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Photo TR: Freizeitpark Plohn

Postby Intarider » Tue Aug 30, 2011 12:07 pm

Currently, we have Summer Holidays in Germany, so I decided to make a quick trip to Freizeitpark Plohn on my motorcycle yesterday. Plohn was one of the last German parks I hadn't visited yet, so I was looking forward to riding El Toro, my first GCI-Woodie very much, especially as it is "TPR-approved". :)

The park itself is really nice- mostly a kids' park, but a lot of fun nonetheless. And alone for the awesome woodie, the trip was worth the three and a half hour ride. You really can't describe how great the out-of-control feeling on Toro is, especially as I had only ridden three woodies before, and none of them was "great" (Colossos was, but it feels more like a steel coaster and hasn't got the crazy turns and twisties).

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Nice western themed area
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This way to El Toro!
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Here it is!
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El Toro looks like "Raging Bull had a few too many litres of beer at Oktoberfest" to quote Robb ;)
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Leaving the station
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And coming back
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This ride seriously has one of the best on-ride photo spots ever!
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And on top of that, it is extremely photogenic!
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Every inch of the track is visible from somewhere!
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In all seriousness, the ride is great!
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You get small pops of airtime where no one expects it, for example in this twisty section
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And on top of that, the coaster is really smooth!
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Great headchopper here.
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Recently, the park opened a new kids area called "Plohni Dorf" what would translate into "Plohni Village" (Plohni is the mascot of the park)
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Once again, very nicely themed.
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They also have a small Zierer family coaster called Plohseidon there
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Actually quite decent for a kiddie coaster.
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Plohni is happy because he always rides front row ;)
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This is the site where the new-for-2012 Intamin Giga Aquatrax with 12 inversions will be built! ;)
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On the other side of the park, there is a nice primeval themed area...
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...with a kiddie free fall tower.
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Fake dinosaur skulls or the ancestors of Jeff Johnson? You decide! :)
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I guess the park's next coaster will be named Raptor? ;)
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Raptor is going to eat you.
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Well, back to Great Coasters. :)
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Well, actually the best part comes after the ride because there are some very interesting items near the photo booth!
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No Plohn TR without this photo! ;)
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TPR on display!
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Beautiful sunset
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Re: Photo TR: Freizeitpark Plohn

Postby ernierocker » Tue Aug 30, 2011 12:32 pm

Nice TR! Always good to see parks that aren't featured very often on TPR.
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Re: Photo TR: Freizeitpark Plohn

Postby Intarider » Tue Aug 30, 2011 12:40 pm

Thank you :) I hope my English is acceptable. :)
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Re: Photo TR: Freizeitpark Plohn

Postby RoCo » Tue Aug 30, 2011 12:42 pm

Great report and El Toro does look like a blast, no surprise at all.

The, um, samples in the on-ride photo shop are just one more example of Europe's towering awesomeness. ;)
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Re: Photo TR: Freizeitpark Plohn

Postby ernierocker » Tue Aug 30, 2011 12:42 pm

Intarider wrote:Thank you :) I hope my English is acceptable. :)


Your English is better than some of the native English posters on this site. ;)
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Re: Photo TR: Freizeitpark Plohn

Postby Ryancrash » Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:02 pm

Nice TR! I really enjoyed Plohn when we visited last September. El Toro took me by surprise - I'd heard good things, but had no idea just how much fun it was going to be. Such a GREAT ride!! Love it.

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Re: Photo TR: Freizeitpark Plohn

Postby MayTheGForceBeWithYou » Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:20 pm

Intarider wrote:This is the site where the new-for-2012 Intamin wooden Giga Aquatrax with 12 inversions will be built! ;)

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Re: Photo TR: Freizeitpark Plohn

Postby Intarider » Tue Aug 30, 2011 4:24 pm

^^This was exactly how I felt. A few days before I rode Mammut at Tripsdrill, a woodie that is comparable in size and length, however it was totaly tame so my expectations to El Toro were not that high. Also, the only "true" woodie (not a pre-fab) I had ridden before was Anaconda in Walygator Parc which nearly broke my back (the Mitch Hawker Award for worst wooden coaster was totally justified) and so I was a bit frightened that all classic woodies would be that painful - but luckily they are not =)
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