Winjas

About

Winja's Fear and Winja's Force are two spinning roller coasters at Phantasialand in Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. They are located in Wuze Town, an indoor area of the park. The rides were built by Maurer AG and incorporated into Phantasialand by park designer Eric Daman.

The rides consist of two similar tracks which feature some unique sections. The cars seat four people, two facing backwards, and freely spin after the first drop. In theory, this would mean every single ride would spin in a unique pattern.

However, several sections of track are designed to make optimal use of the car's momentum, forcing the car to move in certain ways. The two roller coasters are raised via a vertical lift instead of the traditional lift hill. The Winjas feature a unique hinged section of track about halfway through, with Fear collapsing forward and Force banking sideways in order to continue.

The two coasters travel on separate tracks and are intertwined in the main hall of Wuze Town. At the very end of the ride, a little surprise element is built in, which shortly drops a section of track a few feet and raises it again. The ride is themed to fit the Wuze Town environment, a fictional town...