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WALIBI AQUITAINE
France
Compagnie des Alpes (CDA)

2008 - Nothing known at this point in time.

 

WALIBI BELGIUM
Belgium
Compagnie des Alpes (CDA)
Formerly: Walibi Wavre & Six Flags Belgium

Park News - (2/21/08) Walibi Belgium has begin repainting Cobra, their Vekoma Boomerang coaster. Right now no one is quite sure what the final color scheme will be however, but apparently the track be yellow. The park has also begun painting Dalton Terror, their Intamin giant drop tower.
  (6/4/07) Serge Naim from Compagnie des Alpes (CDA) announced to the local media that Vertigo will open June 6th. It was also mentioned that the Walibi parks are doing quite well this season so far: Walibi World has seen a 28% increase in attendance over last year so far and Walibi Belgium is up 40%. CDA would also like to expand the Walibi brand across Europe and envisioning rebranding 4 or 5 other parks into Walibi parks in other countries where they also own parks in 2008 and 2009.

2008 - Park Improvements and upgrades - Rumor - (1/28/08) We’ve been told that Walibi Belgium will be repainting a number of their rides this winter including: Cobra, Coccinelle, the carrousel and Dalton Terror. The focus in 2008 will be on entertainment and new shows. The park has also confirmed that they will be open for a few weeks in the 2008-2009 Winter Season. We’ve also heard that some updates and new effects may be added to Calamity Mine.
  (11/27/07) Screamscape has been informed that this winter Walibi Belgium will renovate Flashback, the park’s flume ride. How extensive this rehab will be remains to be seen. The Gold River Adventure boat ride is also still rumored to be getting a new theme, possibly adding in the Walibi character and his friends to make a new story.
  (4/27/07) The latest rumors suggest that in much the same vein as to how Clamity Mine was cleaned up and upgraded, a similar plan may be in the works for the park’s Gold River Adventure though the overall theme may be changed this time around. We’ve also heard talk about altering the park’s log flume as well.

 

WALIBI RHONE-ALPES
France
Compagnie des Alpes (CDA)

2008 - Nothing known at this time.

 

WALIBI WORLD
The Netherlands
Compagnie des Alpes (CDA)
Formerly: Walibi Flevo & Six Flags Holland

Park News - (4/29/08) An opening day report from Walibi World has been posted to Theme Park Review.

2008 - Nothing new this season.

2009 - La Via Volta - (2/14/08) Screamscape has been informed that La Via Volta (Vekoma Boomerang) at Walibi World will receive a new train and reopen once again for the 2009 season. No word on who will supply the new train.

 

 

 
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