GladiatorFanKyle Posted November 3, 2015 Report Share Posted November 3, 2015 There will be a LOT of new rides this year, as the event is set out to be much bigger, including Hangover The-Tower(85m), Airmaxx Smashing Jump, City Skyliner, Heartbreaker and plenty more attractions to be announced. In terms of pricing, it will be similar to last year with smaller flat rides costing £3-£5 and larger flat rides and rollercoasters at £6-£8. The coasters from last year will all be returning and favourites Air, Gladiator, XXL, Ski jump and Winter Wonderland express are all confirmed to return. A full line up/event map shall be released shortly. sadly City Skyliner is no longer attending. it was meant to attend BUT the owners pulled out quite a while ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GladiatorFanKyle Posted November 3, 2015 Report Share Posted November 3, 2015 New for 2015 - AIRWOLF!!!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltDd6zs6neE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GladiatorFanKyle Posted November 4, 2015 Report Share Posted November 4, 2015 (sorry for posting a lot!!!) New major rides for this year (confirmed) Mondial Capriolo 10, Mondial Inferno, Huss Top Spin, Huss Breakdance, Fabbri Smashing Jump, Megaspin, KMG Afterburner (YEP SHOWTIME IS RETURNING BACK TO IT'S HOME!!!), Mondial Heartbreaker, 6 arm Extreme (being built brand new in time for WW), Superstar, Funtime Drop Tower, and many many many more favourites returning!!! it's gonna be an amazing year! UnderItAll 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 (Map is available to view however I am unable to attach...) 2015 line up: Angels Christmas Market Angles Market PWR Events Waveswinger - Chris Danter Fantasy Double Deck Carousel - Joseph Manning Jnr Jagerwald Cafe Bar - ? (Germany) Christmas Tree Licensed Bar - GB Event Group Irvin's Traditional Fun Fair Helter Skelter Lighthouse Slip/Side Show - George Irvin (Christmas) Gallopers - George Irvin Waltzer James Irvin Dodgems - George Irvin Jnr Fear Dark House - John Woodward Alice In Wonderland Cups & Saucers John Groom (Santas Workshop) Fantasia Formula John Groom Winard Train - ? Austin Cars - ? Alpine Adventure (Avalanche) Waltzer - William Thurston Jnr XXL - Jacky Dotremont (Belgium) Alpine Thriller Roller Coaster Joseph Manning Jnr & William Thurston Snr (Sno-Drifters) Dodgems - Joseph Manning Jnr (Blizzard) Gladiator Turbine - Buwalda-Kreik (The Netherlands/Germany) (Turnpike) Super Star - Leigh Danter Airmaxx Smashing Jump Fabrice Dotremont (Belgium) Heartbreaker - Bartel's (The Netherlands) (Ski Jump Extreme) Rock Rage Inversion - Graham Sedgwick Alpine Adventure Entrance Arch Catering Unit - Alfred Gregory Carousel Rotating Licensed Bar - Joseph Manning Jnr Windmill Cafe Bar - Harry Harder (Germany) Firepit Entertainment Area - PWR Events Circus Town Zippo's Mega Dome Circus Zippo's Bayern Breaker Break Dance - Monty Lagerin (Germay) Jumbo Circus Fun House Freddie Stokes (Trapeze) Maxximum 2 Capriolo - Joseph Manning Jnr & Remco Kriek Clown Roller Coaster Buwalda (The Netherlands) Flying Jumbos Dumbos Joseph Manning Jnr Flying Circus Samba Balloon Joseph Manning Jnr Flying Tigers Planes - ? Circus Town Licensed Bar Joseph Manning Jnr Santa Land (Christmas) American Carousel Joseph Manning Jnr (Spinning Baubles) Tornado - Joseph Manning Jnr (Sleigh Ride) Dumbos Lewis Gess Toy Factory Giant Fun House - Joseph Manning Jnr (Santa's) Spinning Mouse Roller Coaster Colin Buwalda (The Netherlands) (Penguin Party) Pod Racer Dodgems - John Bugg Helter Skelter Lighthouse Slip - Howard Brothers Racing F1 Vortex Roller Coaster Joseph Manning Jnr (Toy Cars) Cars Race-O-Rama Juvenile Whip - Manning's Santa Land Express Train Ride - Joseph Manning Jnr Chilly Willy Spinning Penguins - Joseph Manning Jnr Toy Factory Track Ride - Joseph Manning Jnr Juvenile Waveswinger - Charles Manning Ski Jump Inflatable Slide Joseph Manning Jnr (Santas Reindeer Ride) Pony Express - Joseph Manning Jnr Fun Bus Toy Set - Joseph Manning Jnr Santa's Christmas Grotto - Joseph Manning Jnr Arctic Circle (Ice Mountain) Crazy Mouse Spinning Mouse Roller Coaster James Mellors Star Flyer - James Mellors Snow Jet 2 Matterhorn - Reinard Van Der Veen (The Netherlands) North Pole Fun House Reinard Van Der Veen (The Netherlands) Air Star Shape - Abie Danter Jnr The Magical Ice Kingdom PWR Events Bar Ice Licensed Bar PWR Events Polar Bear Island Reinard Van Der Veen (The Netherlands) Christmas Tree Maze - ? Arctic Lodge Bar James Mellors Pizzeria Restaurant - ? Pirates Island Pirates Adventure Fun House - Michael Schneider (Germany) Pirate Ship - James Burton Surf 'n' Turf Catering Unit - James Burton Main Rides In Non Themed Areas Candy Cane Bungee Trampolines - Leigh Harris Giant Wheel - James Mellors (Barrel Of Laughs) Exteme Rotor - David Wallis Après Ski Party Fun House - Fackler (Germany) (Christmas) Euro Coaster Colin Buwalda (The Netherlands) Show Time Afterburner Joseph Manning Jnr Daemonium Giant Ghost Train Martin Blume (Germany) (The Yeti Ride) Dance Crazy Jump & Smile - William Thurston Jnr 5D New Vision Cinema - Antibes Land Amusement Park (France) Alpen Hotel Fun House - Edgar & Rene Rasch (Germany) Hangover Gyro Drop Tower - Ewald Schneider (Germany) (Winter Wonderland Express) Action Musik Express - Horst Ohlrogge (Germany) Megaspin Twin Spin - Ross & Dayna Kayes Airwolf Inferno - Max Eberhard (Germay) Wilde Maus XXL Roller Coaster - Max Eberhard (Germany) (Black Run) Technopower - George Irvin (Blue Run) Super Bounce Jump & Smile - James & Celia Irvin Haunted Mansion Ghost Train - Johan Hinzen (The Netherlands) (Santa's Flying Sleigh) Wacky Worm Roller Coaster - Buwalda (The Netherlands) Der Grosse Irrgarten Mirror Maze/Fun House - Edgar & Rene Rasch (Germany) Top Spin - Paul Hart Main Non Ride Attractions Ski Zillertal Sponsored Ice Rink PWR Liminaires Light Arches Joseph Manning Jnr Juveniles In Non Themed Areas Crazy Bus Toyset George Irvin Jnr Peter Pan Mini Jets John Groom Santas Sleigh Ride Muffin The Mule Ride David Wallis Jnr Toyset - Joseph Manning Cafe Bars/Licensed Bars/Entertainment Areas Mr Fogg's Cocktail Licensed Bar - ? Christmas Licensed Bar - GB Events Group The Swiss Chalet Restaurant - Mossinan Of London Bavarian Village & Beer Hall - Patrick Greier (Germany) Sweet Factory - ? Street Food area Christmas Tree Feuerzangenbowle Licensed Bar - Joseph Manning Jnr Greier (Germany) House Of St Nicholas Cafe Bar - Ewald Schneider (Germany) Etagen Cafe 2 Tier Café Bar - Patrick Greier (Germany) Santas Pub Licensed Bar Horst Ohlrogge (Germany) The Outpost & Grizzly Inn Licensed Bar - ? Lighthouse Bar & Bratwurst Cafe - Edgar & Rene Rasch (Germany) Die Pyramide Licensed Cafe Bar - ? (Germany) The Mirror Licensed Bar - PWR Events The Bratwurst House - ? Other Attractions Robin Hood Side Show - Niko Buwalda (The Netherlands) Reindeer Racer Kentucky Derby - Shane --- Thoughts and opinions anyone? OldFarmerDean, UnderItAll and GladiatorFanKyle 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GladiatorFanKyle Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 Best line up they've ever had. shame the Mondial Shake couldn't attend but it's still an amazing line up!!! so excited for Trapeze!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mer Posted November 9, 2015 Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 CAPRIOLO? The Turbine was alright but the gondolas didn't seem to flip as fast/intensely as a Capriolo! I've been desperate to get back on one since I went on one 3 years ago, it was one of the most intense flat rides I've done The line up looks amazing, I think I'll definitely be spending more time on the rides at the London meet! May have to go twice! It's the only fun fair I ever visit (the joys of living in boring, suburban Crawley, miles from everyone else...)! How did you guys get the full list of rides, and is it accurate? The only page I've found that mentions the rides is the unofficial FB Winter Wonderland page, but you'd have to trawl through loads of comments and stuff to compile that list like TPJames has Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GladiatorFanKyle Posted November 9, 2015 Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 Yes it is accurate the hyde park winter wonderland unofficial page is the best one for the ride line ups!!! it is a very exciting year for WW!!! also hangover seems like it is going to have a onride video or photo (like a coaster would have)!!!! Hangover has this machine which you use your self and then you can buy either your video or photo(not sure which one it's having!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattgwise Posted November 9, 2015 Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 The lineup has virtually been released officially for a few days now via the park map on the official site http://www.hydeparkwinterwonderland.com/content/downloads/Winter-Wonderland-PRINT-Map_5.11.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mer Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 The lineup has virtually been released officially for a few days now via the park map on the official site http://www.hydeparkwinterwonderland.com/content/downloads/Winter-Wonderland-PRINT-Map_5.11.pdf Ah I should've made it clearer; I meant how did people know what type of ride each one is The map only mentions the names of the rides, it doesn't say what the actual rides are. Glad XXL is returning too, that was awesome! Kicked Vortex's ass Mattgwise 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 All those rides (and it does look a very good lineup) but still no Togada? Togadas work so well at busy places like this, you don't see enough of them. A little less realistically, does anyone think we will ever be graced with Holenblitz's (sp?) presence at Winter Wonderland? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GladiatorFanKyle Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 Hollenblitz's owners want it to attend WW but the staff who work and travel with the ride do not want to leave their families at xmas time so therefore it can't attend at the moment pluk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 Hollenblitz's owners want it to attend WW but the staff who work and travel with the ride do not want to leave their families at xmas time so therefore it can't attend at the moment Well they can just employ all the UK based chain-smoking Eastern Europeans who work all the other Winter Wonderland rides then! Sounds promising though, fingers crossed. OldFarmerDean and GladiatorFanKyle 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 Just got back from the Winter Wonderland Hyde Park Preview Event 2015! The layout is very different this year, please be aware you will NOT be permitted entry at Hyde Park Corner and you must enter through Knightsbridge/Marble Arch. It was great to take a first look at the event this year and I'm not going to lie I thoroughly enjoyed my evening however I much preferred last years layout, although this years should massively help with crowd control. Atmosphere was alright tonight, the pathways were pretty bare but most of the rides were going with queues. A lot of rides were operating with little/no atmosphere whatsoever though, for example there was no music on ski jump/turnpike (although this was between 9-9:30 and they were supposed to have closed so thumbs up for keeping them open extra). Snow Jet had a particularly amazing atmosphere tonight, probabaly one of the best ride atmospheres I've seen in a while. As it was a preview night, you have to arrive and expect some attractions to be SBNO. Topspin, Daemonium Ghost Train(largest in the world) and Bayern Breaker weren't operating all night. To add onto this, Hangover the Tower closed early(I shall explain later) and so did Gladiator turbine as well. Total ride/attraction count: Magical ice kingdom x2 Apres Ski Funhouse x1 (Highly reccomend this, it's brilliant!) Irrengarten Funhouse x1 (also highly reccomended) Fear haunted house walkthrough x1 Haunted Mansion x1 Euro Coaster x1 (awful ride!) Wild Maus XXL x1 Airwolf x1 WW Express x1 Ski Jump x1 Turnpike x1 Yeti Ride x1 Maximum Capriolo x2 I've probably missed something out, there's so many rides this year it's ridiculous and there was no where near enough time to get on everything. Overall it was a very good evening and some rides stayed open slightly later too (although this meant we couldn't find any open foodstalls after our last ride). However, I was only slightly miffed about one thing. Ovbiously nothing can be done about it and it gives me an incentive to return but we unfortunately didn't get on Hangover the Tower this evening. As I was looking forward to this most, I was annoyed that I didn't snatch up the opportunity to go on it upon entry while it was operating. We went back to the attraction at about 7pm, joined the queue and waited a couple of cycles. The ride would do two drops, at 40m and at 85m. However, after the 40m drop, while we were in the queue, the ride would try to reach 85m but would only go up to 40. The operator would say "sorry wrong button..." and then it would try again. After about 3 attempts, it finally went to the top and then dropped. We were then one cycle off and it happened again. So they cleared the queue and closed the ride to try and fix the problem. Operations were resumed about an hour later for about 5 cycles just before we got over there to try it out again, the same problem happened and then it just shut down for the rest of the evening. It's a shame we didn't get to ride it but I'm sure I'll have the chance again at WW in the next six weeks and it is a very impressive machine, so I am very excited to ride it in the future! pluk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted November 20, 2015 Report Share Posted November 20, 2015 How is the preview event ticketed these days? I remember getting some through American Express a few years back, but they seem to have stopped that relationship now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coastercameron98 Posted November 20, 2015 Report Share Posted November 20, 2015 How is the preview event ticketed these days? I remember getting some through American Express a few years back, but they seem to have stopped that relationship now. By the purchase of a wristband on the event's charity website: http://www.supporttheroyalparks.org/events/winter_wonderland Wristband includes stuff like the Ice Kingdom, Circus, Ice Rink and Wheel as well as the rides I believe. Think it was £40-50 for a wristband this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitch Posted November 20, 2015 Report Share Posted November 20, 2015 How is the preview event ticketed these days? I remember getting some through American Express a few years back, but they seem to have stopped that relationship now. It's a charity thing for the parks. £40 unlimited shows and rides. Sells out very early though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glitch Posted November 20, 2015 Report Share Posted November 20, 2015 How is the preview event ticketed these days? I remember getting some through American Express a few years back, but they seem to have stopped that relationship now. It's a charity thing for the parks. £40 unlimited shows and rides. Sells out very early though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted November 20, 2015 Report Share Posted November 20, 2015 How is the preview event ticketed these days? I remember getting some through American Express a few years back, but they seem to have stopped that relationship now.Tickets are sold about 2 months before the event through the Royal park's website. Wristbands were sold at £50 and were sold out within 3 days this year.Preview night is good fun although if you want the "full experience" then you're not going to get that despite paying £50. Lots of stalls, decorations, music, lighting, rides haven't been finished off yet so it's good if you want an overview of what this year's event is going to be like, but if you want to experience it properly, you have to go once the event opens and fork out money for each attraction you want to go on. I did thoroughly enjoy it and hopefully going back again next year, but I've certainly got incentive to return as I've still got a lot of the event to experience this year due to closed rides/attractions and lack of atmosphere, lighting, scenery etc in certain areas of the event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GladiatorFanKyle Posted November 21, 2015 Report Share Posted November 21, 2015 I went to WW last night and it's SO much better than previous years! although the only one entrance in is not great since it's far away from any decent tube stations.... anyway though Black Run (extreme) is a great ride and also Rock Rage was working really well! Hangover is an amazing ride like both drops have quite a lot of force to them but it only has one downside which is it has these things which poke you in the back when you are going up and I guess they are meant to be a bit funny but they were so annoying!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted November 21, 2015 Report Share Posted November 21, 2015 ^^ Nice one, will look out for that next year. Used to be free (maybe a £5 booking fee) with American Express! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graw Posted November 21, 2015 Report Share Posted November 21, 2015 what was the fear haunted house walkthrough like?? was it like a scaremaze?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted November 21, 2015 Report Share Posted November 21, 2015 what was the fear haunted house walkthrough like?? was it like a scaremaze?? It's a relatively small attraction, which is basically a themed walkthrough experience with anamatronic effects.It's mildly scary IMO, but if you find the other ghost trains at winter wonderland scary, then you are likely to be terrified. Without going in to too much detail, it's not particularly full on but there are long periods of tension in dark corridoors and there are some relatively disturbing scenes with figures being tortured etc. As it was a preview night, I don't know if they would do anything to up the "scare factor". They may possibly add one live actor or something as the other ghost trains tend to do this (Haunted Mansion had two live actors last year but none on the preview this year). pluk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Hutson Posted November 22, 2015 Report Share Posted November 22, 2015 Went through today. No live actors, but the long dark corridors and sudden effect starts make it very un-nerving - and GREAT for only £3. The huge ghost train (new for this year) had live actors inside and they do startle. The live actors inside the Haunted Mansion Ghost Train also do startle. It's ironic... the scare maze has no actors and the ghost trains have them! TPJames 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroDan Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 I had a lovely time at Hyde Park on Saturday evening. Only did 1 ride (Wilde Maus) because, no matter what anybody says about London, the bottom line is that the rides are a horrendous price (more than 1 hour on minimum wage for many of them). However, the live music and food was great. Lovely atmosphere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GladiatorFanKyle Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 If anyone wishes to ride hangover, breakdance, starflyer or any of the tall rides PLEASE check the weather before going to hyde park. due to high winds Breakance, Hangover, Starflyer, and a few other things were all closed due to high winds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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