| Hopi Hari | |
|---|---|
| Location | Vinhedo, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Website | www.hopihari.com.br/ |
| Owner | HH II PT S/A |
| Opened | November 27, 1999 |
| Area | 0,76 Km² |
| Rides | 60 total
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| Slogan | "The Funniest Country in the World" |
Hopi Hari is a Brazilian theme park located at Km 72 of Bandeirantes Highway, Vinhedo in the state of São Paulo. It is located 30 km from Campinas and 80 km from São Paulo.
With 0.76 Km², is considered the second largest amusement park in Brazil, and is part of the tourist complex SerrAzul Full Life. Hopi Hari is a fictitious country - its employees are residents (hópius) - with "president", capital, language itself, among other features. Due to the debts of the park in June 2009, the group GP Investments sold the park for a symbolic value to the group HH II PT S/A[1]
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Opened on November 27, 1999, Hopi Hari was designed and built by International Theme Park Services Inc., a U.S. company located in the city of Cincinnati, who based the design of the park at Paramount King's Island, a theme park located in the city also Cincinnati in Ohio. Originally, the park would be called "Playcenter Great Adventure", as its name shows, it's belonged to the Playcenter group, but due to the crisis that Brazil was in the 1990s, it was forced to sell it yet under construction, consequences of the reduction in visitors at Playcenter. The company GP Investments took over the works, where the park project has undergone several changes, including the name was changed to "Hopi Hari."
Recently, Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) and Hopi Hari, has struck a licensing agreement to bring some of the biggest franchises in the world. So far we know that the characters of the Justice League, Looney Tunes and Penelope Pitstop will be added to the attractions of the park.[2] The characters, who first gain space in a park in Brazil, will leave the country more fun world with an air of Hollywood cinema. Characters like Tweety, Sylvester, Superman, Batman, Bugs Bunny, Aquaman, Taz, The Flash, will be in areas Infantasia (Looney Tunes characters and Penelope) and Aribabiba (the Justice League characters). What was talk in the heat of this news release was really these characters of American popular culture, "fit" in the history of Hopi Hari. The characters of Sesame Street, which now leave the scene, as were almost attached since the inauguration of the park because they had a history as strong as those of Superman and Batman, for example, that was known and was read in the park site on the history of Infantasia was that the population of children of settlers from Hopi Hari had grown and needed an area just for them. Along with the staff of Sesame Street, founded Infantasia, or were incorporated into the story of "country" sneak. Not now. Some of the most famous characters in the world, will fall by parachute in the park. However, the park is officially pronounced as telling stories of the merger will be so different. "[...] The entry of the Looney Tunes will be based on a new design in which Bugs Bunny is a millionaire with his inventions and goes to live in a house with Daffy Duck. In this context, the Hopi Hari sends an invitation to him please come to "country." He accepts the invitation, and brings the whole class is in Infantasia an ideal place for filming. They also bring all parafernalhas ACME park. And with all the happiness and joy that the park offers the greatest villains decide to invade "the country", but the goddess Hari calls the Justice League in order to establish the park to prevent the bad guys win. Aribabiba is in this battle will happen at each attraction. "
While being close to large urban centers like Sao Paulo and Campinas, the park has an important role for the economy and tourism in the state of São Paulo and Brazil. The park is part of the complex SerrAzul Full Life which also includes Wet 'n Wild water park, Shopping SerrAzul, the Premium Outlet shopping center, the Quality Resort Hotel and Itupeva SerraAzul Farm subdivision. This complex attracts more than 5 million Brazilian tourists all year (number equal to the amount of foreign tourists to Brazil received in 2008) surpassing even tourist spots known as Christ the Redeemer, one of the Seven Wonders the modern world, and the Sugar Loaf in Rio de Janeiro, which together received only 1.9 million tourists (Brazilian and foreign) in 2008, according to RioTur.[3] The Hopi Hari is responsible for 40% of the total of 5 million tourists - 2 million visitors are welcomed every year by the park. The park hopes to double that amount within 10 years, since hopes to attract more tourists in agreement with the Warner Bros. In 2010, Hopi Hari had a gross revenue of R $ 103 million, meaning an increase of 25% compared to 2009.[4] Hopi Hari had the biggest increase among parks reporting in previous years, with close to 500,000 additional visitors, driven by a combination of the opening of several major new rides, and very strong economic growth in Brazil.[5]
Hopi Hari is divided into five themed areas: Kaminda Mundi Mistieri, Infantasia, Aribabiba and Wild West.
Kaminda Mundi is located in Southwest of Hopi Hari and occupies an area of 29,000 m² (is the first region of the park, just inside the entrance). It is a tribute to the people of Hopi Hari their ancestors and their origins (France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, England, Germany and Holland). Kaminda Mundi has the largest theater in the country and a 3D cinema.
Attractions
Mistieri is in the northwest of the park and occupies an area of 52 square meters. There is the attraction Ekatomb, turning passengers in several ways. Also in this region, there is Vulaviking, which is a boat that rocks until it reaches about 90 degrees to the ground. This area of the park features two roller coasters: The Montezum, which is the largest wooden roller coaster in Latin America, with 2030 meters of length and speed of 173 km/h,[6] and Vurang, which is inside a pyramid in the dark, where the cars are turning around its own axis.
Attractions
Infantasia is in the central park area and occupies 31 square meters. It is an area geared toward children. This region have a diferent scenary from the rest of the park. It is a movie set or the Looney Tunes Show. All the attractions here are based on Bugs Bunny and his gang. Vam Vam para Infantasia ( Lets go to Infantasia ) Attractions
Aribabiba is the capital of the fictional country, and occupies an area of 16 square meters. Aribabiba means "living life with fun". It is at the northwest, near Mistieri. In this region there are attractions like the Hadikali (Skycoaster), the Vambatê (bumper cars), among others. In November 2005 debuted the "Chevrolet Mundi," but at the end of the contract with the automaker, the place that has restaurants, changed its name to Gran Palaz Burger & Pasta, showing their lunches now owning the Aribabiba names of the attractions. With the new contract with Warner Bros. DC Comics heroes will participate in the theming. Changes with expected completion in 2012.
Attractions
The area is themed like the Old West. It has several attractions such as: Rio Bravo, Evolution, West River Hotel, as well as shows and other presentations daily.
Attractions
It is an event like Halloween Horror Nights at Universal Orlando held in August and September that explore various themes in terror. It's held since 2002 and is responsible for the majority of visitors during these months. The event works as follows: from 18 hours, featured characters are let loose in the regions of Mistieri and Wild West, visitors can also participate in attractions that are set up especially for these dates, the so-called "tunnel of horror," which usually add up to 3. Concerts are performed music and dance in these regions Hopi Hari by anonymous artists employed by the park. The themes of the Horror Time, since its first edition are:
Fear Has Never Been So Real (2002); Fear is Back (2003); The Time Has Fear (2004); The 4 Elements (2005); Under the Dominion of Shadows (2006); Nightmares (2007); 7 Games of Fear (2008); Circus of Horrors (2009); The Wax Museum (2010); Epidemic (2011).
There are a number of shops throughout the park, the majority being at the end of each ride.
For food, one can travel to the numerous sandwich shops located throughout the park. 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.
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 might be called, in English, "Hopi Harian"; its name in Portuguese is "Hopês". Signs throughout the park are printed in both Hopi Harian and Portuguese. The language seems like a variant of Portuguese, keeping the same grammatical aspects but changing some of the vocabulary and spelling. To a foreigner who is not fluent in Portuguese, one may easily mistake Hopi Harian for a natural language.
There are several places in the park where one can buy a Portuguese-Hopi Harian dictionary (Dicionário Hopês-Português from Editora Michaelis).
Some examples of expressions include: