Silver Star is a steel roller coaster located at Europa-Park, a theme park in Rust, Germany. The coaster has a height of and a drop of 67 meters (220’), placing it in the hyper coaster category. At the time of its opening, Silver Star was one of Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M)'s tallest coasters constructed; in 2012, they surpassed themselves with Shambhala: Expedición al Himalaya, at Barcelona’s PortAventura Park, with a height of 76m/249’. B&M would then go on to further beat their own records, with the 93m/306’ tall Leviathan (at Canada's Wonderland), and the aptly-named, 325’ high Fury 325 (at North Carolina’s Carowinds) in 2015. These two became the tallest coasters B&M has ever built, to date. Silver Star has 3 trains, which seat 36 people each, giving an hourly capacity of 1,750 passengers. This hypercoaster is situated in the “France” area of Europa Park, and is sponsored by Mercedes-Benz. A YouTube video titled "Silver Star off-ride HD Europa Park", by the channel CoasterForce, has over 162 million views. The ride Silver Star features no inversions, but many camelback hills: After the first drop, the train travels to the left and up onto the first camelback, before making a smaller drop, and then a second camelback. The train performs a 180° return in the horseshoe element. The train then continues onto another camelback before a mid-course brake-run. A 270° upwards turn brings the train back under the lift hill, and onto one last camelback. An S-bend (“bunny-hops”) has the train passing by the camera for candid on-ride photos, before the final brake run. Nearly every camelback is fitted with brake trims to regulate the trains’ speed. The original friction-brake trims made the ride uncomfortable for some riders; these were refitted with magnetic trims. Gallery References Roller coasters in Germany Roller coasters introduced in 2002 Rides at Europa-Park 2002 establishments in Germany Hypercoasters manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard