Hurrah! The gorgeous looking Rainbow Magicland opened on Thursday. I've managed to track down some images and a report on parksmania.it.
In a nutshell; ribbon cutting, dancers minced on stage, major rides didn't open, park expected to fully open in late June.
For more images see: http://www.parksmania.it/parco_news.php ... 6&lang=ita
Google translation of page:
In a nutshell; ribbon cutting, dancers minced on stage, major rides didn't open, park expected to fully open in late June.
For more images see: http://www.parksmania.it/parco_news.php ... 6&lang=ita
Google translation of page:
We publish some pictures of the inauguration was held May 25, 2011 near the outlet of the Fashion District Valmontone. Present at Taini Giuseppe and Gianni Petrucci, managing director and honorary president of Alpha Park, Renata Polverini, president of the Lazio region, Egidio Calvo, mayor of Valmontone, Sen. Cutrufo Mauro, deputy mayor of Rome and many other authorities have intervened on stage after the inaugural show, curated by Artistic Director Paul Lanfredini.
Godmother of the evening was Anna Falchi, accompanied by Roman actor Claudio Amendola. After the usual ribbon-cutting ceremony, the park has finally opened to the public and has been invaded by thousands of visitors eager to try out the attractions remained open till 22; The day ended with a wonderful fireworks show.
The park is still in early stage and it is clear that we have wanted at all costs several months ago to fix a date for the opening well without having calculated the time required to complete the work fully. E 'therefore impossible to make a full review, which we refer to when the whole park will be fully operational.
Nevertheless, a praise must be accorded to set designers for the theming that, although incomplete in some parts - only the fronts of themed attractions - and some solutions in the choice of materials that may be objectionable in part, the overall result from a visual impact is strong. The major attractions are still closed, as "Shock", "Yucatan", "Mystika", "Huntik"and "Maison Houdini" have heavily influenced the experience of the visit, but this should not be forgotten that the overall product is composed of many other factors. The emotional involvement of the ordinary public - that the vast majority of people who go to amusement parks - the park is high and in the evening some parts of the park are really amazing. In other areas, the opposite is unfortunately inadequate lighting and is not given due prominence to scenic views truly special. We believe that soon could be addressed in this regard.
As well certainly in the coming days - roughly by the end of June - will be put in place the final touches, open the other attractions in and post signs definitive paths. Being a new park will then need to be run in an understandable also in terms of management of staff and visitors, but despite all the initial failures fairly predictable, we can finally say that the park in Rome after years of waiting, has opened its doors and if the goals are achieved, can certainly compete with the major Italian and European.
The work will be long because regardless of the problems encountered at the opening, some obvious design flaws - just to make a trivial example, the shape of the "queue line of some attractions - is mandatory during the time range of grinding and improvement, but you can not forget the overall quality of the product, when placed in the Italian market today.