GARDALAND Italy Blackstone
Park News - (2/26/08) Parksmania has posted a video interview about Gardaland’s new Mammut and Sea Life projects. They have a great clip showing off the model of Mammut that looks incredible.
2008 - Sea Life Aquarium - (11/8/07) TheParks.it has posted construction pictures of the new Sea Life park going in next to Gardaland. (3/8/07) An article about the Blackstone buyout of Tussauds mentions that they are planning to open a new Sea Life Aquarium next to Gardaland in 2008.
2008 - Mammut (Mammoth Mountain Railroad) - (5/9/08) New pictures from Gardaland’s Mammut can be found at NikoThemeParks. (4/18/08) Some great pictures from Gardaland’s new Mammut can be found at Theme Park Review. (4/15/08) A new video showing off the creation of Gardaland’s Mammut can be seen at Parksmania. (3/24/08) Today we’ve got four brand new close up shots of Gardaland’s new Mammut sent to us by the park, showing off it’s cool winter themeing and huge Mammoths. There is also a video up on YouTube as well.
(3/21/08) Gardaland’s new Mammut coaster opened on Wednesday and you can see photos from the opening day over at Parksmania. I’ve got to say that it turned out quite well. (12/13/07) TheParks.it has posted a new construction update for Mammoth Mountain Railroad. (11/8/07) TheParks.it has posted construction pictures of Mammoth Mountain Railroad. (11/6/07) Another construction update of Gardaland’s new Mammoth Railroad has been posted to Parksmania. (10/24/07) It looks like the track is now complete on Gardaland’s new Mammoth Mountain Railroad coaster. You can see photos of it posted to GardalandTamTam as well as the latest rumors about themed elements on the way. (10/11/07) New construction photos of the Mammoth Railway at Gardaland can be seen here and here. You really should take a look as this is looking to be quite a massive mine train style coaster project, with two lift hills already in place and we’ve heard a third is on the way. (9/17/07) There is a construction update for Gardaland’s new Mammoth Railroad posted to TheParks.it. (8/21/07) An English translation of the back story for Gardaland’s new ride project has been posted to Gardaland Tan Tan. Now we all can find out what was found “in the depths of the park.” (8/15/07) Pieces of a Vekoma Mine Train coaster have now arrived on site at Gardaland as you can see posted to TheParks.it. I can’t read Italian, but I’m told that the poster put up in the park is telling the backstory for the ride which involves the discovery of a prehistoric Mammoth in the park.
Future Projects - Confirmed - (3/8/07) Blackstone / Merlin Entertainment confirmed that in addition to future growth plans that include building a second hotel at the park, they also are looking at building a small indoor Legoland themed attraction. (11/8/02) The park has received permission to build a second 200 room hotel as well as add a second gate on land next to the existing park in an effort to turn the park into a resort destination.
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