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Krake, Dive coaster in Heide Park, Soltau, Germany

Krake is a steel roller coaster at Heide Park in Soltau, Germany, classified as a dive coaster. The track runs down a drop angled at 87 degrees and stretches 476 meters with speeds reaching 103 kilometers per hour.

Construction began in 2010 with installation by RCS company using track material from Bolliger & Mabillard. The ride opened in April 2011 after assembly was completed.

The name refers to the kraken, the sea monster of pirate lore, and riders are "swallowed" by a giant kraken mouth at the bottom of the first drop. Since 2012 a ship pierced by that mouth stands over the track, and the station is built as an abandoned pirate bastion with cannons on the former dolphinarium walls. Music by Andreas and Sebastian Kübler of IMAscore plays around the ride and in the queue.

Riders must be at least 140 centimeters tall and reach a minimum age of 12 years. The ride lasts a few minutes and sits in the Pirates Bay area of the park.

Krake was the first Dive Coaster with only six seats per row, which let Bolliger & Mabillard use its narrower standard track instead of the wider Dive Coaster rails. It also has the first layout with a splashdown directly after the first drop, followed by an Immelmann.

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