Trevor Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 (edited) Hello! This is my first review in Themeparkreview, and this time it will be about one of the amazing fairs I've seen. This is a HUGE fair full of attractions for all ages and also has the special great charm because it’s located in the middle of the Devesa, a forest filled with banana trees reaching 60m high! (the tallest) Totally spectacular because there are all the attractions between the trees, including three roller coasters and a giant booster witch are VERY CLOSE to them. In this review I only talk about the main adult rides, but there are also A LOT of family and children rides, and of course thousands of food and games houses (paraditas). I tried to photograph the coolest rides. For those who are in Spain and want to visit the fair, remember you have time until this Sunday! (6 of november 2011). You can find in the Devesa forest, in Girona (Catalonia – Spain) Once we walk into the forest, we can see some lights. Let’s take a look. This is the first ride we can find. It’s a Giant XXL Booster from Fabbri, a spectacular ride between the trees!! Think that the tower is 45m tall, and once in the top you can see all the forest beneath you. It’s a very fast ride that goes VERY CLOSE to the trees. Also, at the top, you can have a beautiful views of Girona cathedral. It’s very nice! More booster pics. I love this ride! Through the trees!!! Giant XXL Booster for 16 people This is the most expensive ride of the fair (4€!). But personally I think it worth it Next we find the first hang jump of the fair (there are actually 2). In spain we call that kind of rides "The grasshopper". So, in this fair there are 2 normal grasshoppers, 2 more inverted grasshoppers and finally 2 more child grasshoppers.... 6 GRASSHOPPER CRAZYNESS!! There are some rapids ride... I think that this is not a very good idea, because some years it's very cold and this ride is always closed There is also the first "special effects house"... yes, this is the first because there are TWO! (in fact, there are three, the third one is specially for children) Now it's time for the first roller coaster. This is a spinning wild mouse called "El ratón Vacilón"... The ride is just OK, it has an indoor section with special effects. Notice the close of this ride to the trees! More Ratón Vacilón Next to the Ratón Vacilón, we find an inverted wild mouse called Ala Delta. This is a very funny ride, with several drops and a water section. There is a button that gives you the opportunity of getting wet in that section. Funny ride, of course, between the trees! Once we can find this kind of ride, witch I don't know the name... again there are two of them, but this one has shoulder restrains and the other one only lapbars! There is no spanish fair without the Buffalo ride!! This is the first "normal" grasshopper! As a new ride this year there is a Flat Spin! With water effects and everything This is a haunted house! A walking walk trough. I didn't enter into the ride, but all the people I saw at the exit were screaming, running and most of them falling to the ground! This is not for begginers! We take a look in one of the sections of this fair. At the distance we can see the giant ferrys wheel. Also notice all the "paraditas" with food, gifts and games! Robb is gonna love this...there is the famous "V roller coaster"! And this time, insanity through the trees! There is also this ride witch I don't remember the name.... anyway, I'm not going to ride it! It looks very dizzy! Yes...I know... I'm a very sensitive person... but flat rides like this can make me have a very bad time.... People screaming! More screams! Then we find an area without trees... and there are 4 rides... the first is this hybrid roller coaster!! Is a very fun ride, half wild mouse (with ssome good airtimes) and half water ride! There is also a special effects tunnel, with water effects and lights! Very fun ride!! This is the wild mouse part It's called "la Jungla Encantada" There is also an "Inverted"! Also looking very dizzy! More inverted There is a star flyer!!! Remember the ride that I didn't remember the name but it has shoulder restrains? well, this is the second one with only lapbars!! We enter again in the tree area and we find the second typical spanish fair ride... "La Olla"! There is also a haunted house with vehicles. Very simple ride. This is the second inverted grasshopper!! Be patient, we have not finished yet with them! There is a Top Scan!! I'm sorry but I just can't ride them... the last time I did was in Thorpe Park and I ended in the ground one hour and a half unable to get up.... Top Scan from the ferrys wheel More Top Scan In this ride evrything goes round... they want to kill me! People suffering from above This is the giant Ferrys Wheel you can find!! It's very spectacular! This time, as you know, it goes through the trees, and you can see a very nice views. Not so nice ride if it's rainig and there is electrical storm like yesterday ! More Ferrys Wheel There is also the famous whip ride! This is the second "house of effects" ...and we can't finish this review without the second NORMAL GRASHOPPER!! There were also the children ones, don't forget... This is one of the nice views you can have in this charming fair, with the giant ferrys wheel and the top scan in the back... also all the paraditas everywhere! Hope you liked it! Edited November 5, 2011 by Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoCo Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Damn, this looks like a very cool fair! Love that it's in a dense forest and the coasters look most unusual; nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeemerBoy Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Definitely the coolest setting ever for a fair! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meteornotes Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 ^Agreed! Would be a fun place to just walk around. Thanks for posting. dt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nannerdw Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 (edited) I'm impressed that they managed to set up all those rides in the middle of such a dense forest, and it looks like they would provide some incredible views. Edited November 4, 2011 by nannerdw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Having a fair in the woods sure beats sun-baked asphalt. This is like a traveling Knoebels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratdogg68 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Thanks for sharing, that looks like such a beautiful Fair. Looking forward to more pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted November 4, 2011 Author Share Posted November 4, 2011 I also photographed others year's rides. Here there are some of the most cool ones. This was the last year's new ride, the world first "Inversion Booster" from Fabbri The ride was OK. This was a ride kinda like the top scan, not like the fast booster. Guess what is that? The TWILIGHT ZONE TOWER OF TERROR FAIR VERSION!!!!!! The ride was a drop tower with a 3D video projection! Of course, nothing in comparison of TOT but was funny. At the top there was a door and you could see the outside before the drop. Also this curious detail.... this was the fourth roller coaster last year... and the tickets box was really RCT3 inspired! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeemerBoy Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 The TWILIGHT ZONE TOWER OF TERROR FAIR VERSION!!!!!! The ride was a drop tower with a 3D video projection! Of course, nothing in comparison of TOT but was funny. At the top there was a door and you could see the outside before the drop. Okay, that's just awesome...and hilarious...but mostly awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon8899 Posted November 4, 2011 Share Posted November 4, 2011 Thanks for this great TR! A great ride selection on this fair - with many cool Huss and Technical Park rides.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coast4airtime Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 The TWILIGHT ZONE TOWER OF TERROR FAIR VERSION!!!!!! Was it one drop or did it have have several drops like TOT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Amazing. I love seeing it all in the forest. Must be awesome. And I would go to it for just the Mystery Hotel (Mini-ToT, lol) and that adult-sized WHIP! It's been so long... Thankyou for sharing your visit to this fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donkeyman18 Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Wow just wow one of the coolest fair's ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyBo Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Why can't more fairs be like this?!?! Maybe they should start bringing huge, tall fake trees and plant them on the normal asphalt/sand that most fairs are on. I don't think I have ever seen a fair in the woods quite like this. This is amazing. We don't have many trees here in Southern AZ (hell, we hardly have any green vegetation or water) so this was pretty awesome to see. Thanks for posting these pictures! Maybe parks should steal the idea for the Tower of Tower from this fair! Jimmy "I miss green trees and water" Bo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrewoplis Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Wow, who makes that crazy Water Will Mouse thing?! I never seen that before! Looks like an awesome fair, I would love to check this out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILoveRides Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Thanks for posting this! That fair looks really unique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
televisedconfession Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 These kinds of fairs, you wish would stay open all year round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DenDen Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Wow, this is the coolest thing I've seen in a long time. Thanks for sharing. I could see something like this in Pennsylvania. Plenty of forests like that. (Yea, dream on Dennis...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WFChris Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 That really does look amazing! For a less dense, American version, perhaps somebody here can try to make their way up to the Nevada County Fair in California (TPR's favorite state). It is set in the forest but the rides are in nowhere near as dense of forest as that one is! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadster Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 I would for sure go into debt riding all that crazy stuff, I'm a sucker for fairs and small parks, nonetheless, this is now on my bucket list. Thanks for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimster Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Wow! That looks one really cool fair! The TWILIGHT ZONE TOWER OF TERROR FAIR VERSION!!!!!! Oh that is hilarious! Love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alilstronger Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 This fair looks amazing! If only fairs around here had rides like that. I love that it is in the trees. Makes it look more like an amusement park than a fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Flux Capacitor! Posted November 7, 2011 Share Posted November 7, 2011 I was recently at a funfair in Nerja and OMG, those 'La Olla' rides are insane! The fact that people can get up and jump around in the middle, it's crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollerCoasterSmi Posted November 10, 2011 Share Posted November 10, 2011 This is a really cool fair, I haven't been to one in a long time . My parents didn't allow me on these things due to them apparently not being safe. Does anyone know of any good ones (or any for that matter) in the UK, I love the excitement of a fair that you just don't get at amusement parks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted October 27, 2012 Author Share Posted October 27, 2012 Hello!! I re-open this post because the 2012 edition of the fair is already here! Tonight (spanish time) I'll make the full review, including new rides and the most anticipated fair version of the Disney's Tower of Terror, which is back this edition after 3 years!! Is there any special ride you would like to have more pics? The 2012 fair version of the Disney's Tower of Terror with 3D projections and a 24 meters freefall!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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