Der Schwur des Kärnan • Hansa Park

Nice surprise! Masterpiece Layout Rattle

This is just a phenomenal ride. It's one of the most complete packages you can get. Queue, Pre shows, Theming, Ride, Effects, Layout, Forces (any many more things) are truly world class. The moment when you leave the last pre show room and enter the station with the empty train in that mystical lighting is just incredible. One of the only negative points that I can say is about the theming during the ride (mainly the dark ride parts). After leaving the station the train drives into complete darkness and that's where the theming stops and does not return until reentering the station. On the enclosed lifthill for example you can clearly see that you are in a concrete building and not in the old tower that you are told to be in doring the pre shows, just placing brick textures on the walls of the indoor parts would help it quite a bit. The second point is the capacity. They should put in a single rider queue to make up for the terrible capacity. When I was there, a 16 people train was dispatched around every 3.5 minutes which is just terrible. Seeing empty seats on them though makes it even worse. Nevertheless is this coaster one of the best in the world and deserves his five star rating no doubt. - ride from 2018 --- Update: Had another visit in 2020 and the cosster was really shaky and could be considered rough. Operations were horrible and enthusiast unfriendly

Theming Pace Duration Capacity

Such an amazing ride! I loved every bit of it. I didnt think there was a rattle tho. It was really fast and an amazing front row coaster! The capacity is such a shame. I would love 20 rerides but it almost doenst make 20 rounds a day....

Theming Intensity Layout

I was stunned by this attraction: The overall apperance is just impressing, the theming is great and even the "pre-show" which decides your seat is a unique feature I had never seen before. But the ride itself is not less great: it is very forceful, fast and the layout is extremely variable, so there is no dead spot. There is a rattle, but it didn't bother me, I thought it even fitted to this relentless thrill machine (it is DEFINETELY NOT a "Family thrill ride", how the park once called it) After the final break run, the final inversion and helix are quite slow, so they seem a little pointless. But the rest of this coaster is absolutely amazing, it's one of my favourites in Germany!

First Drop Nice surprise! Rattle Discomfort Intensity

I only liked the nice suprise in the building and the big drop. The rattle on the coaster was unpleasant at this speed. I tried front row and back row.

First Drop Lap Bar Intensity

Incredible ride, brilliant theming and that brief ejector hill into the brakerun is just fantastic! The entire ride is also enhanced by the ludicrously comfortable lapbars. Brilliant!

Lap Bar Nice surprise! Intensity Rattle

Oh Shit. Now that's some intense ride right there. The cue line in the castle is incredible, probably the best cue I've ever seen in a non-major-brand-park in Europe. Being chosen randomly for the rows adds to the excitement factor and I like it, though you should hope for front row! This is where the coaster packs the most punch after the drop. At first you are pulled up vertically into the tower, where a pre-show begins. Unfortunately, there is too much reverb to understand what is being said, which does take away from this part of the ride. You do the backwards drop (better than expected, but starting too soft for a real drop feeling) and then rise to the top and into the first drop. It is best experienced in the back, but isn't bad in the front either. Not my favourite drop, but very good for sure. You then shoot out into broad daylight getting some good Gs in the valley. As if that wasn't intense enough, we once had a ride where it had started to rain in the meantime and we were in pain because of the impact of the drops, which coincidentally was probably one of the most intense rides I have ever had. The heart-shaped element coming up next is great, the change of direction at the first peak being a violent highlight in the front left. The beginning of the low-to-the-ground-part that follows is my favourite part of the ride, it is stupidly intense. The one airtime hill in the layout also delivers. Unfortunately, the coaster slows down significantly in its final 300m or so, failing to give you that slamming-into-the-brakes kind-of euphoria. What follows is a very slow heartline roll in the dark (fun) and a surprising photo point, when you are basically already rolling back into the station. World-class ride with world-class theming and world-class intensity in its first two thirds. Ride is not supersmooth, but certainly fine. Amazing overall, the pre-show can get tiring when reriding.

Theming Fun Intensity Airtimes

Nice coaster. Best freefall

First Drop Lap Bar Intensity

What an awesome ride. The first drop and the reverse freefall on the vertical lift is great.

Airtimes Masterpiece Smoothness

This is so intense and crazy i love this ride everything is great about it and it is my number 2 coaster

First Drop Theming Intensity Rattle

One word : Intensity

Theming Nice surprise!

Definitely a front row coaster!

Airtimes Theming Intensity Capacity

Kärnan is an extremely intense ride with great transitions and airtime. On top of that, having such a fantastic ride with such good theming is rare, making it a truly unique and exciting coaster.

Airtimes Masterpiece Intensity Rattle

So weird, yet exhilarating! Kärnan is really a one of a kind ride, very intense and relentless. It has several good pops of airtime, crazy snappy turns and an excellent drop to top it off!

Airtimes Theming Intensity Capacity

Amaizing!

First Drop Masterpiece Intensity Capacity

First Drop Theming Lap Bar Capacity

First Drop Masterpiece Ejectors

First Drop Masterpiece Intensity

Theming Nice surprise! Intensity Rattle Discomfort

Theming Nice surprise! Rattle Intensity

First Drop Theming Intensity

Nice surprise! Pace Intensity Rattle Capacity

First Drop Theming Pointless

First Drop Theming Intensity Capacity

Airtimes First Drop Nice surprise! Rattle

Pace

Theming Nice surprise! Intensity Rattle

Theming Nice surprise! Intensity Capacity

Theming Pace Layout Rattle Discomfort Airtimes

First Drop Theming Nice surprise! Rattle Capacity Discomfort

First Drop Lap Bar Intensity Capacity

First Drop Theming Intensity Capacity

Airtimes First Drop Pace Rattle Capacity

First Drop Masterpiece Intensity

First Drop Theming Capacity Airtimes

First Drop Pace Intensity Rattle Capacity Discomfort

First Drop Lap Bar Pace Rattle

Theming Nice surprise! Pace

First Drop Pace Intensity Rattle

First Drop Intensity Capacity