Hopi Hari
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Hopi Hari is a medium sized amusement park located in the state of São Paulo, in Brazil. It is located about 100 km north of the capital of the state, São Paulo, near the city of Campinas.
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[edit] Theme Park
The park is relatively new, and has only been open for the last couple of years. It was built by the International Theme Park Services, Inc., or ITPS. Being 760 thousand m², its size is comparable to places such as the Six Flags parks, but with significanty less thrill-based rides.
The park itself is divided into 5 themed regions, the largest and most notable being the Native central American part, "Mistieri", containing various large buildings relpicating ancient pyriamds and temples of the Mayans and Aztecs.
There is also a small European area (Kaminda Mundi), and a small "Old West" Themed area.
[edit] Rides and Attractions
The most notable ride in the park is "Montezum", a medium sized wooden roller coaster that easily draws the longest lines. It is located in the Mayan/Aztec district. Other notable rides include the La Tour Eiffel (European Section), a large ferris wheel, a river rapid ride, a small steel coaster, and a small indoor coaster located in a large pyrimad replica. The park also has a couple of rotating attractions, one being more for a yonger crowd and is the design of alarge trail wagon, called the "Crazy Wagon" and a more adult orriented ride next to the "Montezum"
Some attractions at the park include a large haunted house located in a replica of a Mayan Temple, several plays and musicals including events such as Pinnochio and The Wizard of Oz, and several other small attractions.
[edit] Shopping and Food
There are a number of shops throughout the park, the majority being at the end of each ride. These shops include the normal amusement products such as Hopi Hari apperal, shot glasses, cups, stuffed animals, and the usual assortment of products that have nothing to do with the park.
For food, one can travel to the numerous burger or sandwich shops located throughout the park. As with any theme park, these are generally heavily over priced, though a visitor from a more developed country would think that they are actually quite reasonable.
For a more interesting eating experience, there are several small restaurants in the park, generally with a different food theme, such as the English Pub.
[edit] Hopi Harian - Hopês
Though generally following the layout for most large theme parks, Hopi Hari has a unique aspect to it, its own language. It is an imaginary language that where an easy English translation would be "Hopi Harian", the actual language being "Hopês". Signs throughout the entire park are printed in both Hopi Harian and Portuguese. The language seems to be a variant of Portuguese, keeping the same grammaticle aspects, but changing some of the vocabulary and spelling. To a foreigner that is not fluent in Portuguese, one may easily mistake the language for a real one.
There are several places in the park where one can buy a Portuguese-Hopi Harian dictionary (dicionário Hopês-Português da Editora Michaelis).
Some examples of expressions include:
- Tchau - Tchauí (Goodbye)
- Obrigado - Danki (Thank you)
- Oi - Oiê (Hey, hello)
- Que horas são? - kuanto ki tikitaki? (What time is it?)
- Volte Sempre - Vendinovu (Come and visit again)
- Fotografia - click click (Picture)
- Estou com fome - mi ké hangá! (I'm hungry)
- Bem-vindo - Bom bini (Welcome)
- eu-fui-tivi la (I went)
[edit] Problems
Though the park is well designed, and is quite nice because of its young age, there are a number of problems plaguing the park.
As the park is one of the only large amusement parks in the country, it gets a very large number of visitors each day, often causing large lines in waits in the excess of 3 hours. The large amount of people in the small park also creates a large amount of waste, in which there is not enough employed at the park to keep it up. There are a number of entire trees plastered in gum and trash.
Other problems with the park include the lack of water fountains, causing large lines at the existing ones on hot summer days, and the high price for food and other goods. As Brazil is a third world country, the park gets a lot of complaints that the poorer population can not afford to go there because of the costs of food and beverages, which can easily amount higher than the price of a ticket for a full day in the park.
