Total 41 Opened 19 August 1978 | Visitors per annum 1.525 million (2015) Roller coasters 9 Area 85 ha | |
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Slogan There's No where To Hyde! Rides Colossos, Krake, Big Loop, Flug der Dämonen, Schweizer Bobbahn Profiles | ||
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The Heide Park Resort (in English Heath Park) is a theme park in Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany. With an overall area of over 850,000 m² (210 acres), it is the largest amusement park in Northern Germany and among the largest in the country. It is part of the British-based Merlin Entertainments.
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- Heide park resort bekanntgabe ghostbusters 5d die ultimative geisterjagd
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- History
- Music and events
- Heide Park Resort
- Park areas
- Attractions
- Other attractions
- Kiddie Rides
- Shows
- Trivia
- Gallery
- References
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History
The site originally belonged to the Heidenhof Wildlife Park, which was named after the chapel that was built there in 1350. After the zoo was closed in 1972 following a devastating storm, the showman Hans-Jürgen Tiemann bought the land and opened a small amusement park in 1978 (with the contractual requirement to maintain Heidenhof Chapel as well as the keeping of native animals). When Heide Park opened on August 19, 1978 it offered only six rides: the Monzapiste, the Heide Park Express, the Oldtimerrundkurs, the Floßfahrt (tow boat ride), the Wichtelhausenbahn and the Hochbahn. In its first season, the Heide Park had just under 200,000 visitors. 1979 saw the first dolphin show, for which they built a large domed roof a year later (after the 2008 season, the dolphinarium was closed due to protests).
The Heide-Dorf (Heath Village), a richly detailed replica of typical buildings from the Lüneburg Heath, was inaugurated in the 1988 season. In 1996/'97 the Dutch section of the park was built with a windmill and canal at the other end of the park.
With the growth of the park, the catchment area grew as well. In the 1990s, up to two million people visited Heide-Park each season with 2.100.000 guests in 2001. The following year the UK-based Tussauds Group bought the park and since then attendance to the park has decreased to 1.5 - 1.6 million visitors per annum. Hans-Jürgen Tiemann still has influence in the park by shares and as an advisory director of the Tussauds Group. In early 2007 the Merlin Entertainments Group bought the majority of the shares of Tussauds Group from Dubai International Capital, which had taken over the shares in 2005.
The most recognizable landmark in the park is a 1/3 scale replica of the Statue of Liberty (35 meters tall), it was inaugurated on 4 July 1986 on the 100th anniversary of the original statue. At the end of 2011 the whole structure was relocated to stand within the roller coaster Colossos. The park's mascot is a bear called Wumbo.
In the 1990s, Hans-Jurgen Tiemann was successful as a driver and sponsor on the touring-car racing circuit, while his son Marcel Tiemann began a career as a professional race car driver.
Music and events
The music played at Heide Park is a combination of commercial tracks, library music and commissioned music. The following composers have had their music played at the park: Graham Smart, Ian Habgood, David Buckley, Crispin Merrell, and John Sanderson.
Halloween in October is a special event.
Heide Park Resort
Hotel Port Royal was opened in 2007 with 150 family rooms and 16 suites. There is also a Holiday Camp that opened in 2005 with 81 wooden houses in Caribbean style with a total of 536 beds.
Park areas
The park is divided into five areas.
- Park Entrance that features Lower-Saxony style buildings
- Bucht der Piraten (Pirate Land) that is mainly themed around the world of pirates
- Transilvania with a medieval-style castle on top of the hill surrounded by a forest
- Land der Vergessenen (Land of the Forgotten) which hosts the park's award-winning wooden roller coaster Colossos as well as the Mayan Village that has many flat rides
- Wild Wild West was opened in 2008 to celebrate the park's 30th anniversary, it incorporates Lucky Land.
Attractions
Heide Park currently has about 40 rides which are mainly aimed at families but its thrill rides are also very popular. One of the main attractions is Colossos, a wooden roller coaster, which until the opening of Balder, on 12 April 2003 in the Swedish amusement park Liseberg, was the steepest wooden roller coaster in the world. The latest attraction is the wing coaster "Flug der Dämonen"-(German for Flight of the demons). It is Germany's first wing coaster and reaches a maximum of 4G positive during the ride.
Other attractions
Krake Alive! - a 7 min horror maze (2012); Heide Park. This indoor horror maze has 7 different scenes in the 300 sq m building with plenty of special effects and live actors as well. Age limit 12 years.
Go Karts - go karts (2004); extra charge
Kiddie Rides
Shows
Five shows are available each day at Heide Park, these are;