Tivoli is the second most popular seasonal amusement park in the world after Europa Park. Tivoli is the most visited theme park in Scandinavia and the fifty most visited theme park in Europe only behind Disneyland Park (Paris) Europa Park Walt Disney Studios Park and Efteling. In 1874 Chinese style Pantomimeteatret (The Pantomime Theatre) took the place of an older smaller theatre. The audience stands in the open the stage being inside the building. The theatre's curtain is a mechanical peacock's tail. From the very beginning the theatre was the home of Italian pantomimes introduced in Denmark by the Italian Giuseppe Casorti.
This tradition which is dependent on the Italian Commedia dell'Arte has been kept alive including the characters Cassander (the old father) columbine (his beautiful daughter) Harlequin (her lover) and especially popular with the youngest spectators the stupid servant Pierrot. The adsence of spoken dialogue is an advantage as Tivoli is now an international tourist attraction.
In the late 19th early 20th century Tivoli also hosted human exhibitions In 1943 Nazi sympathisers burnt many of Tivoli's buildings including the concert hall to the ground. Temporary buildings were constructed in their place and the park was back in operation after a few weeks. Tivoli is always evolving without abandoning its original charm or traditions. As Georg Carstensen said in 1844 Tivoli will never so to speak be finished a sentiment echoed just over a century later when Walt Disney said of his own Tivoli inspired theme park Disneyland will never be completed. It will cintinue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world. In Norwegian and Swedish the world tivoli has become synonymous with any amusement park.
Rides: Dragon Boat lake and Daemonen roller coaster in the background. The park is best known for its wooden roller coaster Rutschebanen or as some people call it Bjergbanen ( the Mountain Coaster) built in 1914. It is one of world's oldest wooden roller coasters that is still operating today. An operator controls the ride by braking down the hills so it won't gain too much speed. It is an Ace Coaster Classic.
Another roller coaster Daemonen (The Demon) features an Immelmann loop a vertical loop and a zero G roll all during the ride time of just one minute and forty six seconds. And old roller coaster Slangen was removed to have enough space for Daemonen. In 2017 Tivoli added an optional virtual reality expierience to the ride simulating a flight through ancient China along with encounters of dragons and demons. Daemonen is situated next to the concert hall.
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