Liseberg, the Swedish theme park, has revealed details of a major new SEK150m (£12m) family dark ride – Underland.
Liseberg announced last year that the Kaninlandet children’s play area would be expanded, with a total investment of SEK200m. The new themed area will open in Spring 2020.
Andreas Andersen, CEO and president at Liseberg, said: “With the introduction of Valkyria in 2018, we had to remove an old children’s dark ride, Sagoslottet. We promised our guests that we would replace this with something bigger and better. That’s what we are doing now. With the new dark ride Underland we will set new standards for this type of experience in Sweden.”
Underland, which will replace the Children’s Theatre, will transport visitors into the secret world of the rabbits.
David Schofield, creative director at Liseberg explained: “Since the Rabbit Land was built in 2013, our guests have got to know the characters above ground. What the rabbits have done underground have been a secret – until now.”
The ride concept was devised by Liseberg and the UK-based design company Quarry Fold Studio, with theming from P&P Projects and animatronics by Lifeformations. The ride system is from Gosetto.
The ride is 190m in length and lasts three minutes 20 seconds. With 18 vehicles carrying four riders each, the capacity is 850 people per hour.
