Winter Wonderland - Hyde Park London

[Innovtech]

By pure chance, I found myself in working on a gig in London for 24 hours last week & the venue was right next to Hyde Park.

I literally only had an hour free whist there but I did manage to get into Winter Wonderland & got fleeced ??9 for a ride on the Olympia Looping Coaster.

Not my first time (I visited "The Dom" in Hamburg many years ago), but just as good as I remembered.

I got a few photo's on my I-Phone as I ran around the park.

Looks really fun! How was Olympia Looping? Based on a POV I've seen of the ride at WW it seems to be running slower than it does in Germany.

[Innovtech]

Apart from being freezing it was a good ride. In my opinion it was running really well and had great pace. I was sat on the back row and all 5 loops were a blast. I'd be lying if I said I could compare the pace to when I last rode it in Germany as it was about 10 years ago but I definitely enjoyed it just as much.

[Oscar]

Thank you for the amazing pics! It really does look great How is that mouse invert? Is it good?

[Innovtech]

Unfortunately I only had time to ride Olympia Looping. It really was a 30 minute run through the park before getting back to work.

The mouse invert did look fun but also like it would leave you with a sore neck lol!

I was more disappointed that I didn't have time to enjoy all the Haunted Houses and Dark Rides, they all looked awesome.

It's a pity I live in the north of England, I would love to go back and spend the day there (even though it REALLY expensive!!)

[Coasterkidmwm]

Awesome pictures! At least you got on the awesome ride.

Wow the earliest "Happy Holidays" gifts! The biggest problem for us is... coldness!

[mkingy]

Great little trip report!

Bit saddened by the flat ride choice this year but definitely looking forward to getting a mortgage to ride Olympia Looping

[Dirk_Ermen]

Hehe, I love it to see how there is a mixture of mostly Germany and Dutch rides on the Winter Wonderland. xD

That inverted haunted house thing looks kinda fun. This park has a lot of random unique stuff lol. Great report.

does anyone know if the ??60 preview night cost is per person or per group?

GerstlCrazy wrote:

That inverted haunted house thing looks kinda fun.

Or a "Skytrak" Flying Style (Let's go back to the year 1997!) for that facility might be fun!

[mkingy]

skyscraper wrote:

does anyone know if the ??60 preview night cost is per person or per group?

I imagine it was per person.

[Innovtech]

lol240 wrote:

GerstlCrazy wrote:

That inverted haunted house thing looks kinda fun.

Or a "Skytrak" Flying Style (Let's go back to the year 1997!) for that facility might be fun!

It's quiet freaky that you mentioned Skytrak, I worked at GST during the whole Skytrak debacle and was trained as ride op for it. I got to ride (& be rescued) from it a fair few times...It was not a pleasant affair, lol!

^ That sounded awful, really, to me...

So. Many. Wild. Mouses. 1 or 2 is by far enough for one fair, maybe try another kinda layout.

(Almost) perfect, I presume, for real Christmas days, too!