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Coordinates: 51°23′46″N 5°59′10″E / 51.396°N 5.986°E / 51.396; 5.986
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Attractiepark Toverland
LocationSevenum, Netherlands
Coordinates51°23′46″N 5°59′10″E / 51.396°N 5.986°E / 51.396; 5.986
StatusOperating
OpenedMay 19, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-05-19)
OwnerGelissen Group
SloganDiscover Your Own Magic
Attendance862.000 (2019)
Attractions
Total36
Roller coasters5
Water rides5
WebsiteAttractiepark Toverland

Attractiepark Toverland (English: Magicland Amusement Park) is an amusement park in Sevenum, Netherlands. The park was founded in 2001[1] and is operated by Gelissen Group. De theme park received the last years a few arwards for best theme park in The Netherlands.

Themed area's

Toverland counts six themed area's. Two of them are indoor area's.

Land van Toos

The Land van Toos (English: Land of Toos) is the oldest part of the theme park and is completely indoor. In the Land van Toos there're a lot of children playgrounds, a kiddy roller coaster, two water slides and so on.

  • Roller coaster Toos-Express
    Roller coaster Toos-Express
  • Water slides
    Water slides
  • Decoration in the theme area
    Decoration in the theme area
  • Decoration in the waiting line of the ride Djinn
    Decoration in the waiting line of the ride Djinn

Wunder Wald

Wunder Wald (English: Wonder Forest) is also an indoor theme area. The theme is all about Austria. The name of the theme area is also German. In this part of Toverland there're a playgrounds and a few big rides like a bobkart (powered summer toboggan) and log flume. Around the bobkart there's a chocolat store and beer garden.

Ithaka

This theme area is the first themed area outside. The whole area is all about the ancient Greek. There're three rides among wich the biggest, longest and fastest wouden roller coaster of the Benelux named Troy. In Ithaka there's a hudge statue of the Trojan Horse. Visitors can pull on a rope of the horse. It's a famous photo spot in Toverland. Ithaka contains also an souvernirs shop and catering establishments. The theme area opened 1 july 2007 under the name Troy-Area. Wooden roller coaster Troy was the only ride. Three years later Toverland added two new rides: a pirate ship and horse track. In the summer of 2018 Troy-Area renamed to Ithaka.

  • Trojan Horse
    Trojan Horse
  • First drop of wooden roller coaster Troy.
    First drop of wooden roller coaster Troy.
  • Station of roller coaster Troy.
    Station of roller coaster Troy.
  • Pirate ship Scorpios
    Pirate ship Scorpios

Magische Vallei

De Magische Vallei (English: Magical Valley) it's about the 'Dwervels', fictional creatures. The area has a big rock formation. Through and over de rock formation runs a rapid river. The Magische Vallei contains also twee roller coaster: Dwerveldwind (a spinning roller coaster) and Booster Bike, the first motorcycle roller coaster in the world. The Magic Valley contains also a selfservice restaurant, a water show and a souvernirsshop. The souvernirsshop acts also as an exit for the Booster Bike roller coaster. The first part of the theme area, the spinning roller coaster, opened in september of 2012. Six months later the whole area included the rapid river opened. About the builing construction the amusementspark made an online behind-the-scene-documentary for YouTube.

  • Tunnel through rock formation
    Tunnel through rock formation
  • Spinning roller coaster Dwervelwind
    Spinning roller coaster Dwervelwind
  • Rapid River Djengu River
    Rapid River Djengu River
  • Dwervels, fictional people
    Dwervels, fictional people
  • Booster Bike, world's firstmotor bike coaster.
    Booster Bike, world's firstmotor bike coaster.

Port Laguna

Port Laguna is the entrance area of the theme park since 2018. Before Port Laguna opened, the entrance of the park was found in theme area Land van Toos. In an interview the designer says he didn't want a 'standard main street' like Disneyland. So he designed a circle-shaped area. The architecture of the area is Mediterranean. Eye-catcher is a tall lighthouse and is called Solaris. It houses an ice cream parlor. In the other buildings in Port Laguna are different shops, catering industry, fairground games and an interactive show. The whole theme area is based on Port of Entry in Universal's Islands of Adventure.

  • Entrance
    Entrance
  • Lighthouse Solaris
    Lighthouse Solaris
  • Sign post
    Sign post
  • Architecture in Port Laguna
    Architecture in Port Laguna
  • Terraces
    Terraces

Avalon

Avalon opened in 2018 around a former fishing lake. The theme area is based on the celtic culture and mythology. The area counts two rides: Fēnix (the first Wing Coaster of the Benelux) and Merlin's Quest (a boat ride with short dark ride-section. Otherwise there's a shop and a restaurant called The Flaming Feather. The restaurant is based on hobbit holes from the Hobbit movies. The toilets in the restaurant are decorated like a horse stable. Near the entrance of theme area is a panoramaview on Avalon included de Excalibur sword. The sword is a popular photo spot in the theme park.

  • Show building of the dark ride section of Merlin's Quest.
    Show building of the dark ride section of Merlin's Quest.
  • View at the lake.
    View at the lake.
  • Roller coaster Fēnix.
    Roller coaster Fēnix.
  • View from boat ride Merlin's Quest
    View from boat ride Merlin's Quest
  • Decoration in the waiting area of Merlin's Quest.
    Decoration in the waiting area of Merlin's Quest.

Rides

Water rides

Name Type
Aqua Snake
Drakenslangen		 Water slide
Djenu River Rapid River
Expedition Zork Log Flume
Merlin's Quest Boat Ride

Roller Coasters

Name Type Manufacturer Model Opened Status Other statistics
Toos-Express
Formerly Boomerang
Formerly Achtbaan 		Steel Vekoma Junior Coaster (Custom) 2001 Operating
  • Length: 1,049.8 ft (320.0 m)
  • Height: 39.3 ft (12.0 m)
  • Speed: 37.3 mph (60.0 km/h)
 [2]
Booster Bike Steel Vekoma Motorbike Coaster (600m) 2004 Operating
  • Length: 1,968.5 ft (600.0 m)
  • Height: 49.3 ft (15.0 m)
  • Speed: 46.6 mph (75.0 km/h)
 [3]
Troy Wood Great Coasters International Wooden roller coaster 2007 Operating
  • Length: 3,534 ft (1,077 m)
  • Height: 104.5 ft (31.9 m)
  • Speed: 54 mph (87 km/h)
 [4]
Dwervelwind
Formerly d'wervelwind 		Steel Mack Rides Spinning Coaster 2012 Operating
  • Length: 1,640.4 ft (500.0 m)
  • Height: 65.6 ft (20.0 m)
  • Speed: 43.5 mph (70.0 km/h)
 [5]
Fēnix Steel Bolliger & Mabillard Wing Coaster 2018 Operating
  • Length: 2,667.4 ft (813.0 m)
  • Height: 131.3 ft (40.0 m)
  • Speed: 59 mph (95 km/h)
 [6]

Visitors

Year Number of visitors
2005 410,000
2006 465,000
2007 500,000
2008 525,000
2009 530,000
2010 495,000
2011 517,000
2012 520,000[7]
2013 620,000[8]
2014 673,000
2015 698,498[9]
2016 682,932
2017 682,000
2018 812,000
2019 862.000[10]

References

  1. ^ Pretparken, Sebastiaan Timmermans, Volkskrant, April 23, 2011
  2. ^ Marden, Duane. "Boomerang  (Toverland)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  3. ^ Marden, Duane. "Booster Bike  (Toverland)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  4. ^ Marden, Duane. "Troy  (Toverland)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  5. ^ Marden, Duane. "Dwervelwind  (Toverland)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  6. ^ Marden, Duane. "Fenix  (Toverland)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 18 November 2012.
  7. ^ "Nieuw themagebied in Toverland". www.telegraaf.mobi (in Dutch). Reizen. 27 March 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
  8. ^ "Bezoekersrecord voor Toverland". www.l1.nl (in Dutch). L1 News. 18 November 2013. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
  9. ^ "Gelissen Group | Jaarverslag 2015". www.gelissengroup.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2018-01-28.
  10. ^ "Loooopings | Historisch moment voor Toverland: voor het eerst meer bezoekers dan Walibi". www.looopings.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2020-04-15.

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