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Park News
Taking the plunge!
Parks add first rides
A combination of education and amusement park,
Oltremare near Riccione in Italy this season added an
interactive boat ride by ABC Engineering in Switzerland.
The new attraction is the first major ride at a facility that Badoca
has so far used a combination of dolphin show, botanical
Safari Park
gardens and exhibits themed around Mother Earth to lure
its guests. Meanwhile Badoca Safari Park, 130km south of
A river was created especially for the boat ride on a Lisbon, in Portugal has put in a 450-mettre long Rapid
softly sloping hill and landscaped with boulders, gorges Ride by Hafema, the facility’s first major ride. Named
and waterfalls. “In fact,” says ABC’s Alberto Brandestini, Rafting Africano, the German-designed attraction is
“there are surprises lurking around every corner.” located in the Alentejo area of the park, in amongst a
Passengers steer their own boats as they travel along selection of African animals and habitats. A total of five
the 140-metre-long course and use the on-board water boats are used, each seating up to nine riders, and with
canons to spray other boats or onlookers. Each of the local temperatures hovering between 30 and 40ºC
four battery-driven boats glide freely through the water during the summer, it’s sure to have been a hit.
channel and then on a conveyor through the station area Consultant Christian Angenvoort helped broker the
for a steady disembarkation/loading. deal with Hafema. As part of his ongoing work with
ABC was one of the first companies to construct such Badoca, Angenvoort also developed a masterplan for the
an attraction with an installation a few years back at park together with a team of specialised zoo architects,
Tripsdrill in Germany, but this latest interactive boat ride is focusing on an African theme and with an emphasis on
arguably its best themed version to date. conversation. A safari camp is planned in future.
The new ride
by ABC at
Oltremare
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SEPTEMBER 2008
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