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Upside down on Hayling Island

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Funland Amusement Park

The Funland Amusement Park is located on the beach of Hayling Island and offers a small but fine selection of rides, as well as the typical range of amusement arcades and snack bars. Admission to the park is free, the attractions are paid for according to the Tivoli principle by a certain number of tokens or by a wristband. Especially the second option is ideal during the evening hours, as the wristbands are offered virtually for free. However, people with a weaker stomach, who only visit the park for the three roller coasters, should use the tokens.

Super Dragon

Next to a typical English Helter Skelter slide, which unfortunately does not have a Rct look in this park, you can find a Pinfari roller coaster in the children’s area of the small park. The Super Dragon can be best compared to a Big Apple roller coaster, as both installations share approximately the same height and surface area. But the ride is much more exciting, even if not very spectacular. After climbing the lifthill there is a curve which leads into the first of two drops. After passing under the lifthill, the ride goes up again and after another curve, it enters into the rapid finale of the course. Here, after the drop, a small hill follows, which brings a smile to your face. But some rounds later, one is glad to get out of the former ride of the Drayton Manor Theme Park.

Klondike Gold Mine

At the other end of the park is another ride from Drayton Bassett, the Klondike Gold Mine or Klondike Looping Rollercoaster. The beautifully designed ZL42 from Pinfari has often been described as a physical injury, just like other rides of the same type. Except for the daredevil transitions into the curves, the layout runs very well. The compactness of the layout makes the ascents and descents quite steep, which could have been improved by adding a few more metres to the width of the layout, thus giving a softer ride. The looping is unfortunately not as intensive as comparable Intamin installations do, but it was a nice element during the ride. In general, the Klondike Gold Mine is a real gem, at least when it comes to the overall design of the layout. The ride itself is quite nice and not at all to be rated as most roller coaster fans do.

Woody Rollercoaster

Next to the gold mine roller coaster you can find another children’s roller coaster at Funland Amusement Park. The Woody Rollercoaster actually doesn’t offer any special features apart from its tree-trunk shaped cars, especially since the layout only consists of right turns and can have a helix as the only downhill run. As with the Super Dragon, several laps are made here.

Speed Flip

On the other hand, the Speed Flip is a real highlight in the park, because the rides built by Moser Rides are unfortunately very rare. The ride in the roll-over gondolas, which are mounted on a cantilever that is brought from the horizontal to the vertical, is simply indescribably good and above all very fast. The ride looks quite bizarre from the outside and some of the gondolas only seem to roll over, but inside the machine the ride is well balanced, even if it is quite intense.

Drop Ride

A little inconspicuous is the 30 meter high freefall tower called Drop Ride. The installation once came from the Trocadero Center in London and was equipped there with a two-storied gondola. As the fall lane was anchored to the building at that time, a new tower structure had to be built in the Funland Amusement Park that was simply made as a timbered construction. The fall in this small ride is simply overwhelming, even the slightly higher Fabbri drop towers with their launch downwards do not come close to the distinctive airtime. In addition, the ride offers probably the most intensive braking of all free fall towers, which is probably due to the fact that the weight of the second gondola is missing. The Drop Ride is like Drayton Manors Apocalypse or La Lanzandera from the Parque de Atracciones de Madrid one of the best freefall towers in Europe and shows again that height is a rather negligible factor.

Furthermore, you can get a little soaked with a small log flume and get dry again in the Break Dance, a Magic Dance from Top Fun, if necessary. Outside of the actual park area there is also the Seaside Train, which probably offers some stations along the beach.

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Tierpark Hagenbeck

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Animal Park:Tierpark Hagenbeck (since 2007)
Hagenbecks Tierpark (1907 - 2006)
Address:Lokstedter Grenzstraße 2
22527 Hamburg
https://www.hagenbeck.de
Operated by:Fam. Hagenbeck

Tierpark Hagenbeck in the centre of Hamburg is one of the largest animal parks in Germany. The park was founded in 1907 and is still being operated by the Hagenbeck family. The park offers a wide range of animals shown in loosely arranged areas.  The enclosures of the animals are typically large and species-appropriate.

Fun Fact #1: Hagenbeck’s zoo was the first zoo in the world not using any metal fences around the enclosures.

Fun Fact #2: After Hamburg was destroyed in WW2, the elephants of the zoo helped to reconstruct the city.

Fun Fact #3: The walrus Antje was the mascot of the television network NDR during 1981 – 2001.

 
 
 

Highlights of the Animal Park

 



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Baboons

 


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Brown Bears

 


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Elefants

 


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Lions

 


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Tiger

 


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Walrus

 


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An afternoon in Hamburg’s Animal Park

Tierpark Hagenbeck

The Hagenbeck Zoo opened on May 7, 1907. It is one of the best-known representatives of its kind in Northern Germany (together with the Erlebnis-Zoo Hannover) and has always been family-owned. In this fairly long period of time, a lot of bizarre sights were offered in Tierpark Hagenbeck, but luckily also abolished.

It is therefore hardly surprising that remnants of bygone days can be discovered in quite a huge number. From static dinosaur figures on the edge of the park or the vintage car ride into fairyland build by Ihle in 1952, the Tierpark Hagenbeck is full of surprises.

The park itself is wonderfully designed but does not show a consistent leitmotif, which is partly due to the completely arbitrary route in the park. The tour constantly encounters intersections of its own and the visitors wander from one themed area to another to the already visited and back. The exception is the Arctic Ocean Area, where a rather long tour is housed in a large mountain massif.

After the NDR (Northern German Broadcasting) mascot Antje died in 2003, the zoo lacked not only a walrus, but also a flamboyant showpiece. With the € 20 million expensive Eismeer, the gap was now closed. The area is featuring huge enclosures and of course a new walrus lady. It is definitely worth a visit,

Unfortunately, one of the park’s other attractions was discontinued some time ago. The ride on the back of an elephant was an unique experience and shaped the image of Hagenbeck, as like as the ability to feed the elephants. The latter is still possible today, albeit only with fruits and vegetables, which can be purchased for a small donation from the Friends of Tierpark Hagenbeck e.V.. Even if the elephant always strives to be as long as possible, it is advisable to have long arms to be able to feed the animals.

Other notable enclosures are the orangutan house, as well as the baboon rocks, where you can catch a really good view of the monkeys. Strangely unfamiliar is the view of the lions, which are located royally above the heads of the audience and thus can be seen without any problems at last. The generously designed bear enclosure is similarly spectator-friendly.

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Conclusion Tierpark Hagenbeck

Although there is no uniform overall concept, the park itself is very convincing. The number of animals to be observed is large and there is no lack of interactivity. Tierpark Hagenbeck is simply a great place and should not be missed when visiting Hamburg.

 

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