Mini Flume

Room on the Broom – A magical Journey

Where the goblins once caused mischief in Hocus Pocus Hall, the nameless witch is now searching for her hat, bow and magic wand. In the process, we meet some animal helpers who gradually join us (just like in the children’s book). All in all, Room on the Broom – A magical Journey is a successful attraction for the youngest visitors to the animal and theme park.

Croc Drop

Where the Croc Drop now rises into the air, the HUSS Top Spin Rameses Revenge used to stand. The ride on the SBF Visa Drop’n Twist has no real sense of momentum and is therefore mercilessly insignificant compared to the more typical representatives of this type of ride from Zierer. It’s a shame that the old HUSS attraction has been replaced in such an unworthy manner.

World of Jumanji

One year after Gardaland unveiled a surprising and wild dark ride with Jumanji – The Adventure, a new theme based on the classic cursed board game is coming to the park in the World of Adventure. The World of Jumanji consists of the Mandrill Mayham rollercoaster, the Mamba Strike Miami ride and the Saltamontes Ostrich Stampede. While the roller coaster is from B&M, the other two rides are from SBF Visa.

Ostrich Stampede und Mamba Strike

Merlin Entertainments has been buying from SBF Visa a lot in recent years. The Italian ride manufacturer generally offers mass instead of class, and so the rides on these two rides offer a lot of wasted potential, as well as the uncomfortable seats and restraints that are typical of the manufacturer. As filler attractions in the World of Jumanji themed area, they are quite nice to look at, but a ride here is only worthwhile if no one is actually queuing.

Mandrill Mayhem

The big top dog in the World of Jumanji is B&M’s Mandrill Mayhem rollercoaster, which completely encircles the themed area. In addition to two smaller launch areas, the coaster consists of an overbanked spike right at the start of the ride, a long roll and an upward spiral around the towering jaguar statue.

The Mandrill Mayhem ride starts with a short backwards ride out of the station. With momentum we go through a dip and then up the overbanked spike, which is a very nice introduction to the ride, especially in the last rows. Shortly after, we pick up speed again and leave the station in a left turn that takes us straight into the ride’s rollover element and over the entrance portal to the World of Jumanji. In a turn we pass the Ostrich Stampede ride and after a short turn we approach the upward spiral to the Jaguar statue. Once we put the Jaguar’s Eye jewel back in its place and call out Jumanji, the curse is broken and everything goes back to normal. Including us. Now we go through the short chicane again, turn upside down in the inline twist and then enter the station again.

Mandrill Mayhem is a very fun coaster. Similar to Maximus – Der Flug des Wächters at Legoland Deutschland, the ride is rather short, but scores with its staging and integrated elements. Despite two roll-overs and numerous launch sections, the ride is very family friendly and a great introduction to roller coasters.

Traumland auf der Bärenhöhle

The Traumland auf der Bärenhöhle is a small fairy tale and amusement park above, and thus on, the Bärenhöhle near Sonnenbühl in the middle of the Swabian Alb. It rounds off the offer around the Karls- und Bärenhöhle, which with 80000 visitors per year is one of the most visited show caves in Germany. A playground with attached catering facilities as well as a small fairy tale train complete the offer around the amusement park and show cave.

Fairytale Forest

After you have paid the fair entrance fee, the circular path leads you through the former entrance of the park, immediately into the fairytale forest. This is altogether very charmingly arranged and can captivate especially by its staging of the fairy tales “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”, as well as “The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats”; also nice is the integration of local and rather unknown fairy tales, as for example “The Seven Swabians”.

Oldtimerfahrt

Through the Sleeping Beauty Castle you leave the fairytale forest and enter the amusement park part of the park where the rides are located. For the smaller guests up to 6 years of age, a ride on the small motorway is offered. However, also the older park guests who like to drive a car can enjoy a ride in a vintage car past the fairytales of 1001 nights in the Oldtimerfahrt.

Riesenrad

However, you can ride the Nauta Bussink Ferris wheel, which with its height of 40m offers a wonderful view of the surrounding landscape. I found the automatic lowering of the barrier tape and the one-man operation of the ride interesting, who also took over the control of the park railway next door.

Marienkäferbahn

In the farthest corner of the park there is a roller coaster from Zierer, the Marienkäferbahn, on which the layout of the small Tivoli roller coasters, already designed for small children, has been reduced by about half its height. The ride goes round by round over a now quite flat oval with some smaller hills, which is especially beneficial for the smaller visitors of the park.

Steinschleuder and Blumenturm

Past the caterpillar track the path leads to two larger rides. Next to the nicely designed Zierer Kontiki Steinschleuder, there is the family freefall Blumenturm, a Saltomatto from SBF Visa, which offered a ride program with lots of little hops.

Behind it, similar to the Freizeitpark Lochmühle, there is a circuit for ponies, where children can ride a horse guided by their parents. In contrast to the, unfortunately still existing, cruelty to animals at various fun fairs, among others this year’s Frühlingsfest in Stuttgart, the animals have a lot of space and act natural.

Verrücktes Waldhaus

Along various barbecue areas, for which wood from the park itself is also available, the route takes you back to the front part of the park, where, in addition to the children’s carousel, you can find a real treasure. The Verrücktes Waldhaus is a former travelling, but fortunately redesigned, witches’ swing, which turns the inner life of a house upside down. The design of the drum is, analogue to modern representatives of this kind, rich in details and beautifully done, actually only the mood-loaden soundtrack during the ride is missing.

Wildwasserbahn

Opposite it there is a wave slide, a chain flyer and the novelty from 2014. The Mini Flume Wildwasserbahn from the manufacturer abc Rides can only partly be blamed for its cute appearance, after all the ride on the log flume promises a racy ride including a double drop, but the bearish design characterises the ride without equal.

Pictures Traumland auf der Bärenhöhle

Conclusion Traumland auf der Bärenhöhle

The Traumland auf der Bärenhöhle is a pleasant small family park with good attractions and a consistently nice and detailed design. The transparency of the park with regard to its suppliers, almost all of whom are regional, should be noted particularly positively. Somehow it is nice to know that the distorted sausage was transported from a butcher one place further on and not from the neighbouring countries.

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A visit to the World of Jumanji