| Vild-Svinet | |
| Location: | BonBon-Land |
| Status: | Operating |
| Year: | 2003 |
| Type: | Steel |
| Type2: | Euro-Fighter |
| Manufacturer: | Gerstlauer |
| Designer: | Werner Stengel |
| Height M: | 22 |
| Length M: | 428 |
| Speed Km/H: | 72.4 |
| Inversions: | 1 |
| Duration: | 1:00 |
| Angle: | 97 |
| Restriction Cm: | 140 |
| Trains: | 4 |
| Carspertrain: | 1 |
| Rowspercar: | 2 |
| Ridersperrow: | 4 |
| Rcdb Number: | 2163 |
Vild-Svinet (Danish for The Wild Boar) is a steel roller coaster at BonBon-Land in southern Zealand, Denmark, approximately 100km (100miles) from Copenhagen. Vild-Svinet is the prototype for the Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter roller coaster model. At 97 degrees, the coaster is the steepest roller coaster in Denmark.[1]
Opening on 16 May 2003,[2] Vild-Svinet was the first ever Euro-Fighter model coaster to be built.[3] [4] When it opened, Vild-Svinet was the steepest roller coaster in the world (other Euro-Fighters would later tie its record) until its record was surpassed by Steel Hawg at Indiana Beach.[5] Vild-Svinet was also the first roller coaster in the world to have an initial drop steeper than 90 degrees.[6] The coaster has one inversion, a single vertical loop.[2] There are also overbanked turns in the coaster's course.[6] As with other Euro-Fighters, guests ride the coaster in single-car trains. Riders on Vild-Svinet are arranged in two rows of four.[2] Vild-Svinet has generally been the most popular coaster at BonBon-Land since its opening.[3]
BonBon-Land and Gerstlauer were awarded the "FKF-Award 2003" by Freundeskreis Kirmes und Freizeitparks e.V. (Friends of Fairground and Amusement Association) for the construction of Vild-Svinet.[7] The coaster was also ranked as the 3rd most innovative coaster of 2003 by COASTER-net.[8] Frommer's included the coaster in their book, Frommer's 500 Adrenaline Adventures.[9] Each award cited the coaster's steeper than vertical drop as being one of the primary justifications for Vild-Svinet's inclusion.[7] [8] [9] Lonely Planet describes the coaster as "bonkers-looking" and notes that it is the most extreme amusement ride at BonBon-Land.[10]