Walygator Grand Est

Walygator Grand Est is an amusement park in Maizières-les-Metz, Grand Est, France.

History

The park opened in May 1989 as Big Bang Schtroumpf, and was themed to The Smurfs franchise. The park was owned as a joint venture through twenty-two different shareholders and operated by Sorépark.^[1] The park struggled financially and filed for bankruptcy at the end of 1990. Shortly afterward, the Walibi Group purchased the park for 55 Million F and spent 81 Million F on restructuring it; effectively, it was renamed Walibi Schtroumpf for the 1991 season.^[2]

The park remained as is when the Walibi Group was purchased by Premier Parks/Six Flags in December 1997.^[3]^[4]

In 2003, the park was debranded from its Smurfs license across the park (including rides) and became Walibi Lorraine.

In 2004, Six Flags sold its European Parks division, including Walibi Lorraine, to Palamon Capital Partners, who renamed the business StarParks. Two years later, StarParks sold the entire Walibi chain to Compagnie des Alpes, while Walibi Lorraine was sold to showmen Claude and Didier Le Douarin. The latter granted the two a license to operate under the Walbi name until the end of the 2006 season so they could plan out a rebranding and renaming. With the start of the 2007 season, the newly-named Walygator Parc officially opened.

The park was acquired by Aspro Parks in January 2016.^[5] For the 2021 season, the name was changed from Walygator Parc to Walygator Grand Est, coninciding with the name change of Walibi Sud-Ouest to Walygator Sud-Ouest.^[6]

Roller coasters

Present

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Status
Anaconda	William Cobb	Wooden	May 9, 1989	Operating
Comet	Vekoma	Sit-Down	May 9, 1989	Operating
Family Coaster	Fabbri	Kiddie	April 6, 2007	Operating
Monster	Bolliger & Mabillard	Inverted	July 9, 2010	Operating

Past

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Relocated
Zig Zag	Mack Rides	Wild Mouse	May 8, 2003	2003	Travelling Germany
unknown	Mack Rides	Wild Mouse	Never operated		Antibes Land

Attractions

Operating

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened
Canoë	SBF Visa Group	Junior Pirate Ship	2007
Caribbean Boat	HUSS	Pirate Ship	1992
Carrousel 1900	Concept 1900	Gallopers	2013
Dino Bike	Zamperla	Magic Bikes	2015
Dino-Raft	Soquet	River Rapids	1989
Far West Tour	Mack Rides	Monorail	1989
G-Lock	Zamperla	Air Race	2014
Grizzly Falls	Van Egdom	Dinghy Waterslides	1991
Krinoline	Gerstlauer	Krinoline	2011
Mistral	Zierer	Waveswinger	1991
Montgolfières	Zamperla	Samba Balloon	2004
Peter Pan	Mack Rides	Sea Storm	2007
Petit Train	Zamperla	Junior Railway	1989
Petits Pirates	SBF Visa Group	Junior Jets	2007
Rivière Sauvage	Soquet	Log Flume	1992
Safari Trophy	Sartori	Track Ride	1991
Space Shoot	S&S Worldwide	Drop Tower	1998
Splash Kids	Zamperla	Junior Log Flume	1989
Star Shooter	Zamperla	Junior Drop Tower	2004
Steam Machine	Zamperla	Junior Flying Carpet	2004
Tea Cup	Mack Rides	Teacups	1992
Tonneaux Volants	Zamperla	Junior Jets	1989
Waly Boat	Mack Rides	Tow Boat Ride	1989
Waly Express	SBF Visa Group	Junior Railway	2012
Waly Mille Pattes	SBF Visa Group	Junior Railway	2009
Walynosaure	Zamperla	Jets	1989

Closed

Name	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Closed	Fate
Air One Maxxx	KMG	Sicko	2015	2015	Travelling France
Crash Cars	Unknown	Dodgems	1991	2011	Scrapped
Grande Roue	Nauta Bussink	Ferris Wheel	2008	2012	Travelling Belgium
Longchamp	Soquet	Pony Trek	2008	2016	Unknown
Polyp	Schwarzkopf	Polyp	2008	2012	Travelling Germany
Reaktor	HUSS	Enterprise	1989	1997	Relocated to Walibi Flevo
Südseewellen	Schwarzkopf	Quasar/Explorer	2011	2019	Travelling France
Tang'Or	HUSS	Topple Tower	2005	2010	Relocated to Dragon Park
Waly-Twister	Heinz Fahtz	Lifting Paratrooper	2008	2012	Travelling Germany

References

↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20131110012226/http://archives.lesoir.be/marchera-marchera-pas-big-bang-schtroumpf_t-19890524-Z01NDT.html
↑ http://walygatorparc.free.fr/parc.htm
↑ https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB882303076858540500
↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20121108142354/http://archives.lesoir.be/walibi-passe-sous-controle-americain-les-yankees_t-19971217-Z0EM0G.html
↑ "France: Spain's Aspro Ocio Group Acquires Walygator Parc". EuroAmusementProfessional.
↑ Keller, Marc (11 January 2021). "Aspro-Gruppe gibt neue Namen und Logos für beide Walygator-Parks bekannt" (in Deutsch). Parkerlebnis.de. Retrieved 11 January 2021.

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[1] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20131110012226/http://archives.lesoir.be/marchera-marchera-pas-big-bang-schtroumpf_t-19890524-Z01NDT.html

[2] ttp://walygatorparc.free.fr/parc.htm

[3] ttps://www.wsj.com/articles/SB882303076858540500

[4] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20121108142354/http://archives.lesoir.be/walibi-passe-sous-controle-americain-les-yankees_t-19971217-Z0EM0G.html

[5] "France: Spain's Aspro Ocio Group Acquires Walygator Parc". EuroAmusementProfessional.

[6] Keller, Marc (11 January 2021). "Aspro-Gruppe gibt neue Namen und Logos für beide Walygator-Parks bekannt" (in Deutsch). Parkerlebnis.de. Retrieved 11 January 2021.

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