Fønix (roller coaster)
Fønix ("Phoenix" in English) is a steel roller coaster at Fårup Sommerland in Blokhus, North Jutland, Denmark. The coaster was announced on June 23, 2021, and opened to become Denmark's tallest and fastest. Fønix represents a DKK 100 million investment, the largest in the park's 46-year history with the second largest only being DKK 44 million on Orkanen in 2013. Fønix was designed and manufactured by Vekoma, and features 3 inversions - including the world's first "stall loop" element - as well as 14 airtime moments. History. Development of roller coaster from Dutch manufacturer Vekoma  began as early as mid-to-late 2019, around the same time that the park was preparing to install Saven - another Vekoma project - for the 2020 season. The then-unpublicized Wildcat coaster layout was offered as an option, but was leaked online in December 2019 by another prospective client, the proposed (and failed) Magic Land park in Bosnia. Officials from Magic Land were alleged to have broken a non-disclosure agreement for marketing purposes, resulting in a significant amount of attention being drawn to the concept, although it was not connected to Fårup Sommerland until its formal announcement. In March  2021, Fårup Sommerland received approval from the Jammerbugt Municipality to build a coaster under the working title "Woodland", which would stand 37 meters tall and occupy a surface area of 9700 m. Three years earlier, the park had already received approval to build structures standing up to 40 meters tall within their perimeter. Land preparation began in April, where the park began clearing out trees on the eastern side of the property. Speculation quickly centered around Vekoma, who in recent months had begun teasing a major 2020 coaster project in Europe with "award winning potential". Using park teasers, fans eventually  determined the name of the new coaster to be "Fønix" (Danish for "Phoenix"). Fønix was formally announced on June 23, 2021, an attraction that will shatter domestic records to become Denmark's tallest and fastest coaster, surpassing Piraten at Djurs Sommerland. An animated rendering was also released by Vekoma. In July 2021, the first track pieces began to arrive at the park. The lift hill was topped off in October 2021. That same month, the track layout was completed. Characteristics. Statistics. Fønix will be long, stand tall, and reach a top speed of . The attraction will run a pair of  16-passenger trains, each of which have 4 cars that can seat 2 rows of 2 riders. As a result, capacity is estimated to be 900 people per hour. Throughout the ride, riders will be subject to g-forces as high as +4.1 Gs and as low as -1.1 Gs. The coaster itself will also be built upon 170 foundations. Features. Fønix will feature three inversions; a world-first "stall loop" (cross between a vertical loop and inverted top hat), a heartline roll, and a corkscrew directly through the station building (similar to that of Lech Coaster at Legendia). In  addition, Fønix will contain 14 airtime moments throughout the ride - which will make up 9.2 seconds of ride time - and two below-ground trench dives.