Report opening ceremony Eraser

Report Eraser opening ceremony,

6 April 2001

It was on a cloudy Friday morning when Warner Bros Movieworld unveiled their new major rollercoaster for the 2001
season: Eraser (Bist du Bereit?). I was there and here's the report about how it went.

When we arrived at the park, we got a special VIP sticker which we had to stick on our coats, so we could get access to the
Eraser opening VIP areas. After that we went into the park, and went to the Warner Music Cafe, where we could drink some
coffee or cold drinks and eat some muffins or bagels. At 10.45 we went to Eraser, where a small stage was build for the opening ceremony. Eraser itself was running with one train (later two) enjoying the people that were waiting for the opening.
Then, just past 11.00 o'clock Mr Meck came on stage and told something about the rollercoaster and he thanked some people.
After that the Oberbürgemeister of Bottrop had a speech.

Then two men on motor bikes came riding to the gate, and Mr Meck screamed: What’s this? What’s happening? Asking the police officer that was there.
The two men got through the gate and attacked the policeman.
When they had put him down, they turned to the stage and attacked Mr Meck, taking money of him. Suddenly the main character of the Eraser movie tore down the plastic Eraser sign and attacked the two men, he took the money and gave it back to Mr Meck.

After this little piece of entertainment the rollercoaster was officially opened and the invited coaster enthusiasts could have the first ride.

The ride:

Eraser is a standard Vekoma SLC, so there isn’t much to tell about this rollercoaster. I haven’t ridden any other standard SLC coasters, only El Condor, which is a SLC prototype. Therefore I will compare them.
I think Eraser is much smoother than El Condor, it has one small bump in the track. That’s when you go past the station into the half loop/corkscrew.
Many people won’t feel it, but people like me notice those things.

Pictures of the official opening of Eraser

More pictures of Eraser itself click here

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