These are some older rumors, from around the time Shambhala was opened. But thanks to some park fans these rumors resurfaced, because there are new coaster rumors for the park, but this time about a more family oriented coaster.
But the possible location for this family coaster could be the same as the location for that possible 3rd B&M coaster, namely around the Angkor splashbattle ride.
Around the time Shambhala opened for the public (2012) a “park insider” told this story to the coaster community about PA having bought a 3rd B&M coaster together with Shambhala. This 3rd B&M coaster should have been build only a couple of years after the opening of Shambhala.
But it is now 2019 and nothing has happened.
Are these B&M rumors true and what model could it have been?
PortAventura already have a sitdown coaster (Dragon Khan) and a hypercoaster (Shambhala), so neither a floorless coaster or a gig coaster won’t happen. With Furios Baco the park also has a wingcoaster, but from Intamin instead of B&M.
Standup coasters are out of favor with coaster fans for a couple of years now, so this one won’t be build too. And the first even B&M family coaster will not be built until 2 years later. And Dive coasters aren’t a huge succes in Europe yet.
So the only 2 coaster models possible to be build at PortAventura around that time, are the Inverted coaster and the Flying coaster.
In 2019 a Spanish PortAventura fan made a NoLimits2 simulation of what a B&M inverted coaster could look like, when located in the area around Angkor, the splashbattle ride.
Information about that creation:
- Name: NAGA (a mythological snake)
- Manufacturer: B&M (Bolliger & Mabillard)
- Model: Inverted Coaster / Custom
- Length: 1290m => New world Record (Banshee = 1257m)
- Height: 45m
- Top speed: 105km/h
- Inversions: 6 (2 vertical loops, 1 pretzel knot, 2 zero g roll)
- Capacity: 3 trains / 1600pph
- Estimated cost: 30 mill €
- Location: Area adjacent to Angkor
- Theme: Mythological beings of the Buddhist and Hindu culture, mostly focused on the culture of Laos
The splash element is added to this coaster to simulate the Mekong River in Laos, which is according to many local myth’s and stories home to a lot of Nagas.
The splash won’t be the same as the splash from Shambala, but will be a splash like the one used at Diving Coaster Vanish in Cosmoworld.
Source: https://lamardeparques.es/foro/viewtopic.php?f=30675&t=66695