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SMALL INTERNATIONAL PARKS & ATTRACTIONS
ADVENTURE ISLAND (UK)
2008 - Aeronaut - Confirmed - (9/4/07) According to the local news, Adventure Island is planning to build a strange attraction they are calling Aeronaut that sounds almost a bit like Veritgo, the Mountain Glider that went into Walibi Belgium after a year long delay.
ADVENTURE WONDERLAND (UK)
 2009/2010 - New Ride - Rumor - (5/7/08) Today we have confirmation that Adventure Wonderland did receive permission to build a new “junior raft ride” though we’ve been told that the actual ride will be a log flume.
(5/5/08) Screamscape has heard that Adventure Wonderland is looking at building a new river rapids style attraction sometime in the next couple of years. Anyone know more?
ADVENTURE WORLD (Australia)
2008 - Nothing known right now.
BAYERN PARK (Germany)
2007/2008 - Wildwasser Rafting - Now Open - This small German park has just opened Wildwasser Rafting, a spinning rapids ride from ABC Rides. From what I’m told they’ve kind of “soft opened” the ride for the end of the 2007 summer season as in, and in the winter months they will add extensive themeing to the ride area for next year. Built on a hillside, this is the longest ride of it’s type in Germany with a total length of 600 m / 1,800 ft.
BELANTIS (Germany)
2008 - Nothing is known at this time.
BELLEWAERDE PARK (Belgium)
Compagnie des Alpes (CDA)
2008 - Nothing is known at this time.
BETO CARRERO WORLD (Brazil)
Park News - (2/1/08) We are sad to report that João Batista Sérgio Murad, better known as Beto Carrero, passed away at age 70 during complications during heart surgery.
(1/2/08) Sometime on Monday afternoon the Star World Mountain coaster (Vekoma) at Beto Carrero World (Brazil) suffered a strange accident. From the sound of things the train actually broke in half just after the corkscrew. The first two cars continued up the hill further into the ride while the rest of the train remained further back. As scary as it sounds, I’ve been told that the park actually was able to repair the train overnight and reopen the ride the very next day.
(12/21/07) I think we missed reporting on these earlier this year, but Beto Carrero World opened two new family coasters this past year. Pictures of Dum Dum (Custom) and Tigor Mountain (Vekoma) can be seen at RCDB. The interesting bit of news however claims that Beto Carrero World was actually in discussion to buy a Déjà Vu from Six Flags but eventually dropped the idea.
2008 - New Coaster - Rumor - (3/20/08) Screamscape sources are telling us once again that Beto Carrero World had to back out of the deal to buy the Space Salamander coaster from Japan. From what we’ve been told, apparently it has something to do with Brazil’s import laws preventing parks from buying any used ride that is more than 20 years old. Apparently the same rule also previously prevented Playcenter from buying The Black Hole from Alton Towers.
(3/14/08) From what I’ve been told pieces of Blackout (Vekoma SLC) are expected to start arriving late next month, but some kind of import problem may have come up that could either prevent or delay the park from buying Space Salamander (Arrow LoopScrew).
(1/21/08) Screamscape sources tell us that they confirmed the information that Beto Carrero World did buy Blackout and Space Salamander from Japan and expect to install both coasters before the end of 2008, bringing up the park’s coaster count to 6. A seventh coaster however is currently on site, an old Schwarzkopf Jet Star II, that they are in the long process of refurbishing and will install at a later date.
(1/18/08) Screamscape has been informed that Beto Carrero World (Brazil) is rumored to have signed deals to bring two used coasters to the park: Blackout, a Vekoma SLC from Suzuka Circuit (Japan) and Space Salamander, an Arrow LoopScrew from Expoland (Japan). Yes… that’s the same Expoland that has been in the news headlines so much over the past year. We know Suzuka decided to close down much of their amusement park section a few years ago when they sold Mad Cobra, but they left blackout up and running for the time being. I’m more skeptical about the purchase of Space Salamander since the Arrow LoopScrew just seems to be a bigger version of the park’s existing Star World Mountain. Can anyone else confirm these reports?
2008/2009 - New Coaster and Animal Park - (12/24/07) Sources tell us that the new animal park now isn’t scheduled to open until late 2008 or 2009.
(12/21/07) Beto Carrero World is working on refurbishing a used Galaxi coaster that they expect to open sometime in late 2008.
(1/31/07) The new animal park’s opening date has been pushed back into 2008.
(7/27/06) The park is building a second park to add to the mix with an animal theme called Aventura Selvagem.
CAMELOT (UK)
2008 - Nothing is known at this time.
CAVALLINO MATTO (Italy)
2008 - Nothing is known at this time.
CHIMELONG PARADISE (China)
2008 - Vertical Coaster / B&M Dive Machine - (2/13/08) Big thanks today to a
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