Sweden: “Snake“ – Gröna Lund Announces New Pendulum Ride for 2019

Today, Sweden’s Tivoli park Gröna Lund located in Stockholm announced to open up a new ride in due time for the beginning of the 2019 season: “Snake“ will be the name of the new pendulum ride, which will lift up guests at a speed of 80 km/h and with G-forces of 4.3g up to 40 meters in the air! This tower ride is a “Chaos Pendle” model from Funtime. Up to eight people – with four guests back-to-back – will sit in a gondola attached to a pendulum arm, which in turn is attached to another rotating arm. Since both arms rotate, the gondola will be set into motion as well. A similar attraction can be found at Vienna’s Prater in Austria. The new thrill ride will only be available temporarily – after the end of the season, the ride will leave the park again.

Learn more about the future plans of Gröna Lund and the Swedish operating group in our interview with the group’s CEO Christer Fogelmarck, which can be found in our upcoming magazine issue 5/2018, published on September 3. (eap)