Day 5 - Grona Lund, Parken Zoo
Day 5 - Grona Lund, Parken Zoo
David & Susan Ellis
Another lovely visit to Grona Lund. With two coasters and the drop tower in a 2-hour ERS, free specially-printed T-Shirts, a fascinating presentation into the history of the park by Andreas, and all the other lovely unique rides, and of course the return of sunny skies, we couldn't fail to have a superb time. The later visit to Parken Zoo to ride two off-the-shelf coasters, however, turned into a logistical nightmare for Justin, who did well to keep his cool. Talking of keeping cool, we had the hottest day today and the air-conditioning on our bus broke. Looking forward to tomorrow!
Andy Wright
A great visit to Grona Lund. We were treated like VIP's the day was great. A good ERS on 2 coasters and a drop ride. I liked there new family coaster it was smooth and was a great addition to the park. I was not a fan of the Jetline because it hurt my back but that was not to say it was a bad coaster. A lovely sunny and enjoyable day at a lovely old park with lots of history.
Lisa & Warren Scheinin
Loved Grona Lund, as always. The new coaster, Kvasten, is a definite hit, and the trains are sooooo comfy. Of course who could forget riding the coasters at Parken Zoo while poor Justin sat under a zebra's butt and fretted about logistics.
B. Derek Shaw
If it's Monday, it must be Sweden. After an all night crossing from Finland, we went to Grona Lund. My third visit and even better. The new coaster is quite comfortable AND has good restraints. Vekoma, please put them on the rest of the installations. It was good to see Colleen, Douglas and Andreas. Didn't have enought time to get on Blue Train, the dark ride. Next up, Parken Zoo. One spin on the kiddie coaster and one on the Schwartzkopf Jet Star 3. That was fun, however if logistics would have allowed, I would have preferred to stay at Grona Land.
Derek Cromarty
What day is it?
Kim Varde Lassen
Have always wanted go to Grona Lund (and Liseberg). The view over Stockholm waters from the drop tower was amazing - best drop tower ever, and GL has two of them. I do like drop towers. Coasters were good - liked the theming of Kvasten, the Gs on Jetline and the mouse had me laughing. I'm a little worn out from yesterday's disco marathon cruise, so I'm looking forward to a full nights sleep.
David Cornell
Wow, Grona Lund was so beautiful and sat right in the Stockholm harbor. Every ride gives as fantastic view of the city and the natural beauty around. The Jetline coaster was fantastic. A near copy of the BMX Mountain Railway that left Portopia Land in Kobe Japan. I think I got 10 rides during our ERS. Thanks so much to the park for giving us 3 hours at the park before opening. The fun house was also a highlight. The Jacob's Ladder stairs, rolling tunnel, roller slide and wooden rug slide are classics. Thanks so much for rebuilding it after it burned in 1985.
Don and Mon Garrison
What it is y'all! Thanks to errone for letting us hit the Jet Star. It was Mon and I's last new credit of the trip and it would've been sad :( missing it. Grona Lund was the lick and I nearly killed myself at least 8 different times in the fun house, whooo!!! We also enjoyed the history presentation and would like to thank our hosts for the great job. Big thanks to Vekoma for not only a great new ride but also for what are quite possibly the best coaster restraints ever. Hopefully an IAPPA award will follow! :)
Odd Arne Roste and Kjetil Roste Ringen
Grona Lund was a great little packed park with lots of nice rides. Excellent ERS on Kvasten and JetLine. Kvasten was better than expected and JetLine rougher than expected. Both coasters were best in the back seat. Vilda Musen was my coaster Number 200!
Grona Lund was great. not big area and enormous effectivness of what acutally was there. brilliant. Kvasten was ok.. too slow and too comfortable (hehe) awesome that the height line was 110 cm :). fun house and spookhouse was ofc ok, though I've heard the liseberg spook house is alot more scary. The Jet Star 3 wasnt really worth the 2 hours of queue, but as my coaster count only is like 60 every coaster counts...
Torrence Jenkins
Grona Land what a park, full of old charm and wonderful rides. One great Funhouse, and Dark ride! ERS on Jetline was remarkable! That Schwarzkopf coaster is smooth with an attitude! The Vilda Musen has been the best mouse on the trip so far! Parken Zoo was very small with yet another Schwarzopf, Jet Star 3 which are becoming extinct and is a wonderful ride without seat belts.
Mike & Kammy Sislofsky
Grona Lund is really a gem of a park. It has a great history, a beautiful setting, and has a lot of neat rides. Their star coaster is the wonderful Schwarzkopf Jet Line. Smooth and fast with lots of laterals, Jet Line is one of Schwarzkopf's best. Kvasten is a nice addition to the park, though it is no thriller, and its restraints are very comfortable -- an oddity for a Vekoma ride. Besides the coasters, Grona Lund has one of the best, if not the best, remaining fun houses, and their Blue Train dark ride is a real hoot. Can't wait to get back again -- to both Grona Lund and Stockholm in general!
Tim Baldwin
Glorious sunshine; glorious Schwarzkopf, glorious park; glorious city. Then came....the zoo.
(Hi Joe! We gave up a coaster credit on a kiddie coaster to do a walking tour of Stockholm -- you'd have been so proud.)
Rob Moes
It's all about location, location, location. Million dollar views everywhere of Stockholm and the beautiful harbor from Grona Lund at Djurgarden. Wish I had been brave/foolish enough to snap pictures while on the rides. I applaud the stewardship and attention to detail in this park, where every inch of real estate has to be considered so carefully.
Jon Richins
Early (very) ship arrival in Stockholm, and by far my most favorite day of the trip so far. Two hour tour of the city was just not enough. I would like to go back for more. Grona Lund was simply a delight. Good coasters, great dark rides, and best of all, the BEST fun house I have ever laughed through.
Martha and Al Amborn
BIG Day for us. i got my 1100th coaster on the Jet Line at Grona, and it was Al's 1142nd. What a great park Grona is! It can be considered a quintessential European park and the reason we come on these trips. The staff greeted us with food, FREE custom T-shirts, and a historical presentation. The rides are fun and like so many of these parks, are quite unique. On a personnel note, I want to thank my fellow coaster friends for helping me as I struggle somewhere between a cane and a wheelchair with my infirmity. They are a blessing!
Jerry Willard
It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. But we shall focus on the good today. Grona Lund was a great surprise. For some reason I hadn't heard much about it. Loved Kvasten and Vilda Musen. The best of those two genres I have ever been on. Also a fun house that was the best I have been in. The slide at the end was a kick. Bonus points for the day were gained by heading over to the city and getting to walk along the water and sightsee. By far the prettiest day of the trip, both for weather and for the surroundings. Stockholm was the treasure I had been hoping for on this trip.
Rendell Bird
There have been many personal "firsts" since the last time this laptop had enough battery-power to reach the back of the coach. I had "my first" over-night ferry ride (from Turku, Finland, to Stockholm, Sweden), my first ride on an Intamin Inverted coaster, and my first visit "missed coaster" of this journey (BOO! HISS!). I do not have access to the Internet - so, I can't check to see if Stockholm has a nickname of some manner. If not, I will apply one. If Prague is called "Paris of the East", let me invent for Stochholm the appellation of "Paris of the North". The architecture was often breath-taking, the people were surprisingly friendly, and the topography was simply amazing. (Oh, and they've got a truly European amusement park = probably only four city blocks in size but beautifully decorated with rides stacked-upon rides). After Stockholm, we ran by a small park called Parken Zoo. One of their coasters had only one operating car. It quickly became apparent that approximately only 38 people could ride per HOUR = and our group is comprised of 134 people = and we officially had 1.5 hours to spend. Oh well. You don't win'em all. Still, the day was far from being "a failure" since it included the fun of Grona Lund and the beauty of Stockholm.
Richard Bannister
I love Grona Lund! Fantastic park; great coasters, and a superb drop tower. Never thought Id see the day where fifteen rides on an eighty metre drop were more important to me than a roller coaster, but I guess its there. As for Parken Zoo, another classic Schwarzkopf marred only by painfully slow operations. Itd have been good if they could add a second train, but at least all those who wanted to ride were able to do so within about ninety minutes. Apologies and many thanks to all those held up by the credit whores (including me).
David Elvy
The Ferry crossing to Sweden was good, and a nice meal helped too. Grona Lund today was amazing, a 2 hour ERS on Jetline, Fritt Fall and Kvasten. An amazing City Park, great Weather today too. Stockholm looked great too.
Paul Hindle
A great park at Grona Lund lots of rides especially on JetLine. Beer very expensive but thats Sweden.
A bit of a cock-up at Parken Zoo a Schwarkzopf JetStar2 with one car and a capacity of 51 pph.pity.
Thomas Enders
Nach der Ueberfahrt mit der Faehre nach Schweden stand heute Grona Lund auf dem Programm. Der Park ist direkt am Meer gelegen und man hat einen super Blick von den Coastern auf den Hafen und die Skyline von Stockholm. Highlight ist eindeutig der Schwarzkopf Coaster. Kvasten, der neue Vecoma Coaster und VildaMusen liegen aber auch ueber dem Durchschnitt.
Nick Bowler
Fun ferry crossing from Finland. Good food and company on board. Grona Land was good. Wilder Musen was excellent and Jetline was also good if not a bit rough.
The less said about Parken Zoo the better. At least I rode the apple coaster !!
Bob Clark
Grona Land Excellent park in the centre of Stockholm withn superb views of the city from the rides. Plus the superb Schwarzkopf Jetline Coaster. A great day out in superb sunshine.
Adam King
Guten Tag Ferry crossing was great fun with most of us enjoying a rather good buffet which included unlimited beer and wine. Not much sleep was had due to partying like a rock star in the ferrys disco to the wee hours. Beer, lack of sleep and ferry = head like a bag of spanners in morning!! Grona Land was superb and we were treated very well by the park. Jet Line Schwarzkopf was very good. The park had two tower rides which offered very picturesque views of Stockholm. Kvasten is a ride that fits the park very well. Parken Zoo was an interesting evening indeed. Going back to the hotel now for some chippy chips, spaghetti hoops and a crunchie!!!!! Until next time pop pickers . . . .
John Gasper
Last night we took the ferry to Stockholm. As I anticipated some of us were in the Disco until 3:30 am which then allowed us 3 hours of sleep since we had to get off the boat at 6:30 am. There was a 1 hour time change for the good, but it happened overnight so it was as confusing as the state of Indiana. It was a pretty good time, but nowhere near as great as the night we spent at the Stock Exchange in Leeds in 1996. We were awake in time to stand on the deck and watch the approach into Stockholm. It appears to be a beautiful city. I wish we could have spent a day there. Today we went to Grona Lund. This is a wonderful old park with some really great old rides! The highlights included the last Schwarzkopf built coaster Jetline, a crazy mutated long wild mouse, two dark rides and another fantastic funhouse. There were all sorts of things inside where one could sustain a major injury , but I emerged unscathed. We went to Parken Zoo later today and tried to get rides on their two coasters, but there were issues so we each got one coaster. Counting the mini Europe trip with TPR I now have 30 new coasters on this trip and could end with 58. This means I will ride my 600th coaster on this trip, but I wont know when it is because I have not updated my count before I left home.
George Greenway
Yesterday was a soft day, rain allowed as extended ERS in the bar then onto the overnight ferry. Some of our group opted to disco the night away. I tried to get some sleep in a vibrating bed, occasionally listing to the left or right. The wake up call was in soft knock on the door with a fist, followed by coffee for breakfast. Onto Grona Lund, translated as green grove. An absolutely fabulous compact park. We were presented with coffee and sandwiches and a great history of the park talk. We were let loose in the park on the coasters 2 hours before the public. The weather has now picked up wonderfully, sunny and high 20s. we headed of for Parken Zoo, obviously added into the trip for the credit whores on the trip, it had a big apple and a schwarzkopf. we arrived at the park with 1 hour left before the park closed at 6. The jetstar was running 1 train and the cycle time was over 4 mins, and they were only loading 3 people in a 6 car train. This gave a throughput of 45 people per hour! It would take 3 hours to get the group through. The park very kindly offered to keep running the train until we had all got a ride, a very big thank you to all the staff who stayed on to operate the ride. With the help of members quick loading we got the cycle time down to 3 mins. It was a pity that people were asked to abandon riding the coaster in favour of getting back to the hotel early.
Mats Hummel
Being my local park I may not be the right person to have any opinions about it. Grna Lund has shown us the way to spend a day in Stockholm. Thanks Annika and Andreas for letting us be entertained today.
Paul Freeman
We arrived in Sweden this morning and I have once again proved that overnight ferries give me symptoms very similar to a huge hangover ;-)
The staff at Grna Lund gave us an interesting talk about the park and its rides, as well as breakfast and a t-shirt.Then we had a nice long 2 hour ERS on Jetline, Fritt Fall and Kvasten, enough time to get plenty of rides in. This allowed a relaxing remainder of the day, handy as it's been around 26 degrees and very sunny all day. Kvasten's not designed to be the most thrilling ride, but it has great theming and excellent view across the river that park is situated alongside.After what could be described "functional" architecture in Finland the city of Stockholm provided a much more pleasing backdrop to the park. Other rides made the most of the parks waterside setting as well, especially the wave swinger which was on a pierhead over the water. It was strange to see ferries going past beneath you as you span round. Parken Zoo : Rode a big apple coaster then stood around a lot.
Lars Soresen
First of all Stockholm is a very beautiful city, and I think that Grna Lund is the right park to be in the city. Jetline was really good, and the drop tower as well. Kvasten is a family coaster therefore not that thrilling, but Wow! those trains are good, really roomy. The fun house was, well fun! Vilda Musen was also great, nice turns and drops. Really nice park.Defently not the last time I will be visiting the park. Parken Zoo; Rode the big apple
Steve Fagin
Firstly, thumbs up to Annika and Andreas at Grna Lund for providing an enjoyable intro talk to the group. To be honest, I often switch off during these, but this presentation was both funny and enjoyable. The two-hour ERS that followed offered plenty of opportunity to ride your choice of seats on the park's two main coasters, with the back being my position of choice on Jetline. This was a good ride, and I liked the surprisingly steep second drop. It was also good to set foot in a funhouse - don't get to do those very often - and this one had enough traditional elements to make it worthwhile.
Dave Hall
Thanks to Grona Lund for an excellent reception - Scandi-style hospitality you get nowhere else in the world. New Vekoma Family coaster is a great addition for them. Looking forward to our reward for not riding at Parken Zoo....
Daniel Almer
I really should not have drunken that much on the overnight ferry ;-) Thanks a lot to Grona Lund for that great day. They really cared well about us! This park is so wonderful, I felt in love to it. Florian, Dirk and me had also a short visit to Junibacken to ride their special darkride. It really was worth the money and it is just a short walk from Grona Lund. Stockholm is a lovely city I would like to have a closer look at sometime.
Ken Simmons
Yesterday evening and today ran together with the ferry ride from Finland to Sweden. The overnight ride provided for quite a scenic view with so many islands being around the ferry. Upon our arrival in Stockholm, easily the most beautiful city I've ever been in, we were off to Grona Lund, which was a great old park. Jetline is an incredible coaster from the master, Anton Schwarzkopf, with the second drop being its best moment. Wilda Musen is a great wild mouse of sorts from Gerstlauer, and its interaction with the trains on Jetline makes for some great viewing.
Dirk Lather
Whow, was fuer ein toller Tag. Auf Groena Lund freute ich mich wie verueckt und ich wurde nicht entaeuscht. Wir wurden sehr nett empfangen, haben etwas ueber die Geschichte des Parks erfahren und dann gab es auch noch einen Snack sowie ein Extra T Shirt fuer den ECC. Zwischendurch sind wir noch schnell rueber nach Junibacken gelaufen um den sensationellen Dark Ride zu erleben. Ich haette mich geaergert, wenn ich diesen ausgelassen hatte. Anschliessend ging es noch nach Parken Zoo, dort steht der fuer mich erste Jet Star von Schwarzkopf. Leider hatte die Bahn nur einen Wagen fuer je 3 Personen im Einsatz und ich rechnete damit, dass wir gleich wieder zurueck zum Bus mussten. Dann kam aber Justin und teilte uns allen mit, dass der Park auf jeden Fall noch jeden fahren lassen wuerde. Zwischenzeitlich war einigen die Wartezeit jedoch zu lange, so zogen sie sich aus der Q zurueck. Ich konnte mit einigen dann doch noch diesen historischen Coaster erleben, was am Ende irgendwie ploetzlich falsch gewesen sein soll. Entweder verstehe ich die Englaender nicht, oder ich verstehe nicht genug englisch. Trotzdem toller Tag mit nicht so schoenem Ende.
Joe Sturek
Grona Lund was an excellent park in an excellent location. Their hospitalility and attractions were noteworthy. The visit to Parken Zoo was full of drama, needlessly.
Lace Patton
Well, after much trepidation, I found the ferry ride to be nothing to worry about - in fact it was quite pleasant - I especially appreciated the darkness in the cabin. Stockholm is BEAUTIFUL - no more than 5 minutes after arrival it was determined that it is a city which must be visited in the future. Many thanks to the staff at Gruna Lund for their generosity - the shirts were a wonderful and unexpected treat. I loved the Mouse! This park has a wonderful mix of rides in a beautiful city - what more could you ask for. As for the stop at Parken Zoo, I have no complaints related to the circumstances - I will always be thankful for the opportunity to be able to participate in these trips. Any frustration on my part is simply due to the behavior of others which is not something that I can control.
Ole Bredesen-Vestby
What a nice park Grona Lund was. Jet-Line was the best coaster in my opinion. And the drop tower Fritt Fall, well I usually dont do those kind of rides, but this I did 6 times. A really good ride. Afterwards we did a short stop in Parken Zoo where we that counts got a couple of more credits. Tomorrow is my home park, Tusenfryd. Will be fun to do that with this gang.
Ray Topscher / Kevin Schreiner
The ferry trip (which can only be described as unpleasant at best) behind us, we headed for Grna Lund, a lovely park. We really appreciated the sandwiches and beverages and loved hearing about the history of the park. The shirts were a wonderful bonus! It wouldve been nice to have seen more of Parken Zoo.
Malcolm Marr
Gronalund was awesome! Swedish weather is better than the Finnish; we have sun now! Congratulations to Martha on having ridden 12 coasters, but why count in binary? Parken Zoo was also awesome where we got an interesting insight into what makes some people tick. Disappointed that the shop only sold cute furry snakes, I wanted a realistic rubber one to assist Huckle address his fear of them.
Keith Johnson
Finally, the weather conditions were perfect! Gronalund was as special as it was to me when I had my first visit to the park. The staff at the park was outstanding along with its coasters. I need to quit bitching so much.
Chris Hull
Wonderful hospitality at Gronalund and an enjoyable visit. A park with history and a great selection of attractions. The new coaster represents a nice new family attraction to the park. Thanks to Annika and ANdreas for making our visit memorable. The journey stop-off/rest at Parken Zoo offered an additional 2 coasters to those who considered it important enough to add them to their counts. Curious to see which members were considerate to their fellow members and those that weren't.
Lutz
A big cheer to Annika and Andreas. They made the visit to Groena Lund special.
Jeff Holmes
What a fantastic park Gronalund is with plenty of history and great coasters including jetstar and wild mouse. Stockholm looks like a beautiful city and is lucky to have such a great park on its doorstep. Mr Worts keep up we are now in Sweden.....
andycoasterboy
A great collection of rides with a greater history and with it came the sunny weather.
Bob & Mike Englander
Beautiful weather, a very good ride session on 2 fun coasters, a terrific fun house (had to go back and do it a second time); in short, a good blend of the old and the new in a wonderful city park.
Terry Jarvis
Gronalund is quite simpley fantasic! By far one of the best parks on the tour!
Pjotr Everts
This was my second visit to Grona Lund. After this visit I'm even more sure this is one of my favourite parks, it has great rides, wonderful atmosphere and an even better location in the heart of Stockholm. There were two coasters there that were new for me, Vilda Musen and Kvasten. Both rides are very good, at fit very well in Grona Lund. I can't wait for my next visit.
Coastin' Carl Ragan
The weather cooperated today; the past few days have been rainy in Stockholm. Both Annika and Andreas of Grona Lund were really kind to give us shirts and refreshments along with a history lesson. Kvasten was a great little ride from Vekoma with the new over-the-lap restraints. The Jetliner and Wilda Musen Mouse were quite fun along with the Fritt Fall. I picked up some Swedish candy here. And the fun house was absolute madness fun. Never have I went through such a maze with very unique obstacles culminating in a thrilling wooden slide in the end. The sea front was very beautiful with ships and boats passing each other for a sail. The blue train had some interesting elements to it, also interesting. Alas we come to Parken Zoo, where we all were in line for one Jet Star 3, running one car, holding 3 people, queuing up 2 hrs having only 1 hr ... you do the math. In the end, my compatriots and I begged the ride operators of the Big Apple as well to let us ride it before they went home. CAFI (Credit & Forget It) P.S. I got your lakrits BTW!
Patrick Flumet
Quelle reception mes amis! Grona Lund est definitivement un des meilleurs park situe au coeur d'une ville.
Beaucoup de varietes dans le choix des attractions et bien sur deux nouveaux coaster depuis ma derniere visite. Cette journee merite bien le retour du soleil...
Parken Zoo ne tient vraiment pas la comparaison.
Rob Hill
To start, the greeting from the staff was top-notch, as they gave us a wonderful shirt and a very interesting history of the park. Secondly, the weather could not be better! Perfect! As is how I feel about Grona Lund Tivoli and their coaster Jetline! Awesome! Two hours of ERS on this and the new coaster was a perfect way to start the day after our great ride to Sweden on the ferry.
Tim Galvelis
Great ferry ride, again; Just wish I could've managed more than 3 1/2 hours of sleep. Anyway, Grona Lund was fantastic, just as it was on the last trip. Jetline is still running great, but BMRX(Knightmare) is the better Schwarzkopf of this style. That's not putting down either coaster though, as they're both Top Ten to me. Thanks to Grona Lund for the wonderful, specially made, t-shirts, they're great. Good Luck with Kvasten, and I can't wait to come back again.
Peter W Oakes
The ferry exceeded my expectations. kept thinking i was on a cruise ship.However i didnt like the stuffy cabin.
Grona lund was great. We got a very freindly welcome with free food/drink and a special free T shirt. The weather was great. The rides were great and the park is well blessed with the breathtaking scenery surrounding it.
Great ghost train and fun house. one problem was a long queue for a loo.
Mick Fryer-Kelsey
Gronaland surprised us with t-shirts for the day of our visit. The 'broomstick' coaster was a very smooth coaster. Beautiful day, park busy and we enjoyed it. At Parken Zoo I rode the apple coaster.
Liz Fryer-Kelsey
Grona Lund was good, the new flying coaster was smooth and fun. Jetline was speedy, same as in 2003. The park were very welcoming and the talk about the historical rides was very interesting.
Parken Zoo was interesting and I didn't get to ride either of the coasters in the end. Hello Mouse family.
Martin Valt
Grona Lund and Vekoma have a real winner in Kvasten. I anticpate many more of these coasters appearing in the next few years. Hi to Julie and Lol.
Hector Jimenez
Grona Lund is another great park. The park has a beatifull location with a great view of Stockholm as well as some wonderfull coasters. Jet Line and the mouse are a lot of fun. The new Vekoma, Kvasten, is so good that I am sure we will see many more coasters of this type in the future.
Yvonne Janik
We had perfect weather for Grona Land, and it was a joy to see a park with such history and beauty. The mouse was my favorite steel mouse in my coaster life of riding mouse rides - what fun! We had to hurry at Parken Zoo, which was real shame. I wish we had the time to see more - I must come back again.
Jeppe Nygaard
Yesterday was the ferry ride from Finland to Sweden, which was a nice trip and good fun, but the expectations were quite overrated for me. I arrived with little sleep at Grona Land today, but we had lovely weather for this superb park. The introduction for the park this morning was well-arranged, fun, and informative. The park ran 3 rides for us for 2 hours for an extended ERS - very generous. I loved the 3 main coasters Jetline, Vilde Musen, and Kvestan. All in all this was a perfect day at a perfect park.
Stor hilsen til jer derhjemme i dk... :-)
Andy Costin
Zzzzz(pop!). Grona Lund - all great hospitality. Kvastan was a great, smooth family ride. Jetline and the mouse were good. Weather was bloody hot - makes a change from yesterday. Now back to sleep..zzzzzz...
'Berklee' Bill Buckley
Grona Lund - where to start and what is there to say that hasn't been said already? Fantastic traditional park on waterfront property in one of the world's most beautiful cities. Throw in a killer fun house, glass-smooth Schwarzkopf and a great ghost house and you have a park day for the memory books. Out of all of the parks and cities around the world I've been to, this is one city/park combo I would absolutely like to return to. A++!
CGII Guys (Dan & Chris)
The ferry ride to Sweden was very cool. A very good buffet and bars. Grona Lund was bad ass! A great Schwarzkopf, Wild Mouse, walk thru Dark Rides and Fun House. An excellent old time park with a pretty good selection of rides, not to mention buying Motorhead flip flops. Parken Zoo, uuuuh..... too long of waits to ride the coasters so we checked out the zip lines, suspension bridge and slides.
martha andrews
Loved the ferry ride. Loved Grona Land. The Jetline was a lot of fun. Ghosthouse was very cool. I liked the mouse too. I could have spent more time there.
Parken Zoo was just trying to get at least one credit, so I got the kiddie coaster credit. It was a rare beautiful day weather wise. Another great day on this tour!
Gordon Taylor
Great fun ferry,but not much sleep. Grona Lund is still the Knoebels of Europe; here's how to keep a traditional park traditional but keep it modern. Still the best advert for Sweden out there, if not Europe. Gr8 country, park and people..Maybe I will move here one day..Get a woodie and I'll seriously consider it!
Cal Jones
Great weather for once, and a combined ERS on Jetline, Kvasten and the drop tower soon woke us up despite little sleep on the ferry. We had really great hospitality from Grona Lund and the park is wonderful. Good fun house and some nice little dark rides as well as the coasters. Jetline is awesome.
The second stop at Parken Zoo was less successful since they were only running one car on the Jet Star, and loading three people at a time instead of six. I didn't bother queueing but had fun on the adventure playground instead. Hi Fred!
Mette Doving
What a great day at Grona Lund, beautiful weather in a beautiful park. After breakfast and a nice presentation, it was of to 2 hours of ERS on 3 rides. Loved the new ride Kvasten, great view from the front seat, but I think I liked the back seat best. Great seats and nice lapbars. Really good theming as well. The Fritt Fall was the best of it's kind I ever been on. Loads of airtime, and great view as well. Not so long since my last visit at Grona Lund, but I will for sure be back in not to long. Thanks to everyone at the park for such a great day:-) Short little stop at Parken Zoo, did at least get one count, and that's more or less all to say about that place.
Nina Kleppe
Had a great day at Grona Lund. Finally it stopped raining and the sun was shining all day. The ERS was good. I loved the Droptower Fritt Faall, which had a nice view over the city before ti dropt us 80 meters down to the ground again. Wonderfull. The Jet Star was really intense ride, and the Kvasten was a nice little coaster. Wilda Musen was wild. Then we stopped at Parken Zoo to get 2 extra credits, but I only got to do Jet Star because they only used 1 car, and the on and offload was awfully slow. Terrible.
