In recognition of the season I've changed my icon to one of the christmas trees in tivoli gardens Copenhagen, which is the amusement park in down town Cph that inspired Walt Disney to make his Disney worlds. As with most things he did he forgot to replicate the spirit of it, but rather understood how to make money on the idea 😉
It is a very romantic place especially this time of the year…
And it's home of one of the oldest rollercoasters in the world, the Rutschebanen. I like rollercoasters.
According to cnn it is the oldest, and it is quite fun although a bit outdated. Have you ever tried it?
I've not been to Copenhagen, but Tivoli gardens is meant to be the oldest surviving amusement park, but the Rutschebanen isn't the oldest rollercoaster – there's one inthe US that predates it by about 10 years.
No – the oldest surviving amusement park is actually the Bakken (1583) just north of Copenhagen. Tivoli was made years later (1843) when the city of Copenhagen decided to remove the old defences of the inner city, then the copenhageners wanted an amusement park instead, as they thought the trip to "Bakken" was a bit annoying! This makes Tivoli the second oldest amusementpark in the World.
Sorry – but that is the historical fact 😉
Regarding the age of the rollercoaster – according to the above cnn link the oldest in the US, the "Zippin Pippin" is from 1915, whereas the "Rutchbanen" in Tivoli is from 1913. I'm not a rollercoaster historian, so cnn might be wrong.
Oh yeah… let me rephrase that… Tivoli gardens is meant to be the second oldest surviving amusement park.
However, CNN are wrong about the rollercoasters…. well not wrong, but that article/page is outdated. The oldest operating rollercoaster is called 'Leap-the-Dips' in built in 1902. The CNN article is dated 1997, which is during a period where Leap-the-Dips was actually out of action until it was restored in 1999.
You are the rollercoaster king 😉 And we have restored the historical equilibrium.
I wonder if that means that I'm the master of amusement parks…