Walibi Sud-Ouest, Amusement park in Roquefort, France.
Walibi Sud-Ouest is an amusement park in Roquefort with multiple zones featuring roller coasters, water slides, carousels, and rides suitable for all ages. The park includes an aquatic section with water games and water-based attractions.
Walibi Aquitaine opened on 24 April 1992, created by Belgian businessman Eddy Meeùs on the Château de Caudouin estate bought from a local aristocrat. The Lot-et-Garonne council, the Aquitaine region and the EEC funded part of the 120 million franc project. Premier Parks bought the Walibi group in 1998, Star Parks took over in 2004, and Compagnie des Alpes in 2006. Renamed Walibi Sud-Ouest in 2011, the park was sold to Aspro Parks in 2015 and became Walygator Sud-Ouest at the end of the 2020 season.
The Walibi mascot was redesigned as a 3D character in 2011 and joined by a band of musical characters, with two million euros invested in the new musical universe; local firms carried out about 70% of the work. The park held its first Halloween season from 17 October to 1 November 2015. The 4-D cinema film was renewed that year with Tempo Attack.
The entrance sits in a wooded 30-hectare estate at Roquefort, near Agen, roughly midway between Bordeaux and Toulouse. The site also holds the Aqualand Agen water park, opened in 2017, reached from the same grounds. The Château de Caudouin, an 18th-century building, stands within the estate, so allow time to walk the parkland beyond the rides.
The Boomerang coaster, the park's headline ride at its 1992 opening, is a Vekoma shuttle model that ran at Zygofolis near Nice from 1987 to 1991 before being moved here. Riders are pulled up, released through a station and a loop, then sent backwards through the same track.
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