prabe Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 I most definitely had the biggest crash of the day. Fixed your typo, Craig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shockwave Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 Looking the pictures from awesome places like Bonbon Land and Skara Sommarland, I have to say our parks in Finland are awfully unimaginative and conservative. More infantile humor in Finland I says! Honestly, I'd say while some places were better than others, all the parks had nice little quirks to them. And you do have an awesome go-kart track at Power Park! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allena.k.a.Alan Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Wow! Gröna Lund looks beautiful, and Power Park looks better than ever!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Dooey Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 I'm really gunna have to keep an eye out for your next Scandinavian trip because it just looks like one of your best ever! Next time I'll be sure & not miss out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 I know nothing of any major crashes in the Grand Prix and most deffinetly did NOT have the biggest crash of the day causing any damage to any vehicles what so ever. You did bring a tool set with you on the trip didn't you? Otherwise, how did your car end up in three pieces? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 I have to say our parks in Finland are awfully unimaginative and conservative. It's possible that since this was a first-visit for most of us to Finland's three parks in the tour (Power, Sarkanniemi, Linannmaki), and we were near the end of the tour, all parks were being looked forward to as much as all the other Scandinavian parks we had already visited. (And Hansa!) And I don't think they disappointed any of us. Sure, apart from there not being a lot of (what I call) "ongoing themeing" in most of the areas you'd walk through, I still enjoyed these parks, each for their layout and style, the coasters and other attractions/rides/games/food/shows. I had a fun day at each one, and I would love to go back and visit each one again. And I was really amazed how they built Linnanmaki into the hills there, cutting rock out and building/fitting rides in, here and there. Same goes for Sarkanniemi, come to think of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Looking the pictures from awesome places like Bonbon Land and Skara Sommarland, I have to say our parks in Finland are awfully unimaginative and conservative. I have a feeling that this is a case of the grass being greener. While the parks in Finland may not be the biggest or the most themed parks in the world they are all wonderful parks in their own right. Sometimes bigger is not always better and that is very much the case with the three lovely parks we visited in Finland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKLer Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 It's not the size or even the rides, just that a place like Bonbon land is just weird and crazy - very original. Just about every park in the world has at least a few great rides, but you can't buy originality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dammie16@vt.edu Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 I like two kinds of parks Big concrete slabs like CP that have everything (Except a damm dark ride!) And small country parks like Knoebels The Finland ones look and sound like the Latter I will have to go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginzo Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 ^Actually, only Power Park could be considered a country park. The other two Finnish parks are very much urban parks. Even though the urban park has long since died out in the US, they're still going strong in Scandinavia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennyweird Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 Even though the urban park has long since died out in the US, they're still going strong in Scandinavia. Not quite true. I would consider Kennywood an urban park, maybe Dorney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted July 8, 2009 Author Share Posted July 8, 2009 Even though the urban park has long since died out in the US, they're still going strong in Scandinavia. Not quite true. I would consider Kennywood an urban park, maybe Dorney. I'm assuming when Ginzo referred to them as "Urban Parks" he means like right in the middle of the city, like Liseberg as well. I would NOT consider Kennywood right in the middle of Pittsburgh! You have to drive a good ways to get there through some confusing roads (if you're not a local.) For some of the parks on our Scandi trip they were RIGHT smack in the middle of the big city and very easy to find. --Robb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginzo Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 ^Even if you consider Kennywood to be urban, the urban park has really died out in the US compared to what we used to have. A quick trip to RCDB will confirm this. We used to have dozens of them. Now hardly any at all! But Scandinavia still has: Tivoli Gardens Liseberg Gröna Lund Linnanmäki Särkänniemi I think a few of the smaller parks were right in urban areas as well, but I won't get into that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPDave Posted July 8, 2009 Share Posted July 8, 2009 I know nothing of any major crashes in the Grand Prix and most deffinetly did NOT have the biggest crash of the day causing any damage to any vehicles what so ever. You did bring a tool set with you on the trip didn't you? Otherwise, how did your car end up in three pieces? Not really a tool kit, just one massive tool... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennyweird Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Even though the urban park has long since died out in the US, they're still going strong in Scandinavia. Not quite true. I would consider Kennywood an urban park, maybe Dorney. I'm assuming when Ginzo referred to them as "Urban Parks" he means like right in the middle of the city, like Liseberg as well. I would NOT consider Kennywood right in the middle of Pittsburgh! You have to drive a good ways to get there through some confusing roads (if you're not a local.) For some of the parks on our Scandi trip they were RIGHT smack in the middle of the big city and very easy to find. --Robb Okay, I see what you mean. Yeah, I can't think of any American parks that are right in the middle of a city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VT_340 Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Jetline was manucatured in 1987 by BHS (Bayrisches Hüttenstahlwerk) four years after Schwarzkopf went bankrupt - so it is not a Schwarzkopf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted July 9, 2009 Author Share Posted July 9, 2009 Jetline was manucatured in 1987 by BHS (Bayrisches Hüttenstahlwerk) four years after Schwarzkopf went bankrupt - so it is not a Schwarzkopf. Well, everyone at the park seemed to refer to it as a Schwarzkopf, so no offense, but I'm going to take the word of the people who OWN the ride over some internet hearsay. --Robb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Jetline was manucatured in 1987 by BHS (Bayrisches Hüttenstahlwerk) four years after Schwarzkopf went bankrupt - so it is not a Schwarzkopf. Well, everyone at the park seemed to refer to it as a Schwarzkopf, so no offense, but I'm going to take the word of the people who OWN the ride over some internet hearsay. --Robb Looked and rode pretty "Schwarzkopfy" to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjaco Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Looked and rode pretty "Schwarzkopfy" to me. Hearsay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 ^You didn't hear me say nothin'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ginzo Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Well, everyone at the park seemed to refer to it as a Schwarzkopf, so no offense, but I'm going to take the word of the people who OWN the ride over some internet hearsay. Heck, didn't the rides manager tell us a story about Anton Schwarzkopf's brother personally supervising the construction of Jetline? Something about leaving Anton's brother stuck up in a cherry picker while the construction crew went on a coffee break. I think Schwarzkopf's firm did go bankrupt several times, but he then worked with other firms to get his projects completed. Something like that. Anton was apparently better at designing and building coasters than he was at being a successful businessman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveC Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 ^agreed and agreed Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnottsDisneyFarm Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Okay, I see what you mean. Yeah, I can't think of any American parks that are right in the middle of a city. Knott's Berry Farm dude!!! It's completely surrounded by neighborhoods and restaurants and stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 ^No. A real city...not a suburb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dammie16@vt.edu Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Technically Coney Island counts as Queens is a borough, but it is a suburb too, unless the Finnish parks in the cities are like Queens. Also to rephrase what I meant a little when I say country parks I refer to parks with few rides but that are all great and a good atmosphere. Dollywood and BGE fall into this category for me too and they are not really small country parks lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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