Superland is an amusement park in
Rishon LeZion
Rishon LeZion ( he, רִאשׁוֹן לְצִיּוֹן , ''lit.'' First to Zion, Arabic: راشون لتسيون) is a city in Israel, located along the central Israeli coastal plain south of Tel Aviv. It is part of the Gush Dan metropolitan ...
,
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
. Superland covers an area of about and has three
roller coasters
A roller coaster, or rollercoaster, is a type of amusement ride that employs a form of elevated railroad track designed with tight turns, steep slopes, and sometimes inversions. Passengers ride along the track in open cars, and the rides are o ...
, three wet and dry facilities, a cablecar, and a bungee jumping "Skycoaster."
Superland opened to the public in 1991 and is one of the main amusement parks in Israel, along with
Luna Park in Tel Aviv, My Baby in
Yarka Zapari Birds park in
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...
.
There has been recent controversy over an alleged policy of separating days when Jewish vs. Arab schools could have trips to the facility. Superland claims this was done at the request of the schools themselves (on both the Jewish and Arab sides) but both Israeli Jews and Israeli Arabs
have criticized that the park should have rejected such requests.
Attractions
Roller coasters
Flat rides
Former attractions
External links
Official website
References
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Amusement parks in Israel
Rishon LeZion
1991 establishments in Israel
Buildings and structures in Central District (Israel)
Tourist attractions in Central District (Israel)
Amusement parks opened in 1991