On Saturday we headed up to Gothenburg to the Liseberg themepark. This time we had booked ride tickets for the kids (including me, the big kid), but unfortunately Kristine was unable to go on any of the rides due to her shoulder injury.
We had a great day riding the rides and exploring the Christmas markets at the park.
Liseberg is split into several sections, a viking themed section, a kids area (Kaninland) a harbour and a traditional themepark. Since it was winter, a few of the big rides weren't working but there were still plenty to try.
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| It was a snowy drive up there |
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| Entering the park |
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| Christmas Tree |
Pretty much as soon as we entered, the boys jumped on the Mechanica, a swinging ride that rises 30 meters and spins a full 360 degrees on three axes.
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| Buckled in |
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| Tom and Cam are on the leftmost arm |
Once they finished their ride we headed into the Viking section of the park. At this time there were very few people around and the kids were excited by the fact they could get on the rides with almost no queues.
The next ride was the Valkyria, Europe's longest dive coaster, which starts with a 50m drop into a tunnel. It then has several loops and corkscrews.
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| A loop |
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| Our Ride Photo |
Next up, Alana, Kris and I stopped for a hot chocolate and cinnamon bun while the boys rode the Loke, a swinging gondola ride that goes 42m up.
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| The Loke |
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| That's Cam and Tom at the top with their arms out |
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| It was a bit more quiet and relaxing for Kris and Alana |
This video is the start of the Loke, when it is still swinging low, it gets up quite a bit higher:
After these rides it was time to slow down a little and explore the other areas of the park. We started by heading into the Tomtehuset (Santa's House).
This was a long path through a snowy forest leading to a house full of animatronic gnomes creating the presents in Santa's workshop:
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| Tomas saying hello to a Tomte |
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| Tomtehuset |
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| Wishlist writing area |
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| The kids very not happy with Santa's travel map - "He doesn't even go to Adelaide!" |
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| The present conveyer belt |
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| The naughty and nice list |
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| Gnomes processing the Wishlists |
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| Present manufacturing - the kids were annoyed that the gnome with the spanner kept tightening and then loosening the same bolt |
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| Manufacturing (Tillverkning) |
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| I liked the fact that built the fences around the rocks |
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| I believe this was the site of the summer log-flume ride. |
Next stop was the harbour area, but by now the kids were getting hungry, so it wasn't a long stop - well more like a stroll:
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| The harbour |
From the harbour we walked down the main street and checked out a few shops before ending up in the food hall to get a kebab for lunch.
After lunch, Cameron tried out the Bilar bumper cars while the rest of us checked out the Christmas stalls:
The next ride was the Jukebox - a spinning car ride that we remembered from our last trip:
By this point the crowd had started to build and the ride queue times were getting pretty long. We let Cameron and Tom go off to ride the Mechanica and the Loke again, while we checked out the rest of the the market.
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| The main walkway to the entrance |
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| The globe fountain was a little frozen |
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| The crowds kept getting bigger |
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| and bigger |
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| We found a nice fire pit to wait at while the boys rode a few more rides |
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| The massive Christmas tree was impressive! |
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| As was the lighting on this one |
We ended up leaving around 5pm and beginning the 3 hour drive home. We stopped for Chop-Chop for dinner and we were all pretty exhausted when we got back.
On Sunday had a sleep in then Cameron and I visited a few shops in Malmo before heading to a friends place for video games and dinner.
The next week was back to work again and Kris and the kids did a little shopping, but Kris ended up with a pretty nasty cold so they spent most of the time resting at home and preparing for our big Kiruna trip.
The kids ratings for the rides:
Mechanika:
Tom - 8 - It was very cool, especially when we went on with no-one else on it. And it went upside down.
Cam - 8 - It was thrilling and went upside down.
Vakyria:
Tom - 8 - Pretty scary but not that cool.
Updated after 2nd ride -9 - It is a lot more thrilling than the other rides and I liked the drop. Really quick but short.
Cam - 7 - Too short but the drop was cool
Balder:
Tom - 9 - Super Fun. Better than the Valkyria because it was longer.
Cam - 9 - Was fast, had bumps and I lifted out of my seat a few times.
Loke:
Tom - 7 - It was more packed than the Mechanika but it was cool floating. Not as good as Mechanika.
Cam - 8 - It would be a 9 if it went upside down, but it was cool tat it teased like it was going to.
Bilar (Bumper Cars):
Cam - 3 - It was cool bumping people but I didn't like being bumped.
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