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Kennywood: A classic amusement park

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Kennywood

Sky Rocket

Immediately after the entrance tunnel, you will find the Sky Rocket rollercoaster on the right-hand side. The Turnpike vintage car ride used to be located here. As parts of the rollercoaster run far above the site, it could be assumed that the rollercoaster was originally intended to run above the Turnpike.

The Sky Rocket ride begins with a downhill left-hand bend. On the subsequent straight, we accelerate to 50 mph using LSM before climbing a top hat. Unfortunately, our descent on this is heavily delayed so that we are only slightly lifted out of our seats. After an overbanked turn, we go through a zero-G roll and then into a right-hand bend. We reduce our speed slightly on a straight before plunging into another very steep descent. Now we enter a tight left-hand bend and then the second roll of the ride. A right-hand bend then leads us into a section with several S-bends in a row. With great momentum, we then enter another right-hand bend, which leads us into two airtime hills. Shortly afterwards, we reach the braking section of the track.

The Sky Rocket is a really nice rollercoaster with a great launch and some pretty cool elements. Unfortunately, only one of the two trains was in operation on the day I visited and the handling and the rather slow speed of the train between the brakes and the station unfortunately led to a very long wait.

Old Mill

One of the oldest rides in the park is the Old Mill dark ride from 1901, which takes you through a narrow tunnel with small scenes to the right and left of the canal. Even back then, the darkness provided a certain degree of intimacy and the creepy scenes during the ride offered a socially acceptable excuse for physical contact. Today, the Old Mill is a eerily delightful family attraction that was known as Garfield’s Nightmare from 2004 to 2019 and was modelled on the famous comic strip. The attraction was redesigned again for the 2020 season. Now you can experience an adventure with the skeleton pistolero Harold.           

Jack Rabbit

At 102 years old, Jack Rabbit is the oldest roller coaster at Kennywood. The ride has a simple oval layout through which you ride two laps. The highlight is that you only reach the lift in the middle of the ride, by which time you have travelled through two dips. The highlight is the big double down of the ride, where the cars mercilessly try to throw you off. Unfortunately, the spectacle is already over after another drop.

Racer

Right next to the Jack Rabbit roller coaster is the Racer, where you can have a hot race against another train. It is one of the few roller coasters with a Möbius loop, i.e. the trains always have to complete two laps before they arrive back on the same side of the station.

The ride on the racing coaster The Racer begins with a curve before both trains enter the parallel lift hill. However, these are slightly separated from each other. After the first drop, the two tracks run directly next to each other. Here, the track first goes through a left-hand bend, with the left-hand track quickly taking the lead. The curved drop and the subsequent hill are travelled slightly offset by both trains. In a right-hand bend, the right-hand track then largely catches up. After another winding descent and an equally winding hill, another right-hand bend follows. Both trains then run parallel into the final downhill section of the line. After an incline, the final brake is reached, where the winner of the race is crowned.

The Racer really is a great roller coaster. Although the wooden roller coaster is neither high nor fast, it is characterised by very sweeping descents and hills that shape the wild race against the other train.

Steel Curtain

Since 2019, the Steel Curtain roller coaster has characterised the Steelers Country themed area dedicated to the Pittsburgh Steelers. The high-speed and, despite its height of 67 metres, very compact layout runs in a ribbon through the back of the park. Unfortunately, the ride was not in operation on the day I visited due to the low temperatures.

Aero 360

With its oversized Kennywood arrows, the Aero 360 somersault ride is one of the most visually striking rides at the theme park. The Zamperla Hawk ride offers a long and varied ride cycle.

Lil’ Phantom

Lil’Phantom is the park’s smallest roller coaster. The ride, built by Molina & Son’s, offers an oval layout with many small ups and downs.

Auto Race

One of the most interesting attractions in Kennywood is the Autorace built in 1930 by Traver Engineering. Here you drive in soapboxes on a wooden track. The vehicles are only guided by guard rails on both sides of the track.

Thomas Town

Kennywood is home to Thomas Town, a themed area built around Thomas and his friends. In addition to the small family drop tower, Cranky’s Drop Tower, and the two rides, Flynn’s Fire Training and Harold’s Helicopter Tour, there is also the Island of Sodor train station from which the Journey with Thomas departs. The ride offers the best views of the Monongahela River and Pittsburgh’s steel mills.

Ghostwood Estate

One of the park’s most modern rides is the Ghostwood Estate interactive dark ride. In a pre-show, we are invited by Lord Kenneth Ghostwood to drive the ghosts out of his house. Equipped with guns, we make our way through the eerie estate and experience a really nice ghost train with lots of animatronics. 

Raging Rapids

Like the neighbouring wooden roller coaster, the Raging Rapids water ride was also undergoing a lengthy renovation period at the time of my visit and was therefore not in operation. The Intamin Rapids ride offers a rather compact and winding layout here in the park.

Thunderbolt

At the time of my visit, the Thunderbolt roller coaster was still under reconstruction and was not due to reopen until the bank holidays in July. The almost 100-year-old wooden roller coaster shares the same slope as the Phantom’s Revenge roller coaster and covers a height difference of almost 100 feet.

Turtle

Kennywood ist die Heimat vieler klassischer Fahrgeschäfte, darunter die einzige noch existierende Tumble Bug Berg- und Talbahn des Herstellers Traver Engineering namens Turtle. Die Bahn aus dem Jahr 1927 ist eher gemütlich unterwegs und bietet einen tollen Blick auf die Achterbahn Phantom’s Revenge.

Black Widow

The Black Widow swing ride is one of the first Giant Discovery rides from Zamperla. The ride is very varied and offers plenty of airtime. Be sure to try it out!

Pittsburg Plunge

I am a big fan of the classic Shoot the Chute rides, but on the day I visited I was very glad that Pittsburg Plunge had not yet started its season, as it was freezing cold. Here in Kennywood, the water ride built by O.D. Hopkins has a very classic look, reminiscent of the first rides of this type built at the turn of the century.

Exterminator

The Exterminator indoor rollercoaster is one of the highlights at Kennywood theme park. The Spinning Mouse from Reverchon surprises with its consistent and very detailed theming, which is something you won’t even find at Disney or Universal in this depth. At least not for an attraction of this size. Kudos!

Whip

Right next to the Pittsburgh Plunge water ride is another classic ride at Kennywood. Opened in 1919, The Whip is great fun thanks to the lateral acceleration at the two reversing points and the resulting high-speed ride.  

Swing Shot

In addition to the classic wave swinger Wave Swinger, there is also the large swing ride Swing Shot, which reaches its maximum deflection with just a few swings. You race through the station at high speed and experience plenty of airtime at the two peaks.

Noah’s Ark

One of the special attractions in Kennywood is Noah’s Ark. This is a crooked house where the eponymous ark swings back and forth as you walk through it. A similar attraction adorns the entrance to the English theme park Blackpool Pleasure Beach, but can no longer be visited there.

Musik Express, Cosmic Chaos and Pirate

A large square in front of the large drop of the Phantom’s Revenge rollercoaster is home to numerous classic flat rides. In addition to the Musik Express, you can also take a ride on the Pirate and the Disk’o Cosmic Chaos.

Phantom’s Revenge

In the race to be the fastest and tallest roller coaster in the world, looping coasters have long been the favourites. The record was set by Arrow’s Steel Phantom in 1991 with a vertical drop of over 230 feet. After the big drop, the ride went straight into a loop, then into a batwing and finally through the final corkscrew back to the station. Just nine years later the ride was rebuilt by Morgan as Phantom’s Revenge.

The ride on Phantom’s Revenge starts with the lift hill, which takes us to a height of 160 feet. Once at the top, we take the first drop in a steep turn. This is followed by a long straight before we climb a hill and immediately plunge into the much bigger drop. On the way down we pass the Thunderbolt wooden roller coaster. We gain some height in a very long left turn. Instead of entering the inversions we follow the curve for a while. After another drop the track takes us through a right turn where we pass the Thunderbolt again. In several bunny hops the train tries to throw us off. After another right turn comes the final hop into the coaster’s braking section.

The ride on Phantom’s Revenge is short but still breathtaking. The coaster’s high speed and very smooth ride speak for themselves. The airtime on the many little bunny hops is also not to be underestimated. In short, a really great hyper coaster and the flagship of the park alongside the many classic rides.

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Conclusion Kennywood

Kennywood is one of those really cool, classic amusement parks. Originally founded as a trolley park for the city of Pittsburgh, the park has been entertaining visitors since 1899, and with many of the rides almost as old as the park itself, it has an incredible charm. What’s more, the park has a distinct identity, with an industrial look that blends in with its surroundings. This is largely due to its location in West Mifflin, with the best view of the Edgar Thompsons Works, one of the oldest steelworks in the world.

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If I could turn back time

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Branson, Missouri is a very interesting town. The Vegas in the Bible Belt simply stands out for its immense number of tourist traps, country theaters and hotels. Bible faithful Christians definitely get their money’s worth and go to the top with the big musical show in the Sight & Sound Theatre. Yes, the audience in Branson is different and this is also a good thing, as this way, the tourist stronghold is at least halfway tolerable. I was looking forward to two days in the amusement park Silver Dollar City.

History of Silver Dollar City

When the Marvel Cave was explored for lead ore in 1869, the potential of the area was of course still little known; after all, the first expedition did not lead to any findings. But as the miners were sure that one of the hall ceilings contained marble, another expedition was started in the year 1882. Admittedly, instead of marble, only limestone and a huge amount of guano (bat poop) was found. After four and a half years, the mining was over and the area was sold.

William Henry Lynch acquired the cave and a square mile of surrounding land in 1989, in order to guide tourists through the cave a few years later. After some initial difficulties, the cave has now been open to visitors without interruption since the early 1900s, making it one of the oldest tourist destinations in the Ozarks. After the death of William Lynch, his daughters took over the business before vacuum cleaner salesman Hugo Herschend leased the cave for 100 years.

After his death his wife Mary and their two sons Jack and Peter took over the business. After the construction of a funicular railway at today’s cave entrance, the focus shifted to the area around the cave to attract more tourists. With the reconstruction of a typical 1880s Ozark Village, the foundation stone for today’s Silver Dollar City theme park and the Herschend Family Entertainment Group was laid.

And this is exactly what one enters immediately after leaving the parking tram. In a deeply immersive way you are immediately transported back to the 80s, more precisely 100 years before my year of birth. In this area, you will find the craftsmen in the different manufactures, regardless of whether candles, fudge, jam or all imaginable wood and glassware, everything is produced in front of the eyes of curious passers-by.

Tour of Silver Dollar City

Time Traveler

The first attraction on our round trip takes us on a time travel as well, although a more modern interpretation of it. Steam punk has gone all the way to Silver Dollar City and on board is the company Mack Rides. The roller coaster manufacturer from the Black Forest surprises with its most innovative roller coaster so far, the Time Traveler. The concept of a revolving gondola roller coaster is by no means new – but the design is definitely.

After having taken a seat in the train with its four gondolas, the trip can start right away. Slowly, one is carried out of the station before one immediately gets into a 90° fall. The passengers that up to now only went forward and backwards are rotated by an eddy current brake that is installed on one side, whereby no ride is the same as the other.  27m further down the ride takes us through a valley, before we climb up a dive loop and see the world in all imaginable positions upside down. With momentum we now follow the terrain along the roller coaster Thunderation in slight swings. A turning curve leads us into the first block brake of the ride, where we also come to a stop and the rotation slows down to a minimum.

It doesn’t take too long and our train is accelerated on the launch track ahead, but unfortunately the rotation starts jerkily. Over a high banked turn we are now rapidly heading for the next element in a steep curve. In a 95ft high loop we now experience the world upside down for a second time, which is a breathtaking feeling. This is followed by a fast driven turn, which immediately leads into the third inversion element of the ride. The corkscrew marketed as Zero-G Roll is not of bad parents and convinces all along the line. After another turn and a small hill we reach the second launch section, which gives the train the necessary energy to reach station level. A turn, reminiscent of a dive loop, and a steep curve leading up to it mark the finale of the ride, before we immediately find ourselves on the braking track and soon at the station.

The Time Traveler is a very special roller coaster, which convinces with its breathtaking setting in all points. The layout is simply unique and stands out by the elements used; the not quite jerk-free first launch is the only weak point of the ride, which convinces the family audience of the amusement park like no other roller coaster.

Thunderation

To the sounds of a country version of If I Could Turn Back Time, we go straight to the neighboring roller coaster Thunderation, where I would have loved to have fulfilled my wish for a time travel. Until a few years ago, the second, as well as the fourth car of the five-unit trains ran backwards. Nowadays, however, all eyes are directed to the front, which unfortunately makes this very special mine train from Arrow a little less special.

Like the Time Traveller, Thunderation’s wild ride starts right after leaving the station. In a right turn we slowly but surely pick up more and more speed. After a short straight we immediately whiz through a left turn before we enter a steadily tapering right turn spiral. This then leads into a short tunnel, whereupon we race over a short hill. A right-hand bend close to the ground on the slope is the highlight of the ride. After a short left turn we are slowed down in a block brake, whereupon the lift hill of the ride is waiting for us. We are now leisurely going uphill again. At the top we immediately enter another left turn, which soon falls off unexpectedly steeply. After a short ascent and a right turn we are at the station level, where we now come to a halt in the braking section in front of the station.

Thunderation is a great Mine Train, which like all late Arrow Mine Trains is characterized by its very intense ride. The layout is incredibly impressive due to its hillside location, even though the ride after the lift hill could have been a bit longer.

The Flooded Mine and Frisco Silver Dollar Line Steam Train

Fans of rustic theme rides will get their money’s worth with The Flooded Mine. On the way through the Flooded Mine of the local Country Prison you try to stop the prisoners from escaping. You can aim your pistols at various targets, but a ride without using them is much more fun.

Right next to The Flooded Mine is the station of the Frisco Silver Dollar Line Steam Train. The big small gauge steam train takes you through the Ozark Mountains and the amusement park for about 20 minutes. In between, the train is robbed in a show interlude by several inexperienced bank robbers. A wonderful fun, which you should not miss by any means.

The Grand Exposition and Fireman’s Landing

In the children’s area The Grand Exposition we meet numerous rides from the Italian manufacturer Zamperla. Here, little amusement park fans can experience their first roller coaster ride on The Grand Exposition Coaster or take one lap after the other on one of the numerous roundabout rides. In addition to a boat swing, there is also a wave swinger, a teacup carousel, a Regatta ride, as well as a Disk’o and several smaller carousels from the manufacturer.

Firefall

The children’s area that I find particularly interesting is Fireman’s Landing, where there are other classic round trips in a coherent atmosphere. The most interesting attraction is the S&S Double Shot Firefall, which was previously located in the nearby amusement park Celebration City. When the sister park closed in 2008, the ride moved from one location in Branson to the other. The ride itself convinces with its great airtime and should therefore not be missed by anyone.

Giant Barn Swing

Passing the construction site of the new rafting ride Mystic River Falls we are now heading towards another attraction from S&S, the Screamin’ Swing Giant Barn Swing. This oversized swing transports the passengers with compressed air to a very remarkable height, from which you should have a great view of the new rapids ride, as well as of the nearby roller coaster Outlaw Run.

Outlaw Run

Outlaw Run is the first wooden roller coaster from the manufacturer RMC, who previously gave the old wooden roller coaster Texas Giant from the Six Flags Over Texas amusement park a new life as a steel roller coaster with its I-Box solution. As with the New Texas Giant, visitors can expect a wild ride over numerous breathtaking elements, many of which were first installed on this roller coaster.

The ride on Outlaw Run begins immediately with the lift hill of the resort, which takes you up to a height of 107ft. After a small dip, the train speeds over a narrow hilltop, whereupon, detached from our seat, we fall a good 162ft to the ground in an 81° steep gradient. After a pressure-laden valley we immediately shoot up a steep left turn, which immediately changes into an over-banked inversion at the top of the hill. In another left turn we race through the valley and instantly take a series of turns that lift us out of our seats at all times. In a twist & turn we experience for the first time the feeling of lateral weightlessness on a roller coaster before we enter the next valley. Over another curved airtime hill we approach the finale of the ride. Following a flat Airtime hill we spiral up close to the ground in a double Heartline Roll. Shortly afterwards we reach the braking section of the layout, whereupon our ride ends in the station.

What a ride! Outlaw Run is definitely not a roller coaster for weak stomachs, as it is a pretty tough one. The many airtime moments and at the same time incredibly pressure-packed valleys make for a breathtaking ride that you will never forget. The two inversions at the end of the ride are also a novelty for a wooden roller coaster, which can make you feel a bit dizzy. The ride is simply awesome and should be experienced by every roller coaster fan!

Tom and Huck’s River Blast and Fire in the Hole

On our way back from the dead end around the roller coaster Outlaw Run we come across the very slick interactive water ride Tom and Huck’s River Blast, where you can follow the paths of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn.

Another highlight in Silver Dollar City is the dark ride Fire in the Hole. The ride deals with the fire in the mining town of Marmaros, which was created from the guano mining of the Marvel Cave. A vigilante group called Bald Knobbers is suspected to have burned down the village. More details are not known, but in the end the park decided to tell this story. Passing several scenes, the path leads us uphill in a big oval, whereby you watch the inhabitants trying to extinguish their village before you cross a collapsing bridge and the ride becomes a roller coaster. A second descent follows as one avoids an oncoming train. Under the yell Fire in the Hole you crash into a warehouse for dynamite, which fortunately could be extinguished. The watering slows down the train, shortly after you’re back in the station.

Powder Keg

The Powder Keg roller coaster has an equally interesting history – even if only from an engineering point of view. Before it became the unique launch coaster of today, it was a water roller coaster for several years. The roller coaster was opened in 1999 under the name Buzzsaw Falls. The prototype from Premier Rides had a longer whitewater ride before it changed into the roller coaster part. A longer helix led towards the lift hill, where after a short ride in lofty heights the final shot was waiting. However, just four years later the ride was already rebuilt. The manufacturer of the new hardware became S&S Power, which means that the visitor can now expect a powerful blast of compressed air.

The journey starts with a transfer track leading up to the side of the launch track. After arriving at the launch track, the train now moves to its starting position, hooks into the catch car and waits for its release. At some point a warning siren is switched on and a traffic light switches from red to green. The launch rapidly brings us up to 64 mph, whereupon we climb a hill. Accompanied by delicious airtime you glide into the valley below you. In a wide right bend you approach another airtime-laden hill. A slightly over-bent curve joins, followed by a third hill, which bends to the left at its apex. After a speedy curve the track profile suddenly changes, whereupon you ride the track of the former water roller coaster at a breakneck speed. Then after a wide curve the lift hill of the layout follows. At the top, the rail profile changes again. While the water roller coaster would have started its final shoot down at the same level as the launch section, we now bend a bit further to the left and plunge down the big slope of the roller coaster. This is followed by an extremely intensive helix, which however also describes the final part of the ride. Shortly afterwards we find ourselves in the braking section of the ride.

Powder Keg is a really fine roller coaster. The launch, the plentiful airtime and the nice pressure in the curves and valleys characterize this roller coaster, even if the finale is a bit too much anti-climactic. All in all, however, the roller coaster is a guarantee for a good mood.

American Plunge and Wildfire

Just like the neighboring whitewater course American Plunge. Although the ride basically consists of a slightly longer concrete tunnel and a single and extremely wet shot, the ride built by O.D. Hopkins is definitely worth a ride.

Right next door is the entrance to the last roller coaster of the park. The B&M Sitting Coaster Wildfire is the top dog in Silver Dollar City since the year 2001. With its location directly on one of the slopes of the park the ride looks even bigger, which is underlined by the skilful use of the terrain.

The trip begins with a short dip out of the station, where you dive under the large viewing platform. On the other side of this platform the lift hill of the roller coaster is added, which takes you up to a height of approximately 120ft. After a predrop, a wide curve follows, whereupon a slope with a height difference of 155ft descends. As is typical for B&M, strong G-forces await you in the valley before we approach the first inversion of the ride. In an Immelmann we change direction, whereupon we make our way towards the huge loop. In a wide curve close to the ground we rush towards the Cobra Roll, which we pass through as usual. This is followed by a sweeping over-banked turn, which releases you just as sweepingly into the final corkscrew of the track. A helix introduced close to the ground then sends you into the final brake of the layout. Shortly thereafter you’re already back at the station of the roller coaster.

Wildfire is my favorite roller coaster in Silver Dollar City. The ride is simply terrific and is enhanced by the setting directly on the hillside and surrounded by the Ozark Mountains. Besides, Wildfire is actually my 600th roller coaster I’ve ridden – a milestone I wouldn’t wish otherwise.

Marvel Cave

After all the roller coasters and rides it is now time to take a closer look at Marvel Cave in a one hour guided tour. Over the huge Cathedral Room we first go deeper and deeper into the cave. In the following rooms, the history of the cave is then more and more explained. After several narrow passages, whereby one should always take care of one’s head, the old funicular takes us back to the daylight. The Marvel Cave is basically the highlight in Silver Dollar City and should not be skipped.

Echo Hollow Amphitheatre

This brings us to the end of the report. The day is coming to an end and the rides are now all closed. However, Silver Dollar City wouldn’t be Silver Dollar City without adding a little more to the fun. In the Echo Hollow Amphitheatre the big show at the end of the day is just beginning.

Pictures Silver Dollar City

Conclusion Silver Dollar City

Silver Dollar City is a beautiful amusement park that can rightly be called the best amusement park in the world. The park offers a great mix of roller coasters, rides and shows that you can rarely find anywhere else. Accordingly, the park’s target group is a bit different – during my visit in April, it consisted almost exclusively of pensioners or families with younger children. In other words, Silver Dollar City is a theme park for everyone.

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A park full of bees

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Parc du Bocasse

The last stop on my journey through France lies directly on the route to the ferry port of Dieppe and thus directly on my way back to England. In the small village Le Bocasse you will find the amusement park Parc du Bocasse. As so often in France, the amusement park has developed from a small restaurant. As early as 1967 the gastronome Jacques Chabaille put up some playground equipment, which was then supported by some bigger rides and the park’s first roller coaster in the 80s. When Max Chabaille took over the amusement park, not only the park grew, but also the target group of the park. In 2015, the park expanded its grounds, so that a new themed area including an entrance area could be created.

And through the elegant wooden gate we enter the amusement park. Right at the beginning of our tour of the Parc du Bocasse, we immediately notice the new orientation of the park, which is really worth seeing. Instead of alot of smaller additions, the park went bigger and more substantial. Not only do the rides here look excellent, they are also much larger than in the rest of the park.

Splash-o-Saure

The first one is the log flume Splash-o-Saure by the French manufacturer Soquet, which is more reminiscent of the ride Mami Wata from the Austrian amusement park Fantasiana Erlebnispark Strasswalchen and could therefore have come straight from Hafema.

After leaving the station, you quickly reach the first lift, which takes you up a few metres. When you arrive at the top you are turned around on a turntable in the direction of the descent, but you leave it backwards. Well moistened, you now bob along the canal for a few bends until you reach the central tower of the ride. In here you will find the vertical lift of the ride, which will take you up to the starting point of the big drop. Without any great skirmishes you go down immediately, whereupon a quite decent shower is waiting for you. After another bend you reach the station of the ride again. With a bit of bad luck you can get drenched by another boat – very similar to the old log flume Wildwasserbahn II of Heide Park. You leave the ride via a footbridge past the run-out section.

The Splash-o-Saure is a really good log flume. It is really nice to see more and more new rides from Soquet in the recent years. But before I get all sentimental, let’s take a look at an older ride from the same manufacturer, which is located on the other side of the park, which is divided by a road.

Train de la Mine

The Parc du Bocasse also has a classic Train de la Mine. The variant here, however, has a very remarkable helix right at the start of the ride, which makes the ride stand out a bit. The course is then skilfully and fluently initiated by a beautiful steep curve. On the following hill we change the direction of the ride for a short while, whereupon we enter another downhill helix. After two full turns we leave this helix again and immediately dedicate ourselves to a little bunny hop. After a tight turn below the first helix we immediately approach the terrain and follow the course of a small hollow. After a straight line and a left bend we reach the final curve of the ride, whereupon we immediately find ourselves in the station of the roller coaster.

The Train de la Mine is a very nice family roller coaster, but it lacks the more daring moments of other Soquet roller coasters. Nevertheless, the ride is a lot of fun and has an optical highlight and a really nice start due to its high-mounted helix.

Electro Spin and Flash Tower

As the French round boat slide rafting Colorad’Eau next door was unfortunately not in operation at the time of the visit, we will now turn our attention to the rides next to it. They are all made in Italy, and this also applies to almost the entire area of the park. The more exciting rides Electro Spin and Flash Tower are from Zamperla, other rides are mostly from SBF Visa.

Speedy Gonzales

In fact, the Parc du Bocasse offers an exceptionally large collection of smaller children’s rides. These are now gradually being integrated into the park’s theme-based activities, and some of them are certainly worth seeing. The small roller coaster Speedy Gonzales, which has a very compact layout in the shape of an eight, is still completely without design.

Pirate’s Plunder

In the back corner of the Parc du Bocasse amusement park, we then come across other fairly large rides, such as a Rockin’ Tug and a boat swing. There is also a simulator, as well as an interactive theatre by Alterface. Instead of the well-known western shooting, we go on a treasure hunt with a Jack Sparrow blend and get rid of skeletons. Terrific fun!

Apiland

But the biggest surprise of the amusement park awaits us in a small hall marked Apiland. What looks like a museum about bees from the outside, turns out to be a lovely dark ride inside, which just doesn’t want to end. The ride is simply outstanding for a theme park of this size.

Jurassic Twister

On the way to the exit we take the roller coaster Jurassic Twister with us, which rides like any other Zamperla spinning coaster. Shortly afterwards I’m sitting in my car again and leave the Parc du Bocasse in a very good mood. French family parks simply have what it takes 😉.

Pictures Parc du Bocasse

Conclusion Tron-Tron-Trône

A little later I am already on the ferry to England, whereupon my journey through France comes to an end. It was nice; but it was not cheap either. However, the French amusement park landscape is definitely always worth a visit. With a few exceptions, the parks are all great, the public is usually very pleasant and the rest of the country is also very relaxed; you just shouldn’t be so fooled by French people abroad. In any case, come and visit them, it’s worth it.

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