With the parks soon closing does anyone know what the rides are like here?

apparently its nothing special, id would rather take my skates down to the history museum.

There is meant to be quite a good coaster there

http://www.hydeparkwinterwonderland.com/ there is a website, you ma have already see it though. it doesnt really show much.

Winter WonderLand's awesome. Went last year. Yes they do have a great roller coaster . The drops are quite itense and stomach churning (though the ride is quite rough but don't let that put you off after all It is a Zierer family coaster). They're adding a Maurer Sohe Power Tower this year http://www.maurer-rides.com/power/ along with a Zierer Black hole roller coaster (heard that on TTF). The place has a great atmosphere durig the night. The whole place is light up. The rIdes that I've bee on there are great (I've yet to try out the Haunted Masion, simulators and the 60m Observation wheel). They have london's biggest outdoor ice rink there aswell.

apparently its nothing special, id would rather take my skates down to the history museum.

Jake C. It's an awesome event. Don't listen to whoever said that it's nothing special. It won awards in the past and has been shortlisted for one last year.

WINTER WONDERLAND 2008 has been shortlisted for ‘Event of the Year’ at the forthcoming Visit London Awards. Start planning for 2009 now to see what all the fuss is about! 18 days to go!

Anyway can't wait to go back this year .

Looks good.

It's great . Should be better than last year since they're adding more thrill rides this year. Here's the official website for Power Tower 2 (the one being used at Winter Wonderland) http://www.powertower2.de/ Just relised if you click photos (Fotos) it immediately starts playing the Terminator theme . The ride looks great but seems to have taken Tower of Terror's theme. Can't wait to ride this thing EIGHTEEN DAYS TO GO .

Wow it looks great, where do you find out which rides are going to be new

Wow it looks great, where do you find out which rides are going to be new

On TTF (Towers Times Forum) here's the thread http://forum.towerstimes.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=24628&hilit=Winter+Wonderland.

Thanks for the link, is the coaster the same as black hole was at alton towers?

You're welcome . Unfortunately it isn't like the Black Hole that was in AT. This one is both indoor and outdoor and is manufactured by Zierer whilst the one at Alton Towers was by Shwarzkopf which is now bankrupt and has been taken over by Gerstlaeur.

http://www.hydeparkwinterwonderland.com/rides.htmlFor the rides

Thanks for the link. Really pleased that Zippos is coming this year, it's an awesome circus. 11 days to go .

In 10 days it all opens right?, any one know more about the black hole coaster

The attractions have now started to arrive. Looks like they're having more coasters this year . 9 days left .

How much do the rides normally cost?

I think about about a pound or so for non-thrill ride tokens and thrill ride tokens about £3 - £5. Bring £30 or more with you.

Thanks, online they £2 plus which could be a lot for a helter skelter, oh well it should still be great

They've now finished the map. It looks much bigger than last year http://www.hydeparkwinterwonderland.com/information.html.

Has anyone been this year?

Going on Saturday

Going in a few weeks. Can't wait to try out Power tower .

Went on Saturday, went on the 2 coasters and power tower, felt ripped of by them all personally apart from the Black Hole rollercoaster which was alot of fun! Power tower had the height, but was a huge disapointlemt with no force / air time what so ever, I'd say detonator easily wipes the floor of it!

What about the other rides, what does black hole do and how much are they?

Black hole is just a decent rollercoaster, cars like Black hole at alton, and its pretty dark inside.Coasters were £5, Power tower was £6 so pretty expensive!