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New Stuff for 2007

A new area is being built, Land of the Vikings. There are 2 attractions in the new area:

Vikings' River Splash

Vikings' River Splash will be a river rapids ride and the main attraction in the new area. You will be despatched in a round boat seating 9 towards a fantasy Viking land - all made from Lego bricks, of course. Over 60 Viking themed Lego models will be on display.

According to a press release from Legoland: "Land of the Vikings increases Park capacity by around 15% with over 1300 guests braving the Vikings' River Splash ride each hour."

The boats traverse 400m of flumes and the ride features a large red dragon made from Lego named Nidhogg with a 6m wingspan.

Vikings' River Splash will be the wildest and wettest ride in the park and it's costing nearly £5m to develop.

An announcement was made with an opening date of Thursday 9 August 2007 however this has been missed. The following photos/videos were taken the day before on Wednesday 8 August and show there is still quite a bit of work to do.

Legoland Windsor Vikings' River Splash ride - the sign at the main entrance which is down near the Spinning Spider. Note the unfinished look!

Vikings' River Splash ride viewed from The Beginning - we think the metal work on the right is part of a new walkway down to the ride from The Beginning.

A closer view from The Beginning showing one of the models and a couple of construction workers.

Another view of the river rapids ride under construction

Some video of the ride still being constructed:

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Some video of the ride being tested with empty boats:

Empty boats were being sent round the ride later on during the day. The singing is from people waiting for the Hill Train back to The Beginning.

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Legoland Windsor Vikings' River Splash ride - raft wash which has buckets which will drop down on riders

Legoland Windsor Vikings' River Splash ride - part of the river

Update on Tuesday 14 August 2007:

News from Legoland is that the new ride will now be opening on Saturday 18 August. This is another change to the opening date which was originally 9 August (as posted to Annual Pass holders) and then 14 August (as shown on official website).

Update September 2007:

See the Vikings' River Splash page for details of this ride after it opened.

The second new attraction is:

Loki's Labyrinth

A Nordic-themed hedge maze. This was part of Amazing Mazes until the end of the 2006 season.

There was also one other attraction built in summer 2007 that received no pre-launch publicity:

Mole-In-One Golf

Mole-In-One Golf was completed in July 2007. See the Mole-In-One Golf page for details.