Bobbejaanland Review | Lichtaart, Belgium Theme Park
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- Опубліковано 6 лип 2024
- Bobbejaanland is a large theme park with 8 roller coasters, located in north Belgium. They're home to a variety of quirky, odd attractions, such as Revolution, Fury, King Kong, and an indoor log flume.
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You didn’t miss anything from that King Kong ride. It might look cool, but trust me, it is one of the most underwhelming flatrides ever. Very calm ride, and very dissapointing
Tru dat
it sucks indeed
I am pretty sure it was always intended to be a kiddie bus ride.
its almost never open. Its good for little kids and a good way for parents to take a picture.
@@Yautja24its open a lot, but keep in mind that this attraction is quite old and not what it used to be. When it first opened the eye changed color and the came smoke out of the nose and mouth. (no hate btw 😊)
Bobbejaanland was created and owned by Bobbejaan Schoepen and this man was a country singer, singing in the USA.
When he was getting old, he wanted to settle down and created a peace of USA in Belgium, which grew to the park it is now...
I used to go there a lot in my youth and I still have a cassette recording of his whistle solo, haha!
Personally I like Indiana River, which is like the prototype indoor log flume, like Valhalla at Blackpool Pleasure Beach...
Dreamcatcher is the oldest suspended coaster in the world, so it's a shame you missed that!
Greetings from the Netherlands...
Bobbejaanland has some things coming for the next season for 2023...
Indiana River is no more so u were lucky that you've experienced that classic... It is now being rethemed into Terra Magma and will be opening in May.
The park will also open 7 themed zones. Some of them got a new name.
And lots more... So it will be worth the visit soon after some years... ;)
How did you not mention the absolutely terrifying CLOWN KINGDOM at the far end of the park
Typhoon looks very underated, especially as someone who adores positive Gs. That loop and pull out look fantastic.
The looping is the only good moment on the ride, the rest is horrible!!
@@sveneerdekens8032 I would easily take a little roughness if I get intensity out of it.
It is not that bad. The helixes are also really powerful.
The previous coaster standing on the plot of land where typhoon is located now was a Schwarzkopf looping star and they built the looping of typhoon on this perticular spot on purpose since it was the same location the looping of the looping star once stood in honour of the ride that put Bobbejaanland on the map in the early days... My opinion they better kept the looping star.. they still are fantastic smooth coasters❤
@@maxhagenauer24Well.. If you love positive G's, Typhoon will be perfect for you! It's a little bit janky and rough at some spots, but imo that just adds to the intensity of the ride!
Indiana river was named that way because of the Aztec Indian theming ... Just so you know. Since the ride was built already towards the end of the 80's it had become an icon of the park because many generations have ridden it over the years and in Belgium it had gotten some kind of cult status. So it's sad seeing it rethemed but always better then demolish it i guess
Bobbejaanland Build too many family coasters in the last 25 years. It only needed a kick-ass wooden coaster. In the 80s and 90s, and early 2000s, It was the best park in Belgium by far. They kept building big rides every few years. Air race(vekoma suspended) 1987, Revolution 1989, Indiana river 1991. And Fly away 2003, Typhoon 2004 Sledgehammer 2004, Oki-doki 2004.
a wooden coaster would be great here!
As a Belgian, i used to love the park back in the 90’s/early 00’s but it only fell further into dispear and made some really bad choices/investments and also the overal upkeep of the park is very bad, same for their operations. Lost glory
As a Belgian, Bobbejaanland is not bad. It's just okay. Their operations are normal. Not Europa-Park fast, but also not Spain-slow. For an American coaster enthousiast is Bobbejaanland maybe a half day park. But there is enough to do for the general public to fill a whole day.
I agree that there were to many bad investements the last 20 years. (Banana Battle, splash battle indoor? Forbidden Caves, immersive tunnel?)
The big problem for Bobbejaanland is that we are spoiled in this region. A normal attraction park like in the 90's is not enough anymore. And people cross the border more easily. (Also parks outside Belgium advertising on television in Belgium.) The competition is big. With full themeparks (who invest a lot last 5 years) like Walibi Belgium, Plopsaland, Efteling, Toverland and Phantasialand. And also Parc Astérix and Disneyland Paris are not far away.
Bobbejaanland is just an attraction park with a littlebit of theming. But we Belgians are just much more ordinary these days.
That just feels like a Parques Reunidos moment. Its the same with BonBon land up here in Denmark. Was once independent, had its glory days in the 90's and early 2000's when it was one of the premier theme parks here. But ever since Parques Reunidos took over the park between 2006 and 2007 it has gone downhill, with a lot of neglect, very little new stuff, and the new stuff they added being very subpar to the stuff before it. The place did get some TLC between my visit in 2017 and my latest in 2022, but it came at the expense of a lot of park charm and character, all while the park still severely needs new investment.
Pretty much agree with you. The park felt run down at many places and wasn't very pretty. However Revolution and Dreamcatcher were unique and fun. Fury is pretty decent aswell. However its noticable that the park needs some love and money by Parques Reunidos
Yeah, I found the place mildly depressing.
Its a full day park for sure (if everything is open.). plenty of coasters: Bob experess(?), speedy bob, dreamcatcher, thyphoon, fury, naga bay, okidoki & revolution. 2 log flume rides, 1 rapid river. & sledge hammer.
Incase you have time left you can try Fury backwards, a dark ride, a boat slide. some flatrides.
In my experience the qeueu of Fury and typhoon are really bad...
I have been at Halloween and then you can spend all day there ,and the mazes where pretty cool and included in the price
Typhoon was my very first inverted coaster. I used to visit Bobbejaanland annually as a kid and teen. I went back a couple years ago and got an annual pass. Their AP's were dirt cheap back then, €70 for the most expensive pass which also included free entry and discounts to many other amusement parks and zoos so it was a no-brainer. It's a cool park for younger teenagers but not much repeatability for adults. You can get discounted tickets pretty much everywhere in summer and those cheap prices also attracts many unmannered and rude individuals. Very different audience compared to e.g. Efteling.
yes a new video !
Fury has that strong floater on the spikes. I’m kind of a floater guy so that’s cool
Parques Reunidos also owns Palace Entertainment, so, technically, this is the same chain as Kennywood and Lake Compounce.
Def a park that is lacking an airtime coaster. But overall we had a great time there, tried to split the day at here and Walibi Belgium and ended up staying way too long here because it was a little bigger of a park than we thought
I split BBJ with Toverland and that worked out perfectly especially since Toverland was open until 9pm. Walibi Belgium needed a full day for me. Kondaa was just too good.
@@marty_nz yeah if it wasn’t for Fury we probably would have did a full day at Walibi, but unfortunately when we got there it’s was
Insanely crowded because there was some kind of Red Cross thing going on, Kondaa was a 80 min wait and Psyke was about 50 and that’s all we were able to do
I think Revolution could secretly be themed to a subway train, the sound the drive tires make is very similar to something from Alstom or Siemens (sadly not Bombardier anymore)
yeah, no. Revolution's theming is about a time machine being worked on in a very secret depot in a jungle
Looks fun
I have to agree, eventhough it is by far the closest park to me. I would rather drive an extra hour or two to Efteling, Phantasialand or even Walibi Belgium than to go to Bobbejaanland.
Although I don't think Typhoon is worse than Loup Garou, Vampire or even Cobra.
El paso is a great shoot em up ride
Agree. Not the greatest park, but had a good time for what it was.
I would go on any coaster since i skydived over 10,000 feet in air freefall
You did not miss out on King Kong tho, that one was fairly boring and the Dreamcatcher rollercoaster was really uncomfortable sadly, but Revolution and Fury were really great.
If they remove the wild mouse wich is pretty unpopular right now, they have soooo much space! Its like hypercoaster big. I expect Vekoma going there because of their relationship.
They actually removed one of the 2 wild mouse coasters, (where mirrored clones) the one removed is relocated to their sister park Moviepark Germany, although I still like this wild mouse coaster at that park (mainly because sometimes the brakes won't set in, and you get some crazy horizontal g-forces.
oh wow I didn't realize the other one went to Movie Park Germany!
@@clpprbrd I did know it was a mirrored clone, but I didn't know it went to movie park. I thought it went somewhere in Portugal or at least that side of Europe.
@@clpprbrd sorry to correct you but the other side of Speedy bob went to spain, named Vertigo now in Parques de attractiones de Madrid :)
@@theluxraysquad735 ah my bad, still a sister park of it tho.
Surprised you don't have Fury as a clear cut #1 coaster for this park. It looks like a pretty big drop off after this coaster tbh. Park looks like a quick credit stop with Fury being a ride I wouldn't mind getting a few laps on.
Fury is worth riding a couple times. What I mean by it not being a clear #1 is that it feels like a ride that would be a #2 supporting coaster in a line up.
@@CoasterStudios I tend to agree with you that Fury looks more like a #2 coaster than a #1 for a quality park.
I prefered Revolution aswell, mainly because it's so fun and unique. Fury is a decent ride, but it didn't really stand out to me
@@alantrotter2077 Fury is the better coaster but Revolution is by no doubt the best experience as a whole. I'd go back to BBJ just to ride Revolution. It's my number 1 at the park too. The Maurer spinner was actually pretty good too. Try and pair this park up with Toverland in one day and it works out nicely.
@@marty_nz Thanks for the advice. I would look to do this park early in the day followed by either Toverland and Efteling later in the day as both of those parks seem to be open later.
bro have a full day at bobbejaanland and then we can talk
fury is an elite coaster
pls give both of them another try
especially fury
don't get me wrong but thus park is an undaretted gem
Indiana River is not about the state, it's about Indiana Jones
Bobbejaanland is always fun, I agree with you that it is not a park that you should visit
I never said you shouldn't visit- just that it shouldn't be prioritized over some of the other nearby theme parks.
Are you doing a review for Typhoon?
Not at this time. Maybe one day
i hate how they messed up the logo xD
I wonder why this park doesn’t have a Nickelodeon land but has Nickelodeon Characters
Parques Reunidos has the IP for Movie Park Germany and Parques de attractiones de Madrid. So, it's cheep to use the characters in the park. There were rumoures for a Nickland but it never realised.
Bobbejaanland is one of the worst parks I've ever been to 😣
Fury is awesome, as is Revolution and Indiana River for their quirky-ness. But overall I found my rides to be awful and the park just felt depressing to be in 😢
It's not THAT bad though is it? I think you need to set expectations on ticket cost too. From memory it was a bit cheaper than the other parks in the area. It definitely has a one and done cred run feel to it though for whatever reason. I'd probably take it over Holiday Park.
@@marty_nz Bobbejaanland is about half the price of Efteling f.e.
@@Robbedem half the price, 1/4 the experience. Efteling is so good
You forgot a worthy mention of those tall water slides with the small rafts you sit in, pretty fun
those are fun!
They will forever be!!
you missed nothing by skipping the suspended coaster, its a shaky very take ride, no forces at all
You reviewed all the parks in Coastin thru Europe with Sarah and now only Taylor is reviewing the parks again. Why?
Taylor has been doing narrated park reviews since 2014. Vlogs and reviews have a very different style.
I think Bobbejaanland is my least favourite park I've been to. Not the worst, but for the amount of rollercoasters and how big the park is it sure is dissapointing. That King Kong ride for example is really boring to be on. It's very tame, you're just slowly lifted and lower a few times. And many of their rollercoasters aren't that good either. Revolution has a boring layout and the theming doesn't make any sense. To be fair my ride there was some light slipping into the hall worsening the experience. The spinning coaster is almost coming to a complete stop on every block break ruining it's pacing. The vekoma invert is just a bit forceless and boring. When I was there fury wasn't opened yet so that does bring a good ride to the table. And Typhoon isn't bad if you don't mind a rough ride. But mostly it's family friendly rides without much or incoherent theming and middling layouts. So for the size it is, I'd say a dissapointing experience.
They should have kept their Schwarzkopf Looping Star...
Nah, with all due respect, Typhoon is abetter ride. and being the second Eurofighter, the gimmick was really marketable.
@@Arma070 The Schwarzkopf was smoother, more reliable. So what is the better ride?