Desmo Race

In November 2017, Parques Reunidos, Mirabilandia's owners, announced plans to build a 115,000 square foot Ducati Motorcycle themed land in 2019, in league with Ducati themselves.[1] This themed land would be located on the north side of the park, near the Eurowheel. Early concept artwork lead to speculation that a dueling Spike Coaster system would be a part of this, among some children's rides and simulator attractions. This was later confirmed in various articles.[2] Construction began on July 5, 2018, with a ceremony held for the official laying of the first stone of Ducati World.[3] The first piece of track was later erected on October 11, 2018. More details about the coaster, then known by the temporary codename Superbike Race, were revealed at IAAPA in 2018, as well as a model.[4] The official name was also revealed to be Desmo Race.[5] The ride opened alongside Ducati World in July 2019.

The coaster operates much like an alpine coaster/mountain coaster, where the 1-2 person cars are lifted to the starting elevation by at least one lift hill at the start or end of the experience, and much like the Spike Dragster, riders are able to control their speed by pushing physical levers that directly control the speed of the descent. Spike Dragsters, however, operate with a different throttle system that indirectly controls the speed of the coaster.

The first Spike Dragster was Sky Dragster, a prototype built at Skyline Park in Bad Wörishofen, Germany. The coaster only has a single track with a length of 889.1 ft (271 meters) and a peak height of 38.7 ft (11.8 meters). The coaster operates 4 cars, enabling a theoretical hourly capacity of 200 riders. The ride system is identical to that of Desmo Race. Carnival Cruise Lines also announced that their new Mardi Gras ship setting sail in 2020 is including Bolt; Ultimate Sea Coaster, the first Spike Dragster coaster in the North American market and the first roller coaster out at sea.[7] Before the concept existed, coasters were unreliable at sea due to maintenance needs and the high risk of hitting a bottom due to the shifting motion of the boat at sea. That second factor does not affect the Spike Dragster model as they are powered coasters and don't rely on a downhill slope to keep its momentum. Like Sky Dragster, Bolt will have a single track.