Entrance Holiday Park 25/06/2018 11h12
This was my first visit to this popular German themepark. And not my last one. Highlights of this park included Expedition GeForce, Sky Scream, Anubis Free Fall Tower and Sky Fly.
Holiday Park
Holiday Park is an amusement park in Haßloch, Germany. It is one of Germany's most popular theme parks (receiving about a million visitors per year) and is part park and part woodland. Its Free Fall Tower was the first amusement ride of its kind in Europe. The Park also offers several roller coasters, including Expedition GeForce, water rides, and live shows.
In 1971 the Schneider family bought the Märchenwald Haßloch. The park was renamed Holiday Park in 1973 and changed to "Holiday Park Plopsa" in 2012, after takeover by the Plopsa group. Initially, the surface area of the park covered 70,000 m², but today the surface area has grown to 400,000 m².
In November 2010, Holiday Park and Plopsa announced that Holiday Park had been purchased by Studio 100 as a new extension of the theme park chain.
Expedition GeForce has been consistently remained in the top ten of the "Golden Ticket Awards: Top Steel Roller Coasters" as well as the top three in the "Mitch Hawker's Best Roller Coaster Poll: Best Steel-Tracked Roller Coaster" since opening in 2001.
FACTS & FIGURES
Location: Haßloch, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Owner: Plopsa/Studio 100
Area: 40 ha
Visitors: 630.000 (2017)
Attractions: 33 (3 roller coasters, 3 water rides)
Areas: Platz der Fontänen (main square), Holiday Indoor, Maja-Land, Base-Camp, Pfälzer Dorf, Holly's Cartoon Town, Wikingerdorf, Air Show 71, Sky-Scream Zone, The Beach, Ahoi!
[ Source und Mehr: Wikipedia - Holiday Park ]
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Entrance 25/06/2018 11h17
Mascotte Holly welcomed us in his park; Holiday Park Plopsa.
Holiday Park
Holiday Park is an amusement park in Haßloch, Germany. It is one of Germany's most popular theme parks (receiving about a million visitors per year) and is part park and part woodland. Its Free Fall Tower was the first amusement ride of its kind in Europe. The Park also offers several roller coasters, including Expedition GeForce, water rides, and live shows.
In 1971 the Schneider family bought the Märchenwald Haßloch. The park was renamed Holiday Park in 1973 and changed to "Holiday Park Plopsa" in 2012, after takeover by the Plopsa group. Initially, the surface area of the park covered 70,000 m², but today the surface area has grown to 400,000 m².
In November 2010, Holiday Park and Plopsa announced that Holiday Park had been purchased by Studio 100 as a new extension of the theme park chain.
Expedition GeForce has been consistently remained in the top ten of the "Golden Ticket Awards: Top Steel Roller Coasters" as well as the top three in the "Mitch Hawker's Best Roller Coaster Poll: Best Steel-Tracked Roller Coaster" since opening in 2001.
FACTS & FIGURES
Location: Haßloch, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Owner: Plopsa/Studio 100
Area: 40 ha
Visitors: 630.000 (2017)
Attractions: 33 (3 roller coasters, 3 water rides)
Areas: Platz der Fontänen (main square), Holiday Indoor, Maja-Land, Base-Camp, Pfälzer Dorf, Holly's Cartoon Town, Wikingerdorf, Air Show 71, Sky-Scream Zone, The Beach, Ahoi!
[ Source und Mehr: Wikipedia - Holiday Park ]
Tags: Europe Deutschland Germany Allemagne Rheinland-Pfalz Haßloch Bad Dürkheim DÜW Holiday Park Themepark Plopsa Studio 100 Parc d'Attractions Park Parc June 2018 Meteorry Holly Bird Mascotte Welcome
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Entrance 25/06/2018 11h17
The entrance area of Holiday Park. With high above the rooftop the Free Fall Tower (70 meters, opened in 1997 and built by Intamin AG).
Holiday Park
Holiday Park is an amusement park in Haßloch, Germany. It is one of Germany's most popular theme parks (receiving about a million visitors per year) and is part park and part woodland. Its Free Fall Tower was the first amusement ride of its kind in Europe. The Park also offers several roller coasters, including Expedition GeForce, water rides, and live shows.
In 1971 the Schneider family bought the Märchenwald Haßloch. The park was renamed Holiday Park in 1973 and changed to "Holiday Park Plopsa" in 2012, after takeover by the Plopsa group. Initially, the surface area of the park covered 70,000 m², but today the surface area has grown to 400,000 m².
In November 2010, Holiday Park and Plopsa announced that Holiday Park had been purchased by Studio 100 as a new extension of the theme park chain.
Expedition GeForce has been consistently remained in the top ten of the "Golden Ticket Awards: Top Steel Roller Coasters" as well as the top three in the "Mitch Hawker's Best Roller Coaster Poll: Best Steel-Tracked Roller Coaster" since opening in 2001.
FACTS & FIGURES
Location: Haßloch, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Owner: Plopsa/Studio 100
Area: 40 ha
Visitors: 630.000 (2017)
Attractions: 33 (3 roller coasters, 3 water rides)
Areas: Platz der Fontänen (main square), Holiday Indoor, Maja-Land, Base-Camp, Pfälzer Dorf, Holly's Cartoon Town, Wikingerdorf, Air Show 71, Sky-Scream Zone, The Beach, Ahoi!
[ Source und Mehr: Wikipedia - Holiday Park ]
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Platz der Fontänen 25/06/2018 11h18
The main square of Holiday Park is this square not far from the entrance of the park. With shops and some food and beverage points. As we speak (*2018) this park almost only cash is accepted in this park. Meastro and credit cards are not yet commonplace in this civilization.
Holiday Park
Holiday Park is an amusement park in Haßloch, Germany. It is one of Germany's most popular theme parks (receiving about a million visitors per year) and is part park and part woodland. Its Free Fall Tower was the first amusement ride of its kind in Europe. The Park also offers several roller coasters, including Expedition GeForce, water rides, and live shows.
In 1971 the Schneider family bought the Märchenwald Haßloch. The park was renamed Holiday Park in 1973 and changed to "Holiday Park Plopsa" in 2012, after takeover by the Plopsa group. Initially, the surface area of the park covered 70,000 m², but today the surface area has grown to 400,000 m².
In November 2010, Holiday Park and Plopsa announced that Holiday Park had been purchased by Studio 100 as a new extension of the theme park chain.
Expedition GeForce has been consistently remained in the top ten of the "Golden Ticket Awards: Top Steel Roller Coasters" as well as the top three in the "Mitch Hawker's Best Roller Coaster Poll: Best Steel-Tracked Roller Coaster" since opening in 2001.
FACTS & FIGURES
Location: Haßloch, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Owner: Plopsa/Studio 100
Area: 40 ha
Visitors: 630.000 (2017)
Attractions: 33 (3 roller coasters, 3 water rides)
Areas: Platz der Fontänen (main square), Holiday Indoor, Maja-Land, Base-Camp, Pfälzer Dorf, Holly's Cartoon Town, Wikingerdorf, Air Show 71, Sky-Scream Zone, The Beach, Ahoi!
[ Source und Mehr: Wikipedia - Holiday Park ]
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Superwirbel - Sky Scream 25/06/2018 11h34
The remains of the corkscrew of the former roller coaster Superwirbel form a kind of triumphal arch to the entrance of the Sky Scream.
The roller coaster "Superwirbel" existed from 1979 to 2013. It was the oldest stationary roller coaster in Germany. The roller coaster "Sky Scream" was opened on April 12, 2014 at the former location of the Superwirbel.
In the background the Sky Scream.
Superwirbel
Model: Corkscrew with Bayerncurve
Opening: 1979
Closed: 2013
Manufacturer: Vekoma
Length: 732 meters
Height: 23 meters
Speed: 64 km/h
[ Source: Wikipedia - Superwirbel (German) ]
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