hansrubens Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 (edited) Hi everyone, It was time again for our (Benny (groteslurf), Eelke-Bart aka EB (Vuurvogel), Michael, Bart and me) little autumn trip. Destination Germany... We hit parks in northern Germany... at least all the big parks were in northern Germany. I'll let the introduction to EB cause he's much better in writing a proper intro for this trip. full summary of the trip: 1. Fort Fun Abenteuerland (oct-5) 2. Hansapark (oct-6) 3. Heidepark (oct-7) 4. Serengeti Park (oct-7) 5. Zoo Safari- und Hollywoodpark Stukenbrock (oct-8) 6. CentrO.Park (oct-8) 7. Quick stop for Alpineslide in Bottrop (oct-8) 8. Movie Park Germany (Horrorfest) (oct-8) First day, first park... Fort Fun. Fort Fun is a nice little park situated in a valley. A few small coasters and some fun flat rides but most important there is a heck of a Alpine slide. This is one of the best Alpine slides out there, I do prefer the ones where the ride vehicle is not secured to the track like a coaster but this one... well it blew my mind. Let's just go to the pictures... Main entrance. Important in these times. The Winterberg ski resort is nearby. Food. One of the most important parts of a tripreport. First coaster of the day. The airtime at the first drop is insane! Train!! Fun house. Benny going up. The park was dead. This is one of those ghost trains that is so bad that it's funny. Getting drunk. It's a big wheel. There is a secret inside. Didn't rode this one cause it was one Euro upcharge and I'm Dutch... Luxurious!!! I was desperately looking for him. Are all snakes on speed? I know this one is. He tried to warn me. Loopy. Loopy the sequel. I don't like sequels. Entrance advertisement to scare people off. Rio Grande rapids. I wanna jump a bridge. Ohh it contains a whrilpool. This one is even worse than Thorpepark's rapids. Close encounters with the river in the queue. There are boats too. see. There are some smaller rides too. Waterballoon fight area. Zierer time! Honestly I took this picture for the old operators booth. NERD From front to back: Me, EB, Michael, Bart and Benny. Look at the speed. Sheeeeesh. Beautiful situated. I wasn't too lucky this trip. I got soaked on every single Logflume. Skloooosh. It's a really long flume with a cool tunnel section too. Tractor pulling. Main attraction of the park. No it was not busy got plenty of rides in. Benny anxious to ride it. Last airtime hill. Cool dude riding. I think it's EB down there. I only took pictures on my way up. Didn't want to spoil my ride by taking pictures. But I'll add a youtube pov of it. Helix. How was your ride!!! Edited December 13, 2010 by hansrubens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansrubens Posted October 16, 2010 Author Share Posted October 16, 2010 Trapperslider POV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jds03 Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 Trapperslider looks freaking awesome. That ride looks like the sex. Also, that corkscrew coaster is really strange, but in a good way. It has such an odd, short and compact layout. How does it ride? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinschroder Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 Dank u wel! Glad to see the prices and park map included in your report. I wasn't previously aware of Fort Fun (Edit: apart from Hanno's trip report earlier this year) - looks like you had a fun day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groteslurf Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 It was a great trip !! Except for the traffic jams and loooooonnnnnnnggggg drives the first day, all parkvisits were awesome and we had a great time and a lot of fun. Some parks a bit more awesome than others we visited. Fort Fun was great. It's a really nice park with a great variaty of attractions. A big rollercoaster is still missing, but I agree, the alpine slide, those were my favorite rides of the whole trip. It's was really long, fast, awesome.... First time I didn't dare to ride full speed, 2 and 3rd time I did ride at full speed and it was SOOO awesome. Really like that ride. I'll start posting my reports soon in my thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Clinksalot Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 Awesome stuff ... that Alpine Slide looks sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger01 Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 That is some Serious Long Lift Hill. It just Goes on Forever! But Some Crazy Ride!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 Hans, I hope you were a nice Dutchman and got the pictures we need for the park index at Hansa and Heide: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vuurvogel Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 Great to see the start of the report. My part will start coming somewhere next week. So the intro will not be the beginning . Hans, I hope you were a nice Dutchman and got the pictures we need for the park index at Hansa and Heide: Yes Larry, we bring you pictures from hansa and heide and a new park!! serengeti. But you already started with the park in the index I see. On a sad side note, kaffetaschen at heide park is no more. Unless someone has a picture in their archives it is difficult to get a ride sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 Yes Larry, we bring you pictures from hansa and heide and a new park!! serengeti. But you already started with the park in the index I see. That's right, I already added Serengheti and Zoo Safari just for the pictures from your group Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groteslurf Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 Yes Larry, we bring you pictures from hansa and heide and a new park!! serengeti. But you already started with the park in the index I see. That's right, I already added Serengheti and Zoo Safari just for the pictures from your group You ARE a nice American Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groteslurf Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 My coverage of the same trip : Fort Fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 Fort Fun is one of those little parks that we have been trying to squeeze into a bigger TPR trip for years and it's just never quite worked out. We will absolutely go when we finally do "Robb & Elissa's Weird Parks of Europe" trip! Thanks for posting the pics. The park looks like a lot of fun! --Robb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
let1gre Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 Trapper Slider looks insane, thank you for posting that POV. I guess I always underestimated alpine coasters. I wonder how much it'd cost to get one of those to BGW... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 (edited) Trapper Slider looks insane, thank you for posting that POV. I guess I always underestimated alpine coasters. I wonder how much it'd cost to get one of those to BGW... It will never happen: 1 - Low capacity ride 2 - Need a much greater change of elevation for an effective mountain coaster, hence why they build them on mountains. Edited October 17, 2010 by larrygator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansrubens Posted October 20, 2010 Author Share Posted October 20, 2010 Day 2 - Hansapark Sierksdorf Germany. Hansapark was one of those parks that I had my eye on for a long time. They have a awesome custom Schwarzkopf and since 2008 a massively themed Gerstlauer. The park is great very good themed areas and a good selection of rides. We had a great, fun time here and I hope to return to this park in the near future. Thanks Benny for the awesome German Weissbeer!! On to the pictures..... We made it. The parking is at the otherside of the road so we had to take the escalator to get to the park. View towards the parking. Oops took it when we left!! Entrance gate. Woohoo parkmap. Pricing!!! but of course we got in at ClubTPR rate. This is the weirdest ride I've ever seen at a park. Yes it's a giant bell. and it swings. from a distance. Full swing. Watersports Donkey. First credit. The Gerstlauer Flug von Novgorod. Stripped down test seat. Halloween theming in the queue. The ride has a very good working single riders line. I got in two rides in via the single riders in stead of just one via the normal queue. Have fun guys!! Outside part of the coaster. Outside part was just ok but the darkride part is frikking awesome. Inside is the vertical lifthill with the very steep drop. Water, water everywhere..... Very good waterride. Was my first raft ride. Station building. They are big and blue and TPR friendly! Starflyer. This must be the fastest starflyer I've ever been on. This thing is on steroids!!! not kidding. It felt more like a serious flatride instead of a swing. Let's try little Pow-Wow. No, I'm still nauseous from the one at De Efteling. Teacups make me sick. Luckily the Wild Mouse/Minetrain is nearby. With a Genuine German orchestra. There even is an opportunity to take the tunnel. Indoor bumper cars. with a very difficult scoring system. We found one without a line. Normally those rides get a very long queue. Go Benny!! Rasender Roland. Vekoma Junior/Mine train. Tissues!!!! It goes straight through the loop of Nessie which is a very cool feature. Rasender Roland food prices in case you got hungry from reading this report. Strumvogel is a very weird ride. I don't have pictures of this ride in motion but I think EB has one. Front view. Is this coaster fusion? Observation tower. Supersplash sign held up by some Gerstlauer leftover track. It's like a supersized logflume. Ride vehicles. Boat coming down. and supersplash. Is it a credit? is it, is it? Lookout!!!! Kids at play. EB was going way too fast. There was an area in the park with only very old fair rides. Haven't seen this ride for a long time. Too bad it's only a kids version. Kettenflieger. and a very old russian ferris wheel. Drop tower with a very odd program. Coming down. Oh btw it was a very slow day. Having a moment to rest. Nessie!!! Great ride, what else can you expect of a Schwarzkopf. We were lucky enough to have Nessie and Rasender Roland synchronised through the loop. It was a very joyful moment maybe better than a rollback on TTD. I love custom Schwarzkopf coasters. Especially when you get eaten by a giant shark like creature. Almost time to leave. back view of the entrance building. Bye, thank you Hansapark for the great day we had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groteslurf Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Great pics and report Hans. It was an awesome day at Hansa Park. Although I was afraid for the weather on beforehand because Hansa is next to the Ostsee, it was the best day of the trip. You were only wearing a tshirt Absolutely loved the weisbeer moment in the sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbolaaf Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Ah weissbeer ... i mis Erdinger.... Hansapark is one of those better parks in the north of Germany. I really like the park. Thanks for the report and pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 I never saw the Buffalo Rodeo nor many of those old rides during my visit least year. I guess I have to rely on EB for a picture of Stormvugel in action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groteslurf Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 I never saw the Buffalo Rodeo nor many of those old rides during my visit least year. I guess I have to rely on EB for a picture of Stormvugel in action. Don't worry. I have one too. My report will be online during the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sibbi89 Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Nice pics from a nice park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamoure Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Great TR with great photos !! This is what the starflyer pov-like is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groteslurf Posted October 24, 2010 Share Posted October 24, 2010 My Hansapark coverage online : www.themeparkreview.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=55537&p=956699#p956699 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansrubens Posted October 26, 2010 Author Share Posted October 26, 2010 3rd day part 1 - Heidepark Soltau The biggest park of the trip. I was really excited to return to Heidepark. This is such a beautiful park with great rides. The only downside of the day was that Colossos was closed . Actually this was quite a big disappointment but anyhow I'm getting used to that this year. Heidepark has made some improvements to the flatride section of the park and they started some groundwork for the 2011 B&M. So I will be there again in 2011 to reride Colossos and getting a new credit. We only stayed till about two then we left for a quick visit to Serengetipark. Pictures... Starting with failed shot of the parkmap. I don't have an entrance picture!! This is the backside of the hotel we stayed at. First credit of the day Bob. Meet and greet with Bob. Maybe the best Bob out there. Great speed and tunnels. Scream overlooking Bob. I'm free, freefalling. This spaceship landed here to takeover Limit. OMG it was the devil himself. and he made this poor baloon man crash. Maybe one day all SLC's will be owned by lucifer. Let them rot and burn in hell. Little secret: this one wasn't too bad. See happy riders. Even the trunk is impressed. Another Vekoma masterpiece. New trains. First part with the weird straight. Looperdeloop. Corkerdecork. The redone flatride corner. Enterprise. They've done a good job. Sniff.... I still can't believe it. The sign say that the coaster has a twisted wooden leg and need some rest. Still got the ride sign though. Repairing a twisted leg. This is also the only picture I have of Desert race. Rapids ride. Beautiful setting. Kiddie coaster. There were several funny Halloween decorations. Spiderman is having me for dinner tonight. Having a party on the towboat ride. This one is the best. Graveyard island. There are two loglumes in the park. This is the sign of one. This is the station of the other. and the drop of the second one. The first one is the best but I only have a picture of the ridesign. Ground works for the 2011 B&M divemachine. Stationbuilding maybe? Spare parts. and some more parts. and even more in the distance. Big ass restaurant. New ride: Splash battle. Station. On this one you must kill a dead pirate. Backside of the station. Stuntshow area. The very well known slides of death. I found one more picture of the groundworks. I'll end this report with a giant octo. Next up Serengetipark!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 A very nice touch with the picture of the octopus, to commemorate the death of Paul the Octopuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuus! Paul was not well liked by the Dutch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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