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BonBon-Land Photo- and Video Trip Report

TheCoasterCruiser

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Hi Guys!

July is an amazing coaster month for me with my Finland Coaster Trip coming up in 6 days and my BonBon-Land trip yesterday.
So here's my report on BonBon-Land, and i also plan to do a long report on my Finland trip.

So, as said, me and my friend went to BonBonLand yesterday.
They had not added anything exciting since our last visit in 2010 so this trip was more of a 'memory refreshing' of the park.

So did we have a good day?
- No, we had an 'OK' day, - but i really can't blame the park, because the park was doing great!
The operations was really good, with a train cresting Vild-Svinet's lift every 50 seconds. The ride ops on other attractions were good to. The park has everything a park should have.
So i just can't blame it on BonBon-Land.

I think the reason for the outcome of our day was because we needed something new, we had both ridden all the rides several times 2 years prior and we actually ended up agreeing that we were bored after 3 hours in the park.

So yeah, we got bored at an amusement park. There. I said it.

But, when that is said, I will say that BonBon-Land is getting more and more a moneymachine and they have got less funnier these past years. Removing some of the ICONIC parts of the park....
They have also added games, and games was really the last thing i thought the park would add....
I really don't like how some parks is managed with very little passion and all to much money in mind....

Here's the pictures and videos from out trip!

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We have arrived at the park entrance!

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Entry plaza.

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This 4-D Bio was new for 2011

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This little odd gate is the actual entrance to the park... odd.

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One of the classics of BonBon-Land.

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I spot something.

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On our way towards the only (temporary) exciting section of the park.

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'Vild-Svinet'.

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Let's start our day with a ride on 'Svend Svingarm' - A Zamperla Giant Discovery.

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Next up is Han-Katten.

Here's my Pov of Han-Katten.
The older ladys laugh in this video was just to much for us, so we ended up laughing our asses of in the end of this video! :-D

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmLwCsLjHXI[/youtube]

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Han-Katten photo session ;b

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The wild mouse style part.

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The first drop is actually pretty good.

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Probably one of the best spinning coasters out there.

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- Smooth, beautiful and an exciting layout from start to end.

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This helix really speeds up the car!

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Now Vild-Svinet.

Pov of the worlds first Gerstlauer Eurofighter.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59I36oliLEY&feature=g-all-u[/youtube]

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Vild-Svinet's brake-run kissing with Svend.

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The weather wasn't really sure how to act today.

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Now riding Viktor Vandorm.

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A relocated Zierer coaster that, in my opinion, ruins this part of the park.

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Gerstlauer loop!

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Gotta love this random section of cross ties.

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Time to get another angle of this beauty...

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There we go.

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Guess where we're at now.

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Still beautiful.

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And so photogenic!

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First Drop.

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Oh, yeah, there's other rides in this park. - Flume ride called 'Vandrotten'

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The famous 'Hundeprutterutsjebanen'.

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I remember this being prettier.

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I really love this drop tower model, as it literally pulls the car down instead of free fall, allowing for a really nice feeling!

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The view.

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Is not bad.

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More Eurofighter <3

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The park's cowboytown.

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I hate how they have removed the duck themed boats you could cycle around in the lake in.
What is even worse, is that, as i'm writing this i come to remember reading somewhere that those ducks where the very start of BonBon-Land, the very first attraction....
And like that wasn't enough they also decided to close of all the islands where you once could eat.

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Svend Svingarm.

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I was just standing here, taking pictures, when suddenly...

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- A freaking water bottle smashes to the ground a few meters from some families with their kids and me! - What an huge idiot that takes stuff like that up with them in the ride!
 
What a brilliant report. Again, it's excellent to hear from someone that's been to a park that we don't see so often.

I've always wanted to go to BonBon Land. It looks so ridiculous, and utterly bonkers, that I'm sure I'd love it. That Disk'o is a perfect example - it's utterly ludicrous! That said, from looking at this, if there's one park I'd say it looks most similar to, it's Bobbejaanland. And that's a dump. That makes me sad.
 
That small park actually has a decent selection of rides, Giant Gyro swing, awsome looking spinner and a Fabbri drop tower! And I'd even go as far as saying the Eurofighter looks funky, but, it is EuroFighter....

Nice pictures, too. :--D
 
Thank you guys a lot! I really appreciate it!

Yes, the park does have a good ride selection.
Maybe it's just one of those parks that you visit with your family and not your coaster friends. I don't know, I'm still struggling with why we got borred...
 
TheCoasterCruiser said:
What an huge idiot that takes stuff like that up with them in the ride!

Similar to taking cameras onto the big rides perhaps? ;-)

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I went to BonBonLand last year, quite liked it, but the place was empty and I was done after a couple of hours (having never been there before).

I expect it'd be a fun place with a big group though (since the place is rather bizarre).

But nice report though! :-)
 
david morton said:
TheCoasterCruiser said:
What an huge idiot that takes stuff like that up with them in the ride!

Similar to taking cameras onto the big rides perhaps? ;-)

No. Not at all.
When I'm taking a camera with me in a ride it's with the intention of holding on to it with everything i can and to make as good a video as possible
I feel so secure when recording those videos, I don't think I'll drop the camera.

Also, i agree with you on the bigger group thing, as i also said, - being there with a family is probably the best way to fully enjoy this park.

And now where at it. Here's my Vild-Svinet pov.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59I36oliLEY[/youtube]
 
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