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SMALL INTERNATIONAL PARKS & ATTRACTIONS
ADVENTURE ISLAND (UK)
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
ADVENTURE WONDERLAND (UK)
2010 - Shark Island - Confirmed - (11/1/09) The park’s new Splash Battle style ride failed to open in 2009 due to delays involving the manufacturer it seems. Looks for it to open in 2010.
ADVENTURE WORLD (Australia)
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
BAYERN PARK (Germany)
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
BEIJING SHIJINGSHAN Amusement Park (China)
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
BELANTIS (Germany)
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
BELLEWAERDE PARK (Belgium)
Compagnie des Alpes (CDA)
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
BETO CARRERO WORLD (Brazil)
 2010 - Extreme - (11/10/09) Beto Carrero is said to be opening a new car stunt show called Extreme this December.
CAMELOT (UK)
Park News - (9/16/09) The good news is that the park has confirmed that they will reopen for the 2010 season on April 2nd.
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
CHIMELONG PARADISE (China)
Park News - (8/27/09) Good coverage from Chimelong Paradise today, thanks to Theme Park Review, who have posted three new POV coaster videos for Dive Coaster, 10 Inversion Coaster and the Motorbike Launch Coaster.
2010 - Mack Rides - (3/21/08) According to a press release issued by Mack Rides, they signed a deal to build a SuperSplash, Water Coaster and Youngstar Coaster in China by 2010. The SuperSplash is said to be a copy of Europa Park’s Atlantica.
CONNY LAND (Switzerland)
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
DRIEVLIET (The Netherlands)
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
DUINRELL (The Netherlands)
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
FAARUP SOMMERLAND (Denmark)
Park News - (6/16/09) Time for another Theme Park Review trip stop, this time at Farrup Sommerland for some fun on Lynet, Falken and the infamous monkey bar crossover over the leech filled river. Yeeck!
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
FERRARI WORLD (Abu Dhabi - UAE)
2010 - NEW PARK - (11/10/09) A reader who went to Ferrari World to take in a  concert the other day sent in a picture showing off the massive new Intamin coaster project.
(10/30/09) While the Ferrari World theme park wont be ready to open for another year, it is finished enough to host the season ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix race this weekend as well as a slew of concert events. This article briefly touches on some of the park’s attractions, but according to a quote from one of the project’s designers, the big coaster from (Intamin) will seat riders in a train that looks like a replica Formula One Ferrari race car, before launching them off onto an intense 2 minute experience. The interesting quote is that, “the coaster was capable of 150 miles per hour, but may be operated at lower speeds.” This can be taken a number of ways… as all early mentions of the ride seemed to indicate that it would take the world coaster speed record when it opened. It makes me wonder if they may have to run it at a slower speed because of technical problems, or if the ride experience proved to be too intense at full speed.
(10/28/09) You can see a new animated video showing off the Ferrari World experience at the official Ferrari website. It shows off some of the coasters, the drop tower in the center, driving rides, “Journey Through 12 Cylinders of Wonder” boat ride and much more. Meanwhile you can also find some great rotating camera feeds taken daily from the construction site posted to the Yas Island website.
(9/3/09) According to this report, Ferrari World is back on track to open in the first quarter of 2010.
(6/15/09) It turns out I may have been wrong about the creator of that big white launched coaster at the park, as the latest issue of First Drop now lists this coaster as being a new Intamin creation.
(6/9/09) For a long animated look at the inside of Ferrari World, take a look at the video on this page that seems to show off almost every major attraction in the park. Coasters, boat rides through the inside of an engine, dark rides and even what looks like a copy of Disney’s Soarin’ called Flying over Italy. This all leads up to a video of the F1 Coaster experience near the end.
(5/8/09) While I’m still not sure of when the park will open, The Theme Park Guy has posted an incredible photo update this week showing off the new park which is now heavily under construction. The park will be just one aspect of Abu Dhabi’s Yas Island project that will also include a Warner Bros. theme park and a water park of some kind.
Already the park’s coasters are standing tall in the park, including a very tall and hypercoaster-ish style white coaster, which I believe is from Premier Rides. If this is a Premier Rides coaster, then it must be an entirely new design because even the track design looks unique, with a double-spine design. Elsewhere there is another coaster with white supports and blackish track that stays much closer to the ground, which I can only assume is the Maruer-Sohne dual track racing coaster project.
(2/10/09) It’s not all doom and gloom in the UAE these days it seems. According to the local news Aldar Properties is still moving ahead with their Ferrari and Warner Bros. theme park projects. Their cutbacks and changes are aimed at their high-end housing projects which are not as feasible anymore due to the the bottom dropping out of the housing market by 25% in Dubai and 20% in Abu Dhabi.
(12/11/08) Take a look here at the official website for the Ferrari Theme Park (Abu Dhabi). While there isn’t a lot of pictures to look at, try to sit through the microscopic movie that plays in the lower left corner. Early on in the fly-by of the park you can barely make out what looks to be the giant Premier Rides coaster flying past. If you can make it almost to the half way point there is some animated footage of the rumored dual-tracked racing coaster in there as well. Survive a little longer and there is more footage showing off another coaster or two as well as the go-kart tracks. The site also mentions a 70 meter tall tower ride called G-Force. You can also read a bit more about the park in this article where they mention a boat ride through a giant Ferrari engine, and claim that the dual track racing coaster will be the world’s fastest coaster, claiming speeds up to 145mph, which would be faster than the Germany’s Nuringburg coaster project.
(11/28/08) Gerstlauer will be building two more coasters in the UAE in 2009 however, both spinning coasters projects, one for the Mall of Kuwait and the other will go into Dubai’s Sega World project.
Meanwhile I’ve been sent a few more details about Maurer Sohne’s racing/dueling coaster project for the Ferrari park. While it will not feature any inversions each of the two tracks is said to feature four different LSM powered booster sections to add the thrill of acceleration in mid ride as well as likely to allow for each side to take the lead from the other from time to time.
FIABILANDIA (Italy)
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
FORT FUN (Germany)
Compagnie des Alpes (CDA)
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
EREIZEITPARK PLOHN (Germany)
2010 - Nothing known at this time.
FUTUROSCOPE (France)
2010 - Arthur and the Invisibles 4D - Confirmed - (10/27/09) Futuroscope now has a preview website up for their new Arthur and the Invisibles attraction. Click on "Découvrez l'attraction" to see a preview video that shows off attraction and construction footage.
(7/24/09) While the new attraction it set to actually open on December 19th, 2009, it will serve as the park’s primary new attraction for the entire 2010 season. Pictures of the construction as well as artwork from the new film can be seen here. From what I’ve been told the new attraction will incorporate a new unique 4d Effect that has never been used anywhere else.
For the rest of the 2010 season, all that is known is that two new Imax movies will come to the park: Van Gogh: Brush with Genius and Hurricane on the Bayou. The La Vienne Dynamique simulator is also supposed to get some kind of new light/fountain based preshow.
(7/28/08) Futuroscope will open a new 4D Theater attraction based on “Arthur and the Invisibles” for Christmas 2009 called Arthur and the Minimoys Return”. It will replace the current Race for Atlantis attraction which means it will use the IMAX 3D projection system.
GOLD REEF CITY (South Africa)
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
GULLIVERSLAND (UK)
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
HELLENDOORN (The Netherlands)
Compagnie des Alpes (CDA)
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
HOPI HARI (Brazil)
2010 - New Entertainment - Rumor - (11/11/09) I’m told that the park will focus on adding new entertainment to the park in 2010 as part of the park’s 10th Anniversary.
ISLA MAGICA (Spain)
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
JANFUSUN FANCYWORLD (Taiwan)
2010 - Hello Kitty Attraction - Confirmed - (8/26/09) Janfusun Fancyworld (Taiwan) confirmed to the media that the park is building a new Hello Kitty themed attraction that will open next year at a cost of about $6 million.
KOLMARDEN (Sweden)
2010 - Nothing to report at this time
LIGHTWATER VALLEY (UK)
Park News - (7/3/09) According to an interview with the management of Lightwater Valley posted to ValleyMania, the park is considering ideas to extend The Ultimate to make it the world’s longest coaster again.
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
LOUDOUN CASTLE (Scottland)
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
LOTTE WORLD (South Korea) -
Park News - (4/6/09) Ever wanted to see what Comet Express at Lotte World is like? Theme Park Review has posted an on-board video showing off the crazy / bizarre action on this themed indoor spinning coaster. Strange is only a light way to describe it.
(3/30/09) According to this article the Office of the Prime Minister finally gave them the green light to proceed with the plans for the massive Lotte World II skyscraper tower.
(12/22/08) The Lotte Group has received the final permission needed to go ahead and build a second Lotte World theme park in Shincheon-dong, Seoul that will be built inside a massive 112-story tall skyscraper that will become the tallest building in the world (taller than the 509 meter Taipai 101 building) when finished in about 2013-2014. Right now they are simply calling the new indoor theme park, Lotte World 2.
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
M&D’s (near Glasgow, Scotland)
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
MAERCHENPARK NEUSIEDLERSEE (Austria)
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
MINITALIA LEOLANDIA PARK (Italy)
2010 - Nothing is known at this time.
MIRABILANDIA (Brazil)
2010 - Deja Vu & Spin Out - Confirmed - (11/18/09) According to a picture posted at Theme Park Review showing off something posted at IAAPA, the former Déjà Vu coaster from Six Flags over Georgia will be getting a new home at Brazil’s Mirabilandia for the 2010 season.
(11/10/09) Mirabilandia will open two new rides this season, one said to be a Spin Out style flat ride.
MIRAGICA (Molfetta, Italy)
Formerly Called: La Terra Die Giganti
2010 - Nothing is known at this time.
MOVIELAND STUDIOS (Italy)
2010 - Nothing is known at this time.
NAGASHIMA SPALAND (Japan)
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
NIGLOLAND (France)
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
2012 - New Coaster - (7/23/09) According to an e-mail I received, Nigloland is expected to add a fairly large new attraction (coaster) in 2012. It seems the local news followed one of the park owners on trip to Djurs Sommerland to check out Piraten when this was revealed.
NURBURGRING (Germany)
2010 - RINGºRACER - (11/17/09) Some good current pictures of Ring Racer as well as the RingWerk attraction area can be seen at Lifthill.net.
(11/1/09) Problems opening RingºRacer have pushed the full speed grand openieng back until 2010.
(8/28/09) Something bad happened to RingºRacer. According to the twitter feed from Jon Noble, a respected F1 commentator from AutoSport, something bad did happen. “Just found out the Nurburgring rollercoaster exploded recently - after a pressure tank problem - damaging a nearby hotel.”
(7/20/09) During some kind of preview event earlier this week at Nurburgring, they were giving off some preview tours of the park site and apparently a few rides on RingºRacer as well which you can see in the YouTube video below. However from what I’ve been told from my sources, the ride is only making test runs at 140kph as they work to break in the launch system and move it towards the record breaking 217kph speed that was promised.
(6/22/09) Also, in case you were wondering the official park site lists the RingºRacer as hitting 217kph (135mph) in 2.5 seconds, which will take the coaster speed record away from Kingda Ka’s 128mph current record. (Fun Fact – Kingda Ka also takes 3.5 seconds to get to full speed… RingºRacer will get you launched at a faster speed in nearly 30% less time, which of course will increase the amount of force you will experience on your body during that ultra intense launch experience. Anyone who has been on the older Hypersonic that used to be at Kings Dominion will understand just what that might feel like as it used to lauch riders to only 80mph in 1.8 seconds using a more primitive version of the launch system that RingºRacer will use.
The RingºRacer speed record may be short lived however as the new Intamin launched coaster going into Ferrari World in the UAE is rumored to possibly reach 250kph… or 155mph. Time will tell…
PARQUE DE ATRACCIONES (Madrid)
Parques Reunidos
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
PAULTONS PARK (UK)
Park News - (11/9/09) Paulton’s latest plan to try and save the Edge and Cobra is an interesting one, as they have reapplied for consent to just keep The Cobra on site, which was apparently clearly marked as the “quieter” of the two rides in the report. The Cobra is the older of the two rides and the complaints about the noise levels only apparently came to a head after Edge was installed earlier this year, so they hope to keep Cobra where it is. Obviously it would be far easier for the park to just move the Edge, a Disk’O Coaster, to another location on property zones properly for the ride.
(10/22/09) Bad news for Paultons Park this week. Despite the expectation that Paultons would be granted retroactive permission to keep Edge and Cobra, this turned out not to be the case. Unless Paulton’s files an appeal, the park will have only 28 days to take the rides down.
(8/12/09) Due to what comes down to an odd zoning conflict, it seems that Paulton’s Park could be forced to remove the new Edge (Disk’O Coaster) as well as the popular Cobra roller coaster. It seems that the park’s land is mostly zones for use as an amusement park, however it seems the land under those two rides is still zoned as a “country park”. Of course this all came to light due to some grumpy neighbor who was complaining about the noise levels from the park, as you can see in this BBC video. Since then the park has put in to have the three acre site rezoned for use as an amusement park, though I expect the grumpy types with over-sensitive hearing problems will come out in force to the meeting to object.
2010/2011 - Indoor Attraction - Rumor - (10/22/09) I’ve been told that Paulton’s has been granted permission to build a 9,000 sq-ft indoor ‘play building’ of some sort.
PLAYCENTER SAO PAULO (Brazil)
2010 - New Ride - Rumor - (11/10/09) Playcenter Sao Paulo will remove their Zamperla Dragon coaster this winter to make room for a new ride of some kind. I have no information about the new ride yet, other than a rumor that it may have been purchased from another park.
PLEASURE ISLAND (Cleethorpes, UK)
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
PLEASUREWOOD HILLS (UK)
2010 - New Coaster - Rumor - (3/1/09) There is a quiet rumor going around claiming that Pleasurewood may be thinking of buying the Whirlwind (Maurer-Sohne Spinning Coaster) from Camelot. The coaster is easily portable as it actually traveled the German fair circuit for years under the name Cyperspace before coming to Camelot.
POWERPARK (Finland)
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
PRATER PARK (Vienna, Austria)
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
RAINBOW MAGICLAND (Rome, Italy)
2011 - New Park - (10/23/09) I failed to notice the connection before, but Rainbow MagicLand is actually the new name for the old Terra Magica park. It seems they have gotten rid of their old creative artwork company and have picked up the same people who helped design Miragica. I guess the name change makes sense as this project seems to have changed names already about 3 or 4 times before. I’ve now merged all the previous reports below.
(10/22/09) According to this report, Rainbow MagicLand is scheduled to open by April 2011.
(10/19/09) A document (PDF) showing off all the details of the new Rainbow MagicLand park in Italy can be found at Parksmania that shows off lots of artwork and a map of the park, pointing out all the major attractions.
(10/12/09) Some construction pictures of this new park under construction near Rome can be seen at Parksmania.
(1/8/09) According to someone who did a quick translation from TheParks.it, Terra Magica’s plans will include building one of the biggest Mad House rides ever (80 seats) as well as what they are calling a Sky Shuttle, though it looks more like one of the old Flying Islands to me.
(1/5/09) According to a posting at TheParks.it the Terra Magica park project is rumored to be buying three rides from Vekoma: a Mad House, a Tilt Coaster and a Custom Mine Train coaster. Of course I’m still waiting for some kind of proof that this park will be built at all, since we haven’t seen much in the way of construction or solid opening dates yet.
(3/13/08) From the sound of things the Terra Magica park project in Valmontone, Italy may have been renamed Roma Theme Park. This may just be the project name as we’ve also heard the name “Terra Magica: Midgart” now used as well.
The project now seems to be under construction according to these images I’ve been sent and you can see some better concept artwork posted on Parksmania. Ever better is a video presentation about the park made sometime in 2007.
The video shows off the various “worlds” in the park and shows off examples of attractions and some artwork for each: Worlds of the Flora, World of Fire, World of the Air, World of the Water, World of Mountains, Temple of Power, Ancient World, World of Fauna, World of Time.
(7/26/07) Another set of construction photos for TerraMagica has been posted to TheParks.it. So far it doesn’t look much like a theme park, it looks more like they’re building a warehouse. A local source tells me that the buildings going up are expected to hold a dark ride or two. You can also find some concept art for it here, along with a 2009 opening date.
(7/25/07) Parksmania has posted a new photo showing off the site of TerraMagica, a new theme park proposed for a location near Rome. This project was announced back in 2004 and while it had some very fancy and imaginative concept artwork to show at the time, they have very little to show for it so far in the real world so far.
(3/5/07) It’s been some time since we’ve heard anything at all about this park, but a translated bit of text from the bottom of this site indicates that construction may have started again earlier this year with a plan to open in 2009 now. It also says that the park could be renamed “Terra Magica” (Magical Earth) when it does finally open.
(8/3/06) A few readers sent in some rough English translations of the text on the website link we posted previously that contain a few stats about the park. They claim it will have a budget of 300 million Euros within 70 hectars and have 7 themed lands. The park will have 49 attractions: 18 family rides, 19 kiddie rides and 12 thrill rides. They mention something about two roller coasters, a log flume and and a monorail that will circle the park. It sounds like it will have a free retail, night club and restaurant area just outside the park as well called City Village. The latest construction update (translated) on the site mentions that, “Rumors say that the primary works for the structure of the park will end by end of July and that in fall 2006 the second building phase will start. Always according unconfirmed rumors, but quite reliable, the initial structure will have few of the features announced in the conference, not really as far as the quality of the structure, but as for the area the park will cover. They will start building the Main Street and two of the theme areas; the park will then be completed by 2011. The initial structure should have 2 dark rides, 4 show areas and 2 roller coasters, one almost surely Vekoma and the other Intamin; the first will allegedly have a big covered section.”
(8/1/06) It’s been almost a year since we’ve heard anything new about this park, but it looks like the ground work for construction is well under way now according to the new photos posted here. Unfortunately, everything is in Italian and I can’t make heads of tails of it, but the visuals speak for themselves.
(9/19/05) You can find new construction photos for the new Italian theme park at theParks.it.
(9/15/05) From the look of this website it seems that ground work has begun for the new Italian theme park. You can also see a ton of new concept artwork as well. Our source tell us that it is expected to open in 2007.
RATANGA JUNCTION (Cape Town, South Africa)
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
SARKANNIEMI Amusementpark (Tampere, Finland)
2010 - Moto Coaster - Rumor - (11/2/09) Screamscape has heard a rumor that Sarkanniemi is working with Zamperla to install a Moto Coaster for the 2010 season. Anyone know more?
SKARA SOMMARLAND (Sweden)
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
SOMMERLAND SYD (Denmark)
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
SPACE WORLD (Japan)
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
STEINWASEN PARK (Germany)
2010- Nothing to report at this time.
TERRA ENCANTADA (Brazil)
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
TERRA MITICA (Spain)
Park News - (4/6/09) According to this article Terra Mitica attendance dropped by 10% to just over 1 million guests for the 2008 season. This has also led to a loss of about 3.2 million Euros for the park, adding it to the total puts the park 15 million in the hole right now it seems. I do find it odd that a small park like this was able to bring in a million guests and still be at a financial loss for the year. Hard Rock Park (USA) would likely still be open under the old ownership for example had they been able to get a million guests into the park last year, instead they only received a third of that.
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
TIBIDABO (Barcelona, Spain)
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
TIVOLI FRIHEDEN (Arhus, Denmark)
Park News - (6/16/09) The Theme Park Review tour made possibly their most dangerous stop in this photo update to Tivoli Friheden to try out Cobra, which has managed to stay attached to the tracks so far this season.
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
TOBU ZOOLOGICAL PARK (Japan)
Park News - (6/10/09) A trip report from the Tobu Zoo has been postd to Westcoaster.
(12/31/08) Theme Park Review has posted a video from Tobu Zoo showing off Kawasemi, the park’s newest Intamin thrill machine along with a ton of other pictures taken around the park. Enjoy!
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
WALYGATOR PARC (France)
Formerly known as Walibi Lorraine and Walibi Schtroumpf (Walibi Smurf)
Compagnie des Alpes (CDA)
2010 - The Monster - Confirmed - (10/12/09) The former Orochi coaster will be renamed as The Monster according to this picture taken of the teaser poster in the park.
(8/13/09) The first track pieces from Orochi (A B&M Inverted clone of Raptor) have arrived at Walygator Parc from Japan. You can see pictures at Waly.Biz.
(4/22/09) Screamscape sources tell us that Walygator Parc has signed a deal to purchase the Orochi B&M Inverted coaster from the now closed Expoland park in Japan. Orochi is actually a clone of Cedar Point’s infamous and popular Raptor coaster, so the addition of a large ride like this to Walygator Parc would really put it on the map.
2011 - Wild Mouse - On Site - (11/20/09) Due to a bit of a language issue that needed some translation, I can now confirm the report about the Expoland mouse going to Waligator Parc as coming from the Waly.biz forum group. They even have a picture showing off a decorative piece from the top of the Mouse’s lift hill laying amongst all the pieces of Orochi on site. According to one post (roughly translated from French) the “Wild Mousse from expoland is relocated in Walygator Parc. The coaster are in theatre "Il theatro" for season 2011.” So there you have it…
(11/19/09) The wild mouse from Expoland (Japan) has been sighted at Waligator Parc after apparently being sold to them by Fab.lu. I would assume that this could be for either 2010 or 2011.
WIENER PRATER (Vienna, Austria)
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
ZOOSAFARI FASANOLANDIA (Italy)
2010 - Nothing to report at this time.
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