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Phantasialand: General Discussion
Operations are nowhere near Europa standards unfortunately . Would agree that they’re more akin to Towers, albeit with better ride availability
Manchester1894
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I know you can buy quick pass + from Berlin office, but is it dated? Ie could I carry over to next day? I know the hotel pass is not dated. Just wondered about the paid versions. Thanks in advance. Some queues today!
Bowser
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Probably not news but....
Phantasialand visitors beware: a notorious attraction with cult status is closed. The German theme park is warning online that the Chinese ghost dark ride, Geister Rikscha, is currently out of service. Closures and renovations are common, but this case immediately sets alarm bells ringing for fans.
Geister Rikscha is one of Phantasialand's oldest attractions, and the park is known for regularly closing and demolishing classics without prior notice.
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Phantasialand visitors beware: a notorious attraction with cult status is closed. The German theme park is warning online that the Chinese ghost dark ride, Geister Rikscha, is currently out of service. Closures and renovations are common, but this case immediately sets alarm bells ringing for fans.
Geister Rikscha is one of Phantasialand's oldest attractions, and the park is known for regularly closing and demolishing classics without prior notice.
Phantasialand waarschuwt voor sluiting van cult-darkride
Phantasialand-bezoekers opgelet: een foute attractie met een cultstatus is dicht. Het Duitse pretpark waarschuwt online dat de Chinese spookdarkride...
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Plastic Person
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I was surprised to read on Loopings that Geister Rikscha is 250 metres long. It feels closer to 25000 when you're riding it.
NuttySquirrel
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Probably not news but....
Phantasialand visitors beware: a notorious attraction with cult status is closed. The German theme park is warning online that the Chinese ghost dark ride, Geister Rikscha, is currently out of service. Closures and renovations are common, but this case immediately sets alarm bells ringing for fans.
Geister Rikscha is one of Phantasialand's oldest attractions, and the park is known for regularly closing and demolishing classics without prior notice.
Phantasialand waarschuwt voor sluiting van cult-darkride
Phantasialand-bezoekers opgelet: een foute attractie met een cultstatus is dicht. Het Duitse pretpark waarschuwt online dat de Chinese spookdarkride...
CSLKenny
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The park website literally states it is for maintenance work and a park spokesperson has commented to the local press:
Important to keep in mind it is a more than 40 year old ride system from a long defunct manufacturer. Spare parts are not exactly easy to come by.
Other than Hollywood Tour due to the major water damage incident during covid; permanent PHL ride closures always come with some kind of farewell rides from staff. While Geister just went down with technical issues it seems.
Important to keep in mind it is a more than 40 year old ride system from a long defunct manufacturer. Spare parts are not exactly easy to come by.
Other than Hollywood Tour due to the major water damage incident during covid; permanent PHL ride closures always come with some kind of farewell rides from staff. While Geister just went down with technical issues it seems.
Europa Matt
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Geister is a strange one for me, its that quirky old ride that exists around newer/modern Phantasialand which mostly comprises richly themed lands.
Unlike the (now closed) Hollywood ride, it still kind-of fitted into the park’s identity but is starting to look very dated now. I Last rode it last January and must admit the ride was in worser state, compared to 5 years ago.
Ideally it needs a major retheme update. However this is Phantasialand , so they are far more likely to bulldoze most of the China area and build a brand new dark ride in it‘s place. Maybe they could also remove Feng Ju Palace and replace it with a Danse Macabre style dark ride/attraction too.
Unlike the (now closed) Hollywood ride, it still kind-of fitted into the park’s identity but is starting to look very dated now. I Last rode it last January and must admit the ride was in worser state, compared to 5 years ago.
Ideally it needs a major retheme update. However this is Phantasialand , so they are far more likely to bulldoze most of the China area and build a brand new dark ride in it‘s place. Maybe they could also remove Feng Ju Palace and replace it with a Danse Macabre style dark ride/attraction too.
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Burbs
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Have to disagree with you on this one. It’s not very good and think it should be replaced by something better, but it’s not exactly an eyesore (in fact, it’s a bit blink-and-you-miss-it when walking past). Having it removed with no replacement would mean one less thing to do when it’s raining, and losing something that doesn’t ever really get a queue even on busy days.
CSLKenny
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Finishing touches are being put on the former Schauspielhaus which was home to Pirates 4D and construction fences are being taken away. The newly named Residenz Theatre (which was the name of an actual Berlin theatre in the time period) looks not too far away from opening. Pictures from Phantafriends.de
CSLKenny
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All the fencing has been removed from the entrance and permanent posts set into the ground for queuing. Only the exit is still fenced off otherwise all the exterior work is done and open.
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Chris the head of park operations even shared a picture of the entrance today in an unusual move as they don't share or comment on work in progress stuff normally.
All points to opening very soon.
Looopings did some digging into the source code of the Phantasialand app - which showed Pirates in 4D's profile was not completely removed, just hidden from the user interface and some of the details have been edited recently.
A minimum height has been added of 90cm when accompanied by an adult or 1.2m without an adult.
The classification has also been changed from "show" to "family attraction".
Since this was discovered a few days ago online the entire entry has been removed from the source code.
4D cinemas rarely have height restrictions so it is interesting that whatever this "new 4D experience" will entail does.
Chris the head of park operations even shared a picture of the entrance today in an unusual move as they don't share or comment on work in progress stuff normally.
All points to opening very soon.
Looopings did some digging into the source code of the Phantasialand app - which showed Pirates in 4D's profile was not completely removed, just hidden from the user interface and some of the details have been edited recently.
A minimum height has been added of 90cm when accompanied by an adult or 1.2m without an adult.
The classification has also been changed from "show" to "family attraction".
Since this was discovered a few days ago online the entire entry has been removed from the source code.
4D cinemas rarely have height restrictions so it is interesting that whatever this "new 4D experience" will entail does.
Bowser
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Or a flying theatre! Though can’t imagine they’d have snuck that in without anyone seeing.
There in 4 weeks, fingers crossed
Bowser
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With our trip a few weeks away I have a few rather specific questions hopefully someone can help with...
1. We'll get a taxi from the airport, can we get dropped directly at Hotel Ling Bao or do we just go to the park entrance and walk from there?
2. Estimate we'll arrive around 3pm (though Ryanair so not relying on that) so hopefully get a couple of hours in the park. What's the best way to approach dinner? Bowser Jr has a very limited palette so generally pizza or bread based food is a safe option for day one. Is it better to eat in the park itself? The hotels all seem to be higher end food which i'm sure is delightful but probably not going to suit our needs. Or perhaps room service is an option?
1. We'll get a taxi from the airport, can we get dropped directly at Hotel Ling Bao or do we just go to the park entrance and walk from there?
2. Estimate we'll arrive around 3pm (though Ryanair so not relying on that) so hopefully get a couple of hours in the park. What's the best way to approach dinner? Bowser Jr has a very limited palette so generally pizza or bread based food is a safe option for day one. Is it better to eat in the park itself? The hotels all seem to be higher end food which i'm sure is delightful but probably not going to suit our needs. Or perhaps room service is an option?
Would be amazing if they snuck that in haha.Or a flying theatre! Though can’t imagine they’d have snuck that in without anyone seeing.
There in 4 weeks, fingers crossed