Migfer

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Migfer

Wonderland Eurasia
Location	Ankara, Ankara, Turkey
Status	Standing but not operating since 2019

OCS Fun (Travelling)
Name	Fear Coaster
Location	Travelling, Australia
Operated	2010 to May 2012

DippieDoe Familiepark
Location	In storage, Netherlands
Operated	2007 to 2008

Hinzen (Netherlands)
Name	Cool & Fresh
Location	Travelling, Netherlands
Operated	2003 to 2006

Statistics

Manufacturer

SBF Visa Group

Product

Tower Coaster (MX875)

Type

Steel

Riders per train

4

Propulsion

Vertical chain lift hill

Inversions

1

Migfer is a Tower Coaster model by SBF Visa Group located at Wonderland Eurasia in Turkey. It previously operated on the travelling fair circuits in The Netherlands and Australia under the names Cool & Fresh and Fear respectively. The ride is currently standing but not operating and has been since the park opened in 2019.^[1]

History

The ride is believed to have debuted in 2003 on the Dutch fair circuit under the name Cool & Fresh,^[2] owned by showman Hinzen.^[3] It is known to have operated at the Dutch fair Tilburgse Kermis in 2004.^[4]

In 2007, the ride was sold to DippieDoe Familiepark in Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands, where it was rumoured to be opening in 2008 as part of a large expansion to the park. However, it was never setup.

The ride was sold to Australia, where it operated from 2010 to May 2012 under the ownership of Australian amusements company OCS Fun. Around this time, the bottom half of the ride's track was repainted red with dark pink supports, and the ride was also renamed to Fear. It was very unreliable, constantly breaking down due to faulty safety sensors. OCS Fun would list the coaster for sale in May 2012.

In 2015, the coaster was bought by Wonderland Eurasia (then known as Ankapark) in Turkey. When in Turkey, the ride was repainted yellow with light blue supports and renamed Migfer (Turkish for helmet). The coaster would never open to the public while at the park, and Wonderland Eurasia would cease operations in February 2020, less than a year after opening.

Design

Elements
Vertical chain lift hill Vertical loop

The Tower Cosater model is most recognisable by it's unorthodox P-shaped drop which comes right after the vertical lift hill and tilts riders to a maximum angle of 135 degrees.^[5] Unlike the Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter, the Tower Coaster is not considered to have a beyond-vertical drop because the entirety of the beyond-vertical portion of the drop has trim brakes. Other beyond-vertical coasters allow the train to drop freely at the drop's steepest point.

Incidents

On the 9th of April, 2010 at the Sydney Easter Show, a car loaded with three passengers unexpectedly got stopped while it was ascending the lift hill.^[6]^[7] The car was stuck there for over an hour. The ride was later inspected by WorkCover NSW, who found the ride's safety sensors to be the cause of the incident.

On the first day of the 2011 Sydney Easter Show, a faulty safety sensor went off again, stranding a car with four passengers in it two thirds up the lift hill.^[7] After the incident, the ride's safety sensors were replaced and it did not operate for the rest of the 2011 Sydney Easter Show.