Massive TR from Liseberg 2007

[SwedishMan]

Some short information for those who may want to visit the

park after looking at the report.

 

Where is Liseberg located?

 

In the central part of Göteborg, Sweden.

 

Is the park expensive to visit?

 

Well, for children under 7 years, for them the admission is

free.

For all others admission cost 60 SEK (2007)

Wristbands cost 280 SEK, but you can also extend your ride

pass into a 2-day ride pass. A single wristband costs 280

SEK for one day and if you extend the ride pass it will

cost 90 SEK in addition.

 

What will be new for 2008?

 

As shown in last report Evert Taubes Värld will be the new

 

attraction for next year. Another new garden will also be

 

new for 2008.

 

No new rides for 2008?

 

It´s not known yet, my guess is that we will see a new

thrill ride for the 2009 season.

 

What is known about the future of Liseberg?

 

There is a plan for expansion but during the autumn things

hopefully will become clear and of course you will be

informed.

 

As most of the visitors here surely doesn´t know much about

the history, i will also tell which rides that has been

placed at which spaces earlier at Liseberg.

 

The following pictures is taken at 29 April 2007 (Liseberg

opened for the season and Uppswinget was new) and 4 August

2007.

Lisebergbanan and Uppswinget by night.

Construction pics.

Construction pics.

This is what the finished building will look like.

Here we build Evert Taubes World, Café Taube and Taubescenen.

Picture of Evert Taube from 1960.

This is no new ride or roller coaster, but not a museum either. It´s something between a new ride and roller coaster.

 

In the this building from 2008 the Liseberg visitors will really get the chance to experience Evert Taubes World, from his years as a kid at Vinga by his forays in exotic countries to the songs dramatic adventures.

 

The visitors will be shown paintings, letters and other things made by Evert Taube. Modern technology, artister will be some parts that will be used to show Evert Taubes life.

 

Together with Evert Taubes World we are building a new restaurant (Café Taube) and a new music stage, Taubescenen.

Lisebergbanan with Uppswinget in the background.

This picture gives you an idea of how close that the Lisebergbanan track is to Uppswinget...

The logotype of Uppswinget.

Uppswinget.

Uppskjutet.

Uppskjutet is a S&S Space Shot. The interesting story behind this ride is that Vekoma paid it because HangOver (Invertigo) couldn´t be used during the 1996 season so Uppskjutet is a compensation to Liseberg so the Invertigo-failure became a S&S tower. Between 1985 and 1990 a Huss Condor named Hökfärden operated here.

Uppskjutet and Höjdskräcken.

Tornado.

This Tornado arrived at Liseberg back in 1989 and it´s still there. Between 1989 and 1992 it operated at TopSpins

place before it was moved to it´s current location.

Stora Scenen.

SpinRock.

The Fairy Tale Castle.

Rainbow.

The Liseberg Tower.

Lisebergbanan.

Lisebergbanan

 

A Schwarzkopf master piece that opened back in 1987. Anton

Schwarzkopf and Josef Zierer was invited to try the coaster in the first train that was used at the coaster.

 

Lisebergbanan celebrates it´s 20th season at Liseberg this year.

Kanonen.

Kanonen.

Kanonen.

Kållerado.

Kållerado is a Rapid River ride. It´s quite long and fun.

 

It celebrates it´s 10th season at Liseberg this year.

Höjdskräcken is a S&S Turbo Drop located at the Lise-mountain, which means that you will be 100 m over the

sea at the top of the tower.

Opened 2000.

FlumeRide has been in the park for 34 years now at it´s still popular. The last drop is 14 m.

Here you will see a place most known for the coasters that this area has hosted. First Super 8 (Schwarzkopf Wildcat) operated here between 1966 and 1979. LisebergsLoopen (Schwarzkopf Looping Star) operated at the same space between 1980 and 1995 and the HangOver (Vekoma Invertigo) was placed here between 1997 and 2002.

Cirkusexpressen.

Cirkusexpressen.

Cirkusexpressen arrived at Liseberg for the 1977 season. It was named Lilla Bergbanan before the area where the coaster is located was rethemed into a circus theme. Since 1986 the

coaster listens to the name Cirkusexpressen.

 

It´s a Zierer Medium Tivoli coaster.

 

Cirkusexpressen celebrates it´s 30th season at Liseberg this year.

Balder.

Balder.

Balder.

Balder.

Balder.

Balder.

Balder.

Uppswinget.

Uppswinget.

Uppswinget.

Uppswinget.

Uppswinget.

Uppswinget.

Uppswinget.

Uppswinget is the new ride for 2007. It has a very unique location at the middle of the Lise-mountain.

Trummeliten is a kiddie carousel that opened together with the Kiddie Flight Carousel back in 1991.

SpinRock is a Zamperla Discovery ride. It has quite long queues as Liseberg bought the 24-seated model. Opened in the Balder area 2002.

Little Frogs.

Little Frogs is a S&S product. Located next to the Kiddie Flight Carousel.

The Wave Swinger.

The Wave Swinger was new for 1989 together with X2000 (Bayern Kurve) Aerovarvet (Looping Starship) and Tornado.

The Fairy Tale Castle.

The Fairy Tale Castle is a very popular ride for kids. Another ride from Anton Schwarzkopf. Has operated in the park since 1968.

Rainbow arrived at Liseberg for the 1983 season together

with the Kiddie Bumpers.

Rainbow is located in the southern

part of the Liseberg area.

The Bumper Cars.

Bumper Cars has existed in the park for a long time. This new version is from 1997 so it celebrates it´s the 10th season in the park this year.

The Ferris Wheel.

The Ferris Wheel is one of the Schwarzkopf products in the park. It celebrates it 40th season in the park this year.

PandaVision is located in the old SimulaTour space. It´s a movie that people over 7 years old can watch.

The Liseberg Tower opened 1990 at the North part of Lise-mountain together with the SimulaTour, a hamburger restaurant and some games. During it´s first year it was

called UFO 23.

House of Mirrors is a product by Liseberg that opened 1962.

The Kiddie Bumpers arrived together with Rainbow back in 1983.

Kanonen.

Kanonen.

Kanonen is Lisebergs latest coaster. It contains a 0-75 km/h launch in 1,8 sec, a top hat, a loop some turns and a heartroll.

It was new for 2005.

The Rabbit River opened for 2001 at the old space that the Celebrities Plaza earlier occupied.

Kållerado is a Rapid River ride. It´s quite long and fun.

 

It celebrates it´s 10th season at Liseberg this year.

Tea Cups is Mack ride, it has been in the park since 1985, but it was located at the other side of the

river in the former area "Å-Andra-Sidan".

The Gasten Ghost Hotel is located in the Liseberg Harbour area. Opened 1998 and a separate ticket is needed to get into the hotel.

The Kiddie Flight Carousel opened 1991 together with Trummeliten.

The Oldtimers.

The Oldtimers is a very popular ride for the kids.

Opened 1975.

The Dragon Boats is a kiddie carousel from Zierer. Opened

1997, so it´s celebrates it´s 10th season in the park this season.

Kiddie Boats is boat ride for kids. Opened together with

FlumeRide back in 1973.

Balder.

Let´s start with the new coaster for the 2003 season Balder.

 

Balder was built for the 80th anniversary and it got the

name Balder because it´s placed in the area named "Balders Hage".

 

It filled the lack of a wooden coaster as the old Bergbanan was demolished after the 1987 season after 65 successful years.

[coasterdude5]

Awesome trip report! Most trip reports cover mostly Balder (which is understandable, haha), but it was nice to see some other aspects of the park.

[Steffen_Dk]

Wow.. Awesome report. I really liked the explanation to the pics And as coasterdude5 says - this report really covers the whole Liseberg.

[Kingbooba]

Wow! That's a cool park! The way the rides are situated is cool. You have any pics of the Looping Starship?

[Loefet]

You have any pics of the Looping Starship?

 

Nice pictures and info. Didn't know about that Vekoma bought the S&S Space Shot due to the difficulties of Hang Over.

[ginzo]

Hey, this is great. I greatly appreciate the extensive details in this report.

[Groteslurf]

Great TR. Very informative.

I really have to make a Scandinavian themepark trip one of these years.

[Meteornotes]

Liseberg is one of the best parks in the world. I cannot wait to visit it again.

 

dt

[SwedishMan]

It´s great to hear that my trip reports are appreciated.

 

Don´t forget to check out the reports from 2005 and 2006 that can be found at:

http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=37883

[Tobias94]

Really nice TR from the best swedish park in the world.

Next year i'm gonna go there too.

[krouvi]

Great pics. I would love to visit this parkl one day. Many cool rides.

[Edward]

Wait, isn't PandaVision part of Maxxima? They used to show different things there like Everest, Westlife concert, and miscellanious. Now it seems to be only PandaVision.

 

Anyways, great report. Didn't know some of those things.

 

/Edward

[cobra_roll06]

Wow! That was a very impressive TR! It does look like a great park, thanks for the pic!

[EmBy]

Nice Report ,

 

Liseberg looks amazing, hoping to get there soon. Gothenburg looks a great place to visit too.