As part of our ongoing anticipation to jump on the upcoming 2020 Flamingo Land Intamin coaster. This page will serve as a construction update page. We will release updates as and when we receive them. All material will be credited to the rightful owners.
Flamingo Land’s 2020 Intamin Coaster – What we know so far
- Ride Name: Unknown (Rumoured to be ‘Inversion’ but I seriously hope not)
- Opening Date: Unknown (Construction set to complete July 25)
- Inversions: 10
- Restraint Type: Rumoured to be lap bars instead of the over-the-shoulder restraints on Colossus
The coaster is said to be an exact replica of Altair at Cinecitta World, Italy. The image above shows the train design / lap bars rumoured to be featured on the Flamingo Land coaster.
This page will be updated over the next few months and you should get a nice little picture of the start to finish construction of this brand new ride. Hopefully, the last piece in this segment will be our very own POV of us riding it!
September 2019
Groundwork begins on the Flamingo Land Intamin Coaster. Initial structure for what looks like the ride station is being put into place.
October 2019
Bits of track are being loaded onto trucks ready to be put into place. Track colour is red and the supports yellow but planning permission stated the track would be grey and the supports black. Very unusual. We’re not sure if it has been changed or if the ride will be repainted to the proposed colour scheme.
November 2019 Flamingo Land Construction
11th November – Despite bad weather conditions the station building now has a completed roof and more groundwork has been completed. First yellow support structure added.
14th November – German team arrives on-site to erect the coaster. Plans leaked showing yellow/red ride colors will remain the same. Plans quickly were removed from the internet. Pathway is constructed running underneath Velocity ride. Potential extended queue-line?
17th November – Coaster Station Building shell Is Complete. Path has been added added where the queue line, Photo & Gift shop will be.
19th November – Second yellow support structure added of what looks to be the start of the lift hill
20th November – They certainly don’t mess around these construction lads. More supports added and even the first section of the lift hill being put into place. Absolutely astonishing how quickly this ride is being put together!
22nd November – The lift hill is now complete. The turnaround on this project never ceases to amaze me. Another 10 more inversions to go and they’re all done!
23rd November – More supports getting ready to rock n roll.
24th November – Flamingo Land Resort post the first official photo of the completed Lift Hill section. Certainly in need of a good jet washing when it’s completed that’s for sure!
26th November- The first drop has now been added and this proves that the coaster will in fact have a steeper drop than Colossus and will be identical to that of Altair at Cinecittà World.
29th November- What a difference a couple of days make as we have some serious progress with the trackwork. Keep going, keep going! It’ll be done in no time!
December 2019 Flamingo Land Construction
5th December – First picture of the train has been leaked it seems. Lap bars confirmed but the colour scheme is very questionable indeed!
7th December- More track has being installed on the second to last corner and the picture above shows the evacuation steps being put into place.
15th December- What a difference two weeks makes. Heartline rolls added, evacuation steps completed, more track added and a few more finishing touches to go until track completion. By far the best picture we have seen of the construction to date. Thanks to Thrill Nation for this wonderful shot!
January 2020 Flamingo Land Construction
January 12th – No further work has continued since our last update but all footers have been poured. RCS are set to return to the park tomorrow so the coaster will be up and testing before the end of the month we feel.
January 16th – Our first picture since RCS have returned to site. Officially posted by the Flamingo Land social media team.
February 2020 Flamingo Land Construction
February 2nd- Another Corkscrew Complete and part of the Cobra Roll track has been constructed. The final bend before the last inversion has also been completed.
February 6th – An incredible photo has been shared by Flamingo Land showing the lift hill ascending into the heavens.
March 2020 Flamingo Land Construction
March 12th – Testing begins on the track. Ride trains confirmed as the ones shown in our leaked photo (scroll up).
March 18th – Two out of the six trains continue to be used to test the track via a crane system going through every inch of the track. Opening date of the park unknown due to the ongoing COVID-19 issues facing the UK.
March 20th – Work stops altogether as Coronavirus pandemic forces government to shut down theme parks, cinemas, theatres, pubs and restuarants.
July 2020 Flamingo Land Construction
July 2020
July 4th – It’s certainly been a while and whilst no construction work has taken place on the coaster itself there has been a large water feature added to the area which adds fuel to the rumours that the ride will be pirate themed.
September 2020 Flamingo Land Construction
September 22nd – After nearly 3 months of radio silence we can’t place an exact timestamp on the picture that was sent in above. No other work has commenced on site and no staff have been spotted working on the ride.
November 2020 – Coronavirus pandemic forces the UK into yet another lockdown
March 2021 Flamingo Land Construction
March 17th, 2020
No workers have been seen on site, no noticeable work has taken place and the ‘Opening in 2021’ sign on the Flamingo Land map has been removed along and no ride marker number (how Flamingo Land label attractions/shops/food outlets) has been added.
No painting of the ride has taken place and no further progress has been made since July, 2020.
The delay of the ride to be open in 2021 seems inevitable.
May 2021 Flamingo Land Construction
May 10th
After months of no activity on site, a digger has been spotted working around foundations on the ride.
Work looks to officially be back underway but with the coaster being so far away from completion it is looking ever likely that a 2022 opening date will be unveiled in the months to come.
August 2021 Flamingo Land Construction
August 16th
There have been workers on site before August but today things look to be ramping up more steadily after the heavy delay.
Ground crews are on-site pouring concrete and working on the ride’s landscaping and other crews have been spotted working in and around the troughs around the Cobra Roll.
October 2021 Flamingo Land Construction
October 27th
Today ride manager Jay Burley told Your Harrogate that the coaster will be open in Summer 2022. Our first official confirmation of an expected opening date!!
January 2022
After what has been a very quiet few months on the news front there has been sightings of work taking place in and around the site but no more testing has been spotted of the coaster itself.
It is believed the coaster did not successfully pass its pull-through phase but this has not been confirmed nor has the resort spoken about the ride or its opening on any social media platforms up to this stage.
January 27th
An email has been sent from kids pass stating the name of the brand new 10-looping coaster will be called INVERSION and the ride will be opening in summer 2022 but it is still believed to be a codename despite this release.
At the same time, a photo emerged on the Flamingopics group that shows that the entire track has been painted to the grey and black colour scheme. You can see that photo HERE
February 2022
Shawn from Theme Park Worldwide headed up to the park to bring us the most in-depth update as progress seems to be happening on-site with the ride receiving that much-needed lick of paint to its proposed colour scheme.
March 2022
Work on the new coaster is coming along with the track repaint nearing completion in addition to a modified station building.
New fencing has also been installed around the ride and it certainly feels as though ride testing is mere weeks away now!
April 2022
On April 12th a post was finally put up by the park that included the word SIK. This was also used again on another post that was shared on Easter Sunday.
SIK rumours have run wild with people thinking the ride will be called SIK (hopefully not, worst name ever) but it also could potentially be a sponsor of the ride.
Local clothing outlet SIK SILK is based in Scarborough and the very same company supply the park with uniforms. Could the ride have a sponsor before it launches?
Hopefully SIK The Ride won’t be the official name of the ride.
May 2022
With work going at a rapid pace, the ride vehicles have been painted blue, the pool foundations have been put down ready for the giant water feature and as of May 25th the ride is officially testing.
Check out this test footage below thanks to Theme Park Insanity.
There is another clip doing the rounds on social media where a water dummy fell off the ride… ouch.. not exactly the best advertisement for this ride but with the lap bars on the right maybe the dummy’s weren’t suitable for that particular restraint.
On May 30th Flamingo Land released the first test-run POV footage of the ride and you can see all the work that has taken place at a rapid rate over the last couple of months.
A name for the coaster is STILL unknown but links of the name being associated to the uniform sponsor / the Queen’s jubilee are certainly building.
Thanks for these updates guys really enjoyed keeping up to the progress. 🙂
No problem at all Luke! Happy Holidays. Sean
To think they only started on it last year and now there almost done ??
Do you think the colour will stay the same or have they got plans to change it once fully constructed? Looking forward to the reopening of parks too!
Thanks for updates
Hey Luke, I must stress i’m no expert I don’t have access to that kind of information BUT what I will say is that people at the park and on forums have all said that the planning permission included a different colour scheme than the yellow and red it is currently so yes, I would imagine it to be painted once fully constructed if that information is correct. Stay safe! Sean