PowerPark

PowerPark
Location	Alahärmä, Finland
Coordinates	63°13′42″N 022°51′35″E
Website	www.powerpark.fi
Owner	Lillbacka enterprises
Opened	1999, rides area 2002
Operating season	May to August (rides area) / throughout the year
Area	130 ha (320 acres)
Rides	34 total 4 roller coasters 1 water rides

Thunderbird in the PowerPark amusement park.

PowerPark is a large scale karting and amusement park in Alahärmä, Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland. The main karting track already resembles an F1 circuit, but they also have a hectare-large indoor track, the largest in Europe.^{[citation needed]} Other than that the resort also contains a restaurant, large hotel, a camping area with cottages and all sorts of amusement rides.

PowerLand

Major rides

Name	Manufacturer	Model	Opened	Ride type
Thunderbird	GCI	Wooden Coaster	2006	Rollercoaster, wood
Cobra	Vekoma	Boomerang	2005	Rollercoaster, looping
Joyride	L&T Systems	Coaster 47x21	2003	Rollercoaster
Neo's Twister	Fabbri	Mpouse 40	2011	Rollercoaster
Piovra	Soriani & Moser	Polyp	2004	Thrill ride
Typhoon	Technical Park	Typhoon	2004	Spectacular
Booster	Fabbri	Booster	2003	Spectacular
Music Express	Barbieri	Musik Express	2002	Thrill ride
Mega Drop	Fabbri	Mega Drop	2002	Tower
Giant Wheel	Fabbri	Giant Wheel 34	2003
La Paloma	Zierer	Vertical Swing	2005
Bumper Cars	Gosetto / cars IE Park	Bumper Cars	2003
Fiesta Mexicana	Zamperla	Vertical Swing	2007
Pegasus	Technical Park	Pegasus	2008

In 2007, a worker died after being hit by the Typhoon ride. According to the news, she was retrieving a shoe. After the incident, the park was closed earlier than usual and both workers and customers were given crisis aid.

Family rides

Name	Manufacturer	Model	Opened	Ride type
Dino Safari Jeep	Zamperla		2002
Crazy House	Barbieri		2003
Time Machine			2005
Galeon	Zamperla	Disk'O	2007	Thrill ride
Mine Train	Zamperla	Family Gravity Coaster 80STD	2007	Rollercoaster
Devil's Mine Hotel	Gosetto	Dark Ride	2007
Balloon Tower	Technical Park	Balloon Tower	2008

Kiddie rides

Name	Manufacturer	Model	Opened	Ride type
Jumping Star	Zamperla	Jumping Star	2002
Rio Grande Train	Zamperla	Rio Grande	2003
Wild Horse Carousel			2002
Mini Jets	Zamperla		2003
Mini Tea Cup	Zamperla	Teacup Ride	2002
Chain Carousel	Sopark	Wave Swinger	2002
Mill River			2005
Chuck Wagon	Zamperla	Ferris Wheel	2005
Jump Around	Zamperla		2007
Pirate Ship	Lappset		2002
Captain Hook	Zamperla		2009
Lion King	Technical Park	Flying Twist - Aladino	2011

Removed rides

Name	Manufacturer	Model	Opened	Ride type
Tapis Volant	Fabbri	Flying Carpet	2002–2005	Thrill ride
Dark Ride	Emiliana Luna Park	Ghost Train	2005–2006

Horse centre

The Riding Centre of PowerPark is being completed and will start its operations in 2008. The Centre is located in a peaceful place, behind a small woods, in the vicinity of PowerPark. The Riding Centre will provide horse treks of different kinds in South Ostrobothnian landscapes.

External links

Media related to PowerPark at Wikimedia Commons

• Official homepage in English