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milestone project, Tripsdrill’s owners, the Fischer family, seek inspiration from all over the world: visiting other parks, meeting manufacturers at trade shows and discussing ideas with our park planner.
(named ‘Best Roller Coaster at the 2020 Park World Excellence Award)”. Birger continues, “in the summer months especially, our visitors love refreshing water attractions like the log flume ‘Badewannen-Fahrt zum Jungbrunnen’”. Commenting on how the team chooses which
manufacturers and suppliers to work with, Birger says: “Generally, we are open to all suppliers who have the capacity to fulfil our expectations. At Tripsdrill we pursue a long-term master plan which is continuously developed. For each milestone project, Tripsdrill’s owners, the Fischer family, seek inspiration from all over the world: visiting other parks, meeting manufacturers at trade shows and discussing ideas with our park planner. On this basis we approach the suppliers which we feel are best equipped for the specific project.” Everything from the rides, to the food, live entertainment
and retail outlets fit beautifully within the theme ‘Swabia in the year 1880’. “Our menus are inspired by local traditions. In our service restaurant ‘Gasthaus zur
Altweibermühle’ we serve typical Swabian cuisine, inspired by grandma’s recipes, which you will not find in any other theme park,” says Birger. “However, you will also get fresh burgers in our ‘Restaurant zur Werksküche’ and a large variety of other snacks and dishes in the smaller food outlets.” While live entertainment is “currently” not offered on a
daily basis, it is for special occasions “and then we always select original artists who fit to our concept. Of course, we offer a wide choice of souvenir articles in our shops and our guests especially like those which have been customised for Tripsdrill.”
Go wild! In 1972 Tripsdrill opened its wildlife park, but prior to this it had a number of, partly exotic, animals, in the theme park. Commenting on the decision to establish a separate park for the animals, Birger says: “We changed our concept – and apart from a few sheep and goats in the theme park, we only keep animals in our wildlife park nowadays.” Stretched across 47 hectares in a natural forest environment, “more than 50 species live here in natural enclosures, which our visitors can partly walk through.,” says Birger. “Our focus is on indigenous animals like wolves, lynx, bears, otters or dear, but we also have some birds of prey from other continents in our falconry. We used to offer regular feedings and flight shows. However, currently, we need to renounce on these demonstrations as the Covid regulations don’t allow larger gatherings.” With so much to see and do at Tripsdrill, I ask Birger if
it’s possible to do both in one day? “As the wildlife park is included in the theme park ticket, most guests visit both parks,” he says. However, with our growing offer, it is hardly possible to make everything in one day. I would therefore recommend each visitor to plan one full day for the theme park and at least half a day for the wildlife park.” With this in mind, the park now has a number of
accommodation options. “Our overnight guests can enjoy 28 tree houses and 20 shepherd’s wagons in the
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