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Bakken Opening Day 2012

TheCoasterCruiser

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Hello,

As promised here is my trip report from my visit at Bakken yesterday, including photos and videos.

The little amusement park a short drive from copenhagen seems to improve every year.
This year there is two brand new attractions opening at my home park.
A Wild Mouse roller coaster from Mack Rides called 'De Vilde Mus' (translates to 'The Wild Mice') and a kiddie flat ride from Zamperla, a Kang'A'Bounce named 'Kænguru' (translates to 'Kangaroo')
There also is a new booth where you can win chocolate.

Overall i had a great day at this charming little park.
The new roller coaster is what i expected it to be, a fun family coaster, and nothing more than that.
It has some really good theming though, that fits Bakken well.
'Kænguru' is a very nice addition to the park, we couldn't help taking a few spins on it as well and it is surprisingly fun! The theming is also really neat on this one!

On to the pictures and videos.

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We arrive at the park and the weather looks perfect!

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Tornado! <3

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This is were a Sky Roller from Gerstlauer is going to be next year.

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This spinning coaster has one of the best first drops i've seen to date!

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The old classic wooden rollercoaster.

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The weather is still very good!
The park looks a bit empty but we were there pretty early.

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One of the new rides this year, 'Kænguru' is a Zamperla Kang'A'Bounce that is surprisingly fun!

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Looks shiny and new! :-)

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The ride sign.

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Now, here's the thing that makes Bakken so special!
- The man on the right in this picture has always wanted to have his own ride on Bakken. Well, now it happened.
He brought a plot of land in the park and built 'Kænguru'.
The man in the suit is congratulating him on his new baby, i love this atmosphere!

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The theming is pretty cool too!

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Hello Intamin Mine Train.

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Also new this year is the new roller coaster, 'De Vilde Mus'

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It's a standard Wild Mouse model from Mack.
But it's pretty fun and perfect for families.

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Ride sign.

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The theming is very good!

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Here's the exit for the coaster.

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Taking a sneak peak inside the station, the ride didn't open until 2 pm.

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One of the best flat rides in Denmark!

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Tornado is testing.

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Got my wristband! :-)

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Still looks pretty empty.

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A new booth this year.
Chokoladehjulet translates to 'The Chocolate Wheel'

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One of the restaurants, bakken style. :-)

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Brake run for the new coaster.

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Looks great!

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Those supports look a bit thin!

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On of the many block brakes, making this coaster a capacity monster!

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The lift-hill is in a tunnel as it was too loud before.

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Cars for the coaster!

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Still looking empty.

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The Polyp.

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This ride has got some new floor for this year.

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Heading for the new coaster.

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This should look nice at night.

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Official opening ceremony in a minute!

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The cars for 'De Vilde Mus'

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I'm in!

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Back at the brake run.

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The ride experience itself was what i had expected, a fun family coaster :-)

'De Vilde Mus' POV
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEVuGlxHOJQ[/youtube]

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Now riding the old wooden coaster while looking at the new coaster.

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And then it got dark!
This ride is rocking!

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'De Vilde Mus' at night.

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The park was getting fairly crowded now.

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Looks cool!

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The station looks so sexy in this porn light...

'De Vilde Mus' night POV

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11hm3lmq4FU&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]

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That's it!
I'll end this trip report with a picture of the only (single car) Intamin Spinning Coaster in the world!
I really hope you enjoyed my trip report!

Have a nice weekend!
 
Cool report.

Had you done the wooden coaster before they changed it? Just want to know if the changes did destroy it as others have said.
 
Ahh - I loved the place on the cf live a couple of years ago! tornado was one of those "what just happened" coasters - and I loved racing too!
 
marc said:
Cool report.

Had you done the wooden coaster before they changed it? Just want to know if the changes did destroy it as others have said.

Thank you!

Yes I've been visiting Bakken since a little kid.
I will say that the changes did ruin a good amount of the ride.
Especially the airtime and pacing...
 
I find the red lighting in the station kind of fitting....Lab mice get kept in pink light at night time because they cant see that part of the spectrum, so so scientists can keep working whilst the mice sleep.
 
^ It sounds logical, but the lights in the station changes to other colors over time just like the lights on the coaster itself. You can see what i mean in my pictures.
 
Really nice trip report, I need to get to Bakken some time. The new coaster looks ok, not sure what I think of the lift hill tunnel though. It looks cool from inside but doesn't seem to fit in with the rest of the ride from the outside.
 
^ Thank you!

I don't like it so much either, i think it's opposite though.
- I like the tunnel from outside but not from inside.

Here's the night onride as promised! Looks cool, have a look :-D

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11hm3lmq4FU&feature=youtu.be[/youtube]
 
Very cool...and a very cool report too!

As said above the tunnel does partially ruin the theming of the ride!
That said, some great POV'S, which make it quite clear that the coaster isn't quite finished, hence the stepladder lying on the ground and the occasional boxes, but otherwise, a great family credit!
 
Nice PTR! I like the fact the new coaster has single lap bars and the lighting on it is pretty awesome. That Kangaroo ride, I've lost count how many of those I've seen themed to frogs, fantastic to see one themed to something else and it looks amazing too. Looks like such a nice park, may have to visit one day.
 
CoasterCrazy said:
Very cool...and a very cool report too!

As said above the tunnel does partially ruin the theming of the ride!
That said, some great POV'S, which make it quite clear that the coaster isn't quite finished, hence the stepladder lying on the ground and the occasional boxes, but otherwise, a great family credit!

Thank you very much, i appreciate that!

peep said:
Nice PTR! I like the fact the new coaster has single lap bars and the lighting on it is pretty awesome. That Kangaroo ride, I've lost count how many of those I've seen themed to frogs, fantastic to see one themed to something else and it looks amazing too. Looks like such a nice park, may have to visit one day.

Thank you!
 
Loving this report, when I got to the end of it, I just randomly started looking at hotels and flights in Copenhagen for a CRED trip to here and Tivoli. I'm going later in the year now, I blame you ;)
 
^ Hehe, thank you very much, i really appreciate it.

Hope you'll have an awesome trip then, pm me when the time comes and we could meet up :--D
 
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