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Hansa-Park: General Discussion

It looks great from a distance, especially compared to the block of grey concrete that was there previously. This is a very, very minor (weird) gripe but for some reason they have decided against using drains and just painted grids on black bricks. It looks like fine from afar but from the queue you can see most tiles were smudged or the lines are nowhere near straight/uniform. Interesting that they spent all that money on theming it and didn't opt for grid covers. Everything else about Karnan is great and it is definitely high up in my list of favourite coasters :)

Karnanpulten looks great next to Karnan. It's exactly the same as Skyforce in as you'd expect but the main difference is that the screen with score count is turned on :rolleyes: Weirdly there is a fountain next to it that is a smaller version of the fountain in Agrabah at Tokyo Disney sea.

Der Kleine Zar looks like a coaster penned in by a wooden fence, very Merlin-esque!

Slammer was initially closed at TP because you can't disturb a birds nest. I don't think Germany has a comparable law, as Novgorod had at least 3 nests in the track and was still running.
 
Bump! Hansa Park have announced 'Highlander' , the world's tallest and fastest gyro drop tower for 2019.

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At 103m tall, it's significantly higher than Scream at Heide Park. The gondola will rotate on its climb, and seats will tilt to 30 degrees before the plummet.

Interestingly, the ride won't be designed by Intamin, rather their best friends over at Gerst...

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I can already hear @AstroDan screaming with joy.
 
Taller than Red Force apparently...

Also adding some theming to the surrounding area (Nessie superrollercoaster and Rastafari Roland) which is certainly the interesting side of this one, Hansa's theming has been fantastic over the years...
 
According to the new 2021 park map and main brochure, the coaster "Fluch von Novgorod" ("Curse of Novgorod") is now called "Flucht von Novogorod" ("Escape from Novgorod"). It's still unkown if that's an simple error because the website page for Novgorod still names the coaster "Fluch".
https://www.hansapark.de/attraktion/28/details/fluch-von-novgorod?language=de

the brochures:
https://www.hansapark.de/park-map?language=en
https://www.hansapark.de/brochures-to-download?language=en

please note: the new logo is only visible on the map preview
 
Concerning rumours are circulating that Hansa Park are in discussions with international park groups about a possible sale. The owning family are neither confirming or denying it.

Will the German amusement park Hansa-Park soon be taken over by a foreign park group? The family park in Northern Germany, opened in 1977, is still in family hands today. There is talk of a possible sale in the corridors. Current management does not address that story in substance.

Several parties are in talks about a takeover of Hansa-Park, Looopings learned. Today the park is still run by Christoph Andreas Leicht and his wife Claudia Leicht. The latter does not want to confirm or deny the news.

She informs Looopings that she has also heard the story. She prefers not to give a substantive response. “In the thirty years that we have run our family business, there have always been individuals who claim to have caught something without disclosing the names of their sources,” said Leicht.

"In order not to encourage such activities, we will not comment further." There is no clear denial. Initiates report to Looopings that the owners are indeed meeting with international park groups. It is not clear when a possible sale should take place.

The first Lego amusement park in Germany opened in 1973 on the site of Hansa-Park: Legoland Sierksdorf. In 1977 the destination was transformed into Hansaland. The name Hansa-Park dates from 1987.
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https://www.looopings.nl/weblog/165...gaan-op-geruchten-over-mogelijke-verkoop.html
 
CSLKenny said:
Concerning rumours are circulating that Hansa Park are in discussions with international park groups about a possible sale. The owning family are neither confirming or denying it.

https://www.looopings.nl/weblog/165...gaan-op-geruchten-over-mogelijke-verkoop.html
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Don't sell Christoph! Hansa is one of the few remaining examples of a family-owned park that works within its means, yet has still developed and built fantastic attractions whilst retaining all of the charm and attention to detail that it's always had. I do fear that any potential sale would lead to a sad path similar to that which Heide has gone down in recent years (see below: beautifully elegant buildings left to rot in the area to the right of the park entrance).

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Why would this be? Do we think that COVID has plunged them into financial difficulties, similar to Drayton Manor, or do we think that the family who owns Hansa just want out for whatever reason?
 
Could be a whole host of things. I have no idea how Hansa Park is financed but I would imagine the past year has been a real challenge for them. And if the family have received a good offer then that could be tempting to turn down.

You never want to see independent parks such has Hansa get snapped up by international operators as given time there is decent chance it would lose its charm as said operator looks to bring in IPs. Can't see it being Merlin, perhaps Parques Reunidos?
 
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