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Not sure if this is the right place, but interestingly Flamingo Land have been named as the preferred operator for Scarborough's Alpamere Water Park.
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Enter Valhalla
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Dear god, of all the operators they could have considered. Just why?!
I don't think this will completely answer your question, but there are other Alpamare water parks with the same logo. I'm not sure what the connection is between them.Hope they dont open slides up at different times of the day
Anyone know why it was named Alpamare
Alpamare | Switzerland's biggest aquapark | 2,1 km in waterslides and adventure - Alpamare
12 water slides, 4 baths, children's paradise, wellness, saunas, gym, group lessons, beauty treatments: Come along and discover the Alpamare!
alpamare.ch
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Unfortunately, there is no one else in the area, flamingo land have been desperate for something in Scarborough for a while.
With it being in scarbabos as well and, In an area well away from town. The big money men probably aren't interested.
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Was it the same operators that opened the Scarb one then? Edit, looks like they were originally run by the same team as of the German siteI don't think this will completely answer your question, but there are other Alpamare water parks with the same logo. I'm not sure what the connection is between them.
Alpamare | Switzerland's biggest aquapark | 2,1 km in waterslides and adventure - Alpamare
12 water slides, 4 baths, children's paradise, wellness, saunas, gym, group lessons, beauty treatments: Come along and discover the Alpamare!
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I'd love to know more about this as well. It looks like it might have been some kind of management contract, where one company owned it and another one operated it, maybe like what's happened with Merlin and Cadbury's World and The Sandcastle. But there's nothing particularly clear coming up from a quick Google search.
It is possible that the Alpa bit has a connection to the Alps mountains, considering that an Alpamare in Switzerland is billed as Switzerland's biggest water park. But that's just speculation. It'd be interesting to know more about the story behind this water park.
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I found this
England, UK: Scarborough Joining with Alpamare - EuroAmusement Professional
Thank you Spark. I appreciate you doing the digging. I wonder whether they looked at still using the Alpamare Group to run it when it came out of administration. Does this mean it'll get re-branded, or will Alpamara licence their branding for a small fee?I found this
England, UK: Scarborough Joining with Alpamare - EuroAmusement Professional
www.eap-magazin.de
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So it turns out that Flamingo Land operating Alpamere is a temporary arrangement until November, whilst a longterm solution is found:
Scarborough: Alpamare to reopen after 'superhuman effort'
Waterpark has been closed since December and will be operated by Flamingo Land theme park's owners.
www.bbc.co.uk
Matt N
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According to Pierre from CoasterForce, Velocity recently reopened from an extended period of maintenance… and for reasons unknown, they have upped the minimum height restriction to a bafflingly high 5ft/1.52m: https://coasterforce.com/forums/thr...eme-park-industry.42689/page-176#post-1177720
I’m a bit flummoxed by what could possibly have brought this on. Even though it has odd, uncomfortable restraints, Velocity isn’t even a particularly intense or rough ride.
5ft must easily be the highest height restriction I’ve ever heard of on a coaster… a number of shorter adults will be shut out of that!
I’m a bit flummoxed by what could possibly have brought this on. Even though it has odd, uncomfortable restraints, Velocity isn’t even a particularly intense or rough ride.
5ft must easily be the highest height restriction I’ve ever heard of on a coaster… a number of shorter adults will be shut out of that!
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I guess the only good thing is that the 5ft restriction might help keep the queue short!
This was my daughter’s first 1.4m ride, I’ll always remember her being absolutely shocked that she got on it as I’m sure she was a couple of cm too short and was expecting to be turned away.
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According to my old park maps it used to have a 4'6"/137cm minimum. Toverland's is 1.4m according to their website FWIW.
Some rides have 1.5m minimum for their larger seats and Talocan opened with a 1.45m minimum (since reduced to 1.4m). I can't think of any other rides with a overall minimum restriction of more than 1.4m
Some rides have 1.5m minimum for their larger seats and Talocan opened with a 1.45m minimum (since reduced to 1.4m). I can't think of any other rides with a overall minimum restriction of more than 1.4m