April 23, 20196 yr comment_264198 Purely out of interest, did Toverland have different music before the IMAScore stuff? I know Troy had a different soundtrack, but the entire park has IMAScore music that seems to fit in perfectly, but isn't that just a recent thing? Did the park have different music before or was everything silent?
April 23, 20196 yr comment_264201 I am pretty sure there was music before, but I don't really remember it. I think when I went in July last year Troy was still actually playing it's old music. In general, despite the quality of the music if you do hear it, I don't really remember any music from the park aside from D'Werevelervelervelwind and Merlin's Quest of foreverness..
October 21, 20196 yr comment_267184 Halloween stuff then. Decent attempt, nice use of the pre existing hedge maze to have both a day time and night time maze variant. Was also weirdly the best run queue of the evening. Very much a focus on the look of the actors, some good interaction with guests in the scare zones. Queues weren't great though (2 took over an hour) and the general quality was apparently not great. Think they are torn between the family audience and being full in scary. Minimal theming beyond the zones (which weren't that well themed in cases). The circus area being the best looking but those are a dime a dozen really. Avalon and Port Laguna are gorgeous areas. Fenix is decent but still not as good as Raptor. Slightly better than Swarm purely because of the cool dragon animatronic. Think Avalon is slightly barren a little bit though as there's not much between the two rides and the restaurant. Wouldn't be surprised to see a few flats spring up over the year or two. I was wrong about Troy, it ran like mad at night. Plus the lighting and effects package were spot on. Shout out to the Ollivanders rip off too. Was cute. Toverland are in a good spot for the future I think. Doubt they'll go bigger than Fenix as a ride but that's not their remit. Marked improvement in their infrastructure and hopefully they will continue bringing rides and areas up to scratch in between the next big thing.
April 21, 20205 yr comment_269797 A few concept arts / early sketches for Fenix have been shared by Peter van Holsteijn, Toverland's chief designer. An early sketch had seen plans for an Inverted coaster instead of a wing. (Images sourced via that Dutch website with 3 o's)
April 21, 20205 yr comment_269803 Looks awesome! But hey it still came out awesome! I look forward to the future of this park. It is still off of its early target of 1 million once Fenix opened but slowly getting there with record numbers in 2019. They still plan on expanding and will be turning into a resort with a four star hotel still being built. Details of the summary above here... https://toverland.com/pers/nieuws/attractiepark-toverland-behaalt-bezoekrecord-in-2019/
April 21, 20205 yr comment_269804 Beautiful. I can definitely see remnants from the sketches that went into the finished design such as the twisted tower in the final picture. Tover Land is definitely an up and coming park and let’s hope they continue to develop. Was pleasantly surprised by the place when I visited last year.
June 5, 20205 yr comment_270236 Toverland have invested in a second train for Booster Bike: (Images from Looopings) The ride is only capable of running one train, but obviously having a second means if there's an issue with one, they don't have the shut the ride down. For now, the original train will receive some work, and then they'll have both available. Coaster trains aren't cheap, so this is a solid investment from the park.
June 5, 20205 yr comment_270237 Can they theme it to make it fit into the park as well? Weird that it can't run 2 trains though. Maybe Vekoma can do some magic.
June 5, 20205 yr comment_270238 1 hour ago, Benin said: Can they theme it to make it fit into the park as well? Weird that it can't run 2 trains though. Maybe Vekoma can do some magic. That would be another £300k please!
March 8, 20223 yr comment_276054 It seems like Toverland are set to introduce some sort of permanent camping-like accommodation from next year, with a Greek theme, following the success of temporary pop-up options over the past couple of years. https://www.looopings.nl/weblog/19060/Toverland-wil-permanent-verblijfsresort-openen-in-2023.html It doesn't sound like a full hotel, which has long been part of their masterplan, buy definitely a step in the right direction.
8 hours ago8 hr comment_330136 3 years later....Resort area planned for 2027. Will go on some older car park area and where the high ropes course stood.LooopingsToverland wil vakantiepark Ithaka Resort openen in juni 2...Toverland zet vol in op een viersterrenresort met internationale allure. Achter de schermen worden de laatste voorbereidingen getroffen voor de bouw...But that's not all.Blitz Bahn is getting spited at some point for something potentially later this year.LooopingsDetails over vervanger van Maximus' Blitz Bahn in Toverla...We zijn weer iets wijzer geworden over de attractie die Maximus' Blitz Bahn in Toverland gaat vervangen. Het Limburgse themapark neemt binnenkort...And thennnnnnnn the park want to expand the Port Laguna entrance area with a big dark ride and other things.LooopingsNieuwe tekeningen tonen uitbreiding Port Laguna in Toverl...Er zijn nieuwe ontwerpen opgedoken van de uitbreiding van Port Laguna in Toverland. In een openbaar document van de provincie Limburg, over een...Exciting future for the park really.
1 hour ago1 hr comment_330138 Great to see many things happening at the park.The Blitz Bahn thing seems more like an upgrade rather than a complete replacement, but I might be misunderstanding that.Toverland are in such a weird place. 10 years ago, with the plans for the new entrance / Port Laguna and Avalon coming together, it felt like the park was going to rise rapidly. Unfortunately they didn't quite bring in the numbers wanted, and then Covid hit, and it's led to the park stagnating a bit. Not that they're in a bad place, they've added new rides and they've enhanced things like their Halloween event, but it's certainly taken them longer to get to this point than I expect they'll have initially wanted.A dark ride has been a much-needed addition to their line up, and I'm excited to see what they conjure up.
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