Efteling Refurbishing "Python" Roller Coaster With Complete Re-Build.
Efteling in North Brabant, Netherlands, has decided to refurbish Python piece by piece instead of demolishing the classic coaster. This will hopefully create a smooth ride as well as giving the ride a shiny new look! Steel Company CSM will be doing the refurb. Python is planned to be reopened in March.
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| How awesome do the ties look? Very bulky looking. |
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| Shiny and new! I still can't get over how cool the cross ties look. |
Python has had its trains switched from Arrow trains to Vekoma trains, KumbaK trains, and back to Vekoma trains over the course of its 36-year operation. It is the oldest coaster in operation at Efteling.
It will be extremely odd to be riding an older coaster with a possibility of this being smooth, it could be a one-of-a-kind feeling ride. I'm super intrigued to see how this rides next year and it's exciting to see a coaster of this layout be reimagined like this instead of torn down. I hope that Efteling can preserve the incredible foliage and natural surrounding while replacing the track. Old coasters are so visually pleasing because of the way nature grows around them.
I don't like it at all.
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