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Easter Vacation Brought Back Memories
Apr. 22nd, 2009 11:53 pmWhat's your favourite amusement park?
Though I really love the non-placeness of the Disney parks (I've been to Disney World in Orlando, Florida, and Disneyland and Disney Sea in Tokyo), I think Copenhagen's Tivoli will always hold a special place in my heart.
Despite being filled with rides and other amusement park things, I've always thought of it as a park rather than an amusement park. I guess it comes from Tivoli's rich history and the fact that it's possible to enter and enjoy the place without actually taking any rides. The floral arrangements and creative lighting, which is an essential part to the Tivoli Gardens' look, have always captured my imagination and makes me come visit the place time and time again. But of course, there is also the Tivoli Boys Guards, the Tivoli Symphony Orchestra, the Tivoli Pantomime, concerts, and events, amazing light shows, and firework displays to make sure that Tivoli really offers something for everyone, and is worth visiting again and again.
The park opened in 1843 which makes it one of the oldest amusement parks in the world. Actually I think it's only beat by another Danish amusement park, though I may be wrong about this.
Tivoli has a special atmosphere. An atmosphere that is loved by kids and adults alike. The park is split up into thematic sections, but in a rather subtle way. The park is still neatly tied together in its design, particularly in the way Tivoli lights up at night. It feels magical, and even as a kid I loved to walk around and just look at the lights and all the little details on the building facades, which I think is rather rare. Kids usually focus on getting on rides.
My favourite ride at Tivoli is also its most famous one; Rutschebanen. It's a wooden roller coaster built in 1914, and still going strong today. I've never ridden anything quite like it. It relies solely on gravity to give you the thrills you crave, and every trip is different due to each train being controlled by a conductor (in lack of better term, literally a guy who sits on a special chair in the middle of the train and manually slows it down). I love it when they make going up and over the little hills more exciting than going straight down. I used to think that it must be the most amazing job in the world, to get to ride Rutschebanen all day long and make people scream with joy.
( More visual candy behind the cut )
Though I really love the non-placeness of the Disney parks (I've been to Disney World in Orlando, Florida, and Disneyland and Disney Sea in Tokyo), I think Copenhagen's Tivoli will always hold a special place in my heart.
Despite being filled with rides and other amusement park things, I've always thought of it as a park rather than an amusement park. I guess it comes from Tivoli's rich history and the fact that it's possible to enter and enjoy the place without actually taking any rides. The floral arrangements and creative lighting, which is an essential part to the Tivoli Gardens' look, have always captured my imagination and makes me come visit the place time and time again. But of course, there is also the Tivoli Boys Guards, the Tivoli Symphony Orchestra, the Tivoli Pantomime, concerts, and events, amazing light shows, and firework displays to make sure that Tivoli really offers something for everyone, and is worth visiting again and again.
The park opened in 1843 which makes it one of the oldest amusement parks in the world. Actually I think it's only beat by another Danish amusement park, though I may be wrong about this.
Tivoli has a special atmosphere. An atmosphere that is loved by kids and adults alike. The park is split up into thematic sections, but in a rather subtle way. The park is still neatly tied together in its design, particularly in the way Tivoli lights up at night. It feels magical, and even as a kid I loved to walk around and just look at the lights and all the little details on the building facades, which I think is rather rare. Kids usually focus on getting on rides.
My favourite ride at Tivoli is also its most famous one; Rutschebanen. It's a wooden roller coaster built in 1914, and still going strong today. I've never ridden anything quite like it. It relies solely on gravity to give you the thrills you crave, and every trip is different due to each train being controlled by a conductor (in lack of better term, literally a guy who sits on a special chair in the middle of the train and manually slows it down). I love it when they make going up and over the little hills more exciting than going straight down. I used to think that it must be the most amazing job in the world, to get to ride Rutschebanen all day long and make people scream with joy.
( More visual candy behind the cut )
