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pony ride, swingss, skill games and so on. And because the Fleurent family has a passion for the conquest of the American Wild West, the theme of their place is easily decided upon and they soon name their growing small leisure park Fraispertuis City. In 1978, a new ride captures their hearts and minds and soon becomes a guest favourite: “La mine d'or”, a small custom-made dark ride where guests travel through the tunnel of a gold mine on board carts. A major milestone was reached in 1987 when the family decided to invest in its very first rollercoaster, named Express. Designed by the French manufacturer Soquet, the trains were initially themed like France's famous TGV high-speed train – quite surprising in the Wild West! They were later modified to better fit with the park's theme, although the ride has since been retired. In 2002, Soquet supplied a second coaster, a mine train called Grand Canyon. Fraispertuis-City then introduced a single admission ticket giving access to all the rides, before continuing the following years with many more openings including a flume ride, carousel, Cinema 180, a Ferris wheel, pirate ship and more. Looking for unique experiences, in 2006 the park chose


to work with the promising young Belgian company Alterface to become the world's first theme park (together with Bobbejaanland in Belgium) to host their famous Desperados interactive theatre. At that time, the yearly attendance was about 200,000 guests. From 2009, Fraispertuis-City entered in an intense


development phase which began with the opening of a new


Pirates Attack by Mack


NOVEMBER 2016


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