KarlaKoaster Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 So Grona Lund finally ran out of space and needs to expand? I thought it would never happen! Fingers crossed the appeal goes through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 3 hours ago, alejon said: Unfortunately the zoning plan was torn up by the environmental court just a week ago. Stockholm City Council had approved it in April last year but it was appealed. Gröna Lund will appeal it to the highest environmental court and seem pretty confident though. It's Wildfire all over again.. Is there a source available if the zoning plan rejection was made public (for Grona Lund)? Would be useful for my own research, even if it would need translation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alejon Posted May 24, 2021 Share Posted May 24, 2021 28 minutes ago, A.J. said: Is there a source available if the zoning plan rejection was made public (for Grona Lund)? Would be useful for my own research, even if it would need translation. Here is a press release from the court In short the court found no grounds for rejecting the zoning plan due to noise pollution, faults in the environmental consequence report, beach protection etc. Which all are the usual suspects. Instead it has been rejected because Djurgården, the island on which Gröna Lund is situated, has a special legal protection as a "National city park". The court states that the new area together with Gröna Lund of today would be to dominating in the cultural historical and park areas around Gröna Lund. Again, I'm not sure that the higher court will come to the same conclusion as this specific law isn't tested that often, and the area used to be an amusement park before becoming a parking lot. City of Stockholm has all documents regarding the zoning plan available for download on their homepage 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBru Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 Fingers crossed the appeal is successful. Again, I know it's only concept art, but a modern Vekoma would be the most perfect addition to this park's collection. (Besides a traditional hyper...but I'm guessing we'll never be seeing one of those at Grona Lund. lol) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 You'd think the city at this point would do anything to support and encourage a wonderful business like Grona Lund, but it's also comforting to see that government bureaucracy is messed up everywhere! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfBobs Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 18 hours ago, SharkTums said: You'd think the city at this point would do anything to support and encourage a wonderful business like Grona Lund, but it's also comforting to see that government bureaucracy is messed up everywhere! I think if we learned anything from 2020 is that politicians never really or hardly ever do what's in the best interest for their constituents, their cities, etc. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FABH Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 With less then a week until opening... here is some footage from the final testing of Monsters two trains. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBrylczyk Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 It really looks like a fantastic ride. Great Bear and Talon had a threeway with Nemesis. Great Bear - Interaction directly over the public areas. Talon - Airtime on an invert, fun helices for no reason. Nemesis - Super twisty and prefers to spin rather than loop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 I am curious. Why did they pick "orange and green" for the two colours of the trains? Anybody know? Not really that important, but I was still wondering... By the way, awesome test shots! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarlaKoaster Posted May 27, 2021 Share Posted May 27, 2021 From the front the wheel cover decals look like eyes, so I think it's just that one of the monsters has green eyes and the other orange. You can see it pretty clearly in FABH Adventures' picture here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CNQDhY_h4-R/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarlaKoaster Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Does anyone know what this thingamabob is on top of the lift on Monster? It looks like a small crane/jib. My only thought is that it is to help replace the chain as I guess actual crane access is difficult. This is the most unimportant question in the history of unimportant questions, but it is one of those things that always bugs me when I see it. Photo cropped from original by FABH.Adventures, of course! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBrylczyk Posted June 5, 2021 Share Posted June 5, 2021 ^ You may have hit the nail on the head. They can use that for rigging purposes (hanging a chain hoist, etc) but it certainly doesn't seem to serve any purpose aside from just existing. I can't see any moving parts or anything that would suggest it's anything other than a rigid structure. Using beam clamps paired with rigging hardware makes the most sense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcjp Posted September 7, 2021 Share Posted September 7, 2021 Hi there! I'll be going to the park somewhen on the weekend of 18 and 19 (this month). We have to buy tickets in advance but we're just gonna wait a little to see how the weather looks. Apparently each ticket comes with 2 "fast pass" entrances and it looked (from the park's website, which I can only see in Swedish) that you may have to pre select where you want to use them. Is this true? If so, does anyone have a recommendation on which rides I should use it on? Also, if anyone has any other tips concerning the park, that'd be very appreciated (like which day would be better. I always assume Saturday is the worst but Sunday will be the last operating day for the month) Than you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FABH Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 Have your ever want to turn an amusement park in to a night club? That is exactly what Gröna Lund did in their new event Night Rider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WaterParking Posted September 19, 2021 Share Posted September 19, 2021 Quite a while ago I visited Gröna Lund, but this looks pretty exciting, FABH. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garet Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 23 hours ago, FABH said: Have your ever want to turn an amusement park in to a night club? That is exactly what Gröna Lund did in their new event Night Rider. Wasn't it the owners of this park that also rented Magic Kingdom for a night for their employees and did something similar at the castle? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattiasB Posted September 20, 2021 Share Posted September 20, 2021 36 minutes ago, Garet said: Wasn't it the owners of this park that also rented Magic Kingdom for a night for their employees and did something similar at the castle? Yes I did. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 On 9/20/2021 at 7:48 AM, MattiasB said: Yes I did. Good luck with the government and courts in getting the park's plans but on track Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurnOfTheCentury Posted July 11, 2022 Share Posted July 11, 2022 Visited Grona for first time last Friday. Holy cow, what a fun, surprisingly well-themed little park, with really fun coasters! I loved it! Monster had a great themed line, efficient two-train operations, and the ride packed a punch! Loved it's pacing, the foot choppers, and the final little airtime moment (which I never experienced on an inverted before). The great gray color and cool supports only added to it. The sleeper hit for me was Jet Liner. Wow: super fun Schwarzkopft, with great pacing, smooth as can be, and easy old -school lap bar train. Extremely re-rideable. Twister was reallly fun in the back and well-placed. oVerall, extremely well done, fun, and far exceeded expectations (because I entered into it with virtually none!) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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