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Located on a hilltop outside the town of St Both parks have become good customers of ABC
Margarethen in Burgenland, the skyline of this 12- Rides, which supplied not only The Roman Tower,
hectare park has been transformed this season by the similar to Tripdrill’s Maypole Tower, but also the cute
arrival of Götterblitz and the Roman Tower. The two Kroko-Wasserbahn children’s flume and Traktorbahn
attractions, a YoungStar family coaster from Mack and ride, complete with authentic replicas of classic
a Maypole Tower by ABC Rides, are clearly visible Austrian Steyr tractors. “ABC are very good,” says
above everything else as guests approach this Müller, “and it is always interesting to work with
charming park from the road outside. “We are a small [owner] Willy Walser.”
park, but this is the next step towards us becoming a Comprising eight basket-style gondolas, the Roman
middle-sized park,” confirms owner Mario Müller. Tower spins slowly as the baskets rise and fall,
Müller began adding the first major rides in 1992 controlled by passengers via the use of a joystick.
after inheriting what for many years had been an Halfway through the ride, the tower speeds up and the
animal and sculpture park from his father. A year later baskets swing outwards as the interactive feature is
he signed up to the German trade association VDFU, overridden in favour of a pre-programmed sequence.
and was soon embraced by other members of the The ride also offers tremendous views out over nearby
industry. Lake Neusiedl (Neusiedlersee). Märchenpark owner Mario Müller
“In 1994 we made a trip to the USA with Helmut When it came to choosing a rollercoaster, the
Fischer from Tripsdrill,” Müller recalls. “It was great YoungStar from Mack appealed to Müller for two
fun, and very inspirational. I was impressed with the reasons: “I rode the original ride, called Pegasus, at
theming at Dollywood, but also found some of the Europa-Park together with my children, and they had a
older parks very interesting too.” very good feeling. I also liked the quality. And because
A lot of the early rides at Märchenpark were pretty we already had a Roman area at our park, we did not
standard fare, things like a balloon ride, truck ride need to do any new theming!“
and cable car, but in recent years the park has Featuring a Trojan horse-themed train, Götterblitz,
started adopting more idiosyncratic attractions from like Pegasus, is suitable for children as small as four
manufacturers in Germany and Switzerland. And years or one metre in height, yet it is still a thrilling ride
anyone that has visited Tripsdrill will find that with remarkable smoothness. Also new this season is
Fischer’s style has clearly been an influence in the Duck Parade from Metallbau Emmeln, another
Neusiedlersee too. tried and tested Tripsdrill attraction.
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