News about El Diablo - Tren De La Mina

In May 2026 Looopings reported that Vekoma and PortAventura World were starting a new company for virtual experiences: WeRiseUp. The initiative grew out of Adventure Labs, PortAventura's digital innovation branch, which had already been adding mixed-reality layers to attractions and themed areas inside the resort. El Diablo Neo, the mixed-reality version of El Diablo - Tren de la Mina, was specifically mentioned as one of the existing experiences that would remain active in the park.

The partnership shows that the digital overlay on El Diablo was not treated as a one-off novelty. PortAventura stayed involved as both partner and customer, and the resort in Salou would continue to serve as a testing ground for new concepts. WeRiseUp aims at theme parks, but also at museums, heritage locations and other visitor attractions.

For fans, the news gives El Diablo a wider role in PortAventura's innovation story. The 1995 mine train became more than an older family coaster with an optional paid headset. It became a reference point for a broader mixed-reality strategy that PortAventura and Vekoma want to develop beyond one park.

PortAventura gave El Diablo - Tren de la Mina a new layer in May 2025: from the following day, guests could pay to use a mixed-reality headset during the ride. The glasses do not replace the real surroundings, as virtual reality would. They add digital elements to the actual coaster, so riders still see the train, the track and the themed environment.

The scenes were designed to fit the Mexican adventure theme. The promotional material showed ancient temples and a bird flying through the view, while the lift hills were presented as portals into the story. The experience, called PortAventura Neo, was developed with Spatial Voyagers and cost 4 euros per ride.

For visitors, the practical detail matters: El Diablo remains available as a normal ride for anyone who does not want the headset. For the coaster's history, the change is striking. The Arrow Dynamics mine train from 1995 did not receive a new layout, but it gained a contemporary digital layer that put an older family coaster back in the spotlight.

In July 2022 Looopings reported on a fire at Silver River Flume in PortAventura Park. The incident happened on a Saturday afternoon at the log flume in the Far West area while the ride was operating. Visitors saw smoke and flames underneath the attraction, and several boats stopped on a lift after the emergency stop was activated.

According to the report, riders were helped out and walked down under supervision. The fire was believed to have been caused by a cigarette end and was eventually extinguished by park employees, without the fire brigade needing to attend. For El Diablo - Tren de la Mina, the important detail was the layout of this part of the park: the log flume crosses the route of the mine train.

That proximity meant El Diablo was also closed as a precaution that day. The news was not about a technical defect on the coaster itself, but it did show how nearby infrastructure can affect the operation of the ride. For visitors and fans, the incident adds a rare operational footnote to the history of the 1995 attractions in this closely interwoven section of PortAventura.