I was recently in Croatia and made a quick stop at their only amusement park, Dalmaland. It’s named after the Dalmatian region in which it lies, which is the coastal area of Croatia. Dalmatian dogs also come from the area, for anyone wondering. The park was recently rebranded from Fun Park Biograd and the old name is still all over rides and merchandise. 

The park is roughly half dry park and half waterpark, and you pay for each section separately or as a bundle. The dry side costs about $30 and features two themed areas for space and the wild west. Mixed in with those are a random assortment of unlicensed IPs. I saw Mario, Kung Fu Panda, and Transformers, to name a few. 

Mine Train Coaster - This is a tiny kiddy coaster by SBF and possibly the shortest I’ve ever been on, but to make up for it they send the train around 7 times. The curved lift takes the train up then it drops down an opposite curve directly into the station. 

Alien - A spinning wild mouse by Jiuhua Amusement Rides from China. It has odd theming that mashes up the movie Alien, generic kids spacecrafts, and cars that resemble some sort of toothed demon. It rode really well and had great spin to it.

Big Blue - A portable Schwarzkopf single looper on its 6th park. This is the same as the defunct Scorpion at BGT except that it’s not a permanent installation. I rode twice in the back and it was very smooth, as one would expect from a Schwarzkopf. It was only running one train with no evidence of another one and the operating train was showing a distinct lack of maintenance. About ⅓ of the seats weren’t usable for various reasons, be it missing padding or a broken lap bar. The train still has the previous name of the ride on the back, Twist n Shout. Apparently the park repainted the track but didn’t bother refurbing the train. 

Atlantis - This boat ride features an elevator lift for some reason, even though it’s very small. They only had 1 boat running which made for an incredibly slow cycle. Although the boat was built with 5 rows of 4 people, 2 of the rows were completely removed.  I could see another boat in the maintenance area behind the park. It was also the driest water ride I’ve ever been on as it barely made a splash and nobody got wet, either on or off the ride. 

The only other rides I rode were a car ride called “T-Rex” that has some bad dinosaur animatronics and the ferris wheel. They also have a walkthrough haunted house that is packed with jump scares. There was a boat watergun ride that looked like it hadn’t operated in years. I didn’t try out the “7D” virtual reality experience. I wonder how you even get to 7. I also skipped the pirate ride and frisbee.

In all it took about 90 minutes to do the rides on a July weekday. The lines were very short and the staff were friendly. The park opened in 2017 with all 3 coasters so I assume nothing has been added since and without any nearby competition I don’t expect them to add much to the park. Hopefully the lack of maintenance isn’t their downfall.



[Dalmaland] in Croatia trip report