Parc des Combes

Parc des Combes
LocationLe Creusot, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Opened1990
Operating seasonApril - October
Area7 ha (17 acres)
Attractions
Total21
Roller coasters3
Water rides3
Websitewww.parcdescombes.com

Parc des Combes is an amusement park located in Le Creusot, in Burgundy, France. The wooded park is a part of the Les Chemins de Fer du Creusot ("Creusot Railways" in English) tourist attraction, served by the Train des Combes tourist train. The French word Combe can be translated as anticlinal valley, given that the park is located on an old Morvan valley. On the top of the hill, near the tourist train station, there is a roller coaster and karting.

History

The 241 P 17 steam locomotive was first built in between 1947 and 1949.

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Attractions

Roller Coasters

Name Photo Opened Manufacturer Description
Alpine Coaster 2007 Wiegand A 1,427-foot (435 m) long alpine coaster situated on the park's natural hillside.[2] It is intertwined with the Luge d'été, which follows a similar path.
Boomerang 2011 Vekoma A Family Boomerang shuttle coaster that was one of the first of its kind, opening two months after the world's first, Accelerator at Drayton Manor[3]
Déval'Train 2003 Vekoma A 207m-variant junior coaster located at the foot of the hill.[4]

Rides

Name Year Opened Manufacturer Description
Aeroplane 2015 Zamperla A kiddy plane ride.
Canad'R 2017 Technical Park A Flying Fury thrill ride, a tower with two separately rotating arms connected to four passenger planes. The planes reach an incredulous top speed of 100 km/h (62 mph), exerting as much as 5 G's on riders.[5] The attraction is the last of its kind following the removal of Vertigo at Tivoli Gardens.[6]
Carrousel 2010 Concept 1900 A children's carousel with various animals and vehicles.
Escadrille 2014 Technical Park An Aerobat ride where riders control the wings of their single-passenger gondolas to achieve flips. The ride's rotation generates the wind needed to flip riders when their wings are correctly positioned.[7]
Grand Galop 2009 Soquet A pony track ride.
Grand Roue 2019 Technical Park A 25-metre (82 ft) tall ferris wheel located at the top of the hill, thus offering a panoramic view of the surrounding area.[8]
Les Toucans 2023 Technical Park A world's-first "Flying Dutchman" prototype from the manufacturer, effectively serving as a Flying Scooters connected to a 23-metre (75 ft) tall tower.[9][10]
Luge d'été 1996 Wiegand The park's oldest and original attraction, a 2,083-foot (635 m) long summer toboggan track where guests ride sleds down the hillside. The track has an uphill length of 656 feet (200 m) and a downhill length of 1,427 feet (435 m), with riders reaching speeds of up to 40 km/h (25 mph).[11]
Montgolfières 2013 Technical Park A balloon tower ride.
Odysseus 2021 Technical Park A 30-passenger Pegasus thrill ride, where the seats freely flip around a rotating disk that in turn spins from an arm.[12]
Petites Chaises Volantes 2015 Technical Park A children's swing ride.
Ronde des Ecureuils 2020 Technical Park A squirrel-themed teacups ride where the cars are decorated as tree trunks.
Tyrolienne 2006 SunKid Heege A hipline-style attraction.
Vertingo 2004 Zamperla A junior drop tower.
Woodside 66 2018 Technical Park A Sidecar ride in which the vehicles - designed to look like a motorbike and sidecars made out of wood - swing up to an 80° angle around the central column.[13]

Water Rides

Name Year Opened Manufacturer Description
Nautic Jet 2005 SunKid Heege A Nautic Jet ride launching rider's boats down a ramp and into the pond.
Rivières de l'Ouest 2019 Technical Park A log flume with two drops, standing 18 feet (5.5 m) and 29.5 feet (9.0 m) tall, respectively.
Rivières des Tonneaux 2015 Soquet A children's log flume.

References

  1. ^ "Chemins de Fer du Creusot - Locomotive 241 P 17". www.burgundy-tourism.com. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  2. ^ Marden, Duane. "Alpine Coaster  (Parc des Combes)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
  3. ^ Marden, Duane. "Boomerang  (Parc des Combes)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
  4. ^ Marden, Duane. "Déval'Train  (Parc des Combes)". Roller Coaster DataBase.
  5. ^ Bollery, Alain (July 17, 2023). "Canad'R, une attraction unique au parc touristique des Combes". Le Parisien (in French). Retrieved July 21, 2023.
  6. ^ Claes, Jonas (July 9, 2021). "Unieke thrillride 'Vertigo' verdwijnt uit Tivoli Gardens". pretparken.be (in Dutch). Retrieved July 21, 2023.
  7. ^ Jean-Claude Pierrat (April 27, 2014). "Un tour d'Escadrille pour réveiller le pilote qui est en vous". Le Journal de Saône et Loire (in French). Retrieved April 24, 2023.
  8. ^ "Deux nouvelles attractions au Parc des Combes en 2019". Le Journal de Saône et Loire (in French). January 8, 2019. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
  9. ^ "LE CREUSOT : "Les Toucans" le nouveau manège, unique en Europe, sera l'attraction la plus écolo du Parc des Combes". www.creusot-infos.com (in French). December 2, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
  10. ^ "Technical Park to showcase innovations at IAAPA Expo Europe". www.creusot-infos.com. July 28, 2022. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
  11. ^ "Luge d'été - Le Parc des Combes". parcdescombes.com. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
  12. ^ "Odysseus, la nouvelle attraction à sensations fortes du Parc des Combes". starparc.be (in French). June 18, 2021. Retrieved April 24, 2023.
  13. ^ "La nouvelle attraction du parc des Combes est le Woodside 66". Le Journal de Saône et Loire (in French). January 18, 2018. Retrieved April 24, 2023.

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