Mystic, Steel roller coaster at Walibi Rhône-Alpes, Les Avenières-Veyrins-Thuellin, France
Mystic is a steel shuttle roller coaster at Walibi Rhône-Alpes in Les Avenières, built by Gerstlauer as an Infinity Coaster. Its dark purple track on white supports reaches 31 m high and 85 km/h, with a vertical lift, a Top hat, a Zero-G roll, a dive loop and a twisted rollback spike that leaves riders hanging upside down before the train runs backward.
Announced on 8 December 2017 for the park's 40th anniversary, Mystic was built from September 2018 on the site of the Bamba Calypso ride and the Joytech mini-quad track, both removed for it. Track and supports arrived in January 2019, the two trains on 12 April 2019, and the coaster opened officially on 30 May 2019 after a soft opening on 25 May.
Mystic is themed around Louisiana Voodoo, with riders encountering the sinister Dr. Mystic. The art direction was designed by Fabien Manuel, and the soundtrack was produced by German studio IMAscore. Nearby, the drop tower Totem was renamed and given pointed wooden posts topped with voodoo dolls, beside tombstones and a decorative swamp.
Mystic is a shuttle coaster: the train leaves the station forwards, is turned on a turntable, and returns backwards through the switch-track. Riders sit four abreast in three single-row cars, twelve per train, while the second train loads. The twisted rollback spike leaves passengers hanging upside down at the dead end before the rollback.
Mystic's final element is a twisted rollback spike that leaves riders hanging upside down over park pathways before the train rolls backward through the course. It was only the second coaster to use such an element, after Flash: Vertical Velocity at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in 2001. Gerstlauer credited that ride as its inspiration.
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