Karls Döbeln Opens “Bettys Beerchen Boomerang” Coaster

(eap) Last Saturday, the new family roller coaster “Bettys Beerchen Boomerang” was officially opened at Karls Erlebnis-Dorf Döbeln in Central Saxony, Germany. Robert Dahl, founder and owner of Karls Erlebnis-Dörfer, celebrated the debut of the Vekoma Family Boomerang Coaster together with Saxony’s Minister President Michael Kretschmer, Döbeln’s Mayor Sven Liebhauser, District Administrator Sven Krüger, Vekoma Executive Sales Director & Senior Design Engineer Stefan Holtman and further guests. Together, they then took the first ride in front of numerous Karls fans.

(f.r.t.l.): Karls owner Robert Dahl, the mascot Karlchen, Mayor Sven Liebhauser, Minister President Michael Kretschmer, District Administrator Sven Krüger, and SPD Representative Henning Homann, accompanied by a child, officially inaugurated the new roller coaster. © EAP-Magazin The attraction consistently picks up on Karl’s typical strawberry theme: passengers take their seats in green strawberry bowls, while the station building itself has been designed as a giant strawberry. An LED wall of more than 80 square meters on the exterior façade shows an AI-animated photograph of Robert Dahl’s mother Elisabeth in her late 30s as a strawberry vendor. A specially composed Boomerang song accompanies the experience. The new “Erdbeercafé Elisabeth” is located on ground-level of the building. Children from a height of 95 centimeters and an age of three years are allowed to ride when accompanied; alone they can ride from a height of 120 centimeters and an age of seven years. The approximately 230-meter-long track is travelled by the train both forwards and backwards, reaching a maximum speed of up to 60 km/h. A roller coaster of the same model will also open at Karls Erlebnis-Dorf Elstal near Berlin in a few weeks.

In Döbeln, the new family theater show “Karlchens Zaubergarten” (Karlchen’s Enchanted Garden) also celebrated its premiere this past Saturday. More about the roller coaster at Karls Erlebnis-Dorf Döbeln will be featured in the next EAP issue. ■