Phantasialand

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Phantasialand is an amusement park in Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany that attracts approximately 2 million visitors annually. The park was opened in 1967 by Gottlieb Löffelhardt and Richard Schmidt. Although starting as a family-oriented park, Phantasialand has also added thrill rides, especially during recent years.

Among the park's thrill rides is a themed runaway mine train called "Colorado Adventure", which runs among some mountains in the park's Wild West section. New for the season 2006 is an African-themed B&M inverted roller coaster called Black Mamba. Winja's Fear and Force are two indoor spinning coasters built by Maurer Söhne. The Phantasialand is also home to Mystery Castle, an indoor Ride Trade/Intamin AG Bungee Drop featuring a walk through a haunted castle.

There is also a four-star on-site hotel called Hotel Ling Bao, which is Chinese themed and opened in 2004. The hotel's roof tiles were imported from China, and every room door was hand-engraved. The hotel has two restaurants, a bar, a pool with sauna, garden area, spa and its own entrance to the park.

Phantasialand announced yet another ride for the upcoming season 2007 called "Talocan", a Suspended Top Spin by Huss Maschinenfabrik. It will be located in the Mexican section of the park.

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drop tower Mystery Castle

Themes
Name	Theme	Feauture
Alt Berlin	Berlin in the 20s	Reproduction of the Brandenburg Gate, Neptunbrunnen and Wintergarten (Varieté)
Fantasy	Fantasy and myths	Consists of Wuze Town, fairy-tale-tour, "Race for Atlantis" etc.
Mexico	Old Mexiko	Reproduction of Mexican architecture with dark rides
Silver City	Wild West	Colorado Adventureroller coaster, two white-water rides
China Town	China	World's largest collection of chinese constructions outside China
Mystery	Spook und mystery	Consists of the drop tower Mystery Castle and water-adventure River Quest
Deep in Africa	Africa	inverted roller coaster Black Mamba