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WHAT’S NEW IN 2002
(Part One of Two)
New Parks and Attractions, including go-kart rides and being built and added to parks all over the world. Below are just a few of the exciting new happenings opening in the 2002 season.

N E W P A R K S

ADMIRAL VRUNGEL’S ADVENTURE PARK, Gelendjik, Russia
With 20 rides, a wooden rollercoaster, this will be an exciting addition to Russia’s amusement industry.

CARTHAGO ADVENTURELAND, Tunisia
This 10-acre park is Tunisia’s first theme park, designed to tell the story of what life in a Tunis village was like. The family park will have three main areas, a flume ride, a steel rollercoaster and 15 family and children’s rides.

H2OASIS, Anchorage Alaska USA
Alaska’s first and only indoor waterpark, complete with a wave pool, pirate ship and water coaster.

IRTRA THEME PARK, Retalhuen, Guatemala
An 8-inversion rollercoaster leads the pack of exciting rides at this new park.

LEGOLAND DEUTSCHLAND, Guenzburg, Germany
The fourth LegoLand park, this 32-acre park targets families with children ages 2-13 and offers rides, play areas and attractions themed with the famous Lego bricks.

WALT DISNEY STUDIOS THEME PARK, Paris, France
61-acre park patterned after the Disney/MGM Studios in Orland, Florida. Complete with movie props, special effects demonstrations, a live stunt show and a thrilling rollercoaster.

R I D E S

AIR, Alton Towers, England
While on this “flying” rollercoaster, riders hang suspended beneath the track to revel in the freedom of flight for almost 3-minutes.

BALDER, Liseberg, Sweden
Named after the Norse myth God of Light, this wooden rollercoaster, stand 99 feet tall and travels at a maximum speed of 9o kpg for just over minutes.

THE BAT COASTER, Nigloland, France
The country’s first Bat Coaster is 158-feet long, 66-feet high, has two inversions, three coaches and travels 38 MPH

BATMAN-The Dark Knight, Six Flags New England, Agawam, Maine USA
The park’s 8th rollercoaster is an innovative steel coaster that carries passengers in a floorless coach, standing 117-feet high and traveling at speeds of 55-MPH for 140 seconds.

BIG BAD JOHN, Magic Springs and Crystal Falls, Hot Spings, Arkansas
A runaway mine trauin rollercoaster on a 1/2-mile track that cust loose from its mine shaft and careens through a newly wooded ravine.

COLLOSOS, Thrope Park, Surrey, England
The world’s first ten-looping rollercoaster that hurtles riders at a top speed of 40-MPH.

THE CYCLONE, Dreamworld, Gold Coast, Australia
The tallest high-speed gravity rollercoaster in the Southern Hemisphere. Built with 1,000 tons of steel, The Cyclone includes a loop and a screaming sidewinder.

DELIRIUM, Great America, Santa Ana, California USA
North America’s first pendulum ride that will send 32 riders spinning deliriously and the end of a giant arm that swings 65-feet high.

GOLIATH, Six Flags Holland, The Netherlands
152-feet high, 66-MPH rollercoaster that thrills riders for almost 3 minutes with 4 high-speed curves, 3 vertical humps and 4 bunny humps.

JAMMING, Strathclyde Country Park, Lanarkshire, Scotland
New rollercoaster stands 120-feet tall and will spin riders through loops and dives for breathtaking action.

Le VAMPIRE, La Ronde, Montreal, Canada
Inverted, looping rollercoaster that gives riders the sensation they are flying, as they dangle beneath the coaster’s track zipping through 5 head-over-heel loops.

THE MAELSTROM, Drayton Manor Park, Staffordshire, England
Gyro Swing ride that will seat 32 passengers in a circular gondola at the end of a 57-foot long pendulum arm that will swing and revolve at 5-RPM.

More next month!

Courtesy of the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA)

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