News about Naiads Waters

Bobbejaanland offered a more detailed look at its first-ever winter opening in August 2025. Bobbejaanland Wintert was planned for December and January and would divide the park into six winter areas: A Winter Welcome, Land of Fire & Ice, Snow Valley, Santa City, Glacier Bay and Lake of Frost. One striking detail was that part of the published concept imagery had been created with AI, giving the announcement a distinctly modern edge.

The plans were meant to place the park in a different seasonal role. On the entrance square, mascots Bobbie and Jody would appear in winter outfits. Land of Legends, with Fury as its headline ride, became Land of Fire & Ice and would host a fire and light spectacle near the coaster. Adventure Valley turned into Snow Valley, Desperado City became Santa City with a Winter Circus, Mystery Bay continued as Glacier Bay with the Ice Slide tubing attraction, and the park’s lake would become an ice rink called Lake of Frost.

At the same time, Bobbejaanland made clear that winter opening required choices. Wondergarden stayed closed, as did El Rio, Big Bang, Naiads Waters, Terra Magma, Wild Water Slide, Glijbaan, Monorail and Oki Doki. For guests, this was therefore not a full summer day in winter decoration, but a new seasonal product built around atmosphere, shows and an adapted ride line-up.

On 29 June 2019, it became clear that Land of Legends had been designed as an audio environment as much as a visual one. Bobbejaanland had commissioned IMAscore to give Fury and the wider themed area their own musical identity. The scale was striking: more than five hours of music were composed for the project.

The music followed the area's story of four natural elements. Land of Legends revolved around water, fire, earth and air, with each attraction in the zone linked to one of those elements. IMAscore created four hour-long tracks: Water Realm, Fire Realm, Earth Realm and Air Realm. They could be heard and downloaded via Looopings. On top of that, Fury's station received its own dedicated soundtrack, as did the Hub, the central square at the heart of the area.

For visitors, this showed that Bobbejaanland's investment went beyond adding a new coaster. Fury was the headline ride and the fastest coaster in the Benelux, but the music helped Land of Legends feel like a coherent world.

On 23 June 2019, Bobbejaanland made clear that Fury was part of a wider reshaping of the park. During the coaster's opening weekend, the Belgian park presented Land of Legends, a new themed area built around the Guardian of Elements. Its centre was a circular square with a large Guardian statue and four gateways.

Each attraction was linked to a natural element. Sledge Hammer represented earth, Typhoon stood for air, Fury symbolised fire, and the new water play area Naiads Waters represented water. Existing rides such as Sledge Hammer and Typhoon also received new queue lines, while Fury was connected to the fire dragon Fogo. The project therefore went beyond adding a headline coaster: it reorganised and rethemed a sizeable part of the park.

The concept was developed with Leisure Expert Group, with decorations produced by Themebuilders and music composed by IMAscore. Land of Legends changed walking routes and the layout of an important corner of Bobbejaanland. Invited guests saw the area on Saturday evening, and from Monday it was open to all visitors.

By early June 2019, it had become clear that Fury would not open as an isolated roller coaster, but as the anchor of a new themed area. Bobbejaanland was putting the finishing touches to Land of Legends, with the 43-metre launch coaster at its centre and an official ceremony planned three weeks later.

The area was built around the Guardian of Elements, a figure protecting earth, water, fire and air from evil forces. Each attraction represented one of those elements, which meant Fury's arrival also reshaped the surrounding corner of the park. Typhoon and Sledge Hammer received a new look, while the water play area Naiads Waters continued to take shape. Rocks, a large entrance gate and a Guardian statue were intended to make the zone feel like a coherent world rather than a collection of rides.

That context mattered for visitors. Fury was the headline addition, but Land of Legends gave the investment broader impact. With the triple launch already being tested and opening night set for 22 June, Bobbejaanland was turning existing attractions into part of the same new story.