Day 5 of the Camping and Coaster 2004 tour.
First stop of course had to be the Intamin woodie that was Balder. After the slight disappointment of Thunder Coaster, I hoped that Balder would live up to all the hype that’s been heaped on it since opening last year. And it did. Big time!!!
First ride was in the front seat, which provided airtime galore. And I mean galore! The train drops down the steep 70 degree first drop, then tightly turns up into a second airtime filled hill. The rest of the ride is made up of twisted highly banked turns and airtime hill. There are a fair few tunnelled sections to reduce the noise of screaming riders, but these didn’t affect the wow/fun factor of the ride. Balder is now my number 1 woodie hands down.
Other rides ridden were:
Lisebergbanen – As you know Anton Schwarzkoptf was a coaster genius. And this amazing coaster proves it. Built on a hill, the non looping coaster ascends a 148 foot lift hill, then, using the terrain as a guide, it curves down into the first drop down the side of the hill (providing some nice airtime) before swooping up round the other side and swooping back down and around again. It then encircles the drop tower before going into the final drop and helix. A true joy to ride, and way up my top 10 list.
Liseberg Tower – Great views and photo opportunities.
Tornado – Like a sit down cage but with lap bars. Provides some nice g force’s. Great fun.
Pirate Ship – Boring. Had pointless overhead restraints, even though it didn’t invert.
Kallerado – A very wet and extremely fun rapids ride featuring some ‘wild’ rapids sections and plenty of sprays to keep everyone wet! I was dripping! Featured wicked theming too.
Pandavision – An impressive WWF sponsored animated 3D film about how man is destroying land and sea. |
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