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Djurs Sommerland Wednesday 13th July https://www.parkz.com.au/attraction/djurs-sommerland Next park and perhaps one of my most anticipated was Djurs Sommerland, which is located about 45 minutes from Aarahus, seemingly in the middle of nowhere. For a laugh on the drive to the park I stopped off at the Graceland replica called "Memphis Mansion" someone built in the town of Randers. The park I felt was similar to Europa Park with its very wide variety of activities, but seeming avoidance of having any rides with inversions (Which Europa Park only addressed with the addition of Blue Fire) It’s definitely a solid traditional theme park, with distinctive themed lands (Albeit pretty conventional and sometimes stereotypical: Wild West, Pirates, Farmyard, Dinosaurs, Vikings etc), nice theming and immaculate upkeep. There are also a ridiculous number of playgrounds, and i know if i was a kid that would be the best thing ever because a couple of them were huge and had large spiralling slides, so nice to know the kids have plenty to do that doesn’t involve queuing. And of course Homer Simpson trampoline world USA: The park was busy but the lines moved well, with waits never above 30 minutes. Like Farup, the staff were friendly, efficient and not stressed and quite good with kids (Eg particularly at Piraten where they were using foam swords to get people to do up their seatbelts) So i got plenty of rides on everything I wanted to. Drage Kongen x3 Started off with this and it was a pleasant surprise. Heard it shakes a bit, but in reality less so than say Big Dipper or DC Rivals. It looks gorgeous built into the landscape, with great near misses with the landscaping. It also has quite an ‘unpredictable’ layout. You cant really see it in one go like you can for Orkanen, and it alternates between high up parts and down low turns, randomly goes behind the main building, has random sharp turns, its excellent. I heard the ride had a ‘fast start’ and I thought it was just some quick friction wheels out of the station, but spoiler, it launches like motocoaster into an actual indoor section with a drop and helix in the dark, which totally surprised me. Jungle Rally Small model Zierer kiddy coaster with a basic oval layout, but again good effort into the theming. T-Rex Family Coaster This ride was built during covid and just sat there until this year. The whole Dinosaurland sorta works, it’s like a rusty weathered version of Jurassic park with “Dino Inc” plastered everywhere like you’d see “Ingen” everywhere in a Jurassic Park themed zone. A lot of the signage had an “Engrish” vibe to it, which is unusual since Danes are usually spot on with English. But IDK it felt weird, like you had fossil digs and skeletons right next to live dino animatronics. Is it like a purgatory where Dinos and Humans live together. The ride decent if not ground shattering, with a lively pace through some helixes. It had onboard audio but it was kind of just there, with some music and researchers yabbering on the radio, it wasn’t full on synced to the ride. Dino Xpedition This had no queue at this point and was right next door so I did it thinking it would just get some better pics of T-Rex Family Coaster, (which is somewhat set back) actually turned out to be quite a lengthy car ride with some fun special effects, and even a random dark ride section with King Kong (Maybe they got a discount package of animatronics 2nd hand and built the zone based around that?) The queue was nicely themed, again a bit stereotypically as a dino research lab. Thors Hammer x2 One of those Gerstlauer Bobsleds, and a clone of the original at Tripsdrill. Short description its like a wild mouse with some banked turns and helices. They are fine as a middle of the road attraction, but I've concluded on the whole they are really not that much more thrilling than a roller skater. What I did love is the theming, the station had a full on Viking feast scene, a yak being milked, runestones. Great stuff. Juvelen x3 Awesome ride. You take the pacing of Jet Rescue and increase the speed and length of the ride and you get this. It just powers through the course and feels relentless, with the 2nd launch maintaining the pace. There are some great details too, like the odd crashed ATV along the track, and some near misses with tree stumps on the inside of the banked turns, so it feels like you are going to bump your head. The queue line theming is nice too, obviously inspired by Indiana jones, with lots of nice stonework and tree roots running through the ceiling. Piraten x5 The ride everyone talks about. Piraten is a mini version of a hypercoaster from Intamin. If you replaced the launch and top hat of Superman with a lift hill, and then tacked on the last bit of DC Rivals, this is what you get in terms of pacing and level of airtime. I’ve ridden Kawasemi back in 2019 so my thoughts are still the same (Though I got better rides on this in the summer heat verus the Japanese winter) Its a great ride loaded with airtime, but it’s definitely a product of its time. Back in the day Thoosies would consistently rate the intamin “Airtime Machines” at the top of the rankings (EGF, Toro, SROS etc). But then the likes of RMC came along and re-wrote the book in terms of what a wild intense ride could be, so Piraten is still good, but no longer best of the best. The highlight of the ride was those two twisted airtime hills after the 2nd turnaround where it becomes a bit unhinged. Skatteoen Skat Owen? No, it's a Storm Coaster clone (Or rather, Storm cloned this) so you all know what to expect. This one has lovely theming, with rockwork and pirate forts, and a boardwalk that edges around the base of the ride and over some bridges to the station. The pre lift flume section had a kraken animatronic with several moving limbs. Not really much of a narrative, just pirate related stuff that looks nice. Of course, one of the best features is that bystanders get full view of the splashdown, so non-riders get more of an appreciation of the water coaster gimmick. Sablen Had to do this because its a new ride type to me. Its a larger version of a frog hopper but the whole tower tilts. Frustratingly i got the middle seat so really the least possible amount of movement, so perhaps that means im rating it lower than it should, but the sensation is more like “oh, its tilting”, and not “woah this is unstable, better hang on”. It doesn’t generate enough of a lurching sensation IMO At that point i stopped for lunch at the Pirate food market. The park is well priced, I had a nice chicken salad, drink, and a side serve of onion rings and jalapeno poppers and i think it came to $17 and all came served on crockery. Vilde Honsejagt Unbelievable the number of Zierer family coasters the rest of the world has but none in Aus. This was a medium sized one, with a cute chicken theme, and a train themed like egg crates, with a fox hunting a chicken at the front. Milk Shakeren Following the theme of doing rides that were new to me. This Zamperla Barnyard ride lifts up and tilts. When I got on i realised its really just a variant on a wave swinger or all those other rides that tilt and spin. The outward facing seating position makes it a little more stomach churning. Visually it looks great. Tigeren Totally did not expect to like this as much as I did. This is a larger version of a Gyro swing, with lap bars like Goliath at AW. The last time I did a Gyro Swing i felt a bit off colour afterwards, but this was something else. I think the sheer size means the swings are more sustained, and the airtime more drawn out, so you do get a superb sensation of flight and freedom at the top of the swings. I just felt like the overall pacing and mechanics of the ride made this better than any other equivalent i;ve done. It also had a well themed queue, perhaps the most elaborate ive seen on a flat ride. And my first encounter with those infamous counters, but I think it was more for the benefit of the operator since they were still manning the turnstile, you weren’t just being let in unsupervised. Rio Grande Rafting Rapids ride, but wasn’t really much to write home about but the bit with the wave generator and geysers did look pretty nice. Skydebane Discovered this by accident. There is a free shooting range. You get given a ashtray with about 10 little slugs in it and a piece of paper with a target. Find a spare bay, wind the target out and start shooting. This is the first time ive ever shot anything with live ammunition and predictably i was terrible at it. Solguden This is a dumbo type ride, but it had fountains around the outside you had to dodge by lifting your car up and down. It was hot so i was just plowing through them regardless. Visually i love the way the arms look like stacked stones. Speedy Gonzales This is one of those ‘dry’ multi lane slides. I just went up there towards the end of the day hoping to get some pics of Piraten (since the slide is on a bit of a hill). Anyway turns out to be totally unsupervised so you just grab a raft and send yourself down by pushing a button. +1 on the ride count. Andedammen Have i been on a Metalbau duckmill? Nope. Ok lets ride. As gentle as you’d expect, but everyone should ride the silly rides occassionally right. Long Cun Expedition I closed out on this about 5 mins before closing time. I had been skipping it all day because it looked like a clone of the flume I’d done the day before. But the station looked gorgeous, actually resembling a stilt house you’d see on a rice paddy in SE Asia. Had some suprising squirting elephant, but a flumes a flume. And thats it, managing 24 rides in 11 hours was a productive day, and you can see from the Parkz database the park has around 50 attractions, so you could easily bum around doing more flats. You’re never going to get bored here. In terms of how to improve the place. Well the most popular rides were the big thrill coasters (Well, the coasters in general actually!) which sort of explains why management keeps building one every couple of years. So maybe now is the time for them to branch out and build a looping coaster? Perhaps a dark ride? They attempted it briefly on the Dino Xpedition car ride. Oh, but one thing. They have a ride called Buffalo Bumper Cars, but it would have been such a great Danish/English pun to call them "Buffalo Bils" But really, its a popular park that guests are quite satisfied with, so there’s not really much room for improvement As always, you can see more photos here, and if you have other questions about the park, just ask. https://www.parkz.com.au/search/photos/location/djurs-sommerland

space mountain hong kong and california are clones. space mountain california and florida are not.

I'm now 100% convinced this is a troll accoubt

You said 'anything'. My main point was the longevity of the theme. Bluey currently has 3 seasons. I noted this was a fairly typical lifespan of a childrens television show, with now-cancelled shows like Hey Duggee having a similar season and episode count. In fact, in May of this year, rumors were swirling that Bluey would be cancelled as the voice actor's voice was maturing. The official twitter account for Bluey was forced to address this to state "we have no plans to end it. If we ever had an update... you'd hear it from us first" (now where did we hear that before? #Monorail) Season 4 is believed to be in the works for release next year, but I guess plans can always change. As for your question - why did I bring up Peppa Pig? Well, as far as longevity of a theme, and suitability for a themed area in a theme park, Peppa Pig is a childrens animated television show that has recently opened an entire theme park themed to the franchise. Peppa has been around for 18 years with more than double the seasons and episodes. It sounds pretty fucking relevant.

Please try not to damage the bottom of the barrel when you scrape it in future. I don't know why you brought up Peppa Pig. I straight up don't understand what point you're trying to make. Is it that you have to wait 10+ years to make a theme park land on something, or an entire theme park? What are you trying to say even? Did you know they were making new episodes of pingu for 20 years? Why is that relevant? Why did I bring it up? What does it have to do with anything? Who knows! But gosh didn't it look like I was making a point for a second there

There is a 100% chance Bluey will still be relevant for a long time after they make new episodes. The reason for that being, it's a fantastic show. Like unironically good. You know it's good when the kids are watching it, then you're also watching it and 'omg I'm feeling an emotion from a show aimed at pre school age kids what in the hell?' The art of kids shows that are also quite enjoyable to watch and charming for adults has been lost over the years, Bluey does it perfectly. It's also made locally, fits naturally as hell into a current land, and is stupidly popular. The merch you'd sell in the first year alone would be worth a signing a 10 year contract for. I don't think IPs have to be current to be good. If they are good they'll stand the test of time. I mean shit look at all of Dreamworks land, when was the last thing anything has been from those properties? Also, unrelated, do them right and it doesn't matter how unfamiliar you are with the original. I went to Disneyland as a kid, and there was a heap of stuff I didn't realise was a TV show/Movie, just thought it was something original. I refuse to believe you couldn't achieve that level of quality with a Bluey presence. Also Peppa Pig, despite its longevity, is a steaming pile of the worst kind of shit, and you should be actually ashamed of yourself for comparing the two and suggesting Peppa was in anyway superior.

So, as I interpret it, a clone in the theme park world is something with a identical or near identical design. Eg Vekoma SLCs, or the Transformers rides at the Universal parks. But I mean aside from sally designing both they're clearly not clones @Dean Barnett You wouldn't say Superman at SFMM and Superman at MW are clones, would you? (Despite both being Intamin launch coasters) So why here? In terms of differences: Our JL has 4 person standard cars, shorter layout, and a storyline based around Starro invading, The Six Flags JL has 6 person cars with a full motion base, a longer layout and a storyline about Lex Luthor and Joker kidnapping the Justice League. I think the only similarities' is the preshow room is obviously the hall of justice, and the load station has a similar look with Cyborg, but beyond that every scene and set is different. FWIW there's another JL dark ride at Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi and its even more sophisticated than the Six Flags one and also not a clone.

Turnstiles?

The past 5-6 years has completely turned the theme park business on it's head. Since TRRR, new legislation, new oversight, coroner's recommendations, and a desire for every park, inspector and engineering firm not to get sued (and the resultant increase in insurance premiums) has made everyone sit up and take notice. A lot of the downtime can also be attributed to a delay on parts and shipping. Whereas in the past, the park electrician might have cobbled together something to keep the ailing water pump running most of the time, now, nobody wants to take that chance and prefers to just keep the ride closed. So it could be the new owners, or it could be the new eras.

What you say is true - i can't see anything else working - but this feels short sighted. Bluey has 3 seasons spanning 5 years, which is a comparable (total) lifespan to many childrens animated series. Is bluey just beginning or is it nearing the end? It'd be a massive achievement for an Australian produced childrens animated series to go the distance, but it's risky - and isn't that why the discussion turned to video game characters? Peppa Pig on the other hand has 365 episodes across 7 seasons spanning 16 years. At this stage the show is multi generational and has just gotten its first theme park. For mine, I wouldn't want to be forking out a bunch of money if I weren't confident the franchise had a few more years in it at least. Well, shit - let's just get Mr Doo-Bee from Romper Room out - retheme MDMC with giant flowers and you're the bees collecting the pollen to make honey? MDMC's queue walls are already great writing tablets - no chalk required! All of this talk has been a great trip down memory lane (are you there god? it's me, Margaret), but I think that for most of us, the fact that we haven't thought about these in You're right, but

Yeah so, if its Mr Squiggle, you could have the queue lined with chalk boards. Hours of fun! Also yeah, I read way too much about Mr Squiggle for a Monday night. Never occurred why he drew upside down but, it just makes so much sense!

Thanks for posting that! I don’t think I’ve seen that in about 30 years Haha! Loved that show! And yeah, the superhero Teddy was inside a normal Teddy costume! Went over my head when I was a kid clearly! is the Captain Planet IP available? Could tie in nicely with DW Wildlife. Every kid wants to be Planeteer!

@Naazon good idea, welcome to the executive suite! Purely for me it's because I like the rocket clock music better than I like the Mr. Squiggle theme. > Also if you call it 'Play school's rocket clock' you could play the theme at the start of the queue. The reason why that would be great is that the play school theme, as my younger friends would say, is dope af. Honestly this whole thing is a nostalgia trip. Also I just rewatched Mr. Squiggle for this post, I only just at the ripe old age twigged why Mr. Squiggle always drew stuff upside down. 😂🙃 Edit: @Brad2912 they're both BBC, but also amazing nostalgia trips. Super Ted's intro/back story always seemed to raise waaaaay more questions than it answered. I just rewatched and found myself just going: what? So? What? Who? Why? How? How? What? Why? Why? OMFG DID HE JUST RIP HIS OWN SKIN OFF!!?

2 quick things. 1) I agree, Sonic/Crash/TY/ any other game based IP that doesn't reach any further is terrible. Sonic is only becoming okay now with the movies and likely Paramount will cash in on that and expand the Sonic universe. 2) Rocket Clock from playschool? Really? and you're just going to leave Mr Squiggle all alone out in the cold? Its got everything, a rocket, a hero and Blackboard to play the baddie, AND hes already yellow! Edit: Was about to say I'm aging myself with the Mr Squiggle comment, turns out it was on air for 40 years!

If they improved their operations manual and staffing levels to the point where groups were always prepped and ready to load the minute the gates opened, in theory it would be possible to improve on that though. If they're spending this much money on a harness-free evac platform, maybe they're seriously trying to improve capacity and you'd want to assume they'd do everything they can to do that?

It has not started any refurb by the looks it. And it's most likely to delay and will probably be set for 2023

Yeah, I feel for the guy, but with all these types of articles they tend to pivot into some form of self-promotion at the end, and it just always makes it seem less sincere and more like an immoral marketing ploy than an interview or 'confession' to me.