KIRMES & Park REVUE (English) Special: Rouen (Vorschau)
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WATER PARK<br />
A popular feature that<br />
is already known from many<br />
other water parks:<br />
the regularly emptying<br />
water container<br />
Last summer had a lot to offer:<br />
Rain, rain, and lots of rain. And if<br />
all this moisture wasn’t enough,<br />
then Fårup Sommerland could<br />
go back for seconds – after all<br />
both of last year’s novelties<br />
came into being at the largest<br />
outdoor water park in Denmark.<br />
Text:<br />
Marc Spies<br />
Fårup Sommerland<br />
Photos: Simon Aarestrup<br />
There are also many older<br />
water slides in the bathing area<br />
of Fårup Sommerland<br />
The family operated park located deep in the<br />
north of Denmark was always good for a<br />
surprise over the past few years: in addition to the<br />
wooden coaster “Falken” opened in 2004, the<br />
Launch-Coaster “Lynet” from Gerstlauer erected in<br />
2008 became a much noticed extension of the ride<br />
portfolio in particular, with which nobody had<br />
really reckoned with.<br />
Fårup however has a lot more to offer than just<br />
coasters and ride constructions. Alongside of the<br />
area with classic theme park attractions there is<br />
also an additional water park that is accessible from<br />
the park itself, which opened in 1989, and was a<br />
completely new concept in Denmark.<br />
Already in the opening year there was a Wild River<br />
attraction that had been built by the Universal<br />
Recreation firm available to visitors who regularly<br />
stormed this area, and provided a healthy plus in<br />
visitor numbers. For this reason, the water park was<br />
successively extended so that these days the park<br />
not only offers a wave pool and a kiddie<br />
area, but body slides and a Bowl-slide have<br />
also been installed. For a long time operator<br />
Sören Kragelund had thought about<br />
extending the water park by installing a new<br />
slide and a kiddie playground area, and<br />
already had concrete ideas about what type<br />
of constructions they should be. With these<br />
customer needs he contacted various<br />
manufacturers, after which the contract<br />
finally went to WhiteWater West in Canada.<br />
In addition to a Family-Rafting slide, the<br />
“Vandslangen” (<strong>English</strong>: Water snake), an<br />
interactive water playground was also<br />
ordered that offers various play possibilities<br />
and slides for the mostly small guests. This<br />
attraction also offers as highlight – just as all<br />
larger constructions from WhiteWater West<br />
– a 1,200 litre container of water that pours<br />
over the laughing public at regular intervals.<br />
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