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Why would they make the top hat so fast? I thought it would be like hanging upside down in your lap restraints but now it sounds like it is just swooping by without you really noticing what is happening?

"Not for the public" :'( somehow i get the feeling you will be able to get in and provide is with pictures anyway Beeing in southeast asia, I will miss yet another "helix irl tour". I am glad I have your updates to rely on!

Simply amazing!! Great work on this update! It's a shame the weather is so screwed up, nothing beats a snowy liseberg this time of year!

Liseberg just posted this AMAZING video:

While at the same time, the guy in the back is nearly shitting himself

Holy WOW that theming! And this list is awesome!

Just some sweet Balder airtime to light up the winter darkness Source: Unofficial Helix FB page

You are the man! Be sure to tell me if there is anything I can do for you!

Desperately trying to PM you but it gets stuck in the outbox? Did you get anything?

As mentioned earlier in this thread, Liseberg has bought 200(!!) new trees to make up for the 85 they cut down. The new trees are obviously smaller. Still awesome though.

Always happy to see new stuff that isn't across the world!

Aaaand my asia trip ends in mars..great...

This is amazing! I obviously have not been looking in the right places all I find are little bags and I do LOVE Swedish fish. Never seen a swedish fish in my life //A swede Well we do have the original but it has "Malaco" embossed on its side instead of swedish, how lame...

Thank you! I tried to include the images but didn't succeed. I am blaming the computer at work.....eh..no...I am not looking at the helix blog and some roller coaster forum at work, what do you mean?

New blog post. Liseberg is currently working on restoring the vegetation on the montain. Trees, boulders, bushes etc. Meadow flowers and grass will be planted in the dirt areas. Pictures in link.

From what I heard, he said that it will be built next year. How do you interpret that? Ready for the 2014 season? Built during the season? Built after the next season for christmas and the 2015 season? Nice improvement nontheless

New blog post from Andreas. A funicular will be built next year to improve disability access to the mountain. A 2 million euro investment and a part of making Liseberg a park for everyone.

I have yet to travel the world, I will however do a trip to southeast asia this spring with completely other intensions than theme parks. But since I am visiting hong kong, singapore and kuala lumpur I might do a stop somewhere

I know that liseberg isn't about thrills and is aimed to please everyone. Even though there are no extreme rides, a fair amount ends up being pretty exciting (like Balder, Uppsvinget, atmosfear, kanonen etc). As you said, the share of thrill rides might be higher at grönlund but I would say that there are more (or atleast better) thrills to be found at liseberg. However, I should add that Liseberg is my home park, which means I have to think that gröna lund is a bit lame Ha ha! No, not at all, he is just a great guy who I have contact with now and then, especially when going to/wondering anything about Liseberg. He is the same kind of coaster nut as the rest of us and is really nice to chat with about anything coaster/park/Liseberg related. Haha! Andreas blog states that he lives together with his partner "Petter". Peter/Petter, close enough, you can't really blame me for that conclusion

Thank you for the thoroughly response! B&M invert sounds amazing! I just hope they wont "waste" this precious area by making it some kind of resort area. Hotels and waterparks can be found elsewhere, I would be much happier to see an extended park with more attractions. Scandinavia has som great parks but it feels like it is lacking for thrill seekers. Most parks here are focused on families (with small kids) and rarely feature more than one really thrilling ride/coaster. Liseberg is already the most "thrilling" park in scandinavia, atleast with helix being built. I would say that is what makes it stand out from the many great family parks. I believe that to use that new area on atleast one more thrilling coaster and some darkride/family coaster would make the park more unique and be better for both the park and gothenburg than trying to make some kind of resort concept. (This post might be heavily biased since I like high speeds, out of control rolls and to get lifted out my seat ) "Next time I meet Andreas" Wait, I might be retarded for never realizing this, are you his partner?

Thank you for the answer, I guess we will have to ask them again, perhaps they can tell us more even though they can't give us the layout. Your NL coasters are pretty sweet btw, most I see are just crap. That battle galatica-inspired thing has some really good timing. Don't you think it will part of the queueing area? I mean 1 hour queue, that is 1350 persons, I can't see that fit in the area between the tower and the station. Or is it bigger in reality than it appears to be in the pictures? Was thinking about the expansion plans. I saw that you wrote about turning the parking lot into a parking house and give room to some hotel and an indoor park, do you have any more information on this? Is it like a water park? And what do you guys think liseberg will do with the area they bought? or what are your hopes? My guess is that they wait until 2021 (gothenburg's 400th anniversary) or 2023 (liseberg's 100th anniversary) before they expand. I just hope that they don't build an outdoor waterpark, sweden is too darn cold, I can't stand running around in waterslides for more than 15 min. Oh, and btw, it is snowing again (:

Peter, I guess you are the one here with most knowledge of Helix and Liseberg. Do you know if liseberg released any info on "green fire" more than that it was going to be tall and fast? Would be really interesting to see the layout, don't really see why mack would want to keep it confidential.

"Snow" - Helix in slush puppy would be far more accurate

Not much coaster experience but I am excited about Helix at Liseberg with the first drop into a corkscrew and a large turn before the first launch.

Wonderful weather here in Gothenburg! The webcam is really capturing the inviting atmosphere as we are counting the days until santa arrives! Yeah fuck this.