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Park News - (6/12/07) I wasn’t aware of this myself, but Germany’s Hansa-Park actually started out it’s life as the world’s second Legoland park, opening in 1973 as Legoland Siersdorf, the follow up to Legoland Billund that had just opened in 1968. Things just didn’t work out for the park and it was closed in 1976 and reopened a year later as Hansaland before adopting the current Hansa-Park name in 1987. Even today the park’s main entrance still has that that classic Legoland style look. This will all change very soon however as the entrance will be converted over the next year (from 2007 to 2012) into a collection of well known monument structures built 3:2 scale including a 54 foot tall version of the Holsten Gate (Luebeck, Germany) that will be the new entrance.

  (4/30/07) To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Hansa-Park the park has teamed up with Lifthill.net to give away three sets of Hansa-Park experience-tickets.

2008 - Die Spanische Glocke - (11/6/07) From what I understand a new FunTime swinging ride called The Bell will be sent to Hansa Park for 2008 as Die Spanische Glocke (The Spanish Bell). As the giant bell swings up to 120º in each direction reaching speeds of 70mph, the rider platform also spins around. The park will also finish the retheming of the main gate and expand the Navajo Trail to become the biggest attraction of it’s kind in all of Europe. You can read more here.
 

2009 - Maurer-Sohne X-Coaster - (2/5/08) Hansa Park has apparently announced a new 2009 coaster project with Maurer-Sohne. While nothing more in the way of details were said, a small piece of official Maurer artwork has been seen floating around (after being scanned from a Maurer ad in in a trade magazine) showing off a race car themed Maurer X-Coaster design set in Hansa Park. Coincidence? I think not.