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Theme Park Superhero
Due to the crazy operating season of the region, I failed to hit all the parks in this area before. Still needed Farup, Friheden and Drage Kongen has appeared... lets check things out.
Might find a couple of recycled pics of the cool stuff from previous visits thrown in here because I was lazy this time. Spot the difference in the weather.
Day 1 - Legoland Billund
Landed in Billund with the sight of Polar Xplorer greeting us from the plane window. Unfortunately had to suffer some Legoland so that the friend I was with could get the creds.
Ended up in an overflow car park at the back of the park which meant a good 15 minute walk around the perimeter to the entrance. Cost a stupid amount for the privilige as well, it's Alton all over again.
Park was so packed full of people that it was a struggle to get around and I wasn't looking forward to dealing with that, but as we would discover everywhere on this trip, Denmark seems unable to get big queues.
Went for a couple of laps on Polar Xplorer, 10 minute queue and then walk on after a short and well handled breakdown.
Still a great family ride that gives you a little something to think about. Stop building wild mice.
15 minutes for the wild mouse, which had also had a well handled breakdown. It was trimming itself to death after the big drop for some reason, not that it mattered.
I didn't realise the dragon could run 2 trains, must be some sorcery going on there. The dark ride section remains well kept and the outside section remains pointless.
Reminded myself how short and pathetic The Temple is, no wonder they went for a second shooter. Took a few confused seconds to pinpoint that it was playing the Tomb Blaster theme.
Still don't like Ghost. Glorified frog hopper in a park with 3 perfectly suitable frog hoppers.
Still like Ninjago, even though it seems impossible to get a hang of the shooting. It's a fun little sit down and a change of pace.
In true Merlin style, the effects seem to have toned down from last year.
Job done.
Tivoli Friheden
Was expecting a crappy Bakken atmosphere for some reason, but this was a really nice place. Just not so good on the cred front.
Didn't take many photos here because after the nice looking entrance area it quickly becomes the exterior of all the rides looking like the Battlebots arena.
Had a moment of realisation that I've ridden too much crap, as our conversation continued unhindered throughout the Pinfari looper that is Orkanens Øje. Completely zoned it out.
Was quite intrigued by the uniqueness of Cobra, but didn't expect much. Rode about as well as a middle of the road SLC, layout was mildly interesting, eh.
Bee themed SBF spinner was a thing.
Not quite a wacky worm was a thing.
Zamperla spinner didn't spin. Thought it was just Japan that had weird ideas like that.
Did the ghost train, which had several pauses at screens to shoot zombies in a completely non-immersive fashion. Enjoyed the sections in between a little more.
Had to try the SCAD tower. The staff were extremely nice and fantastic at leading people through the experience. While dangling over nothingness I was asked if I was 'much of a screamer'. I replied that I wasn't.
The guy said: "I'll scream for you then. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Splat.
Glad I did it, though I wouldn't say it was a good experience.
In my head there was very little fear going on, but the instinctive physical reaction of '*uck, f*ck, fu*k, fuc*, I'm about to die' wasn't particularly pleasant.
Sat down on a bench and looked at some pictures to calm down, then had a round of crazy crazy golf before calling it a day.
Might find a couple of recycled pics of the cool stuff from previous visits thrown in here because I was lazy this time. Spot the difference in the weather.
Day 1 - Legoland Billund
Landed in Billund with the sight of Polar Xplorer greeting us from the plane window. Unfortunately had to suffer some Legoland so that the friend I was with could get the creds.
Ended up in an overflow car park at the back of the park which meant a good 15 minute walk around the perimeter to the entrance. Cost a stupid amount for the privilige as well, it's Alton all over again.
Park was so packed full of people that it was a struggle to get around and I wasn't looking forward to dealing with that, but as we would discover everywhere on this trip, Denmark seems unable to get big queues.
Went for a couple of laps on Polar Xplorer, 10 minute queue and then walk on after a short and well handled breakdown.
Still a great family ride that gives you a little something to think about. Stop building wild mice.
15 minutes for the wild mouse, which had also had a well handled breakdown. It was trimming itself to death after the big drop for some reason, not that it mattered.
I didn't realise the dragon could run 2 trains, must be some sorcery going on there. The dark ride section remains well kept and the outside section remains pointless.
Reminded myself how short and pathetic The Temple is, no wonder they went for a second shooter. Took a few confused seconds to pinpoint that it was playing the Tomb Blaster theme.
Still don't like Ghost. Glorified frog hopper in a park with 3 perfectly suitable frog hoppers.
Still like Ninjago, even though it seems impossible to get a hang of the shooting. It's a fun little sit down and a change of pace.
In true Merlin style, the effects seem to have toned down from last year.
Job done.
Tivoli Friheden
Was expecting a crappy Bakken atmosphere for some reason, but this was a really nice place. Just not so good on the cred front.
Didn't take many photos here because after the nice looking entrance area it quickly becomes the exterior of all the rides looking like the Battlebots arena.
Had a moment of realisation that I've ridden too much crap, as our conversation continued unhindered throughout the Pinfari looper that is Orkanens Øje. Completely zoned it out.
Was quite intrigued by the uniqueness of Cobra, but didn't expect much. Rode about as well as a middle of the road SLC, layout was mildly interesting, eh.
Bee themed SBF spinner was a thing.
Not quite a wacky worm was a thing.
Zamperla spinner didn't spin. Thought it was just Japan that had weird ideas like that.
Did the ghost train, which had several pauses at screens to shoot zombies in a completely non-immersive fashion. Enjoyed the sections in between a little more.
Had to try the SCAD tower. The staff were extremely nice and fantastic at leading people through the experience. While dangling over nothingness I was asked if I was 'much of a screamer'. I replied that I wasn't.
The guy said: "I'll scream for you then. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Splat.
Glad I did it, though I wouldn't say it was a good experience.
In my head there was very little fear going on, but the instinctive physical reaction of '*uck, f*ck, fu*k, fuc*, I'm about to die' wasn't particularly pleasant.
Sat down on a bench and looked at some pictures to calm down, then had a round of crazy crazy golf before calling it a day.
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