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Ride details

Ba-a-a Express

Ba-a-a Express is a short family coaster in the Irish area, close to the ground but just quick enough for young riders.

Ba-a-a Express is built as an easy first roller coaster. The short oval track runs past Ireland-themed greenery, sheep, rolling hills and farm details, while the train has just enough pace to give young riders a real coaster feel without getting too intense.

Normal 5 min
Average 6 min
Highest measurement 222 min Measured at 01-06 10:00
Type Ride
Category Roller coaster
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RCDB

Coaster profile

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Classification

RCDB #13654
RCDB status Operating since July 13, 2016
Classification Roller Coaster
Track type Steel
Design Sit Down
Scale Kiddie
Layout Oval
Categories Roller Coaster, Steel, Sit Down, Kiddie, Oval
Dimensions 49.2 ft (15.0 m) x 101.7 ft (31.0 m)
Subcontractor Mack Rides GmbH & Co KG
Official producer MACK Rides
Official capacity 400 riders/hour
Official duration 1:30
Age 3+ years

Tracks

Length 219.8 ft (67.0 m)
Height 9.8 ft (3.0 m)
Speed 12.4 mph (20.0 km/h)
Inversions 0
Ride duration 1:30

Trains

Arrangement 1 trein met 5 wagens; rijders zitten 2 naast elkaar op 1 rij, samen 10 rijders.
Trains 1
Cars per train 5
Rows per car 1
Riders per row 2
Riders per train 10
Capacity per hour 400

Location

Ireland

Notes

RCDB lists an ART Engineering Kiddie Coaster with 220 feet of track, a height of 10 feet, no inversions and a booster-wheel lift. Europa-Park lists a 1:30 ride time, MACK Rides as manufacturer, 10 riders per train and a theoretical capacity of 400 riders an hour.

Theming

An Irish farm mood with sheep and green hills, with Universal Rocks noted by RCDB as the theming reference.

Data

Wait statistics

Based on available measurements and historical wait-time data.

Now Closed
Normal 5 min
Average 6 min
Highest measurement 222 min Measured at 01-06 10:00
Measurements 177925
Outage measurements 117
Avg. outage duration 17 min
Often busy 09:00 5 min average
Often quiet 09:00 5 min average
Reliability High 4739 measurements, 9 hour blocks
Distribution

Boxplots

Spread of wait times, outage duration, and the number of outages per day based on available historical data.

Wait times

177925 measurements

0 min 100 min 200 min 300 min
Min
0 min
Q1
1 min
Median
5 min
Q3
10 min
Max
222 min

Typical wait time: around 5 min.

It usually falls between 1 min and 10 min.

See more than 10 min? It is probably busier than usual — consider a quieter moment.

Less than 1 min? You are in luck: that does not happen often.

Outage duration

47 outages

0 min 20 min 40 min 60 min 80 min
Min
5 min
Q1
5 min
Median
5 min
Q3
15 min
Max
72 min

Outages usually last about 5 min.

Some are over quickly (sometimes within 5 min), others take longer (up to 15 min). That varies per outage.

Already longer than 15 min? The attraction may stay closed a while longer.

Outages per day

27 days

0 1 2 3 4
Min
1
Q1
1
Median
2
Q3
2
Max
4

On days with outages, we see an average of 2 per day.

That usually falls between 1 and 2.

On quiet days it was 1, on busy days up to 4.

Historical

Wait-time build-up

Today compared with historical wait times by hour.

Today Expected Historical
Horizontal axis hours, vertical axis queue minutes. 0 min 5 min 10 min 15 min 20 min 09:00 11:00 13:00 15:00 17:00 18:00