Winja's Fear & Force

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Winja's Fear & Force
Phantasialand
Location Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Coordinates 50°48′01″N 6°52′40″E / 50.800175°N 6.877726°E / 50.800175; 6.877726
Park section Fantasy – Wuze Town
Status Operating since March 30, 2002
Rider height
  • Minimum: 120 cm
  • Min. unaccompanied: 140 cm
  • Maximum: 200 cm
Statistics
Manufacturer Maurer Rides
Product Spinning Coaster - SC 3000
Designer / calculations Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH
Type Steel - Twin - Spinning - Wild Mouse - Indoor
Riders per train 4
Hourly capacity 1440
Propulsion Elevator lift
Force Fear
Height 17.4 metres 17.4 metres
Speed 60 km/h 66 km/h
Length 410 metres 465 metres
Inversions 0 0
Drop angle 45° 50°

Winja's Fear & Force is a spinning wild mouse twin indoor roller coasters located at Phantasialand in Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. They are situated in Wuze Town, an indoor area of the park. The rides were built by Maurer Rides.

Design

Elements

The ride has two tracks, which mirror each other, but also feature some unique sections.

The cars are raised via an elevator lift, rather than a traditional lift hill. While on the lift, the cars tilt. The Winjas feature another unique hinged section of track about halfway through, with Fear collapsing forward and Force banking sideways in order to continue.

Both tracks race each other, as the cars start simultaneously and are intertwined in the main hall of Wuze Town. At the very end of the ride, a little surprise element is built in, which shortly drops a section of track a few feet and raises it again. It uses the SC 3000 track type.

Colour scheme

Blue track and brown supports.

Trains

A car in the station.

14 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 4 riders per car. Both rows face away from each other.

The cars are able to spin after the first drop. Unlike most spinning roller coasters, the rotation is controlled most of the time allowing for optimal use of the car's momentum, forcing the car to move in certain ways.

Theme

The ride is themed to fit in with the Wuze Town area - a fictional deep underground city of myths and fantasy. It is a long lost civilization that women rule. The rides are named after the character Winja, who is the main character of the area. The ride also has its own soundtrack, which can be heard in the queue line. Two samples of the soundtrack for the 2000 Disney film Dinosaur are also used during the ride, respectively the lift and hinged sections.

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