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Drievilet is a Dutch amusment park,located in the Hague and knwon to focuse maninly towards young vistors,altough there are also attractions for the adults.The park is originated in the city of Rijswijk.
History[]
The beginning[]
The park got its name beacuse of its location at the junction of Vilet to Leiden,the Haagvilet and the Delftse Vilet.On a map from 1611 by Floris Batlthasar,the Outside Drievilet with a large garden is already shown.The heirs of Ysbrand van der Does,scretary of Amsterdam,sold the homestead with 33 Tommarow's landin 1625 to Johan van Gogh,clerk of the state Gneral.It was probably Van Gogh himself who build the mansion.In 1682 it is in any case mentioned in a division of the property,and on the map of the Delfland Water boat by N.Cruquius in 1712,Drievilet was also indocated as a country estate with some landscape gardens.
Van Gogh gave the estate to his daughter when she married Arnout van Beaumont,president of the council of Bradant.After his death it passed to his son,Andries van Beaumoth.His son's widow,Johan van Beaumoth,sold it to Nicolaas Evert Fournir,lawyer of the court of Gelderland.
In 1736 he sold it to the widow of Jan van der Berg,lawyer of the court of Holland.In 1847 CHTh.A. Hooft Graaflant,also the owner of Bruchvieltthe estate.He continued to live here until his death in 1923.
To this day,the house is considered a national monument
Playground and the beginnig of the park[]
After his death,Hooft established a new cafe in the house for the new owner ,and in 1938 also opened a small playground with a tea garden.This turned out to be an attractive combination,and when visitors kept coming to the place,the estate was purchased from him in 1950.In 1951 the first attraction was placed,a small merry-go-around,and finally the park got its name,Drievilet Family Park.Various attractions added each year.
Expansions[]
The park kept expanding each and every year,with many attractions coming to the park.One of the oldest attractions in the park is the Monorail,the oldest monorail in the Netherlands.Altough the focus of the park is for small childrens,there are also attractions for adults at the park.The first coaster of the park came in the 1970s and was named Jet Star,a Schwarzkopf City Jet.In 2010 the park began to theme its attractions,and adding new areas to the park,some attractions were themed into the ocean and some into egypt.The entrance was refurbished in 2012.
Roller Coasters (4)[]
Name | Manufacturer | Type | Opened |
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Dynamite Express | Mack Rides | Powered Coaster | 9.6.2005 |
Formula X | Maurer Sohne | X-Car(Launch Coaster) | 6.4.2007 |
Kopermjin | Maurer Sohne | Wild Maus Classic(Left) | 1996 |
Twistrix | Maurer Sohne | Custom Spinning Coaster | 2001 |
Past Roller Coasters (2)[]
Name | Manufacturer | Type | Opened | Closed | Relocated |
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Jer Star | Schwarzkopf | City Jet/Jet 400 | 1970s | 1995 | None |
Xtreme | Maurer Sohne | Spinning Coaster(SC2000) | 3.4.2004 | 2006 | Blue Bayou Dixie Landin' as Xtreme
Trans Studio Action Zone as Alien Taxi |