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Plopsaland De Panne
Plopsaland De Panne
Location	De Panne, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium,
Website	www.plopsa.be
Owner	Plopsa
Opened	April 20, 2000
Operating season	April to November
Rides	36 total; 6 roller coasters; 2 water rides;

Plopsaland De Panne is a theme park located near the town of De Panne on the Belgian coast. The park opened on 20 April 2000. Before that date (from 1936 to 1999) the park was called Meli-Park, created by a honey company and based on a bee theme.

[edit] History

Since the foundation of the park in 2000, the figures of the popular Belgian and Dutch figures of Studio 100 can be found. All the attractions have a theme from one of the soaps or musicbands of the group. There are attractions of Kabouter Plop, Samson en Gert, Big en Betsy, Piet Piraat and Wizzy en Woppy.

In 2006 there opened 3 new attractions: the SuperSplash (in a whole new Piratezone), the SpringFlyer ("Spring" is a popular soap on the Belgian television, is Dutch for "Jump") and a K3 museum. In 2007, Plopsaland De Panne opened a renewed Kabouter Plop-area, with 2 new attractions. In 2009 a new roller coaster opened: Anubis: The Ride.

[edit] Park structure

The park is divided into several areas:

Entrance area (Inkomszone)
Gnome Plop garden (Plop-tuin)
Castle area (Kasteelzone)
Pirate area (Piratenzone)
Anubis area (Anubiszone)
Wizzy and Woppy area (Wizzy en Woppy-zone)
Spring Area (Spring zone)
The farm of Big and Betsy (Big en Betsy-hoeve)
The carnival of Samson and Gert (De kermis van Samson en Gert)

The park has 5 roller coasters, with no inversion and one new rollercoaster (Anubis: The Ride) with 3 inversions and a launch which accelerates from 0 to 90 km/h in less than 2 seconds. The coaster "Dongo's race" (in the Wizzy & Woppy area) is the oldest coaster in Belgium and opened in 1976. The SuperSplash (a Mack SuperSplash/watercoaster) opened in 2006.

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Coordinates: 51°04′47″N 2°35′49″E / 51.07972°N 2.59694°E / 51.07972; 2.59694