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Swiss Bob Run

Een stalen bobbaan zonder vaste rails in de afdaling, langs het Zwitserse dorp van Europa-Park.

Swiss Bob Run laat de wagens als bobsleeën door een stalen goot glijden. Na de lift duiken de treinen door en langs het Zwitserse dorp, waarbij de vrije bobbaanstijl voor een ander gevoel zorgt dan een traditionele achtbaan op rails. De rit is historisch, compact en nog altijd herkenbaar door zijn alpiene decor.

Normal 10 min
Average 24 min
Highest measurement 55 min Measured at 26-08 10:48
Type Ride
Category Roller coaster
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Classification

RCDB #974
RCDB status Operating since January 1, 1985
Classification Roller Coaster
Track type Steel
Design Bobsled
Scale Thrill
Layout Bobsled
Categories Roller Coaster, Steel, Bobsled, Thrill
Official opening 1985
Official minimum accompanied 120 cm
Official minimum unaccompanied 130 cm
Official age 6+ years; under 8 years with adult
G-Force 3
RCDB etymology Schweizer Bobbahn is German for Swiss Bobsled
RCDB description Storage Revolver in final brake section

Tracks

Length 1,597.8 ft (487.0 m)
Height 62.3 ft (19.0 m)
Speed 31.1 mph (50.1 km/h)
Inversions 0
Ride duration 1:45

Trains

Arrangement 5 treinen met 6 wagens per trein; rijders zitten achter elkaar in 2 rijen, samen 12 rijders per trein.
Trains 5
Cars per train 6
Rows per car 2
Riders per row 1
Riders per train 12
Capacity per hour 1,100

Location

Switzerland

Notes

Officiële opening: 1985. Officiële pagina vermeldt 3 G en 1220 personen per uur; RCDB vermeldt daarnaast latere lay-outaanpassingen rond de bouw van het Zwitserse dorp in 1993.

Theming

Zwitserse bobslee- en dorpssfeer met passages door rustieke chaletdecors.

Data

Wait statistics

Based on available measurements and historical wait-time data.

Now 1 min
Normal 10 min
Average 24 min
Highest measurement 55 min Measured at 26-08 10:48
Measurements 10712
Outage measurements 301
Avg. outage duration 20 min
Often busy 10:00 35 min average
Often quiet 09:00 10 min average
Reliability High 9866 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

10712 measurements

0 min 15 min 30 min 45 min 60 min
Min
0 min
Q1
15 min
Median
25 min
Q3
30 min
Max
55 min

Typical wait time: around 25 min.

It usually falls between 15 min and 30 min.

See more than 30 min? It is probably busier than usual — consider a quieter moment.

Less than 15 min? You are in luck: that does not happen often.

Outage duration

97 outages

0 min 25 min 50 min 75 min 100 min
Min
5 min
Q1
5 min
Median
5 min
Q3
25 min
Max
82 min

Outages usually last about 5 min.

Some are over quickly (sometimes within 5 min), others take longer (up to 25 min). That varies per outage.

Already longer than 25 min? The attraction may stay closed a while longer.

Outages per day

45 days

0 2 4 6 8
Min
1
Q1
1
Median
2
Q3
2
Max
8

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 8.

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 10 min 20 min 30 min 40 min 09:00 11:00 13:00 15:00 17:00 18:00