Polar X-plorer
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| image = Polar X-press.jpg
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| location = Legoland Billund
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| opened = {{Start date|2012|4|29|df=yes}}
| year = 2012
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| status = Operating
| manufacturer = Zierer
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Polar X-plorer is a steel roller coaster at Legoland Billund in Billund, Denmark.{{Cite RCDB |rcdb_number=10214 |coaster_name=Polar X-plorer |location=Legoland Billund |metric=m}} It opened on 29 April 2012 as Zierer's first coaster with a freefall drop track section.
History
On 11 October 2011, Legoland Billund announced that the park would open "Polar Land", a new area for the park. It features live penguins and a new restaurant.{{cite web |title=Polar Land |url=http://www.legoland.dk/en/Explore/New-in-2012/ |date=11 October 2011 |accessdate=12 October 2011 |author=Legoland Billand |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019104441/http://www.legoland.dk/en/Explore/New-in-2012/ |archivedate=19 October 2011}}
Ride experience
After cresting the chain lift hill, riders go through a few twists and turns before entering an indoor section, where a scene of LEGO minifigures chipping away at an ice wall with picks can be seen. Suddenly, the floor beneath the minifigures gives way and the train vertically free-falls {{Convert|5|m}} before exiting the indoor portion and going through more twists and turns before going back to the station. The ride vehicles are themed as snow mobiles.{{cite journal |title=Penguins proliferate |journal=Park World Magazine |date=June 2013 |page=32}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.legoland.dk/en/Explore/New-in-2012/}}
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