Translated from Efteling???s blog post:
???This week: Bob open again
From Thursday 11 October you can take another ride in the Bobsleigh run. The extensive investigation into the faults has now been completed. Coen Bertens, Director Park, says about the decisions made: "The Bob is a popular attraction with its own character. I am happy that our guests will be able to make rounds in the roller coaster again this week, precisely because it often offers the first roller coaster experience for children. As long as we can guarantee the safety and comfort of the ride experience, the Bob will stay open. However, it has now become known that this will be for some time. The necessary adjustments for the future and the fact that similar roller coasters are no longer delivered, have led Efteling to find and find an alternative. "
New in 2020: roller coaster Max & Moritz
After more than 34 years, the Bob makes way for a new rollercoaster for the whole family: Max & Moritz. It will be a double roller coaster especially for children between 4 and 10 years old (from 1 meter in size). The current Swiss theming and the station building of the Bobbaan are retained. In September 2019, construction work will commence for the new roller coaster, which will cost EUR 15 million. The attraction Max & Moritz opens in the spring of 2020. The supplier of the job is the German manufacturer Mack Rides.
Max and Moritz are two boys from the famous German poem from 1865, who make their village unsafe by removing a number of areas where the villagers become the victims. The Efteling uses this story as inspiration for the new roller coaster.
View the sketch of Max & Moritz in higher resolution.???
This sounds like it???s a MACK dueling family launch or dueling powered coaster given the layout and the picture (https://www.efteling.com/nl/blog/nieuws ... rvangt-bob.) Still awesome that they???re building 3 more coasters by 2021, we knew Bob was going someday but this is surprisingly soon. RIP Intamin Bobsleds