Tusenfryd

Tusenfryd
Slogan The day is yours!
Location Vinterbro, Norway
Coordinates 59°44′54″N 10°46′37″E / 59.748226°N 10.777019°E / 59.748226; 10.777019Coordinates: 59°44′54″N 10°46′37″E / 59.748226°N 10.777019°E / 59.748226; 10.777019
Owner Parques Reunidos
Opened 11 June 1988
Operating season April to October
Rides
Total 31
Roller coasters 4
Water rides 3
Website www.tusenfryd.no

Tusenfryd (lit. "Thousand Joys", also common daisy) is an amusement park at Vinterbro, Norway. The park is located 20 kilometers south of Oslo. Two of the longest motorway corridors in Norway, E6 and E18, meet nearby Tusenfryd and the park is located on the west side near where they meet. SpeedMonster, SuperSplash, ThunderCoaster and SpaceShot make the park visible from the motorway. The park was officially opened on 11 June 1988, after a construction period of 18 months. The park is owned by Parques Reunidos S.A., located in Madrid, Spain. Bjørn Håvard Solli is the parks CEO. The park has 31 attractions and has 500,000 visitors per year.

History

From 1950 to 1985 the park´s area belonged to a zoo. When the zoo closed, two entrepreneurs, Tor Erling Pettersen and Terje Buer, signed a lease to rent 115 acres of the zoo´s former land and built a theme park. Eighteen months later, on 11 June 1988, Tusenfryd opened and attracted almost half a million people in its first season (a number of visitors that has remained steady ever since). Initially the park was owned by the companies Park Invest and Visit Investments but in 2008 the park was sold to the Spanish-based Parque Reunidos which also owns Norway´s largest water park Bø Sommerland.

The Park

Even though Tusenfryd is not divided into specifically themed areas there is a section called Morgan Kane Town (opened in 1993), another section is called Vikingland (opened in 1995) and there is a small Fairy Tale Land (opened in 2000). The park´s mascot is called Fryd. The park has one of the most innovative entrances of any amusement park (an uphill ride on an escalator through one of the loops of the Speed Monster´s roller coaster). The park has flower beds and it is located on a hilly forested area requiring a lot of uphill walking. The actual park occupies 55 acres.

Rides

Roller Coasters

Ride Name Type Manufacturer Opening
year		 Additional information Photo
Loopen Steel roller coaster Vekoma 1988 This attraction was built in 1988, and was the first roller coaster in TusenFryd. The name literally means "the loop". The ride is a custom Vekoma looping coaster with a top speed of 75 km/h.
Speed Monster Launched roller coaster Intamin 2006 Speed Monster is an Intamin designed "Rocket Coaster" with a 6000 HP hydraulic launch that rockets riders from zero to 90 km/h in 2.2 seconds. The rollercoaster then traverses a loop around the escalator at the entrance of the park. Riders experience 4 G's, experience weightlessness 7 times, are inverted 3 times. The track is 700 meters long and lasts around 40s. It cost 70 million NOK to build.
SuperSplash Water Coaster MACK Rides 2003 Opened in 2003, Super Splash is a water coaster with a 50° steep second drop, has a top speed of 75 km/h. The ride had a total of 3 boats, it was minimized to 2, but for an unknown reason the ride only has one running. Each boat can hold 16 people. The ride is 320m long, and produces a 5m tall splash when the boat hits the water.
Dvergbanen Steel roller coaster SBF Visa Group 1996 Claims to be the "smallest roller coaster in the world" at 2.5 m high, 26 m long, and with a top speed of 6 kph.[1]
Thundercoaster Wooden roller coaster Vekoma 2001 Thundercoaster is a "classic" wooden roller coaster built by Vekoma. Riders can experience 3 G's and speeds of up to 100 km/h. The highest point of the coaster is 39 meters.
Western Expressen Roller Coaster Vekoma 2012 A steel sit down coaster that reaches a speed of 40 km/h on a 350 m long track and a height of 17 m.

Water Rides

Other Rides

Kiddie Rides

Water Park

The small water park Badefryd is included in the admission price, it opened in 2000.

Timeline

Fryd, Tusenfryds' mascot.

It was officially opened on 11 June 1988, and took 18 months to build. TusenFryd is the only amusement park inhabitants of Oslo can visit on a one-day trip, giving it an advantage in the Norwegian amusement-park business. As of 2009, TusenFryd averaged 470,000 visitors a year, with a revenue of 174,4 million NOK a year.[2]

Work

TusenFryd is one of Norway's largest employers of youths.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Abelsen Erik, Park Supervisor - Operations
  2. ↑ "TusenFryd:Fakta/historikk". Tusenfryd.
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