News about Voltron Nevera powered by Rimac

At the end of 2024, Voltron Nevera received a striking addition in its queue. Europa-Park used the Tesla coils in the indoor section not only for lightning-like effects and loud sounds, but also to play a recognisable melody. According to Michael Mack, technicians created a new version using the ride’s coils, paying tribute to composer Hendrik Schwarzer and the musical world around Voltron. For visitors, such a detail is small compared with the launches and inversions, but it makes the wait richer and fits tightly with the Nikola Tesla storyline. The attraction is not only about coaster engineering; it presents electricity as spectacle. By turning the transformers into part of the show, Europa-Park extended the experience beyond the ride itself. The update shows how Voltron continued to be refined after opening, not with new track, but with themed detail that fans could immediately recognise in the queue.

In October 2024, Voltron Nevera returned to the news because of a technical incident. On a Sunday afternoon, the launch coaster was closed after a bolt came loose and ended up in the water beside the attraction. According to an eyewitness quoted via the Swiss newspaper Blick, the incident was accompanied by a loud bang. Europa-Park cleared and closed off the area, after which an employee retrieved the bolt from the basin. The park described the cause as a technical defect and later said the coaster was running again. For visitors, the incident mattered because Voltron had been open for less than half a year and was still drawing heavy attention because of its launches, speed and technical complexity. It did not change the ride’s status as a major new attraction, but it added an operational chapter to its young history. High-profile coasters are followed not only for their records, but also for how they perform in daily operation.

One week after opening, Voltron Nevera turned out to be faster than previously communicated. Europa-Park had long listed the coaster’s top speed as 90 kilometres per hour, but after opening that figure was updated to 100. According to a park spokesperson, the speed was slightly increased while the ride was being fine-tuned. For fans, that was a notable technical adjustment, because speed strongly influences how a new coaster is compared, discussed and remembered. Even with the change, Voltron was not the fastest ride at Europa-Park: Silver Star remained ahead at 130 kilometres per hour, while Blue Fire matched Voltron’s new figure. Still, the update changed the way the ride was perceived. Combined with four launches, seven inversions, a 105-degree launch and 2.2 seconds of weightlessness, the higher speed gave Voltron even more weight as a technical showcase for Mack Rides and Europa-Park.

Shortly after the celebratory launch, Voltron Nevera gained a less polished chapter. Looopings reported how British theme park vlogger Shawn Sanbrooke of Theme Park Worldwide captured the public opening as unstructured and chaotic. As hundreds of fans ran toward the new Croatian area, the video showed dangerous crowd situations. Guests fell, people were pushed and there was confusion on site about whether the coaster was actually open. That lack of clarity stood in sharp contrast to the level of organisation many fans normally associate with Europa-Park. For visitors, the story was not about track design or records, but about crowd management and safety during a major opening. The first ride experience also received criticism: some trains were said to bounce and shake uncomfortably. The article therefore adds an important nuance to Voltron’s debut. Its opening was not only a story of records and excitement, but also of operational growing pains.

A few days before the public opening, Looopings offered fans a closer look at Voltron Nevera. The video made clear that Europa-Park was not relying only on the coaster’s spectacular track elements. The start itself included a surprise: the train trembles and moves up and down before the ride truly launches. The queue, effects and new Croatian area were also shown in more detail. Mediterranean touches, limestone, greenery and even an old olive tree shaped the surroundings, while the station atmosphere evoked a historic hydroelectric plant. For visitors, that mattered because Voltron already looked impressive on paper thanks to its launches and inversions, but the preview showed how the wider experience would support the ride. Even guests who did not ride could watch from paths and viewing points. Just before opening, Voltron emerged as more than a record coaster: it was a new park world built around energy, technology and show.

In March 2024, Europa-Park finally announced the date fans had been waiting for: Voltron Nevera would open to the public on Friday 26 April. The park immediately positioned the ride as a heavyweight in the European coaster landscape. Mack Rides’ Stryker Coaster was presented as 1,385 metres long and 32.5 metres tall, with four launches, seven inversions, a turntable, 2.2 seconds of continuous weightlessness and a 105-degree launch. Europa-Park also highlighted records, including the longest coaster with inversions and the longest launched coaster in Europe. For visitors, the date turned years of rumours, construction updates and technical reveals into a real countdown. The new Croatian area, placed between Greece and Russia, would be carried by the story of Nikola Tesla and the Rimac Nevera. Voltron was no longer a future promise; it had become the headline attraction of the 2024 season.

In August 2023, the coaster received its full official name: Voltron Nevera powered by Rimac. The reveal took place on the Croatian island of Hvar, underlining how strongly Europa-Park wanted to connect the project to Croatia. The name referred not only to Voltron, which fans had already been using, but also to the Nevera, the electric hypercar built by Rimac Automobili. That made the sponsorship feel connected to the ride’s electric theme and to the story of Nikola Tesla. For fans, the announcement confirmed earlier clues, including trademark filings and accidental uses of the Voltron name. Construction was already far advanced: the track had been completed in May and the key ride ingredients were known, from four launches and a turntable to seven inversions. The announcement gave the project its final commercial and thematic identity just before attention shifted to testing and opening.

In March 2023, Europa-Park gave visitors and fans a much clearer idea of what Voltron would actually do. The layout was not built around speed alone, but around a sequence of striking elements: a fully vertical launch into an inversion, several launches, seven inversions and a turntable where the train briefly stops. The specifications gave coaster fans something concrete to discuss. The ride would be 1,385 metres long, 32 metres tall and reach 90 kilometres per hour. The mix of a vertical opening move, a second launch, a rotating platform and a final section packed with hills, turns and corkscrews showed that Mack Rides was building a signature attraction. For regular visitors, the news made clear that the Croatian area would be more than scenery. Voltron was being shaped as a technically distinctive, layered and memorable coaster experience.

In early December 2022, it became clear that fans would have to wait longer for Voltron. Europa-Park confirmed that the Croatian themed area and its new coaster would move from the 2023 season to 2024. The ride itself, the station, maintenance building, shop and surrounding village all had to be delivered as one coherent project, and that proved too large for the original schedule. For visitors, the delay raised expectations even further. The coaster was already being described as a 1,385-metre, 32-metre-tall attraction with multiple launches, inversions, world records and special effects. That made the postponement disappointing, but also understandable. Europa-Park was not treating Voltron as a standalone ride; it was the anchor of an entirely new themed area. The announcement therefore became an important chapter in the attraction’s history, showing how much ambition sat behind the eventual opening.

In March 2022, Europa-Park’s new coaster project for the Croatian themed area received a clear public name: Voltron. That changed the project from a construction rumour into a recognisable promise for visitors. The ride was described as a 32-metre launch coaster by Mack Rides, built around electricity and the story of Croatian inventor Nikola Tesla. For fans, the interesting part was the combination. Europa-Park was not simply preparing another coaster; it was building a new themed area with a technical and historical identity of its own. Looopings placed the ride in the same broad conversation as striking big-dipper-style coasters such as Lost Gravity and Dynamite, making clear that this would not be a conventional family ride. The Voltron name set the tone for what later became one of Europa-Park’s most talked-about additions: a coaster where speed, energy and themed storytelling were linked from the very beginning.