Isla Mágica
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Isla Mágica (ˈisla ˈmaxika, Magic Island) is a theme park in Seville
Seville
Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...

, Spain
Spain
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. The park was constructed on the former grounds of the Expo '92
Seville Expo '92
The Universal Exposition of Seville took place from Monday, April 20 to Monday, October 12, 1992 on La Isla de La Cartuja , Seville, Spain. The theme for the Expo was "The Age of Discovery" and over 100 countries were represented...

 World's Fair
World's Fair
World's fair, World fair, Universal Exposition, and World Expo are various large public exhibitions held in different parts of the world. The first Expo was held in The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London, United Kingdom, in 1851, under the title "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All...

 in Seville
Seville
Seville is the artistic, historic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain. It is the capital of the autonomous community of Andalusia and of the province of Seville. It is situated on the plain of the River Guadalquivir, with an average elevation of above sea level...

 and opened in 1997. It features a large lake and many other attractions including roller coasters and various other types of rides as well as both live and cinematic shows.

The park's slogan is "Diversión sin límites" which translates as "No limit fun".

Main rides

  • El Jaguar - The first inverted rollercoaster in Spain, with five inversions (2x hearth-line roll, 1x immelman and 2x in-line twist), and a final helix; is one of the most popular roller coasters in the park. It's an SLC+ (the second in the world and the first in Europe), a special edition with a helix before the brakes; by Vekoma
    Vekoma
    Vekoma Rides Manufacturing B.V. is a roller coaster and thrill ride designer with its facilities based in the Netherlands. The company was founded in 1926 by Hendrik op het Veld under the name "Veld Koning Machinefabriek" and had first manufactured agricultural machinery and mining equipment...

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  • Cinemoción - A cinema with moving seats and hemispherical giant screen. This is the largest virtual reality
    Virtual reality
    Virtual reality , also known as virtuality, is a term that applies to computer-simulated environments that can simulate physical presence in places in the real world, as well as in imaginary worlds...

     theatre in the world.
  • Dimensión4 - Go into the fourth dimension at this 4D cinema, which shows films including "Haunted House", "SOS Earth" and "Fly me to the Moon"; by KraftWerk, 3DBA and Nwave.
  • El Cubo - Another cinema, with laser effects, lights, smoke, sound system and other special effects will take you to another planet, to Mars! The film is designed for the park by GPD, and it's Lasermanía, a film where you can show all the secrets about the planet Mars and extraterrestrial life.
  • Anaconda - A log flume
    Log flume
    A log flume is a flume specifically constructed to transport lumber and logs down mountainous terrain to a sawmill by using flowing water. These watertight trough-like channels could be built to span a long distance across chasms and down steep mountain slopes...

     ride, with three drops (8,1, 9,0 and 17,6 metres); by Mack Rides
    MACK Rides
    Mack Rides is a German company that designs and constructs roller coasters. The family that owns the company also owns Europa Park.-History:The creation of the Mack company goes back to 1780, by Paul Mack, when he started building carriages. The Mack company started to design roller coasters in 1920....

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  • Iguazú - A splash ride with a drop of 15 metres and more than 50 km/h; by Intamin AG.
  • Rápidos del Orinoco - A River Rapid ride with 500 metres track; by Intamin AG.
  • El Desafío - An Xtended Power Tower themed in Seville, with an Arabic minaret in the station; by Maurer & Shöne.
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