Funderland.

JC06

Hi,
Just wondering has anybody been yet? If so was it worth going? Have they got any new rides?
Thanks:D

Thomas_S_Hunterson

Its a complete ripoff

Irishpimpdude

Yeah its crap, new thing is some big swing thing that you freeze your balls off on!

Creamy Goodness

if you travel on the dart to funderland present your ticket and you're in for free (don't know how much that saves you but what the hey).

saw the poster on the dart a couple of days ago.

Thomas_S_Hunterson

entry fee is usually only a couple of euro, its on the rides that you get ripped off

spiderlegs

Funderland never has new rides.Yet I still go every year.I'm sure they'll have the samee rides as usual.Wildmouse etc. That and overpriced candyfloss and funny lookin' carnies!

Morf3h

Funderland was great about 10 years ago. Now it's full of knackers......... Don't bring anything valuable

spiderlegs

Ahem.Funderland was and is always full of knackers.Once I lost my phone in there and some very nice person returned it to me.So don't be so snobby.

Aisling(",)

spiderlegs wrote:

Ahem.Funderland was and is always full of knackers.Once I lost my phone in there and some very nice person returned it to me.So don't be so snobby.

Same thing haooened to me.Phone flew ou of my pocket on one ride.some guy was waiting when I got off and handed it back to me

spiderlegs

Exactly. Phones in pockets are dangerous..they always fall out! :rolleyes:

murphaph

Last time I was in Funderland I puked all over the place. I was on that tarantula thing and let me tell ya, a feed of beers and a fried breakfast followed immediately by Funderland is a BAD IDEA

OsamaBinLaden

13 years ago i was pickpocketed in funderland. three young ones walked up behind me, on of them poked my in the back as a distraction while she stole what was in my pocket. 10 minutes later (i was still standing in the same place) they put the bundled up piece of paper back into my pocket.

Sam Vimes

a few mates and myself were leaving a few years ago, we were about 16, and a little 10 year old scumbag came up to me and hit me on the back. i didnt hit him back because he had ten bigger mates behind him. instead i legged it back into the place while the big one chased me for some reason. a good night

Mimikyu

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Morf3h

i'm telling you..... it's full of knackers. oh and 14 year old oompa loopmas. 10 years ago i would have advocated Funderland as the next Disneyland. now..... well you know my opinion

Setun

Funderland is ****e. End of.

Spend all your money with nothin to show for it but nausea.

Morf3h

Daddio wrote:

Funderland is ****e. End of.

Spend all your money with nothin to show for it but nausea.

^^ add to my above argument

Töpher

Full of scum. Used to live nearby and always had trouble with damage to our cars, the neighbours, and even full bottles of beer thrown through windows. Obviously not everyone who goes to it is scum, but it does attract some filthy pricks.

Devon

...and the rides are bloody ancient! Anyone agree? That thing that doesn't leave the ground where the biggest person has to sit on the outside is as old as me if not older.

Overpriced for the first week or so, but they always drop the prices in the new year to get the last few remaining crowds before all goes back to normal.

Still, I would imagine the RDS would be an expensive place to hire out for the 2-3 weeks it's there? Add staff and the massive power bill on top of rent and they might not be making as much as we all think?

The Song Thrush

It gets worse every year, less rides and more of those rip-off prize stalls that cheat everyone out of their money.

Dub13

Funderland has not changed since around Italia '90

mad m

Do you know what,since I came onto boards tonight and looked into afterhours I completely forgot about "Funderland".I am amazed I havent seen any advertising about it.....

It was always a rip off but people still go..The piped piper me thinks...

Rb

It diverts a hell of a lot of knackers away from places such as clubs, pubs etc for a few nights, so I'm not complaining.

Haven't been there in years personally, amn't too pushed to go back either.

Though there was that one hottie carnie girl....

yermandan

Dub13 wrote:

Funderland has not changed since around Italia '90

Hahahahahahahhahaa

Sparky

complete rip-off, we went there last year and the majority of people were scum, im glad i had zips on my coat pocket.

omb0wyn5ehpij9

I am meant to be going there in the next few days, will let you know how i get on

katiegordon

I lost my phone there the other day it flew out of my pocket on a ride.
The people working there were so ignorant just completely dismissed me when i was trying to find it.NEVER going back.
And the amount of scumbags there. its horrible

LundiMardi

i'm surprised non knacker people are actually dumb enough to go to this place.

eth0_

In fairness...it's pretty dumb to go on a rollercoaster or other ride without putting your phone/wallet in your trouser pocket or a zipped pocket. Imagine how many people lose their phones every day at theme parks, it must be head wrecking for the staff.

I think funderland is ok, if you go with a crowd of friends it's fun, but it's not a patch on a proper theme park obviously!

LiamD

To clear up a few things:

Yes, present your Dart ticket and you will be allowed in, saving you €1.50 entry fee.

Funderland is not the same as it was around Italia 90.This year alone 3 new rides have arrived - Star Flyer (brand new this August to Germany), Booster (this is the first time it has ever been outside Germany) and Extreme, seen for the first time in Ireland at Funderland.Last year Sensorium and Take Off were new, the year before Power Tower and Jura World were new, the year before that GForce was new.There are some rides which have been around for a while (Wild Mouse, Speed Loop, Waltzer etc.) but these are seen as traditional fairground rides and the families love them.Feedback shows that these rides are very popular.

Re the nackers - yes Funderland does attract a lot of trouble and I hate this about the place.However, there are certain days which over the years attract the most trouble.These are particularly the first four days and the last weekend.The last week is grand - the young scientist entries invade it every day!During the second week is the calmest when most families and non-nacker teens visit.

Re the price - it's a business, not a charity!It has lots of overheads too but a good day can be had for €30.That's only about a fiver more than an adult ticket, popcorn, a drink and a bag of sweets in the UGC.Funderland is special - when else can you fly 200 feet above the ground without shelling out hundreds for parasailing?When else can you go at 20 rpm 60 feet above the ground without either getting a speeding ticket or a car crash??

Funderland is one of Dublin's most popular Christmas events.

Sorchie

I went to funderland yesterday and had a good time, except when I came home my back was killing me from all the banging on the rides and I was very sick for the rest of the day because of a very dodgy hotdog I had eaten there after.:(

LORDOFDOOM

If you like funderland, it's safe to assume you like scanda jackets and sovereign rings too.

Giblet

Stop posting.


Actually, after reviewing your post history, **** that! Banned!

Misticles

actually, i quite like funderland and im not a big fan of scanda jackets and soverign rings, i hate them. funderland is good craic. plus ya get a great drug there.. one thats free too... adrenalyn... an adrenalyn rush is great!

LiamD

I couldn't agree more, I love Funderland and funfairs.I hope to go to some of the big American theme parks soon to see the big line of rollercoasters.Believe it or not, Funderland does have one of the best line-ups of what we call flat rides (platform rides, without tracks) in the world.Germany and other continental European countries are the best in the business for flat rides, where most of Funderland's rides come from.

The big theme parks are really all about the rollercoasters - they keep getting bigger, higher, faster and come with more inversions now.However on the flat ride score they rate only averagely!It depends which you like more - manually run flat rides or the best rollercoasters in the world.Personally I prefer the flat rides - there's such spontanaity to it.Different rides on one machine aren't the same, unlike a rollercoaster which follows a track every time.

OsamaBinLaden

Dub13 wrote:

Funderland has not changed since around Italia '90

what year was that?

liamskater

LiamD wrote:

To clear up a few things:

Yes, present your Dart ticket and you will be allowed in, saving you €1.50 entry fee.

Funderland is not the same as it was around Italia 90.This year alone 3 new rides have arrived - Star Flyer (brand new this August to Germany), Booster (this is the first time it has ever been outside Germany) and Extreme, seen for the first time in Ireland at Funderland.Last year Sensorium and Take Off were new, the year before Power Tower and Jura World were new, the year before that GForce was new.There are some rides which have been around for a while (Wild Mouse, Speed Loop, Waltzer etc.) but these are seen as traditional fairground rides and the families love them.Feedback shows that these rides are very popular.

Re the nackers - yes Funderland does attract a lot of trouble and I hate this about the place.However, there are certain days which over the years attract the most trouble.These are particularly the first four days and the last weekend.The last week is grand - the young scientist entries invade it every day!During the second week is the calmest when most families and non-nacker teens visit.

Re the price - it's a business, not a charity!It has lots of overheads too but a good day can be had for €30.That's only about a fiver more than an adult ticket, popcorn, a drink and a bag of sweets in the UGC.Funderland is special - when else can you fly 200 feet above the ground without shelling out hundreds for parasailing?When else can you go at 20 rpm 60 feet above the ground without either getting a speeding ticket or a car crash??

Funderland is one of Dublin's most popular Christmas events.

in the paper today two children were taken to hospital after they were stuck up on that 200 ft ride

Misticles

ye that was due to a power failure though! id rather be stuck up 200ft than have plummited to my death...

elexes

ye i heard that to was in the evening herld think it was day before yesterday though . dosnt say much for the safety aspect . thought they said it was due to the strong winds

as for where else could i go . well theres plenty of places around the globe that i have gone . i went to funderland once but id never go back id never recomend anyone to go to it also . save your money go to bush gardens in tampa bay florida its easily one of the best places to go once youve past the micky mouse stage of your life and if you havent then go to disney land florida or disney la , paris is comming along but will be some time i think before its a equal to the american sites .

Somnus

I'll probably be going next week sometime with my gf and other friends... Will have to keep an eye out for those knackers now that you mention it.

About how much do the rides cost? I hav'nt gone in ages

LiamD

Misticles wrote:

ye that was due to a power failure though! id rather be stuck up 200ft than have plummited to my death...

No it was actually a safety procedure that was initiated on the ride, as it says in the Herald if you read it.The ride operates within certain safety restrictions and since it is aerial it has to consider the wind.Wind speeds two nights ago were safe to operate it, but while it was in the air a large gust pushed the seats around too fast and this registered as an excess load (too much stress) on the vice, which caused it to cut out.As a precaution the seats wre manually winched to the ground.It was inconvenient for the riders, but there was never any fears for their safety.To pick up on a few things the Evening Herald said:

"The frightening experience saw several people trapped on board the 200 foot high ride"....."Several units of Dublin fire brigade and a 100 foot ladder were sent."

Eh... Duh

Quote from a fireman who attended the scene:

"We didn't really do anything because it was all over by the time we arrived and they had been taken down"

Shows how much of a non-incident it was

And my personal favourite:

"The two children were sent to hospital to get warmed up and three others were gone into the cafe for a cup of tea by the time we got there"

Since when was getting warmed up a task necessary to be carried out in hospital??And notice the other 19 on board got no metion - presumed gone home without any fuss.....

All I can say is news must be slow these days.

Devon

Would be interesting to know if the operators offered any type of gesture of goodwill or concessions for a future visit...

LiamD

They did as it happens - free tickets were offered to all aboard.

To the person who asked about the price of rides here you are:
€1,50 admission (DART tickets and other promotions are available to allow you off this)
€3,50 for the Big Wheel, Wild Mouse and Speed Loop coasters and Jungle River log flume
€4 for the Star Flyer
€2,50 for all other rides incl. Take Off, Booster, Extreme, Waltzer etc.
Kiddy rides are €1,50 to €2

Anyone doing the young scientist usually gets a half price passport for either half price rides or 2-for-1 deals during the last week when it is on.

xXxnaoisexXx

yeah the rollercoster is 3.50 and its over in 2mins its a rip off the hole thing is its not worth going

RandolphEsq

funderland attracts the wrong kind of people to the area. why couldnt it be in summer to benefit everyone; it'd be warm for the people going and the people who live nearby would be away so wouldnt have to endure it

Rb

LiamD must be getting paid for all this positive propaganda.

gaf1983

The Song Thrush wrote:

It gets worse every year, less rides and more of those rip-off prize stalls that cheat everyone out of their money.

I worked on one of those rip-off prize stalls for 10 days one summer and yes it did cheat everyone out of their money. Worst job ever.

Devon

Sure does. They're not designed for people to win even though they look straightforward enough. If people won all the time, then the owner would be forced out of business. Chance is a fine thing!

Siogfinsceal

ok after seeing that article in the paper about the peopel being stuck in that ride outside for half hour cos it stopped in the wind im never ever getting on on eof them again!! eeeep

xzanti

Funfairs in Ireland are sh*te full stop.. If you compair them to ones abroad.. Look at the "Roller Coaster" in Funderland.. the only scary thing about it is the intense pain in your ears as your head gets bashed violently from side to side... I was watching something about american theme parks and thrill rides and how they are always looking for new ways to use "G-Force" (which I wont pretend to know much about because Im not a physicist) to make the rides more exciting... Funderland is just full of overpriced crap.. That stuped "Magic Carpet" thing has been around since the first time I went when I was about 9.. Im now 22 I do hope someone is oiling it well..

Anyone remember that ride out in Blanchardstown a couple of years back when two travellers where thrown from one of those bungee rockets into a tree when a cord snapped :eek: Ouch

Lex_Diamonds

Question for LiamD or anyone else who has been this year, is the Sensorium there? My sister said it was hilarious.