Wild- & Freizeitpark Klotten finally gets his log-flume...

[KookyI wrote the book about donkeys!]

Haven`t found a thread about Klotten or the new log flume so i started one.

The little german park "Wild- & Freizeitpark Klotten" started to built their second big attraction, after many years of waiting time. It will be an ABC flume and like the marketing says it will be the highest, steepest and fastest logflume in germany and if i remember right it will have an elevator as lift! Together with the log flume the park finally started to theme "die heiße Fahrt" (i know you like this little gem). The first plans to build it like a vulcan were thrown to waste and now they will theme it like a castle!

some pics from "bone" on http://freizeitparkweb.de/cgi-bin/dcf/dcboard.cgi?az=show_thread&om=7412&forum=DCForumID4&viewmode=all:

[MayTheGForceBeWithYouStar Wars is gay.]

This seems kind of like Marineland with Dragon Mountain. Only one façade went up years after it opened, and nothing more has been done with it since.

Good to see Klotten finish up this project. It looks like a great park, and the new flume should make a great fit.

Wow! That's actually really great news! Also glad to see that long-planned project become a reality.

[deathbydinnI eat bugs.]

Woah, they really switched up the plans compared to what they had in 2007.



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While volcanoes are cool and all, I'm very intrigued by the lift in the castle tower and the interaction with the castle from the flume and coaster. And it's just great to see a new log flume being built and a small park expanding, definitely something I'll be watching closely.

[SharkTumsSite Admin]

Very cool to see them follow through with plans and even improve on them!

[Hilltopper39Don't make me kick you in the donkey!]

Is that some kind of drop tower rising out of the castle in the first concept art picture? It kind of looks like one of those human powered towers like at Dollywood and some other places. This looks great, another amazingly awesome themed attraction in Europe, I know it's all about $$$ but why can't american parks figure it out?

^ I'm assuming it's an elevator lift for the ride vehicles?

[MrMorganThe only thing better than a naked woman is a naked donkey!]

This is awesome news! I'm really curious to see what kind of flume it is. The new advertisement says "Germany's tallest, steepest, and fastest water ride!" How are they going to fit that in that little space??? I think the "Boobies Flume" ride at Tripsdrill is probably the highest in Germany at the moment and in my head, I don't feel like the structure at Klotten was taller than that... but my mind plays tricks on me. What does anyone else think? It also says that it will only have 4 boats and a capacity of 390 ppl/hr? That makes me think it will be more like a splash boat ride and less like a log-flume. Regardless, it's awesome that they are finally finishing it up!

[nemesis-stormDonkeys are my way of life!]

This is great news & I hope it does really well for the park.
I've not been to this park since 2004 & they were talking about adding a log flume sometime in the future then.
It will certainly make 'Heiße Fahrt' look less barren

[TPDaveI know EXACTLY where my passport is!]

Nice!!

I loved this park, it's great to see the small places able to pull of decent sized projects. I'm sure it'll be fantastic and a great opertrtunity to visit again