KenNetti - The Finnish Database of Dark Rides

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		KenNetti's The Finnish Database Of Dark Rides T e m p o r a r y •I m a g e •G a l l e r y Ghost Trains and Other Dark Attractions in Finland This page includes Image Galleries for the following Finnish dark rides & attractions: FANFAARI & Planet FunFun Last Train (1991-1995) LINNANMÄKI Ghost Trains (1950-2008) The Original Ghost Train The Fairytale Train / Ghost Train Horror Castle / Ghost Train LINNANMÄKI Ghost Trains (1984-1989) Links to Great Video Excerpts SÄRKÄNNIEMI Ghost Trains (1978-1999) Ghost Train / The Ghost Castle SÄRKÄNNIEMI The Tower Of Orlochless (2000-2008) WASALANDIA The Ghost House (1991-2008) TYKKIMÄKI Ghost Train (2002-2008) LINNANMÄKI The House Of Secrets (1989-1996) Includes also the Tykkimäki Mysteerio (1997-2008) and The Mysterious Legacy Of The House Of Secrets and more coming up! F A N F A A R I & Planet FunFun "Viimeinen Vuoro" - Last Train - Finland's Only Authentic Ghost Train (1991-1995 in Kerava, Savio) Fanfaari's Last Train Photos from February 1991 The Locomotive (front) The Locomotive (from the side) The Carriage Facade Fanfaari's & FunFun's Last Train Expanded & Enhanced Versions The Reptilian Death "The Cousins" and the Facade Logo Last Train - Original Expanded Version Last Train Detail from FunFun Map More Photos of Fanfaari and Planet FunFun at huvipuisto.net 's Fanfaari & Planet FunFun (a Finnish language photo & info page) L I N N A N M Ä K I Ghost Trains 1950-2008 Finland's Most Long-Lived Ghost Train (in Helsinki) WARNING: The following Linnanmäki image galleries may include intense material. We recommend that young children should be accompanied by an adult especially when browsing the images marked with ** "Kummitusjuna" - Ghost Train - Originally owned by Svend Jarlström (1950 - ca 1966) Jarlström's Ghost Train - Facade Jarlström's Ghost Train at Market Square Ghost Train at Jubilee Square 1966 "Satujuna / Kummitusjuna" - Fairytale Train / Ghost Train - Original design and paintings by Willy Willumsen (1973 - 1985) Kenneth Sundberg's drawings Facade 1985 (rough sketch) Memorable Detail of the Facade* Inside the Fairytale Train, late 1970's The Legendary Gorilla The Stretching Man* The Original Tomb* The Witch and the Fisherman The Gobblers* The Old Sorcerer* "Kauhulinna" - Horror Castle - (1986 - 2000) Kenneth Sundberg's drawings Green Facade Version (1986) Violet Facade Version (1995) Brown Facade Version (2004) The Ghost Locomotive The Ghostly Harlequin The Ghostly Harlequin (drawing) The Skeleton on an Old-Fashioned Bicycle The Gobblers (original drawing)* Grimacefaces Over the Exit Giant's Head (Facade Detail) The SkeleConductor "Kummitusjuna" - Ghost Train - (ca 2000 - 2008) New Facade 2006 Hairy Monster in the Vehicle The New Tomb (image 1) The New Tomb (image 2) Rudolf the Skeleton More Skeletons & Castle Mural The Butler's Dinner Shrouded Ghost's New Identity The Legendary Skeleton ? Corpse in a Coffin & Captain Hook The Bloody Gobbler More Photos of Linnanmäki's Ghost Train at jpuusaari.com 's Linnanmäki - Kummitusjuna (a Finnish language photo gallery) L I N N A N M Ä K I Ghost Trains 1984-1989 Fairytale Train / Ghost Train Horror Castle Great Video Excerpts from YLEn Elävä Arkisto archive (in Swedish language) Söndagsöppet besöker Borgbacken (1985) http://www.yle.fi/player/player.jsp?id=73790&locale=sv Total time 18 minutes. In this episode of Söndagsöppet we meet Linnanmäki legend Sara Ekelund (the wife of managing director Bo Ekelund) who introduces the amusement park and its history to her grandchild. According to YLE Archives, the year is 1985. This program contains two tiny snippets of the legendary Fairytale Train / Ghost Train facade (created presumably by Willy Willumsen), so keep your eyes open! The facade is is also photographed from above (from the ferris wheel) beginning approximately at 11:13. Pål Pressli på Borgbacken (1985) http://www.yle.fi/player/player.jsp?name= El%E4v%E4+arkisto%2F03981_1&locale=sv Total time 4 minutes. In this special program the Swedish ventriloquist Pål Pressli visits some attractions at Linnanmäki - including surprisingly lengthy footage from INSIDE the Fairytale Train / Ghost Train. According to YLE Archives, the year is 1985. The journey inside the ghost train is slightly edited, but includes such legendary characters as "The Stretching Man" and "Shrouded Ghost" - and contains also the very nostalgic horn sounds. The ghost train footage begins at 1:35. Lilla O och Molly på Borgbacken (1989) http://www.yle.fi/player/player.jsp?id=73777&locale=sv Another Swedish program takes us to Linnanmäki amusement park in the summer of 1989 (according to YLE Archives). This children's program offers two snippets of the original green facade of the Horror Castle. The first section begins at 8:34. S Ä R K Ä N N I E M I Ghost Trains 1978-1999 Finland's First Detailed Castle Facade (in Tampere) WARNING: The following Särkänniemi image galleries may include intense and/or obscene material. We recommend that young children should be accompanied by an adult especially when browsing the images marked with ** "Kummitusjuna" - Ghost Train - Original facade painting by Ari Backman (1978 - 1984) Ghost Train Facade Miniature (1978) "Kummituslinna" - Ghost Castle - Original facade design, paintings and creatures by Ari Backman (1985 - 1999) The Ghost Castle Facade - Late 80's Facade 1999 - Expanded Version Facade - Queue Area Facade - Upper Towers Facade - Creature Mural Load & Unload - The Vehicle Exit Area - "Skull Goblet and the Ghosts" Load & Unload - (as seen from the Exit area) Load - The Vehicle Entrance Into the Ghost Castle Photos from the ride's last summer An Old Vampire The Tomb The Tottering Caskets in the Tomb "The Bird Man" A Skeleton in Chains The Graveyard Creatures in the Graveyard A Vampire in the Solitary Chamber The Solitary Chamber - Decoration The Toppling Boxes The Goblin A Backman "Tower" Tribute (2006) Naked Breasts and Strange Creatures From the Ghost Castle Facade Miniature The Ghost Castle (censored version) *The Ghost Castle (uncensored version)* Horrors of the Castle (uncensored version)** Naked Breasts ! (censored version) *Naked Breasts ! (uncensored version)*** S Ä R K Ä N N I E M I "Orlochlessin Torni" - The Tower Of Orlochless - Finland's Most Child-Friendly Ghost Train (2000-2008 in Tampere) An Isolated Image Gallery Särkänniemi's The Tower Of Orlochless at kentsuproductions.com 's The "Tower" Image Gallery *Coming Soon!* More Photos of Särkänniemi's The Tower Of Orlochless at jpuusaari.com 's Särkänniemi - Orlochlessin Torni (in Finnish language) W A S A L A N D I A "Kummitustalo / Spökhuset" - Ghost House - Finland's Greatest Dark Attraction (ca 1991- 2008, in Vaasa) WARNING: The following Wasalandia image galleries contain intense material. We recommend that young children should be accompanied by an adult especially when browsing the images marked with Wasalandia's Ghost House The Facade and the Interior Murals The Facade "Behind the Door" Monument in the Labyrinth The Monument - Expanded Version Statues in the Labyrinth The Gargoyle - Expanded Version Ghoulish Art (Portraits) The Giant Spider Wasalandia's Ghost House** Deeper Into the Attraction The Trembling Mummy Creatures at the Dinner Table ("The Master and the Butler") The Great Hall (seen from the stairs) The Great Hall (seen from the balcony) A Sleeping Vampire (& Phantom's Girlfriend) The Phantom's Organ The Phantom's Organ - "Hard Rock" The Bed in the Poe Chamber The Boudoir of Beara The Final Hall The Dinner Table Shock Electrocution Horror The Dungeon Horror (doorbanger) The Dungeon - Chained Corpses The Dungeon - Bloody Pulp Hairy Monster on the Screaming Chair Minimonster at the Entrance More Photos of Wasalandia's Ghost House at jpuusaari.com 's Wasalandia - Kummitustalo (a Finnish language photo gallery) T Y K K I M Ä K I "Kummitusjuna" - Ghost Train - Finland's Most High-Class Ghost Train (2002-2008, in Kouvola) WARNING: The following Tykkimäki image galleries may include intense material. We recommend that young children should be accompanied by an adult especially when browsing the images marked with Tykkimäki's Ghost Train** Design, decorations and creatures by Rex Studios Ltd, England. Vehicles manufactured by C&S, Italy. Additional creatures by Distortions Unlimited, USA. Facade & Queue Area Facade's Decorative Window Facade Gargoyle (image 1) Facade Gargoyle (image 2) Facade Logo Load & Unload (image 1) Load & Unload (image 2) Load & Unload - Decorative Door (Expanded Version) Tykkimäki's Ghost Train Into the Ride The Library Candles Scythe of the Death The Spider Chamber The Werewolf Attack (image 1) The Werewolf Attack (image 2) Prisoner of the Dark Dungeon (doorbanger) The Vampire Chamber - Expanded Version Sleeping Vampire (without enhancement) The Last Vampire ? Bloody Head - Through the Glass More Photos of Tykkimäki's Ghost Train at jpuusaari.com 's Tykkimäki - Kummitusjuna (a Finnish language photo gallery) L I N N A N M Ä K I "Salaisuuksien Talo" - The House Of Secrets - The Walk-Through "Exploratorium" (1989-1996 in Helsinki) T Y K K I M Ä K I "Mysteerio" - Mysterium - The Walk-Through "Exploratorium" Continues (1997-2008 in Kouvola) Tiny Photo Gallery The House of Secrets / Mysteerio The Big Mouth The Phantom Organ The Haunted Fireplace The New 1995 Facade Figure for Linnanmäki's "House of Secrets" The Same Facade Figure at Tykkimäki's Mysteerio In 1995 Linnanmäki's original spooky House of Secrets was remodeled slightly into a more child-friendly direction. The attraction got a new facade and a new name "Ihme ja Kumma" (which translates literally into "Wonder and Weird"). The friendly-looking talking and moving facade figure spent only two summers at Linnanmäki and then moved with the rest of the attraction to Tykkimäki amusement park in 1997. The Tykkimäki attraction got a new name Mysteerio. This facade figure is also featured in the photo archives of Rex Studios' official website). More Photos of Tykkimäki's Mysteerio at jpuusaari.com 's Tykkimäki - Mysteerio (a Finnish language photo gallery) L I N N A N M Ä K I "Salaisuuksien Talo" - The House Of Secrets - The Mysterious Legacy Of The House Of Secrets Featuring some curious details which connect the English Rex Studios Ltd and the American Distortions Unlimited with Linnanmäki's original The House Of Secrets, Wasalandia's Ghost House, Tykkimäki's Ghost Train (and Mysteerio), and Linnanmäki's The Haunted Crypt. The Skull-Candles First of the curious details that links Rex Studios to Wasalandia's Ghost House. Or then these candles have been purchased from another standard supplier, such as Distortions Unlimited. (Identical Skull-Candles featured in Linnanmäki's House of Secrets and naturally in Tykkimäki's Mysteerio - and also quite unnaturally in Wasalandia's Ghost House from the early 1990's till this day). Controversial Gargoyle Mystery Begins Controversial Gargoyle Mystery Deepens This curious design detail links Rex Studios first to Linnanmäki's House of Secrets, then to Wasalandia's Ghost House, then to Tykkimäki's Ghost Train (and Mysteerio), then to Linnanmäki's Haunted Crypt ("Kammokuja") - and finally leads to the catalogues of Distortions Unlimited's official website. All these gargoyles, despite of their sizes, share a same kind of posture, pose and body characteristics. How come a painting of Distortions' very own gargoyle can appear in Linnanmäki's Haunted Crypt attraction, which is claimed to be entirely designed by Rex Studios? The Vampire Connection (Tykkimäki) The Vampire Connection (Wasalandia) The third curious detail reveals that not everything in Tykkimäki's Ghost Train has been designed and manufactured by Rex Studios. An identical sleeping vampire can be found also in Wasalandia's Ghost House. The mystery is solved again by returning to the catalogues of Distortions Unlimited's official website, where these up-side-down-hanging vampires are sold as Distortions' creations and not as Rex's. More Photos and New Galleries Coming Up! ____________________________________ Research, text, site design and image processing by Kenneth Sundberg Original research for Fanfaari & Planet FunFun and additional image materials provided by Pia Lindström E X C L U S I V E •P H O T O S original photographs by Pia Lindström Kenneth Sundberg OTHER PHOTOGRAPHS original photographs by Juha Puusaari Juha Kutvonen Lauri Vartiainen Kari Nieminen Markku Jääskeläinen Erkki Miikkulainen Jussi Jäppinen Masterbone ____________________________________ Sources *and Warmest Thanks to* Eeva-Kaarina Holopainen: Saisko lipun karuselliin? (1990, Gummerus) Eeva-Kaarina Holopainen: Linnanmäki 50 (2000, West Point) Linnanmäen kuva-arkisto Pia Lindström, Lauri Vartiainen, huvipuisto.net, Kari Nieminen, Markku Jääskeläinen, Masterbone, Linnanmäen kuva-arkisto, Kalevi Sariola, Juha Kutvonen, Suomen Huvipuistoseuran foorumi http://huvipuistoseura.org/forum Suomen Rautatiemuseon foorumi http://www.rautatie.org/forum/fi/login.asp?target=default.asp Teppo1, magnuken, Zimba, www.rex-studios.com www.distortionsunlimited.com Happy Hills Way Happy Hoppies Kenneth Sundberg ____________________________________ KenNetti is a totally non-commercial website by Kenneth Sundberg to pay tribute and to honour the work of talented people behind some of the most wonderful things found on this planet. All the material is gathered here only to inform, to promote things that need to be noticed, and to entertain people all over the world. 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