Falcon

Falcon is a metallic curler coaster at the leisure park Duinrell, placed in Wassenaar, Netherlands. The curler coaster is a Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter version coaster which became opened to the general public on 14 May 2009. At ninety seven degrees, Falcon has a steeper-than-vertical drop, and the steepest drop of any roller coaster within the Netherlands. Soon after it opened in 1935, Duinrell had the Netherlands' first synthetic ski slope. This ski slope become ultimately removed for the installation of Falcon in 2009. The municipality of Wassenaar had regularly had disputes with Duinrell with reference to noise levels created through the leisure park.

This turned into true once more with the proposed creation of a new coaster. The new coaster turned into given the code name "Rick's Delight" which turned into a reference to Duinrell's mascot, Rick the Frog. The park became offered while a permit from the municipality of Wassenaar over the objections of some citizens and after a lengthy court docket struggle. Noise and site visitors research had been performed and confirmed that the brand new coaster might now not adversely have an effect on these environmental factors within the place surrounding the park.