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Archive for June 30th, 2008

Tivoli Gardens

Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Cost: DKK 85 ($18 USD) Season: April 17 – December 30 Maps: Park Map - Google Satellite Website History/General Info: Tivoli Gardens is a unique park where the atmosphere and the scenery may actually take precedence over the ride themselves. The park has been a staple of the area for years – it [...]

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Status: Planning Expected Opening: 2011 Theme: N/A Cost: N/A Flagship Rides: Vekoma will supposedly provide the majority of the rides (including a coaster). Description: As of now, Toverland is a small park that consists of primarily indoor attractions housed in two facilities. Over the next couple years, Toverland would like to add a third indoor [...]

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Toverland

Location: Limburg, Netherlands Cost: €19.50 ($31 USD) Season: April – December Maps: Google Satellite Website History/General Info: Toverland opened its doors (literally for the first time in 2001. With the exception of a handful of rides, Toverland is completely indoors. The park currently has two “sections” (both indoors), and is currently planning another expansion, which, [...]

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Tripsdrill

Location: Baden Wuerttemberg, Germany Cost: €21 ($33 USD) Season: March 15 – November 2 Maps: Park Map - Google Satellite Website History/General Info: As a part of the Tripsdrill park, there is also Wildparadies, an open environment where you can take a train tour around an animal park! The safari park has numerous wild animals and the [...]

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Tusenfryd

Location: Vinterbro, Oslo, Norway Cost: NOK 310 ($61 USD) Season: April 27 – October 5 Maps: Park Map - Google Satellite Website History/General Info: Tusenfryd officially opened on June 11, 1988. The park became a reality after citizens in the area realized that, despite the fact that about 50% of Norway’s population within the vicinty of [...]

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Walibi Belgium

Location: Walloon Brabant, Belgium Cost: €30 ($47 USD) Season: March 22 – December 2 Maps: Park Map - Google Satellite Website History/General Info: Opened in 1975, this was the first of the Walibi parks. An interesting fact is that Walibi is derived fromt the three towns surrounding the park (WAvre, LImal, and BIèrges). Walibi was the [...]

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Status: Planning – Rumor Expected Opening: 2012 Theme: Details about theming for various parts of the resort to come later. Cost: $5.7 billion USD Flagship Rides: N/A Description: This has not been confirmed, but news reports indicate that Disney and the Shanghai government may have finally banged out a new deal to bring a Disneyland [...]

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Location: Rhone-Alpes, France Cost: €26 ($41 USD) Season: April 12 – November 9 Maps: Park Map - Google Satellite Website History/General Info: Originally, Walibi Rhone Alpes opened in 1979 under the name Avenir Land. In 1998, Premier Parks purchased the park, and in 2000, the Six Flags brand officially moved in to take over the park. [...]

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La Via Volta Rehab

Status: Refurbishment Expected Opening: 2009 Theme: Same as before, just nicer. Cost: N/A Description: After the ride had been SBNO for about a year, the park is now rehabbing the ride for the 2009 season. While I am sure that other minor improvements to the ride will be made during the span that is down, [...]

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Walibi World

Location: Flevoland, Netherlands Cost: €27 ($43 USD) Season: March 21 – October 26 Maps: Park Map - Google Satellite Website History/General Info: Walibi World in the Netherlands was purchased by Star Parks in 2004 from Six Flags after the new management of the company decided to sell off their European parks in an effort to try [...]

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