Sea Life Adventure Park – Wikipedia

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The Sea Life Adventure Park (Own spelling Sea Life Adventure Park ) was an amusement park of the Merlin Entertainments Group in Oberhausen. He combined a classic Sea Life Center with an outdoor area with driving attractions. The 1996 under the name Centro.park The park opened was bought up in 2011 and reopened in 2013 under a new name.

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As part of the “Neue Mitte” project, the park was under the name of the brache industrial estate under the name Centro.park built and opened in 1996 by the Centro operator company.

Oscar Bruch Jr., A son of the Bruch Showmen family, took over the park in 2001. The original 8.5 hectare stroller park was moderately expanded, but the nature -related character of the park was retained.

In 2002 the park was first expanded by 5 hectares. The first attraction on the new area was the game tent. From 2003, Benjamin Blümchen was “personally” to meet in the Centro Park. In 2005 the park received a new entrance at a more exposed area compared to the Coca-Cola-Oase of the neighboring shopping center Centro. A chain carousel was set up as a further ride.

The “pirate fleet” was inaugurated in 2006. These were boats for steering with three water cannons on board, which were to be driven through a course, with visitors to shoot each other with water cannons. Most recently, the classic car train was added in 2007.

On September 23, 2006, the millionth visitors were counted in the park.

On March 23, 2010, Oscar Bruch terminated jr. In a press release, to concentrate on his core business with mobile leisure facilities again at the end of the 2010 season and to end the commitment in Oberhausen. Large investments and thus a long -term bond with the park have become necessary to continue the business, the park manager justified his decision. The Centro Park went into its last season after ten years under the direction of Oscar Bruch. At the same time, a larger game tent, a nature trail and various events were announced for the year. [first]

After most rides were dismantled after the end of the 2010 season, Merlin Entertainments Group announced in April 2011 to reopen the park on April 16, 2011 with new leadership with seven attractions. [2] This also happened, but only with five attractions.

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The park was closed in the 2012 season until it was called in spring 2013 Sea Life Adventure Park was reopened. Only a joint entry ticket with the neighboring Sea Life Center could be purchased. [3] As a new main attraction, the ride was Penguins! Antarctic adventure Inaugurated. It is a wild waterway from ABC Rides that leads the visitors through an enclosure with donkey spenguins. At the same time, Merlin Entertainments opened a new one in the immediate vicinity LEGOLAND Discovery Center .

Five new attractions were opened in 2014, including the mini-release towers “hip” and “hop”. A Viking ship (MS Seegang), the Jeep Safari and a water playground opened. In addition, the new Shanghai Express, a parking railway, the red train from the Heide Park Resort Soltau [4] At the same time, separate tickets were sold again for the park. [3] After the park was regularly closed in winter 2015/16, it was not reopened in the 2016 season. [5] At the end of March 2016, the corresponding website also went offline, with a reference to the fact that this page no longer exists. The park was supposed to open free access in May 2016. However, all attractions should be dismantled with the exception of the penguing steal and the reduced playgrounds. [3]

However, this was not done. In the meantime, there were plans to build two American mini golf plants in spring 2017. [6] But this was also not implemented. Instead, the donkey penguins were brought to a new enclosure in Paris in early 2017.

In the summer of 2018, it became known that the contract with Merlin Entertainment should be terminated and that the Centro takes responsibility for the site again. There are no concrete plans for the subsequent use. However, the park has been cordoned off since 2019. In spring 2018, all attractions except the tractor railway were dismantled. Their whereabouts is unknown. [7] The Jeep Safari of Serengeti Park Hodenhagen is the former Merlin Entertainment system from Oberhausen. [8] [9] [ten] This was opened in Serengeti Park near the former Graetz ‘classic car Garage in 2018 and was then implemented and has been near Aqua Safari and the Kumba Twister since the 2019 season. The red parking train (Ex Heide Park Resort) was sold with the identical blue train of the Heide Park to the Europa-Park as a replacement for the two trains destroyed during the major fire. [11] The rest as well as the attractions of the former Centro. Park, such as B. “Rodeo” [twelfth] was sold to the middleman Usent Rides Apeldoorn. In his references, this also advertises with the former Centro. Park. [13] Most recently, MS Seegang and the White Water Railway were for sale.

From November 27, 2018 to February 12, 2019, the “Game of Thrones Exhibition” was exhibited on the area of ​​the former white water railway in a large tent. [14] From October 2019 to January 2020, a 55 meter high ferris wheel was operated by the showman Oscar Bruch Jr. on the same area. [15]

The Karl’s adventure village Oberhausen opened there in 2023. The opening was originally planned for 2022.

Chronicle of attractions
Year action attraction
1996 opening Traktor-Bahn, Shanghai Express
1997 opening Slide tower
2001 opening Bee Bee, pirate ship, rainbow ferris wheel, rodeo, dragon flight, Speedy
2002 opening Game tent on a new expansion area
2003 closure Dragon flight
2005 opening Benjamin Blümchen’s wave plane, new entrance area
2006 opening Piratenflotte
2008 opening Classic car ride
2010 closure Bee Bee, Benjamin Blümchen’s wave plane, classic car ride, pirate fleet, pirate ship, rainbow ferris wheel, Rodeo, Speedy
remodeling Benjamin Blümchen’s tractor ride → tractor railway
two thousand and thirteen opening Penguins! Antarctic adventure
2014 opening Jeep Safari, MS Seegang, Hip and Hop, water playground, (new) Shanghai Express
2015 closure Penguins! Antarctic adventure
2017 closure Jeep Safari, MS Seegang, Hip and Hop, water playground, tractor railway, Shanghai Express
  • Speedy , Wild mouse with freely rotating chaisen (Spinning Coaster)
  • Ferris wheel, 44 m high
  • Pirate fleet (interactive water trip with water cannons and controllable boats)
  • Rodeo Karussell (Breakdance)
  • Bee bee (carousel with gondolas swinging sideways up to 90 °, bee thematization)
  • Swing of ships, discussed as a pirate ship
  • Chain carousel in Benjamin the Elephant Design
  • Large game tent with Wackelberg, Bobby Cars, VTech game consoles and quads (subject to surcharge)
  • Longest tractor track in the world (since 2003 with Benjamin Blümchen Figures)
  • several children’s carousels
  • Power paddler boats
  • Trampoline
  • Labyrinth
  • 12 m high free-fall slides and spiral tube slide
  • 1000 m² water and adventure playground
  • Bungee trampoline, the jumps up to a height of 9 m and overlays
  • Shanghai-Express (original), a parking train through the Asian parking part
  • Gold washing
  • Oldtimerbahn

Benjamin Blümchen was in the park every day in good weather and was available for photos with the children.

  1. ↑ Last start of the season for Oscar Bruch jr. In the Centro-Park at “waz.de” (accessed on March 25, 2013)
  2. ↑ Centro.park opens on April 16 under new management. In: Park+Ride Editor. Press release of the Merlin Entertainments Group, April 14, 2011, archived from Original am July 13, 2012 ; accessed on November 8, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b c Thomas Frank: Adventure Park am Centro Oberhausen is history: reopening with a new concept only planned in May 2016. In: Parker experience. 2. April 2016, accessed on September 28, 2018 .
  4. ↑ https://www.nrw-parks.de/news/sea-life-abenteuer-park-neue-eisenbahn-1432.html
  5. ↑ Adventure Park am Centro: New name and new concept. Radio Oberhausen, April 4, 2016, accessed on September 28, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Martin Kleinwächter: Mini golf course instead of a waterway in the Centro-Park Oberhausen. The West, August 9, 2016, accessed on September 28, 2018 .
  7. ↑ 1 August 2018 by Thomas Frankin Deutsche Freienparks, Freizeitpark News, Top News: Centro Park Oberhausen 2018 Without a big comeback: Merlin Entertainments withdraws. Retrieved on April 7, 2020 (German).
  8. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCUD_0-O0NQ
  9. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8HDNQ-JVJU
  10. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxdnuvsehom
  11. ↑ https://www.heide-park-world.de/de/historie/ehemaliges/shows/1111-parkkuide/fahrgeschaefte/gemuetliche-attraktionen/533-Heide-Park-Express
  12. ↑ https://www.usedamusement-rides.com/ridesforsale/huss-rodeo/
  13. ↑ https://www.usedamusement-rides.com/
  14. ↑ November 26, 2018 by Solveig Weber’s excursion destinations: Game of Thrones Exhibition opened in Oberhausen: This is what the exhibition on the Centro! Retrieved on April 7, 2020 (German).
  15. ↑ October 15, 2019 by Anna Baumgartenin Kirmes-News: Ferris wheel at Centro Oberhausen offers views of views until January 2020. Retrieved on April 7, 2020 (German).

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