Tivoli celebrates 175 years on 15th August 2018 with the opening of new ride Tik Tak.
It has been manufactured by Dutch company Mondial and replaces the Spinning Top ride, which carried almost 14 million visitors during its 29 years in Tivoli.
As with all Tivoli rides, Tik Tak's design was created especially for the style-conscious theme park by their in-house design department.
The design theme is similar to that of the Star Flyer and Aquila in the area known as the Merry Corner, which is strongly inspired by the idea of a journey of discovery, whether in the stars, in the world of science or in time.
When visitors board Tik Tak, they will sit among gears, gadgets and ingenious mechanisms, ready for a journey through space and time. In this time travel ride, our securely seated visitors glide – although some may feel more as if they are thrown – through time. Dizziness is almost guaranteed once the giant clockwork mechanism starts swinging.
Visitors are rotated both vertically and horizontally at high speed, while being exposed to forces approaching 4G. The ride has a capacity of up to 750 visitors per hour. Tik Tak replaces the Spinning Top, which has carried 14 million visitors since it opened in Tivoli in 1988. On 31 December 2017, its final day, the Spinning Top provided 2,717 visitor trips.
Tik Tak in brief
- Name: Tik Tak
- Manufacturer: Mondial, the Netherlands
- Model: Shake R5
- Design: Tivoli Creative Development
- Capacity: 40 visitors per trip. 750 per hour.
- Number of gondolas: 20
- Height: 8 metres
- G-force: 3.6 G
- Minimum passenger height: 140 cm
