Conny-Land, Amusement park in Wäldi, Switzerland.
Conny-Land is an amusement and animal park of over 4 hectares in Lipperswil, in the municipality of Wäldi. Its Cobra shuttle coaster, opened on 28 July 2010, reaches 85 km/h, rises 36 m and has a loop and two camelbacks. The grounds also hold a sea lion arena and lagoon, a parrot show and a small farm.
Conny Land AG was founded on 21 February 1983 by Konrad "Conny", Gerda and Roberto Gasser to run a leisure park with a restaurant, animal shows and animal training. Konrad Gasser died in 2007 and Gerda in 2008; in 2009 Roberto and Cynthia Gasser took over management while sister Nadja Gasser cared for the dolphins and sea lions. She left in 2013 after the dolphins were moved to Jamaica.
The sea lion shows take place several times a day in the sea lion lagoon, which held the dolphin shows until the end of the 2013 season. The sea lion arena lets visitors watch the animals throughout the day, and a parrot show is also on the programme. The park's last dolphins left on 20 October 2013 after Switzerland banned cetacean imports.
Conny-Land sits in Lipperswil, in the municipality of Wäldi, between Kreuzlingen and Frauenfeld. The grounds cover more than 4 hectares, so allow time to walk between the sea lion arena, the lagoon and the rides. The park is a seasonal operation; the sea lion shows in the lagoon run several times a day, while the arena animals can be watched all day.
The park's open-air dolphin lagoon, opened in 2003, measured 81 metres by 35 metres and held 13,000 cubic metres of water, framed by palms and a yellow sand beach. After eight dolphins died within three years, Switzerland banned imports of dolphins and other cetaceans in 2012, and the last three dolphins left after a final show on 20 October 2013.
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