SMALL INTERNATIONAL PARKS & ATTRACTIONS
(Listed Alphabetically)
ADVENTURE ISLAND (UK)
Park News - (7/1/11) Adventure Island (UK) apparently set a new world record for frying up the largest serving of chips (aka: Fries to us Americans). As seen in the photos at CoasterForce, the park fried up a whopping near half-ton of chips (987.6 lbs) and placed them all in a heaping giant container. How would you like to add some chili and cheese to the top of that, huh? Good stuff!
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
ADVENTURE WONDERLAND (UK)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
ADVENTURE WORLD (Australia)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
ALPEN PARK (Brazil)
 2012 - New Coaster - (2/3/12) Screamscape’s South American spy team tells us that the Windstorm at Playcenter may be moved to Alpen Park in Brazil if Playcenter closes down. RCDB lists a new coaster coming for 2012… with stats close to matching Windstorm, but has not officially confirmed that it is the same coaster.
Personally, I have to wonder if they may really be buying the Thunderbolt from the closed Celebration City instead… as it’s also a close match and Screamscape sources keeping a close eye on the park did see inspectors climbing the lift and examining Thunderbolt several weeks ago.
AQUALANDIA (Italy)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
AUSSIE WORLD (Sunshine Coast, Australia)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
BEIJING SHIJINGSHAN Amusement Park (China)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
BELANTIS (Germany)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
BELLEWAERDE PARK (Belgium)
Compagnie des Alpes (CDA)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
BETO CARRERO WORLD (Brazil)
Park News - (12/1/11) A stunt show performance went wrong this past week at Beto Carrero World when one of the motorcycles was clipped by a passing car and flew out of control. Check out some footage here.
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
BLACKPOOL TOWER DUNGEON (UK)
2011 - New Attraction - (8/29/11) We’ve got some more coverage from the Blackpool Tower Dungeon this week with some pictures posted at the Airgate Facebook page from the press day at the park as well as a fun video showing off the grand opening event outside the Dungeon embedded below.
(8/27/11) ScareAttractions visits the new Blackpool Tower Dungeon attraction that just opened. Check out their review as well as additional pictures here.
CAMELOT (UK)
Park News - (8/25/11) A 12-year-old child fell from the Excalibur 2 ride at Camelot on Tuesday. While the child suffered injuries, they were said to not be serious or life threatening. For the time being, the ride itself will remain closed until the investigation approved it to reopen again. I believe that the Excalibur 2 is an Evolutions style flat ride, and you can find a good picture of the one in question over at Theme Park Review.
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
CHIMELONG PARADISE (China)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
CONNY LAND (Switzerland)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
DENNLYS PARC (France)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
DIDILAND (France)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
DREAMLAND (Margate, UK)
Project News - (10/25/10) You can read a new interview with Nick Laister, who is heading the team to reopen Dreamland in the UK, over at G Force Magazine.
2013 - Reopen Park - (11/23/11) The plan to reopen Dreamland moves a bit closer this week with the awarding of a £3.7 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to be used to restore the park and move it towards the anticipated reopening in Summer 2013.
(2/21/11) The plans to open the Dreamland Heritage amusement park have been delayed slightly, slipping back a year from 2012 to a 2013 opening date according to this article.
(4/20/10) According to this news report the restoration of Dreamland is hoping that they may be able to reopen the park by Summer 2012.
DRIEVLIET (The Netherlands)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
DUINRELL (The Netherlands)
2012 - Mine Train Coaster - (12/30/11) The new Gerstlauer family coaster going into Duinrell (Netherlands) can be seen testing in the video clip below.
(10/11/11) Theme Park Tourist reports that Duinrell is planning on opening a new Gestlauer family coaster with a mine train theme by April 2012. Make the jump to see the concept artwork and ride layout.
ETNALAND (Italy)
2012 - Dark Ride - Rumor - (1/4/12) According to TheParks.it, Etnaland is building a new interactive dark ride that will be themed as a haunted school. Guests will be loaded into 4-passenger cars resembling school desks and sent on a trip through eight different classrooms, where they will be asked questions before they move on.
FIABILANDIA (Italy)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
FORT FUN (Germany)
Compagnie des Alpes (CDA)
Park News - (2/2/12) In a statement issued by Compagnie des Alpes, the Germany government has informed CDA that One World Group, who was buying the Fort Fun park from them, were suspected of producing false bank guarantee documents. A as precautionary movie, CDA has revoted the share transfer offer and has brought Fort Fun back under CDA control as of today, “pending further information as to the outcome of this situation”. In other works, it’s time to put all the cards on the table and either put up the cash to finalize the deal or walk away.
(1/6/12) NewsParcs reports that Fort Fun Abenteuerland in Germany has been sold by Compagnie des Alpes to One World Holdings
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
FRAISPERTUIS CITY Park (France)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
EREIZEIT PARK PLOHN (Germany)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
FREIZEITPARK RUHPOLDING (Germany)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
FURUVIK (Sweden)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
GOLD REEF CITY (South Africa)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
HELLENDOORN (The Netherlands)
H.I.G. Capital France
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
HOPI HARI (Brazil)
Park News - (3/25/11) It has been confirmed that a deal has been struck between Warner Bros and Hopi Hari that will bring the Looney Tunes characters, DC Comics characters and Penelope Pitstop characters to the park as well as allow for the creation of new themed environments. (My thoughts: Penelope Pitstop? Really? Isn’t that kind of an obscure character?) The latest rumors of new projects are also listed below.
2012 - Infantasia & Aribabiba - (1/4/12) The new Looney Tunes themed area is looking to be very far along now according to new pictures posted to Hopi Hari Mania.
(10/25/11) Construction has begun on Hopi Hari to bring in the Looney Tunes characters to Infantasia, replacing the Sesame Street characters. You can find several construction pictures posted to the Hopi Blog, just scroll down a little to the construction update.
(3/28/11) I’ve got a quick update about Hopi Hari’s new character additions and how they will be added to the park. It was pointed out that the two lands for the characters are already existing lands in the park. Infantasia currently has a Sesame Street theme, but that will be leaving to make way for the new Looney Tunes theming. Apparently Bugs Bunny was invited to visit and liked it so much, he brought in the rest of the Looney Tunes to stay. Aribabiba, which is currently the “capital” of the theme park (as Hopi Hari is themed as a fictional country) will be invaded by super villains, and the Justice League is brought in to save the day.
(3/25/11) Two new themed areas planned to be completed by January 2012. One will be called “Infantasia” and feature the Looney Tunes characters, and “Aribabiba” will feature the Justice League superheroes (Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, Aquaman and The Flash).
2012 - 10 Inversion Coaster - Confirmed - (1/23/12) Hopi Hari Mania posted some new construction pictures showing off the start of work on the park’s new 10-Inversion Intamin coaster.
(1/4/12) Coaster track have arrived on site at Hopi Hari for the park’s new Intamin 10-Looper coaster which will have dark red track and yellow supports. Ground clearing has also begun as you can see here.
(10/21/11) Hopi Hari has announced that they will install a “new version” of an Intamin 10 inversion steel coaster for 2012. The park will have a name the ride contest in the near future, but it will be located in their Wild West section, feature two new open style trains. It will have a track length of 875 meters (2870 ft) and a first drop of 33 meters (108 ft) taken at a 45º angle.
(3/28/11) While we really don’t know much of anything, I’m told that the “park director’ has confirmed that a new coaster is on the way for as early as 2012, as they look at proposals from Vekoma and Intamin.
(3/25/11) I’ve heard rumors Hopi Hari was already talking with Intamin and Vekoma about buying a major roller coaster to add to the park in the next year or two that would likely be given a superhero theme, as they seem to be hoping to copy of the success of Six Flags.
ISLA MAGICA (Spain)
2012 - Zum Zum: Las Abejitas - (1/20/12) SBF Visa Group will deliver a Bee themed monorail car ride to Isla Magica (Spain) for the 2012 season, which will be called “Zum Zum: Las Abejitas”. Thanks to NewsParcs for the tip.
JANFUSUN FANCYWORLD (Taiwan)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
JINLING HAPPY WORLD (China)
2012 - New Park / 11 Inversion Coaster - (10/21/11) The 10 inversion record is about to be broken by Jinling Happy World in China. In 2012 the park will open a new coaster from a Chinese manufacture (HBZME / HBGSC.com) that will feature 11 inversions with a layout 3277 ft in length and yet only 131 feet tall.
Jinling Happy World is an entirely new park currently under construction and will also feature an Inverted coaster from the same company when it opens called the Seven Ring Suspended Looping Coaster.
KOLMARDEN (Sweden)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
LE PAL (France)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
LONDON DUNGEON (UK)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
LOTTE WORLD (South Korea) -
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
2013 - Lotte World Waterpark - (2/1/12) Lotte World has just signed a $22 million deal with WhiteWater West to open a new Lotte World Waterpark in May 2013 in Kimhae, near Busan, South Korea. WhiteWater West will engineer, create and install all of the new waterpark’s indoor and outdoor attractions. According to WhiteWater, the project will include two MEGAtubes, the new Family Rattler and Family Python ,a Family Boomerango, AquaLoop, Abyss, 8-Lane Whizzard, Family Raft Slide, Dueling Master Blasters as well as a few standard Speed and Body Slides. The park will also feature a 115 foot pneumatic Surf Wave Pool, a smaller 60 foot indoor wave pool, a Flow Rider Double and two different AuqaPlay water fortress attractions.
M&D’s (near Glasgow, Scotland)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
MAERCHENPARK NEUSIEDLERSEE (Austria)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
MINITALIA LEOLANDIA PARK (Italy)
2012 - Splash Battle - (1/6/12) Minitalia Leolandia will open a new Splash Battle style attraction in 2012 that will have a pirates ship theme, and a layout allowing the boats to battle one another with water canons.
MIRAGICA (Molfetta, Italy)
Formerly Called: La Terra Die Giganti
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
MOVIELAND STUDIOS (Italy)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
NAGASHIMA SPALAND (Japan)
Park News - (11/7/11
) According to a reader who visited Nagashima Spaland the other day, the park has disassembled their Corkscrew and Ultra Twister coasters and put them in storage in the back of the park. From what I’m told, that section of the park is listed as reopening in 2012 according to the park maps, though it was not clear if the coasters would return or not. The coaster pieces appeared to have been taken apart with care and the Corkscrew track pieces were being repainted from Blue to White. They also sent along a couple of pictures as well.
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
NIGLOLAND (France)
2012 - Sky Fly - (12/13/11) According to the official Gerstlauer website, Nigloland will get the first Sky Fly ride in 2012. The ride system’s cars are based on the Sky Roller cars, where guests can control the wings attached to their seats and perform as many barrel-rolls as you would like. In this version 12 guests are lined up in a formation on a boom that will circle a central tower, rising up 72 feet on one end of the rotation and then dive back towards the ground on the other side. In a way… think of it almost like one of those crazy Paratrooper flat rides you hardly ever see anymore… except you can barrel-roll yourself around (or not, your in control) for the entire ride experience. More artwork of the Sky Fly can be found here.
NURBURGRING (Germany)
???? - RINGºRACER - (5/20/11) According to some reports in small German publications, testing on the RingºRacer coaster at Nurburgring was being conducted on May 14th while training time for a race event was taking place. The reports say there was a loud boom sound and an approximately 10cm long metal bolt narrowly missed striking one of the mechanics in the pit lane.
The long delayed launched coaster project was expected to open in June following a successful testing run this month, but this new incident puts the timeline in question. It’s kind of crazy to think about all the fuss and problems they’ve been having with this ride, when other S&S Thrust-Air coasters have been built without hardly any fuss at all.
Of course, none of them have tried to go quite this fast before (135+ mph), and unlike those other pure S&S Power coaster projects, this project was supposed to have been a more collaborative project with another company providing the train and some other hardware, to meet Germany’s strict TUV requirements.
(8/23/10) I’ve been told that the RingRacer coaster now now had it’s opening delayed until sometime in 2011.
(11/17/09) Some good current pictures of Ring Racer as well as the RingWerk attraction area can be seen at Lifthill.net.
(11/1/09) Problems opening RingºRacer have pushed the full speed grand openieng back until 2010.
(8/28/09) Something bad happened to RingºRacer. According to the twitter feed from Jon Noble, a respected F1 commentator from AutoSport, something bad did happen. “Just found out the Nurburgring rollercoaster exploded recently - after a pressure tank problem - damaging a nearby hotel.”
(7/20/09) During some kind of preview event earlier this week at Nurburgring, they were giving off some preview tours of the park site and apparently a few rides on RingºRacer as well which you can see in the YouTube video below. However from what I’ve been told from my sources, the ride is only making test runs at 140kph as they work to break in the launch system and move it towards the record breaking 217kph speed that was promised.
(6/22/09) Also, in case you were wondering the official park site lists the RingºRacer as hitting 217kph (135mph) in 2.5 seconds, which will take the coaster speed record away from Kingda Ka’s 128mph current record. (Fun Fact – Kingda Ka also takes 3.5 seconds to get to full speed… RingºRacer will get you launched at a faster speed in nearly 30% less time, which of course will increase the amount of force you will experience on your body during that ultra intense launch experience. Anyone who has been on the older Hypersonic that used to be at Kings Dominion will understand just what that might feel like as it used to lauch riders to only 80mph in 1.8 seconds using a more primitive version of the launch system that RingºRacer will use.
The RingºRacer speed record may be short lived however as the new Intamin launched coaster going into Ferrari World in the UAE is rumored to possibly reach 250kph… or 155mph. Time will tell…
PARC DU BOCASSE (France)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
PARQUE DE ATRACCIONES (Madrid)
Parques Reunidos
Park News - (6/17/11) Take a virtual visit to Parque de Atractiones Madrid over at Westcoaster today.
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
PLAYCENTER SAO PAULO (Brazil)
Park News - (2/3/12) According to a report at CBMR.com.br Playcenter, they contacted the park to ask about the rides for sale and the possible closure of the park only to have Playcenter officially deny that any of their rides are up for sale. However they did confirm that the park is undergoing some restructuring and some attractions may be moved.
Now while the park has denied the ride’s being for sale, I’ve also heard from a source who has seen the list of rides up for sale along with the asking prices. Not to mention I’ve heard, unofficially, that there is talk of selling the park’s Windstorm to Alpen Park.
(2/2/12) Screamscape sources in Brazil tell us that Playcenter Sao Paulo is currently rumored to be shutting down for good at the end of March 2012. Backing this up was a listing for some of the park’s attractions being posted to Amusement-Rides.Com.
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
PLEASUREWOOD HILLS (UK)
H.I.G. Capital France
Park News - (6/14/11) UK Park News claims that Wipeout, a Vekoma Boomerang at Pleasurewood Hills, will remain open. Since the ride was brought in from the closed American Adventures park back in 2007, the local neighbors have complained about the noise levels. While “complaints” are not uncommon for parks in the UK, the fact that the local council had the forsight to revised the local noise ordinances to allow for the ride to stay for the foreseeable future is much more amazing.
2012 - Drop Tower and More - In Development - (10/18/11) According to a report over at Amusement Today, Pleasurewood Hills will add five new attractions for the 2012 season, including one that should be classified as a “mega thrill ride” along with other numerous improvements projects throughout the park. I can only guess that the highlight ride will be the previously approved new “Drop Tower”.
(6/23/11) Theme Park Tourist tells us that the local council has approved Pleasurewood Hills’ request to install a new drop tower ride for the 2012 season.
(5/24/11) Theme Park Tourist takes a bit deeper look at the proposal for the new drop tower at Pleasurewood Hills.
(5/23/11) According to CoasterForce, Pleasurewood Hills has submitted a plan for permission to build a 196 foot tall drop tower ride. They believe this will likely be a Moser Gravity Tower ride, similar to what we see going into Busch Gardens Williamburg this summer as Mach Tower.
POWERPARK (Finland)
2012 - Waterpark - Rumor - (5/3/10) The English translation is a little rough, but I believe a message sent in is trying to tell me that PowerPark (Finland) is building a new waterpark section to the park. The construction is said to begin this summer and could take about 2 years to finish, so we’re looking at a 2012 opening. The overall size of the expansion is said to as big as 4 hectares and (9.8 acres) will include themed structures and a new restaurant as well.
RATANGA JUNCTION (Cape Town, South Africa)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
RAINBOW’S END (New Zealand)
Late 2012 - New Ride - (11/8/11) The local news reports that Rainbow’s End in New Zealand will soon unveil details about a new thrill ride planned for the park. Construction wont begin however until April-June 2012, allowing for the ride to open later that same year.
SARKANNIEMI Amusementpark (Tampere, Finland)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
SCHWABEN PARK (Germany)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
SERENGETI PARK (Germany)
2012 - Savannah - Rumor - (1/10/12) Screamscape has been told that Serengeti Park (Germany) will add a Technical Park Loop Fighter in 2012 named Savannah. I’ve never seen a Loop Fighter in person, but it looks like quite the interesting ride experience, merging Super Frisbee style ride with crazy seats that flip over.
SKARA SOMMARLAND (Sweden)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
SKYLINE PARK (Germany)
2012 - Sky Jet - (11/16/11) Skyline Park (Germany) has announced that they have purchased Bling from Blackpool Pleasure Beach and will install it in 2012 as Sky Jet. You can see the details as posted to Airgates.
SOMMERLAND SYD (Denmark)
Park News - (10/24/11) Sommerland Syd have announced on their Facebook page that they have sold Tornado, their Vekoma Invertigo coaster to a park in France. No word yet on just what they may have in mind to replace it.
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
SPACE WORLD (Japan)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
STEINWASEN PARK (Germany)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
TERRA ENCANTADA (Brazil)
PARK CLOSED - (9/27/10) I’ve heard from a local source that the Terra Encantada park in Rio de Janeiro is currently closed following an accident that took place on Monte Aurora back in June. From what they tell me the entire park went under inspection after that and many more mechanical and/or structural problems were found with many of the other park attractions, including the park’s most well known coaster, Monte Makaya, an 8-inversion coaster from Intamin. As the park is said to be in very bad financial shape, it is thought to be unlikely that the park will reopen.
TIBIDABO (Barcelona, Spain)
2012/2013 - Nothing New - (11/23/11) The translation is a little weird here, but I believe the basic message of this article is that Tibidabo will not add any new attractions to the park for the 2012 or 2013 seasons as they attempt to recover from the losses after the accident with their Pendulum ride in 2010.
TIVOLI FRIHEDEN (Arhus, Denmark)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
TOBU ZOOLOGICAL PARK (Japan)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
WALYGATOR PARC (France)
Formerly known as Walibi Lorraine and Walibi Schtroumpf (Walibi Smurf)
Compagnie des Alpes (CDA)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
WET ‘N’ WILD WATER WORLD (Australia)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
WIENER PRATER (Vienna, Austria)
Park News - (9/19/11) CoasterRadio.com has posted a new video podcast this week showing off a great on-site trip report from Wiener Prater in Austria. It’s awesome coverage of this very unique park… where every attraction, food stand and ship is run by private individuals as their own independent business. Awesome reporting by CoasterRadio here, in a nice to the point video that is just the right length. I hope this is a sign of more good things to come from CoasterRadio.com. Check it out here.
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
WILD-UND FREIZEITPARK (Klotten, Germany)
2012 - Log Flume - (11/14/11) According to this report, Wild-Und Freizeitpark Klotten has put up a preview poster promoting a new log flume that appears to have an elevator lift. It will be built by ABC Rides and should open in 2012. The new log flume will be built to interact with their Gerstlauer coaster that was built back in 2004… when the flume was envisioned at the time to be themed like a large volcano, but will now be themed as a castle.
WORLD JOYLAND (Changzhou, Jiangsu, China)
Park News - (10/31/11) It’s been awhile since we’ve seen new pictures from World Joyland, but a new collection of 37 photos has been posted to Dvice this week with a special focus on many of the faux Warcraft / Starcraft themed elements. Oh… and according to the sign outside the coaster, the B&M Flyer is actually called the Starry Sky Ripper, not Starry Night Ripper as we previously had been calling it.
(9/28/11) The Theme Park Guy reviews World Joyland, which has some great coasters mixed with some embarrassingly bad merchandise ripoffs, down to the point of even having a fake Disney branded store within the park, and a Minnie Mouse walk-around character, along with a fairly close copy of Seuss Landing from Islands of Adventure on top of the fake Warcraft / Starcraft themeing. Check it out.
(7/25/11) Pictures taken from a trip to World Joyland can be found here, showing off the faux World of Warcraft and Starcraft themed areas, carefully renamed Terrain of Magic and Universe of Starship.
(5/2/11) The first incredible front-row POV video of the new Starry Night Ripper (B&M Flyer) from World Joyland has been posted to YouTube and I’ve got to say that from the look of it, this could be B&M’s best flyer yet. Just look at that crazy first drop… unlike any other I’ve seen on a Flyer to date, plus a ton of inversions, lots of nearby themeing… it just looks incredible.
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
ZOOSAFARI FASANOLANDIA (Italy)
2012 - Nothing is known at this time...
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