Wakobato, Water ride in Fantasy area at Phantasialand, Germany
Wakobato is a boat ride in the Fantasy area of Phantasialand, opened in July 2009 and built by Preston & Barbieri. Its twelve boats, each seating eight people in two rows facing outward, float in a water channel sunk into the Mondsee lake rather than running on raised rails. The former Märchensee was reshaped into the Mondsee to match the Fantasy theme introduced with Wuze Town.
Wakobato opened in July 2009 as a Splash Battle built by the Italian firm Preston & Barbieri, with crank-operated water pistols aimed at targets that triggered fountains. In July 2010 the Cologne administrative court revoked its building permit retroactively after a neighbour's noise complaint; from October 2011 the ride ran only on weekdays pending a new permit. Since the 2022 summer season it operates as a quiet boat ride.
Wakobato lies in the Fantasy area built around Wuze Town, and for the ride the park's former Märchensee (fairy-tale lake) was remade as the Mondsee, the moon lake. The boats float in a channel sunk into this lake rather than running on raised rails, and riders sit in two rows facing outward, four per side.
The boats float in a channel set into the Mondsee, not on elevated rails, and each of the twelve boats seats eight people in two rows facing outward. Since a 2010 ruling by the Cologne Administrative Court, the ride has operated only on weekdays, with the whole area closed on Sundays and public holidays.
The boats float in a water channel sunk into the Mondsee lake rather than running on raised rails, and since 2022 the water cannons and targets are out of service, so passengers cannot spray each other or bystanders. The lake itself was reshaped from the former Märchensee to match the Fantasy theme introduced with Wuze Town.
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