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1971
The year 1971 saw the increase in park size by two attractions with a third supposedly arriving in 1973.
The first of the attractions is a butterfly ride made by Sunkid gmbh named appropriately, 'Butterfly.' When opened with the season opening in March, the ride was a success and had a one hour wait time due to the short ride time, but lack of cars and seats, only being two.
The other attraction is the first non-coaster tracked ride, 'Countryside Drive;' which also got some major popularity when it opened later on in April.
Shortly there after, a place in a heavily wooded area would begin to clear out and structure was brought in from several nearby villages to bring in the necessities.
Shortly there after, it was discussed that the park was adding another big chain of buildings, but that was undecided until after the 1971 season ended.
1972
November on saw rapid, but steady progress on this new building, and roller coaster bits started showing up. Finally, in January, it was announced that the park would be receiving a dark ride/roller coaster combo named 'The Underground.' (YES, I AM UNORIGINAL, I KNOW).
Finally, by April, 'The Underground' came to completion and a ceremony was held. A record attendance was acclaimed at the park, which was three thousand guests at one time.
That would be the only ride added for 1972. As the 1972 season came to close, yet another area started to be destructed. This time, the park's second roller coaster would start to make an appearance. Unfortunately, a fire lost us all our pre-completion photos of the ride, but it was taking place at a relatively slow pace.
1973
Finally, after six long months, Alpinista, a bobsled roller coaster was finished and opened to the public. Featuring six drops, and a fast speed of 37mph, Alpinista is the park's longest and fastest roller coaster.
One feature of this bobsled coaster is it's wonderful wooded setting set atop a mountainside and along river canals with waterfalls surrounding the ride.
One of the big things is that a bobsled coaster is free flowing, as in there are no guide rails to encapsulate the trains; instead, the bobsled trains can weave their way down the track swinging back and forth as it makes its slow descent down.
On opening day, March 5th, the park saw its guest record schooled once again from a total of 3,607 guests who came to the park to ride Alpinista, which would propel Paradiso Medievale's income up for the rest of the season.
Anton Carelli, the park's scheme advisor suggested at a big project coming in the next two years. Stay tuned!
bobsleds + proper landscaping are always nice.
Hm, was the modern bobsled coaster invented yet in 1973? If you're going for the older, wooden "Flying Turns"-type I'd change the track colour to completly brown. But nice work on landscaping and layout! Also, the Butterfly seems oversized. Over-all though, I like the look of this project. Some buildings could use some more details, in particular the facade of that darkride/coaster under construction.
Yep. nice classic theme and colors.