Star Trek: Operation Enterprise, Steel roller coaster at Movie Park Germany, Bottrop, Germany
Star Trek: Operation Enterprise is a steel launched roller coaster at Movie Park Germany in Bottrop, built by Mack Rides. Its dark blue track rises from the left, dips, climbs into a high banked curve over a circular metal sign reading "MOVIE PARK", and ends at a tall vertical spike on the right. The queue occupies the former film museum.
Plans for a large coaster at Movie Park Germany date to 2012, when the Bottrop city council approved a layout up to 60 metres tall on 3 July; the scheme was halted that September after financing was withdrawn. The project returned in 2015 as "Projekt 2017", and on 6 July 2016 the park confirmed the name Star Trek: Operation Enterprise, builder Mack Rides and a licence from CBS. After a soft launch on 24 May 2017, the ride opened to all visitors on 30 May; the ceremony followed on 14 June with guest Marina Sirtis, who played Counselor Troi.
The queue occupies the former film museum and leads through a transporter room onto a replica of the USS Enterprise 1701-D bridge, where visitors receive their cadet mission briefing. The soundtrack, recorded by the 70-member Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, uses known Star Trek themes such as the Voyager theme. A screen in the queue shows the ship's registry as NCC-46244, the Movie Park postcode.
The queue occupies the former film museum building, where a transporter room leads into a replica of the USS Enterprise 1701-D bridge before the station. Because the building permit allowed only ground-level theming, most of the Star Trek sets are indoors in the waiting area. The ride sits between Area 51 – Top Secret and The Lost Temple.
The ride's registration number shown on a queue screen is NCC-46244, a nod to Movie Park's postal code. The pre-show also displays the name USS Vakompire, an anagram of USS Movie Park, which is also a track title. The score was recorded by the 70-member Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra.
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