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Park News - (8/31/10) Some great coverage of Gardaland has been posted to Theme Park Review this week, including a look inside the park’s strange Ramses dark ride. POV videos of Ramses and Mammut are a plus as well.
    (8/26/09) Parksmania has posted a video showing off an interview (in English) about the ride control system for Ramses.

2010 - Inferis & Spongebob 4D - (4/5/10) Gardaland has added two new attractions for the 2010 season: Inferis and Spongebob 4D. From the brief description, I believe Inferis is some kind of haunted maze where guests are asked early on to choose their path to damnation or holiness. Either way, it goes to the same path through terror filled passages. Spongebob 4D is the same 4D film already in use in many other parks throughout the world. You can find pictures of both at TheParks.it.

2011 - X-Raptor - Confirmed - (9/2/10) Parksmania has posted a video about the new Gardaland coaster project, complete with English subtitles.
    (9/1/10) The latest buzz over Gardaland’s new X-Raptor coaster claims that the workers found a giant egg that seems to contain a giant creature inside. Could this be the egg of the never before seen X-Raptor? The park’s website has also been updated as a giant teaser for the new ride, as you will be taken to the X-Labs.
    (7/29/10) I received some interesting pictures and an announcement of sorts from Gardaland earlier today regarding their new 2011 coaster, which confirmed that it is indeed from B&M. They also promise that a new webcam will be online soon to show off the area where the construction is to take place.
    However, something unusual is taking place as well. An armored container was placed next to the building site along with “special monitoring radar aerial surrounded by very particular watertight containers for scientific sc opes and by unusual depressurising valves…” Special technicians, dressed up in containment suits, are now roaming the site, conducting tests, and even taking measurements of some kind to guests passing too close to the site.
    “Apparently it looks like something anomalous has been spotted in the area: unusual noises coming from under the ground and unexplainable vibrations of the ground, coupled with the strange variations of certain environment parameters which have prompted a strict monitoring plan of the area. The location was armoured, protected from the public and put under the constant surveillance of a group of operators employed for the analysis of all environment data. Air temperature, ground vibrations, magnetism, natural radioactivity, radio propagation and anything else that may be of use for ongoing investigations are being monitored.”
    (7/22/10) Gardalandtamtam.com reports that construction for the park’s new coaster has begun.
    (7/16/10) Visit TheParks.it to get your first peek at the new B&M Prototype coaster going into Gardaland which will be called X-Raptor. While the artwork of the train makes it look very similar to S&S’s 4th Dimension coaster, I’ve heard that the seats will not spin at all. It’s more like a copy of Intamin’s Wing Walker coaster used on Furios Baco at Port Aventura. According to the report, the ride is also supposed to bring riders close to the ground and skim across the surface of the water in sections.
    The coaster’s layout will be 800 meters (2624ft) long, 30 meters (98.5ft) tall and include two Zero-G-Roll inversions. The height and length match up to your average Batman: The Ride clone coaster, so expect this to be a short but very intense experience.
    (5/13/10) New construction pictures of the land clearing taking place at Gardaland for the rumored B&M Prototype coaster project can be found at Themepark.nl.
    (5/2/10) I’ve heard an interesting rumor claiming that the rumored prototype B&M coaster going to Gardaland may end up being even more of a “test track” than I had thought. The location of the park itself has come into play since it is only about a 4.5 hour drive from B&M’s headquarters Monthey, Switzerland. This close distance will allow for B&M to come onsite often as they work on this new concept, which may be done in two phases.
    The first version of the new ride concept is still said to be somewhat like an S&S 4th Dimension coaster, but without the spinning seats, so I’m guessing it may end up being more similar to Intamin’s WingWalker design that so far has only been built once at PortAventura as Furius Baco. In B&M’s case, I’ve heard that they may very well want to produce their own version of the 4D concept, complete with spinning seats, but wanted to build a non-spinning prototype version of the train first. The goal here is to not only perfect a new train/track pairing design, but to also gather all the practical G-force and Accelerometer data from this new train deisgn before trying to implement any kind of crazy spinning seats.
    So what is Gardaland getting out of this special arrangement?  Not only do they get to have B&M’s first new prototype coaster design and all the eyeballs around the world that will follow it’s development, but I’ve heard that the park will be getting this ride for a cost not too much more than the cost of materials and labor. Of course this last part is only a rumor, and nothing anyone would ever likely verify as these kinds of deals are very secretive.
    (4/5/10) Near the end of the photo update at TheParks.it, you’ll find a section of the park being cleared for a new 2011 attraction, confirmed by a sign up near the construction site itself. However no details have been posted to confirm if this is the rumored new B&M coaster or something else.
    (3/27/10) B&M sure are going to be busy in Europe for the 2011 season, as they are also rumored to be installing their new top secret coaster project into Gardaland next year. While we don’t have a name for the design yet, it was described as being a B&M version of S&S’s 4th Dimension coaster concept… however the seats will not spin. Without the spinning seats however, I’m more inclined to say that the experience may be more like Intamin’s Wing Rider design used so far only once as Furius Baco at PortAventura. I’m told that Gardaland may place this new coaster where the former “jungle” themed ride used to be.
    (3/1/10) Screamscape sources tell us that Gardaland is working with B&M on a top secret new coaster project for 2011. Little is known at this point, but I hope to find out more soon.

Future Projects - Confirmed - (3/8/07) Blackstone / Merlin Entertainment confirmed that in addition to future growth plans that include building a second hotel at the park, they also are looking at building a small indoor Legoland themed attraction.