24 hour Troychallenge in Toverland

[hyyyper]

24 hour Troychallenge in Toverland

This weekend 12 coaster enthusiasts enjoyed the longest ERT session ever. Selected from various enthusiasts clubs in Europe, the challengers started at noon, September 11th, and they would end the endurance test at noon on the 12th, 24 hours later.

To fill the seats next to challengers, they were cut into block of 30 min, 1 and 2 hours and were sold through an internet auction. During the challenge, seats that weren't sold could be purchased by guests. All profits went to the Doe Een Wens Stichting (the dutch branch of the Make A Wish Foundation).

A little after 12:00 PM, Toverland director Caroline Maessen wished the challengers good luck and started the countdown clock as the train rolled out of the station for the first time.







I stayed until 6 PM, either cheering the challengers or riding in Troy's second train, which was riding for the regular guests. After 6, my shift started. I operated Toverland's new swing ship for the people that had purchased a seat on Troy.

My shift ended at 11 PM and before I left I took a quick spin on Troy. And the coaster was flying, 12 hours on continuous operating warmed up the coaster and it was going very fast. When I got back to the park at 6 AM (after some sleep) I heard the coaster had broken it's own speed record during the night! I also got some bad news, 3 members got sick and had to give up.

But the nine other challengers where still cheerful as ever when I joined them for my 2,5 hour block I had purchased. After my session, with still 2 hours on the clock, I remained near Troy and cheered the challengers during the last of their laps on Troy. Despite having ridden 22 hours in excellent weather conditions, two hours before the end it started to rain. Not that any of the challengers gave a damn about it, they just kept on going.



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Then, a little after noon the clock struck zero and after riding 353 laps, the challengers had completed their 24 hour marathon on Troy. The profits of the sold seats brought in ????????? 5645 (7265 USD) for the Doe Een Wens charity.





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I want to thank the organisation of the challenge, Toverland and the Doe Een Wens Stichting, every who donated, cheered, supported or something I forgot for making this possible and giving me the opportunity to join, support, work and cheer during the 24 hour challenge. And a very big CONGRATUALTIONS to the challengers, who have accomplished this amazing marathon.

Bas 'hyyyper' Houben

That's amazing, and for a wonderful cause!! Congrats!

I think they are coaster enthusiasts than can say... that they have gotten tired of a coaster before in their life. lol

Such a great cause, but I don't know if I could do it. What am I saying, of course I could... *cough*

[Mikey]

They should try this type thing on mean streak.

[Dirk_Ermen]

I was also there on the days and I rode 9 hours in a row with them on Troy. I got on at 11pm and my ERT session ended on 8am. The midnight rides were totally insane. Normally you'd get a nice floater or gentle ejector over the most transitions. The speed record transformed some of those into some crazy ejectors. In those 9 hours I did 140 laps, Too bad I got out of money to ride the last couple hours. Would have been cool to have the challenge extended to 13 hours for me.

It's going to take a while before the next 24 hour challenge pops-up. But next time: I'm definitely going to be in it. I missed my seat in this one by a hair, so I'm not planning to miss it the next time...

So, we all someone's gonna ask it sooner or later, but how did they go to the bathroom?

After they got off.

There were some riders on for the full 24 hours, were there not?

[Dirk_Ermen]

Originally posted by boneplaya

There were some riders on for the full 24 hours, were there not?

12 people were on for the full 24 hours. Everyone else could have bought seats for half an hour, an hour or 2 hours.

Originally posted by boneplaya

So, we all someone's gonna ask it sooner or later, but how did they go to the bathroom?

Every hour there was a dash to the toilets since they've had a 5 minute break each hour.

[gouldy]

Originally posted by Dirk_Ermen

Originally posted by boneplaya

There were some riders on for the full 24 hours, were there not?

12 people were on for the full 24 hours.

Only 9 riders made it the full 24 hours, but there were 12 at the start of the challenge.

Stuff like this needs to happen more often! and in more places!

[Dirk_Ermen]

Originally posted by gouldy

Stuff like this needs to happen more often! and in more places!

I say 24 hours on Megafobia! [:D]

And 24 hours on Bandit for the ass-raper-fan![:D][xx(]

[gouldy]

Originally posted by Dirk_Ermen

Originally posted by gouldy

Stuff like this needs to happen more often! and in more places!

I say 24 hours on Megafobia! [:D]

I think you would be left with no remaining skeletal structure and would surely die.

I say 24 hours on Nemesis.
That would be a challenge.

I think 24 hours on Millennium Force would be one of the best experiences ever. I'd pay big bucks for the chance to do that. Wouldn't be much of a challenge, but hey, it'd bring in a ton of money for whatever charity!

omygod I would probably die. I mean 1 whole day of 3hundredwhatever laps!?!? I can't believe only 3 quit

[slosprint]

As long as someone handed me a hamburger, a water bottle, and an empty jar I would be fine.