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Blue Fire megacoaster is a launched roller coaster at Europa-Park. The coaster opened in 2009 as part of a new Iceland-themed expansion to Europa-Park. As the first launched coaster built by Mack Rides, Blue Fire was the park's tenth roller coaster and the first to feature inversions. Originally, the ride was sponsored by Gazprom, but after the invasion of Ukraine launched by Russia on 24th February 2022, the sponsorship was dropped, due to Gazprom being owned by the Russian government. The ride's tagline is "Discover Pure Energy".
The launch propels the train over a turn that peaks at high. Then, the turn leads into a vertical loop high, which is the tallest loop on any launched roller coaster in Europe. One turn culminates in a mid-course brake run; and, exiting the brake run, the train completes a twisted horseshoe roll that partially passes over a lake. One airtime hill follows, and the ride ends with a heartline roll and final brake run.
Blue Fire's twisted horseshoe roll was the first on any roller coaster in Europe and the first on any Mack roller coaster. The element itself had only previously appeared on one other roller coaster, making its debut on Maverick at Cedar Point.
Mack Rides sells a modified version of Blue Fire's layout, which excludes the opening dark ride section. A rather egregious example is Battle for Blue Fire at Quancheng Euro Park, which also lifts the name from Blue Fire. Another notable example is Steel Taipan at Dreamworld, which adds a swing launch system and a spiral rollback in addition to Blue Fire's original layout.
Construction of Blue Fire's track commenced in early September 2008, and the park issued a press release about the new ride on September 18. The press release confirmed that the park was expanding by 15 hectares and gave further details about Blue Fire's launch system and trains. It also mentioned that Blue Fire had the tallest loop of any roller coaster in Europe at 32 metres, which Screamscape blogger Lance Hart pointed out was incorrect because the first loop on Dragon Khan at PortAventura Park reaches a height of 36 metres. The park has since clarified that Blue Fire's loop is the tallest on any launched coaster in Europe.
The builders of Blue Fire topped off the ride on October 1, 2008, and completed the track's layout in mid-December 2008.
The construction effort required that Europa-Park cut the Fjord-Rafting river rapids ride in half to allow construction workers to access Blue Fire's site. The removed part of Fjord-Rafting was restored as a tunnel section and reopened before the 2009 season.
Blue Fire has blue track and light gray supports. The attraction's theming was designed by P&P Projects.
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