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Walygator Parc, (formerly Big Bang Schtroumpf, Walibi Schtroumpf and Walibi Lorraine) is an amusement park located in Maizières-les-Metz, Grand Est, France. The park opened on May 9, 1989 along with two roller coasters, Anaconda and Comet.
The park is operated by Aspro Parks, which also owns parks such as Oakwood Theme Park and Boudewijn Seapark.
This amusement park currently operates four coasters, those being the aforementioned Anaconda and Comet, as well as Family Coaster and Monster. The park also used to operate Zig Zag.
As of May 2020, the park is still in operation.
Theme[]
"Schtroumpf" translates to "Smurf" in French. This would be the park's theme from opening day up until 2003.
History[]
Walygator Parc opened on May 9, 1989 as Big Bang Schtroumpf and cost 720,000,000 French francs to build (1989 figure). On opening day, the park would open 2 roller coasters. They were Anaconda, a wooden roller coaster built by Morgan, and Comet (opened as Comet Space), a Vekoma Hurricane roller coaster and is the only one of it's kind operating today.
Later in 1991, the park would renamed to Walibi Schtroumpf.
12 years later on May 8, 2003, Zig Zag, a Mack Rides Wilde Maus roller coaster, would open to the public, but would close down the same year. Also, the park would be renamed again into Walibi Lorraine that year.
In 2007, the park would be renamed once again into Walygator Parc.
In the same year on April 6, the park would open Family Coaster, a Wacky Worm roller coaster.
2 years later in 2009, Wild Mouse from Expoland in Suita, Osaka, Japan, which closed in 2007 with the park, was relocated to Walygator Parc and was put into storage.
On July 9, 2010, the park would open Monster, a Bolliger & Mabillard inverted roller coaster. It was a clone of Raptor at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, United States.
In 2012, the roller coaster that was in storage was relocated to Antibes Land in Antibes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur in France as Wild Mouse. The coaster would later open in 2014.
As of writing, the park is currently operating.
Present Roller Coasters (4)[]
| Name | Manufacturer | Type | Opened | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anaconda | Morgan | Sit-Down | May 9, 1989 | Operating |
| Comet | Vekoma | Sit-Down | May 9, 1989 | Operating |
| Family Coaster | unknown | Sit-Down | April 6, 2007 | Operating |
| Monster | Bolliger & Mabillard | Inverted | July 9, 2010 | Operating |
Past Roller Coasters (2)[]
| Name | Manufacturer | Type | Opened | Closed | Relocated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Mack Rides | Sit-Down | -- | -- | Antibes Land as Wild Mouse |
| Zig Zag | Mack Rides | Sit-Down | May 8, 2003 | 2003 | Toverland as Wilde Maus |