Screenshot / Riverland: Maze Removed
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26-February 17
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Outrage in Germany! Traditional German amusement park Riverland, near the town of Walheim, has been a local hot spot for roughly two decades now, ever since it first opened in 1976. The charming family run amusement park has developed an almost cult like following amongst the population in the area. The park is in a way a depiction of its simple, yet natural rural surroundings and it has thus never lost touch with the atmosphere of the place.
At the end of last season though, the owners of the park announced in a small press conference, that in order for their family heritage to survive against the fierce competition within the amusement park business in Germany, they had to accept a bid by third party investors who wanted to purchase the park. The old owners promised that the investors had themselves been fans of the park since it first opened and that for them it was a matter of heart to turn the park into a bigger, and better enterprise. Since this statement there has been very little in terms of transperancy or news from the park. The sight of construction equipment though sparked new speculations about what the new owners first actions were going to be. Shortly before the start of the new season, they released a statement to the press which sparked outrage amongst the long time fans of the park. The new owners apparently removed the park‘s evergreen, its crazy maze attraction (Das Verrückte Labyrinth), which has been a fan favourite for years.
Jürgen Büttel, head of the official Riverland Fanclub said the following to the press:
„I would bet that this park has been around since long before these stupid investors made money. Now they come here and take away something so historical for our park. We‘re not pleased at all, I think I can say that for all fans of Riverland. How will they make up for this?“
Interestingly, the park was very quick to respond to the criticism by releasing new info to the press:
„Obviously, we respect the tradition of the park, and especially the strong opinions about the removal of such a traditional attraction! But we did not remove the maze without reason. The future of the park was one of the key factors in why we were interested in buying it. For us the park has a high emotional value, the takeover of the park was not simply a corporate act. We love this place and want to turn it into one of the leading German theme parks within the next 10 to 20 years. Therefore we have to gradually reshape the park to allow for it to expand, as well as to lead it to a direction, where we can realize our visions we have for the park‘s future. The removal of the maze was one of the first actions in order to open the park up to new territory.“
The future development of the park will stay an interesting topic as tensions might rise high again depending of the new owners‘ next actions. Meanwhile the maze has been replaced by a large trampoline and a fairly relaxing seating area. On one side of that area, trees are being brought down behind a large wooden fence. Perhaps the park might see an expansion of the size the new owners were talking about sooner than expected. Lets hope for them that Riverland Fanclub can see the positives in that. -
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Next part of the story, note that the actual rct on show is purposely simple. But we shall see what happens next.
A brand new timeline park with such a high quality... I fucking love you man. Can't wait to see how it goes!
Was the picture of the maze taken in 1895?
Nice to see things progressing so quickly.
Thanks!
The photo is black and white because the maze is now dead.
By the way, for all who thought this was "tl;dr" but are still interested in the timeline:
The owners of the park handed the park over to new investors:
„The future of the park was one of the key factors in why we were interested in buying it. For us the park has a high emotional value, the takeover of the park was not simply a corporate act. We love this place and want to turn it into one of the leading German theme parks within the next 10 to 20 years. [...] Therefore we have to gradually reshape the park in order to allow it to expand“
Stay tuned for the next updates!
I'm tuned!
Okay, quick note about journalism. Always write in the inverted pyramid format. That means the story is always written with the most important information first and the totally supplemental information last. Also your lead (aka your first sentence) should always answer the base questions (who, what, when, where, why, and how) in as few words as possible, with who and what being the first. For example: Riverland Park (who) will remove their hedge maze (what) follwing the current season (when) to make room for more attraactions (why). Also keep in mind that the lead must aslo be a complete sentence.
Now, after the lead, your supplemental lead should expand upon the lead, adding information cut for space. The base structure of a news article always follows Lead, expansion of lead, direct quote, indirect quote, chronology, misc.
Such an outrage!!