Parc des Combes
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| Location | Le Creusot, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France |
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| Opened | 1990 |
| Operating season | April - October |
| Area | 7 ha (17 acres) |
| Attractions | |
| Total | 21 |
| Roller coasters | 3 |
| Water rides | 3 |
| Website | www |
Parc des Combes is an amusement park located in Le Creusot, in Burgundy, France. The wooded park is a part of the Les Chemins de Fer du Creusot ("Creusot Railways" in English) tourist attraction, served by the Train des Combes tourist train. The French word Combe can be translated as anticlinal valley, given that the park is located on an old Morvan valley. On the top of the hill, near the tourist train station, there is a roller coaster and karting.
History
[edit]The 241 P 17 steam locomotive was first built in between 1947 and 1949.
Attractions
[edit]Roller Coasters
[edit]| Name | Photo | Opened | Manufacturer | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Coaster | 
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2007 | Wiegand | A 1,427-foot (435 m) long alpine coaster situated on the park's natural hillside.[2] It is intertwined with the Luge d'été, which follows a similar path. |
| Boomerang | 
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2011 | Vekoma | A Family Boomerang shuttle coaster that was one of the first of its kind, opening two months after the world's first, Accelerator at Drayton Manor[3] |
| Déval'Train | 
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2003 | Vekoma | A 207m-variant junior coaster located at the foot of the hill.[4] |
Rides
[edit]| Name | Year Opened | Manufacturer | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aeroplane | 2015 | Zamperla | A kiddy plane ride. |
| Canad'R | 2017 | Technical Park | A Flying Fury thrill ride, a tower with two separately rotating arms connected to four passenger planes. The planes reach an incredulous top speed of 100 km/h (62 mph), exerting as much as 5 G's on riders.[5] The attraction is the last of its kind following the removal of Vertigo at Tivoli Gardens.[6] |
| Carrousel | 2010 | Concept 1900 | A children's carousel with various animals and vehicles. |
| Escadrille | 2014 | Technical Park | An Aerobat ride where riders control the wings of their single-passenger gondolas to achieve flips. The ride's rotation generates the wind needed to flip riders when their wings are correctly positioned.[7] |
| Grand Galop | 2009 | Soquet | A pony track ride. |
| Grand Roue | 2019 | Technical Park | A 25-metre (82 ft) tall ferris wheel located at the top of the hill, thus offering a panoramic view of the surrounding area.[8] |
| Les Toucans | 2023 | Technical Park | A world's-first "Flying Dutchman" prototype from the manufacturer, effectively serving as a Flying Scooters connected to a 23-metre (75 ft) tall tower.[9][10] |
| Luge d'été | 1996 | Wiegand | The park's oldest and original attraction, a 2,083-foot (635 m) long summer toboggan track where guests ride sleds down the hillside. The track has an uphill length of 656 feet (200 m) and a downhill length of 1,427 feet (435 m), with riders reaching speeds of up to 40 km/h (25 mph).[11] |
| Montgolfières | 2013 | Technical Park | A balloon tower ride. |
| Odysseus | 2021 | Technical Park | A 30-passenger Pegasus thrill ride, where the seats freely flip around a rotating disk that in turn spins from an arm.[12] |
| Petites Chaises Volantes | 2015 | Technical Park | A children's swing ride. |
| Ronde des Ecureuils | 2020 | Technical Park | A squirrel-themed teacups ride where the cars are decorated as tree trunks. |
| Tyrolienne | 2006 | SunKid Heege | A hipline-style attraction. |
| Vertingo | 2004 | Zamperla | A junior drop tower. |
| Woodside 66 | 2018 | Technical Park | A Sidecar ride in which the vehicles - designed to look like a motorbike and sidecars made out of wood - swing up to an 80° angle around the central column.[13] |
Water Rides
[edit]| Name | Year Opened | Manufacturer | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nautic Jet | 2005 | SunKid Heege | A Nautic Jet ride launching rider's boats down a ramp and into the pond. |
| Rivières de l'Ouest | 2019 | Technical Park | A log flume with two drops, standing 18 feet (5.5 m) and 29.5 feet (9.0 m) tall, respectively. |
| Rivières des Tonneaux | 2015 | Soquet | A children's log flume. |
References
[edit]- ^ "Chemins de Fer du Creusot - Locomotive 241 P 17". www.burgundy-tourism.com. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
- ^ Marden, Duane. "Alpine Coaster (Parc des Combes)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
- ^ Marden, Duane. "Boomerang (Parc des Combes)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
- ^ Marden, Duane. "Déval'Train (Parc des Combes)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
- ^ Bollery, Alain (July 17, 2023). "Canad'R, une attraction unique au parc touristique des Combes". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved July 21, 2023.
- ^ Claes, Jonas (July 9, 2021). "Unieke thrillride 'Vertigo' verdwijnt uit Tivoli Gardens". pretparken.be (in Dutch). Retrieved July 21, 2023.
- ^ Jean-Claude Pierrat (April 27, 2014). "Un tour d'Escadrille pour réveiller le pilote qui est en vous". Le Journal de Saône et Loire (in French). Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- ^ "Deux nouvelles attractions au Parc des Combes en 2019". Le Journal de Saône et Loire (in French). January 8, 2019. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
- ^ "LE CREUSOT : "Les Toucans" le nouveau manège, unique en Europe, sera l'attraction la plus écolo du Parc des Combes". www.creusot-infos.com (in French). December 2, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
- ^ "Technical Park to showcase innovations at IAAPA Expo Europe". www.creusot-infos.com. July 28, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
- ^ "Luge d'été - Le Parc des Combes". parcdescombes.com. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
- ^ "Odysseus, la nouvelle attraction à sensations fortes du Parc des Combes". starparc.be (in French). June 18, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
- ^ "La nouvelle attraction du parc des Combes est le Woodside 66". Le Journal de Saône et Loire (in French). January 18, 2018. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
External links
[edit]- Parc des Combes - official site
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