000 (total investment)
Soundtrack Audiocult
Theme designer Sander de Bruijn
Theme manufacturer Garner Holt
Rider height 132 cm minimum
Statistics
Manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard
Product Dive Coaster
Type Steel - Floorless - Diving
Riders per train 18
Hourly capacity 1000
Propulsion Chain lift hill
Height 30 metres
Drop 37.5 metres
Top speed 90 km/h
Length 501 metres
Inversions 2
Duration 2:10

Baron 1898 is a steel floorless diving roller coaster located at Efteling in Kaatsheuvel, North Brabant, Netherlands. Opened on 1 July 2015, it is a Dive Coaster installation from Bolliger & Mabillard.

History

It was confirmed in a newspaper interview with park CEO Fons Jurgens that Efteling would open a new Bolliger & Mabillard Dive Coaster in 2015. On 15 October 2014, Efteling announced that the name would be Baron 1898.

On June 30, 2015, Baron 1898 opened to preview ticket holders and the press. The following day, the roller coaster opened to the public.[1]

Design

Elements

Baron 1898 has a single-rider queue. At the front of the queue, riders are given a ticket that specifies the row in which they will sit. A pre-show is then played before boarding.

Trains

3 trains with 3 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 6 across in a single row, for a total of 18 riders per train.

Location

The coaster is located in the "Ruigrijk" (roughly translating to "Thrillrealm") area of the park.

Theme

Baron 1898 is themed to a nineteenth-century gold mine. The story of the ride tells about Baron Gustave Hooghmoed, who struck gold in a cave, and decided to build his mine there. Nobody wanted to go down into the mine however, because it is haunted by "Witte Wieven" (a ghost-like creature in Dutch folk-lore). The Baron now "hires" guests to dig the gold up for him, using the elevator to get down into the mines (a broken elevator with a test seat is located next to the queue). The Witte Wieven tries to sabotage the elevator by snapping the cable, making the guests plummet into the mines. (so, canonically, the guests basically die)

Images

References

  1. "New Efteling dive coaster Baron 1898 opens to the public". Efteling. Retrieved 27 January 2020.

External links


Articles on Efteling