WALIBI AQUITAINE
France
Compagnie des Alpes (CDA)
2011 - Nothing known at this point in time.
WALIBI BELGIUM
Belgium
Compagnie des Alpes (CDA)
Formerly: Walibi Wavre & Six Flags Belgium
 Park News - (9/3/10) I’ve heard that Walibi Wavre is now looking to find a way to reopen the Turbine coaster for 2012, but with a new modern launch system. The ride isn’t out of the woods yet however, as I’m told that the screams from the riders while on the Spikes are still considered ‘too loud’ for the local cranky neighbors, so they’re looking at ways to enclose them to block the sound as well.
(5/12/10) A video showing off what took place at Rewind Day at Walibi Belgium can be seen here.
(4/8/10) A reader tell us that the park is very likely to demolish Turbine by the end of the 2010 season, possibly to make room for the next big coaster.
2011 - Aqualibi Expansion - Rumor - (12/28/09) A few new details have come out about the year long rehab of the Aqualibi waterpark at Walibi Belgium. Apparently budget for the renovations is around 10 million Euros, though one of the goals is to find a way to make the park more Eco-Friendly and cut back their energy use by as much as 40%. The rest of the park is expected to be given a good makeover, with many of the popular attractions (Rapido, Tinka, Laguna Verde) to be rethemed. We’ve been told that the two Boa slides as well as the Colorado slide will be removed and replaced by four new slides. The park will also feature a brand new kids area when it reopens in 2011.
(2/3/09) The park is said to have informed their passholders that they are planning on closing the waterpark for the entire 2010 season to conduct a huge renovation and expansion by the time it opens in 2011.
2011/2012 - New Coaster - Rumor - (4/8/10) According to someone who speaks the language, the video clip about Walibi Belgium’s new coaster project tells us that they only say that construction will start in 2011 and nothing about if it will open for 2011 or wait for 2012.
(4/6/10) I’ve been told that Walibi Belgium announced some kind of new coaster project on the Canal Z news program. Apparently they mentioned that a new type of “vampire” coaster is being planned for 2011. Vampire is the park’s Vekoma SLC inverted coaster, so it should be interesting to see what they are planning next. For anyone who speaks the language, you can find the video news report here.
WALIBI RHONE-ALPES
France
Compagnie des Alpes (CDA)
2011 - Nothing known at this point in time.
WALIBI WORLD
The Netherlands
Compagnie des Alpes (CDA)
Formerly: Walibi Flevo & Six Flags Holland
Park News - (1/27/10) Unfortunately I’ve heard it on good authority that Walibi World will not be opening La Via Volta, their Boomerang coaster, just yet. The project has been delayed once again until the 2011 season.
2011 - Dark Ride / Dark Coaster - Rumor - (1/19/10) I’m told that Walibi World’s new proposed Dark Ride from Mack could be given a Wild West theme and may have dark ride sections as well as higher speed coaster sections. One rumor also claims it will take over the King Solomon’s Mines show area.
(1/18/10) The latest rumors claim that the dark ride experience, possibly from Mack Rides, is still on track for Walibi World in 2011 for the park’s 40th Anniversary.
(12/17/09) The latest rumor from Walibi World is that the park may be getting ready to begin construction on a large new project in 2010 that will bring about a large new dark ride experience to the park for the 2011 season. Not just any dark ride… but this could be a dark coaster ride. Anyone know more?
2011 - La Via Volta - Removal or Renovation? - (7/19/10) One of the big questions at  Walibi World is just what is going to happen on the La Via Volta site in 2011? The 2010 Park Maps for the park show off the site as being under construction, promising something will “Open in 2011”. Will it be the return of La Via Volta or something entirely new?
(4/26/10) The latest rumor is that La Via Volta may reopen in 2011 under a new name… Ritorno, which kind of sounds appropriate for the ‘return’ of this coaster if true.
(7/22/09) Time to play a little Good News / Bad News. The bad news is that the cranes seem working at La Via Volta were said to be replacing some kind of antennas at the top of the ride, so they were not working on reopening the ride. However... the good news is that the very fact that they were willing to place new equipment on top of the ride is a good indicator that the ride will be staying and eventually reopen.
(8/1/08) The latest update on Walibi World’s closed La Via Volta (Vekoma Boomerang) is that the park plans on buying a new style train for the coaster when they reopen it in 2009. I’ve got to wonder if they may use the new Schaefer trains that premiered last summer on Wiener Prater’s Boomerang. While I haven’t been on it myself, the design looks simply awesome and features a very open train design as well as a lap-bar only restraint system.
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