Theme Park Review

Hey everybody!

This thread is simple! Rather than having a million little threads about everything that goes on at Walibi Holland, this thread is designed to consolidate it all into one user-friendly thread. Feel free to use it to post updates, trip reports, questions, comments, and of course, general discussion. For pictures and videos of the park as well as past updates, see TPR's Park Index Walibi Holland Page.

Walibi Holland's Official Website

Below are some links to past updates from the park, you may be interested in. Enjoy!

--Robb
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2005
February 16th, 2005 - Park hosts strange Public Relations event (SEE BELOW!)

2007
February 28th, 2007 - Park announces startegy for 2007
September 16th, 2007 - El Condor to get new restraints

2010
September 10th, 2010 - Boomerang to be rethemed and re-open in 2011
October 1st, 2010 - La Via Volta gets a new paint scheme
October 16th, 2010 - The Music Battle coming in 2011?
November 7th, 2010 - La Via Volta to get a Music Battle overlay

2011
January 21st, 2011 - Park name changes from Walibi World to Walibi Holland
February 3rd, 2011 - La Via Volta update to include new Vekoma trains with on-board audio!
February 6th, 2011 - Speed of Sound (La Via Volta) audio revealed!
March 1st, 2011 - Speed of Sound tunnel and theming added!
March 2nd, 2011 - Speed of Sound tunnel construction continues
March 3rd, 2011 - Speed of Sound tunnel construction complete!
March 14th, 2011 - Speed of Sound trains added to the track!
March 17th, 2011 - Speed of Sound entrance complete!
March 21st, 2011 - Speed of Sound now testing
March 22nd, 2011 - WAB rock store debuts
March 25th, 2011 - Speed of Sound testing video posted!
March 28th, 2011 - Music Battle stage and new park theming added
April 6th, 2011 - Speed of Sound on-ride POV posted!
September 9th, 2011 - Xpress receiving new black coat of paint
October 6th, 2011 - Xpress painting continues
October 16th, 2011 - New 5D Cinema coming in 2012
December 7th, 2011 - Xpress now sports black track & blue support paint scheme

2014
September 25th, 2014 - Park hints about new Mack ride for 2016

2018
February 6th, 2018 - Robin Hood to get the RMC treatment for 2019
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Original Post:


I got this press release from Walibi World, and it's all in dutch, so all I can make out of it is what I get roughly translated from Babelfish and the screen shot they sent me. I'll post both versions of it here, the original in Dutch and the translated version and see if YOU can make heads or tails of it!

English Translation:

WALIBI AND WALIBELLE NEVERTHELESS WITH VALENTIJN! - Biddinghuizen, 14 February 2005
Walibi, the new hero of Walibi World (former Six Flags the Netherlands) are with its girlfriend Walibelle! Last week Walibelle did a succeeded help recall to the Netherlands its with finding the way to Walibi. As a thanks for all aid, they will bring together special Valentijnsverrassing to Monday in the surroundings.

Original Version:

WALIBI EN WALIBELLE TOCH SAMEN MET VALENTIJN!
- Biddinghuizen, 14 februari 2005 - Walibi, de nieuwe held van Walibi World (voormalig Six Flags Holland) is weer samen met zijn vriendin Walibelle! Vorige week deed Walibelle een geslaagde oproep aan Nederland om haar te helpen met het vinden van de weg naar Walibi. Als dank voor alle hulp, zullen ze maandag samen een speciale Valentijnsverrassing brengen in de omgeving.

Here's the photo that they sent. It LOOKS to me like two of the costumed characters got either engaged or married...or SOMETHING!!! :shock: All I know is that I'm kind of creeped out by it, and I can't quite figure it out!

The expressions pasted on the faces of those characters is about the scariest thing I have ever seen. Seriously how do kids like that sort of thing. :shock:

BTW Rob I like the fact that your profile still shows gender unknown...

Aaaaah, Walibi and Walibelle... aren't they cute??

Walibi was from 1995 - 2000 in the park, and is back from travelling around the world.

Hmmm...that picture looks like something the police would find plastered all over the walls of some axe murderer's home...

Dave "looking forward to this park this summer...I think" Thomas

LOL!!!

Dude, I seriously cannot get over that picture! It kind of looks like one of those "furries" conventions!

Elissa "this park rules!" Alvey

Elissa why did you have to go there...

Seriously I don't know if this is worse or not because they will be around kids.

I didn't actually go to one!!! But I saw it on CSI!

Elissa "furries!!!!" Alvey

Furries rule!!!!

Yes Yes...ppl from the netherlands are mad.
LoL this is like promotion stunt number 30000. And i think there are a lot more to come.

The promotion that was done before this one, was that the Walibi got some kind of dutch pasport at the mayors office, and it's now a official member of holland....there were balloons and everything!

^ LOL!

I'm really looking forward to going back to this park. Has it changed much since it returned to the Walibi name?

--Robb