No not another strange type of food, but rather a fantastic theme park – think 6 flags.

This trip was with just Michael and I. The girls went off for their own adventure.

Things are always done a bit differently in Europe, but after we figured out the entrance fee and ride fees we were good to go.

We wandered around a bit trying to figure out the layout of the place. Slightly difficult when everything in written in Swedish. “Vet du vad jag menar?”

Eventually we started finding the entrances to the rides we wanted to go on. Since it was fairly late afternoon on a Friday the lines weren’t bad at all. Overall it was impressive how they managed to fit all the rides, carnival, food and people into such a small place without it feeling cramped. Although when it is busy I suspect it feels different.

I took some pictures and video, but the ones below were much better than mine. Be sure and take a look at the background, it really shows the park and its beautiful location.

Jetline

This was our first ride. A standard metal roller coaster. A great intro to the park and one of our favorite rides. We rode this one a couple of times.

Twister

Next door was a wooden roller coaster. I don’t think I’ve been on many (if any) of those so I wanted to give it a try as they are supposed to have a different feel. The ride was fun, but I didn’t notice anything different. I suspect because it looks newly built not one of the old historic ones.

Kvasten

I’ve always enjoyed those rides where your feet hang free, but this one left me a little cold. The wait was long, the ride was very short and not very interesting.

Eclipse

Michael convinced me to ride this one. I’m not a huge fan of heights, but I understand the role they play. Afterwards Michael commented that it was more of a sightseeing event than a ride, which I can see, but I was holding on to the chains pretty tightly while he was rubbernecking 🙂

Fritt Fall

This is another ride that Michael instigated. There were 2 lines Fritt Fall and Fritt Fall Tilt. Guess which one we got in. We watched ride cycle a couple of times trying to figure out what the “tilt” part was, but we couldn’t really see anything. When it was our turn we strapped in and headed up – way up. Just for extra fun you sit on what feels like a 2×4 with your feet dangling – fun. When we got to the top they hold you there for a few moments to anticipate the drop, then we found out what the “tilt” was. Just before dropping us the seats tilted forward 15 degrees or so (felt like a lot and was done quickly to scare the bejebers out of you).

Katapulten

This was one of my favorites. It is essentially a giant air cannon with you as the projectile. They charge up the cannon and shoot you to the top and let you bounce down on the air cushion then haul you to the top and shoot you down to the ground for another bounce up. Serious positive and negative g-forces.

Insane

This one was truly insane, so we rode it twice of course. The first time we were facing outwards which meant that we would go over the first drop blind and backwards. Little did we know that a couple of lightweight kids were on the other side of our car. The effect was that our car was out of balance and flipped madly at every drop. I can’t could how many times in a row I saw sky, ground, sky, ground, sky, ground… By the time we were done I was literally seeing stars from the g-forces we generated and they didn’t stop for several minutes. I needed a break after that one and had some issues walking straight on the way out.

On our second trip we rode the right side, faced inwards and got more evenly paired so that ride was still thrilling, but also enjoyable. My shoulders were aching nonetheless from being slammed into the harness repeatedly.

We then decided we were done and could risk eating some park food – probably not a good idea before throwing yourself upside down repeatedly if you know what I mean.