PHANTASIALAND
Germany
Park News - (9/11/07) Phantasialand has finally opened Wirtl’s Taubenturm, a Heege Tower ride. You can see photos of the finished ride at CoastersandMore.
2008 - Matamba (New Hotel) - Rumor - (6/14/07) It’s all in German, but you can see a video news clip about Phantasialand’s new hotel, Mantamba.
(6/13/07) Phantasialand has officially announced Matamba, a three star hotel with 120 rooms with a focus on families with children. Built into the Deep Africa area of the park, it will open in 2008. You can find photos of the model showing off the heavily detailed exterior of the hotel at ParkScout.de.
(6/1/07) Screamscape has heard that the park is about to announce an all new hotel to be located in the Deep in Africa area of the park and may be called Matamba, named after the powerful African kingdom. If the rumors are true, the park may announce the project at a planned press conference on June 12th.
2008/2009 - New Attraction(s) - Rumor - (3/24/08) The big rumor for Phantasialand is that the park’s new ride may actually be some kind of Splash Battle style attraction. Possibly adding to this rumor is that weird little frog on the website that seems to have crosshairs for eyes and vanishes under the water when you click on him like a good target should. Anyone know more?
(3/21/08) Apparently the latest rumors do confirm that Phantasialand has a new themed area and ride in the works for this year. No one seems to know just what it is however.
(3/11/08) Phantasialand has confimed that they will add several new shows this season such as the new StreetXtreme show that will mix BMX bike stunts with “the freshest Moves in breakdance.” Ummm… what? BMX Breakdancers? Hmmm… yep, found a video of such a thing on YouTube that mixed in some rappers and Moto-X style stunts too. Who knew?
As for new attractions this year… the park isn’t saying anything apparently but there is a strange little frog that ribbits when you click on him on the main page. This could be a hint of something coming perhaps? Perhaps in the former Fairy Tale area. Anyone know more?
(2/28/08) While we haven’t heard much about any new projects for Phantasialand they are apparently doing some construction near Wuze Town, building a new wall and clearing out some of the nearby land. Anyone know what is going on?
(10/12/07) Screamscape has heard that Phantasialand may be considering expanding their operational schedule to allow for year-round operations, either in 2008 or 2009. I’ve also heard something about demolishing the majority of the fairytale walkway area as well as the Schloss Schreckstein walk-through attraction. A small bay at the end of the lake may also be filled in the unknown future project taking over the area for either 2008 or 2009.
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