Six weeks after the steelwork gave the game away, Energylandia has finally said it out loud: the mystery coaster rising in Zator is a Bolliger & Mabillard wing coaster, and it is called Rokan.
What happened
The Polish park announced Rokan on 18 October, as reported by Coaster101, Blooloop and Freizeitpark-Welt. It is a B&M wing coaster for the 2027 season, standing in a new themed zone called Volana. Energylandia’s announcement video shows a character meeting a dragon and riding on its back, which is about as much plot as a coaster needs.
That confirms what we reported on 4 September in our piece on the unannounced B&M wing coaster, when all we had was construction photographs and a pink primer. We said then that the figure enthusiasts were quoting, about 65 m (213 ft), was a land-use cap rather than a measurement. The park’s own number is a little lower.
The detail
All figures below are the park’s, as relayed by Blooloop and Freizeitpark-Welt, who agree with each other. We have not measured anything with a stopwatch.
| Metric | Imperial | |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Bolliger & Mabillard | |
| Height | 62 m | 203 ft |
| Track length | 1,215 m | 3,986 ft |
| Top speed | 115 km/h | 71 mph |
| Ride time | about 141 seconds | |
| Trains | 3, each with 8 rows of 4 seats (32 riders) | |
| Opening | 2027 season (one report says spring) |
Two things are missing. Energylandia has not published a cost. And the sources disagree on inversions: Blooloop says four, Coaster101 lists at least three, and Freizeitpark-Welt gives no number. Until the park publishes a layout, we are not picking one.
What it actually means
The headline claim is that Rokan will be the tallest and longest wing coaster in Europe. That is easy to believe. The tallest wing coaster currently in Europe is Toverland’s Fēnix at 40 m (131 ft), and Rokan would be well over half as tall again.
The more interesting comparison is worldwide. Falcon at Wuxi Sunac Land in China, another B&M wing coaster, is listed by coaster databases at roughly 60 m (197 ft) and 118 km/h (73 mph). On the park’s figures Rokan would edge it on height and fall slightly short on speed. Energylandia has only claimed the European title, and we would treat anything grander as unverified until RCDB lists the finished ride.
Those numbers also tell you something about the format. A wing coaster has no floor and no roof, just seats bolted to the wheel carriage and a vest harness doing the work of a lap bar and a car body combined. The vest restraint carries the whole containment job, and at 115 km/h you want it designed by people who err on the side of caution. B&M’s record for reliable, long-lived hardware is the reason a park builds one of these rather than something more experimental.
Then there is the capacity. Three 32-seat trains is a sensible configuration for a ride this long, and it fits Energylandia’s habit of building for crowds. The park says Rokan will be its 20th coaster, which Blooloop notes would extend its own Guinness World Record for the most coasters at a single park. Poland has never had a wing coaster, so this is a first for the country, though not for the continent.
The Dispatch verdict
The confirmation was a formality, and a welcome one: the physical evidence read correctly, and the park’s numbers are a credible, slightly more modest version of the rumour. The claim worth watching is not Europe’s tallest, which is a low bar, but whether a ride this tall holds up the famous B&M smoothness at 115 km/h. We will know in 2027.
Further reading: our first report on the B&M wing coaster at Energylandia, our guide to the roller coaster manufacturers, how roller coaster restraints actually work, and how roller coaster wheels keep trains locked to the track.