Bellewaerde | Wakala | Gerstlauer Family Semi-Shuttle

[JoshC.]

It looks pretty good to be fair.

I'm still not sold on the worthwhileness of the spike / reverse section, and the coaster looks a bit on the tame side to start with, but otherwise a really solid investment.

Oh, and I love that music.

 

[CrashCoaster]

That gets too close to comfort to the end of the spike.

Looks like a solid, well-paced family coaster though.

 

[JammyH]

The spike over the lake looks beautiful! The rest of the layout is a bit boring, but the landscaping is beautiful and fits bellewaerde really nicely.

Looking forward to getting back to the park and riding this.

 

[oriolat2]

Three aspects I loved about this coaster:
- How they kept / planted so much greenery around the coaster!
- The fact that the second tire-lift hill looked almost like a mild launch?
- That's how you do a spike (the train almost got to the end of it! (Looking at you Vekoma and your half-arsed shuttle coasters!)

 

[Hixee]

Well that's rather cute, isn't it?

 

[Antinos]

Reminds me a lot of Firechaser Express, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that at all!

 

[TheCoasterCruiser]

Wasn't sure about this at first, but that actually looks really nice!

 

[SilverArrow]

Super cute, fits the park well, nice family addition!

 

[Thekingin64]

Looks surprisingly good. Definitely will become one of the best things in the park. (Although outside of Huracan, log flume and topple tower, it doesn't have much competition...)

 

[VonRolland]

Gerst family coaster's always surprise me with how good they actually are, might be time for a visit when were allowed to

 

[Lofty]

That gets so close to the end of the track, I love it.

 

[Rupert]

I’m always a bit surprised that Vekoma’s boomerangs don’t get this close to the end of the spike, because it’s surely something that can be calculated pretty accurately, with a margin of error based on the changing occupancy weight of the train. If you wanted to over-engineer it, you could weigh the train, Duelling Dragons-style, and adjust the speed of the mid-course launch accordingly to ensure the train always reached the same point of the spike.

 

[Us3rmane]

More testing footage

 

[Ries]

A lot of landscaping done, like that you don't have to wait a couple of years to see the trees grown. Very nice.

 

[Lofty]

So. Close. To. The. End.

 

[VonRolland]

So. Close. To. The. End.

Love it, Unlike Vekoma's that barely make it up the spike

 

[oriolat2]

Seeing that train go that up the spike gave me anxiety! But that's how a shuttle coaster should be like. I am really liking this addition!

 

[VonRolland]

I wonder if the reason it can go so far up is due to the trim section before the spike, maybe a similar system to Mystic, in that it works out what speed it can do max then trims accordingly

Bet if you're Row 1 you'll see the track disappear

 

[invisiblekid]

First onrides are showing up.

 

[Hixee]

It's actually quite fast in places. I think that looks brilliant!