Knoebels Planning to Debut a Bayern Kurve Ride for 2023 Season

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Knoebels is well known for its assortment of classic amusement park attractions, and they've announced that another one is planned to debut in 2023 - one of Schwarzkopf's Bayern Kurve flat rides.  There are only a handful of these rides still operating on the planet, so it makes it a bit more special that Knoebels will be home to one.  Up top is a photo of one of the rides, taken from the Wiki entry for the ride model. 

 

According to this recent news story, Knoebels has actually obtained two different Bayern Kurve rides, and plans to refurbish enough of both to create an operating ride for park visitors.  Since the rides are pretty old at this point, and parts for them are tough to come by, the park needs two of the rides to get things up and running in 2023.  The park plans to open the Bayern Kurve in place of the 1001 Nachts ride, which was removed a couple years ago.  It will have an Alpine theme and may have a cover put over it so it can run in inclement weather.

 

One of the Bayern Kurve rides they obtained has come from Fun Spot Park in Indiana, and the other was a traveling ride that did the fair circuit.  The closest operating ride of this kind in North America is Berserker at California's Great America.

 

A trip on the circular layout of the Bayern Kurve is a quick one, with in-line cars that mimic a bobsled set up.  The ride travels around the circle and up and incline allowing the cars to bank as the speed increases.  The rides go really quick, and are capable of going super fast though not many are run like that.  Still, the high speed on the small track gives quite an exciting ride.  Here's a link to a video of one of the rides when it was still in operation at Kennywood.