Ledgy Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 (edited) The Offseason starts, but time is still more less than enough to take a break and sort my pictures and videos. But I´m ready with this Trip: Rainbow Magicland in Valmontone near Rome (Italy) At first I did want to make this Trip in May, but after I heard that "Shock - The Steam Machine" wasn´t opened, I changed my plans and did this short Trip after the big TPR-Japan-Trip, at the end of July. Besides I was looking forward to visit one of my favorite towns in Europe; ROME! While my hotel was located in the center of Rome, I had to take the Train from Termini to Valmontone. I needed around 40 Minutes to get to the Valmontone Station. At this station there was a Shuttle bus where you bought a bus ticket including the entrance Tickets. It didn´t seem really serious to me, but there were no other option from the station and it looked like a desert. I wasn´t the only person who wanted to the park and all those italien families who were there let me trust, I´m doing the right things Otherwise I would get lost in italy, but I can think of more worse things Turns out I made the correct decision and get a really great day at this beautiful park. My expectation didn´t get disappointed, because I didn´t really think that Mauer & Söhne Launch Coaster will be that thrill ride and what should I tell you, it wasn´t In my opinion it´s a really beautiful and a funny family coaster in the upper class, with a great look, launch and some nice elements, but you won´t get scared. BUT the first Hill is amazing! You can´t compare the feeling to Intamis thrilling airtime hills, but you think it´s endless in this nice parable. I hope you´ll enjoy the Trip Report! And finally, here is the Offride / Onride Video I´ve made (FullHD): Next Attraction was the Flying Island That´s the Factory Outlet "Fashion District - Valmontone" next to the Park. hey, the second coaster... ..."Bomborun"... ... a small funny Kiddie Coaster And again, the Offride / Onride Video (FullHD): Believix, the WINX Darkride... ...it´s like the discount version of "Droomvlucht" at Efteling... ... these seems to be the WINX... ...the ride was nice... ...The queue was in a shady place... ...you really need that, because it had the longest queue line of the park at this day and was often broken down. These are the cars. I´m not sure what that Show is... ... it seems they´re showing two different kind of animation videos. Maison Hudini was not opened, it´s an interactive attraction The name is self-explaintory... 3rd Coaster of the day... a Wacky Worm without the apple. a small Kiddie water ride... sadfully not opened. And now, I saw what happened to the Santa CLAW... Ohh, the building of the Maurer Spinning Coaster... ... and Olandese Volante (Vekoma Mine Train) The WINX Castle... ... the location of the 4D Cinema more in the next part of the TR... Edited November 20, 2011 by Ledgy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollerCoasterSmi Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Awesome Photo TR, I really like the look of this park. How are the operations, because they look amazingly quick on Shock, those two cars must be less than 10 seconds apar & the car on the right hasn't even cleared the block: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ledgy Posted November 20, 2011 Author Share Posted November 20, 2011 (edited) ^ Sorry, that´s not the real operation, this picture is a merged picture by my iphone to get the complete panorama ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Let´s go on with the TR... There it is... ...the 4th coaster of the park... ...a Indoor Maurer & Söhne Spinning Coaster... ...it was good, but just the good themeing from the outside... ... wasn´t good in the inside... ... and the line was loooong! Seems it was the most interesting coaster of the park for all the italians. Mystika... ... a drop tour... Always fun. That´s the building of Huntik... ... an indoor darkride attraction,... ...like the Amazing Spiderman Attraction at Universal Studios... ...Too bad that it was closed. But the themeing was great. Olandese Volante... ...the 5th coaster... a Vekoma Mine Train ...always a good ride. And like before you get a Offride / Onride Video of L´Olandese Volante (FullHD): Yucatan... ... you´lll get wet on that ride! Look what I say... WET! The last big attraction of my TR, "Drakkar"... ...another water ride... ...but not that wet... ...just fun... ...like the most rapid rides. Here is an Onride Video of Drakkar (FullHD: And finally some impressions at the evening... Ciao! I hope you like the report. Edited November 20, 2011 by Ledgy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vuurvogel Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Nice photo's Holger. To bad you could not do Huntik, it is easily the best ride in the park. Cross between spiderman and shooting darkride. Really cool. I agree on Shock, it is fun but not thrilling. A smaller X-car packs more punch, like Formula X. But the theming in the park is pretty good. And the park will get better with more plant growth. I think for a new park it has a good formula, lots of family rides, good theming, lots of kids stuff. It will get them a stronger base of visitors then say a pure thrill park. The Houdini ride is a underground madhouse. Great report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinschroder Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Wow - what an in-depth report!! Thanks for taking the time to put this together, Holger - you got some great photos and videos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chadster Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Excellent report my friend, you've made me want to Italy now. That raft ride looked Naughty Naughty, I was surprised when you said you don't get that wet on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ledgy Posted November 20, 2011 Author Share Posted November 20, 2011 ^^Thank you Robin! ^Chadster, I think I compared it too much with Yucatan, where you don´t have one dry part on your body! But otherwise, compared to some other really wet rapid rides, it´s more a nice and normal one. The amount of water, which you easily want in a summer in italy and which is no problem to dry after you get out of the attraction. ^^^Vuurvogel, thanks for you compliment. It´s nice to hear what you think about the park. I did read your reports of italy and Japan; they were great and funny, so I want to give the compliment back to you. I didn´t know that Houdini is a Mad House, interesting, I thought it´s something like the "Zauberhaus" at Toverland. I was sad, that they didn´t open Huntik and when I hear it is the best attraction I´m even more sad. They wanted to open it at that day and everytime I come to the entrance the staff said it would open later that day, but finally it didn´t. At the side of the building I often saw fireworkers, so I guess they made emergency tests that day and didn´t get ready soon enough. I still think it´s funny we did the same Trips in our private vacation time. Sadly not at the same time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalCoasters Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Everytime I see pictures of this park, the more I want to go! This park looks absolutely great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeT Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 Good work, Holger. Thanks for the effort. And I have to admit...this park has definitively grown on me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrMorgan Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 These pics and videos ALMOST make me want to go back to Italy. I was talking with another friend who mentioned that this park has a lot of operations problems, so I guess it's not surprising that several of the rides were down when you were there. Has anyone reading this thread been to the park on a day where all the attractions were open? I really dig the theming of the park, though! Do they have a fastpass/lo-q kind of service? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper39 Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 I've seen a couple of reports of this place since it opened and it continues to impress me. The park looks great! The entrance reminds me a lot of Port of Entry at Islands of Adventure. Even though the park s incredibly well themed it is a little odd that the station for the coaster is so bland, just a platform with almost no themeing at all? But great pictures, and that looks like a great new park! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 ^ I thought the same thing. Almost as though this ride was an afterthought from the rest of the park. Seems very out of place from everything else that is pictured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper39 Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 Yeah it really does, with the amazing themeing that everything else in the park has, the coaster only has a facade on a building, and there is that random pathway from the exit platform to the gift shop, it is all very odd. Even the start of the coaster is kinda strange, seems like a pointless little drop out of the station into the little turn around. Very weird, but at least the coaster looks cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedimaster1227 Posted November 28, 2011 Share Posted November 28, 2011 This building looks so much nicer at night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gisco Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 This park has some amazing theming. I hope the continue to keep it up as the park matures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibilele Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 I realized an onride video of "Huntik - Secrets&Seekers", the interactive dark ride of Rainbow MagicLand. And I realized a video of all Rainbow MagicLand, during its first season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dibilele Posted May 1, 2013 Share Posted May 1, 2013 WALKING TOUR - Rainbow MagicLand 2013!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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