Dacorian Posted June 27, 2014 Posted June 27, 2014 (edited) Does anyone even know this little Austrian park?...I guess not. That's why I'm gonna write something about it. It was just after visiting Wiener Prater in Vienna... Just after the opening of the park at 10 am in the morning, it was pretty quiet at the entrance. one school bus, two cars, and that continued throughout the day as well. From the parking lot, I can easily see the only coaster that the park has and I immediately found it familiar. It was a Pax Wild train where I had nightmares from the French "Saint-Paul" so this promised much. The only people in the park were some wannabe screaming girls that screams for everything that happes to them and had the intention to continue to follow us ... annoying. Two attractions open later this day like Schloss Dracula and Knight Ride tower. So I decided to start off with the Pax coaster ... and just like the French version, it is very ...I mean VERY wild wild train. He takes his turns and hills in a way that I thought Please NO every second. In a way you could say that it is challenging but enjoyable ... no ... rather frightening for pain. Does it hurt? .... Not really as I put myself in a good position. Fantasiana is actually mostly a fairy tale park which myths and legends came in the picture. This one coaster is just needed to put it on the map for theme park fanatics. After a few frightening experiences in the 'Wild train' we set off to the 4D that plays three times each day. The movie was about Ali Baba and the entire area of the 4D was actually quite nice themed in Oriental style. Beside the 4D, there was also a very nice dark ride and a restaurant. The 4D itself wasn't that good, in fact, one of the worst that I've seen in a while ... the animation was poor and the effects are the same ... the dark ride was okay with considerable fright scenes and recognizable moments with other dark rides. There was also a cruise boat with motor in a trench, a fairytale and smaller things like a puppet show. After all that small amusement park fun, it was finally time to visit the main rides of this park. It was a little too early for 'Castle Dracula, but "Knight Ride Tower was opened and I did it by myself because of a lack of fellow- visitors...Awsome! The tower didn't seem really high and expected more of a kind of 'Zierer family' freefall than a full-fledged freefall like Mystery castle. I immediatly had to reconsider these low expectations because I was blown down by epicness and themes and details that are included in this attraction. The fall itself isn't too high indeed, and reminded me of 'Drop dead' from the dungeons (European theme park/museum)... and this is in fact an 'ABC rides' freefall. But the picture was just.... correct, it is based on a local legend with Austrian knights, demons, dragons and other mythical creatures. For this small park ... wow. The seats themselves have several effects that are simply belong during the ride...and sorry that you can't feel it while you see through my camera...it's just awsome. [coastertube]http://www.themeparkreview.com/coastertube/play.php?vid=Knightsride_Tower-_Fantasiana_m3zh[/coastertube] After this, we had to watch around the corner to see if the other attraction was opened, and yes ... so let's go there. Schloss Dracula of course say enough what kind of attraction this is.... a walkthrough with beautiful scenes and a dark setting and atmosphere. You get a guide that explains the whole story with every scene and of course you they are trying to scare you. It also had some actors in a maze of mirrors and you don't need to understand German to know what's going on. It's not comparable to a walkthrough with Halloween, but it is certainly worth the effort. Later it seemed that the guide in Castle Dracula, was also the owner of this park and found it very interesting that we come from Belgium to see Fantasiana . The man showed us the prices that the park received for Knightsride tower and the many organizations that visited this park from the US. His inspiration came from his old friend 'Bobbejaan' (Bobbejaanland Belguim) where he even copy's the flowers and western village like in Bobbejaanland . To top it all off, we were allowed to look behind the scenes of 'Knight Ride Tower' which was very worth to do... a detailed explanation of every detail which is in the attraction. It was very interesting and it came up at that he is still full of ideas for new attractions, but the visitors have to rise before this is possible. The love that he showed for his park was beautiful to see, and I saw it, it was a pleasant and clean park. Looking behind the scenes in such attraction led by the owner, as a theme park fanatic... I want nothing more than this! In conclusion, Fantasiana is a small and pleasant park that wants to achive much with a small budget. The staff was very friendly ... nice to still see this before I drive away from after what I've seen in Vienna....walking chimneys on a lemon diet ... so unfriendly ... and smoking above the griddles. Luckily this was not the case here. We will certainly hear much about this park in the future and hope for them that they can deliver what they hope to become. We then drive further into Germany for Bayern park. Edited June 28, 2014 by Dacorian
larrygator Posted June 27, 2014 Posted June 27, 2014 The owner of the park was also my tour guide in Dracula's Castle when I visited a few years ago. I spoke with him a little bit and was surprised that someone would visit his little park all the way from the US. I visited before the Knight Ride Tower, which appears to be well done. Thanks for sharing.
Dacorian Posted June 28, 2014 Author Posted June 28, 2014 No problem. He knows the name "Theme Park Review", but it were are other groups who visited this park and were apparently quite entousiast about warm welcome. He's still waiting for TPR to test the Knightsride tower.
larrygator Posted June 28, 2014 Posted June 28, 2014 (edited) No problem. He knows the name "Theme Park Review". He should know TPR, since Robb and Elissa brought TPR to the park in 2010 Edited June 28, 2014 by larrygator
Dacorian Posted June 28, 2014 Author Posted June 28, 2014 No problem. He knows the name "Theme Park Review". He should know TPR, since Robb and Elissa brought TPR to the park in 2010 Oh yes, and I see that 'Erik Wagner' was with them. But he didn't said that TPR visited this park even when I asked him.
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