Le Fleury

Le Fleury is a family-oriented amusement park located in Wavrechain-sous-Faulx, in the Nord department of northern France. It began in May 1968 as a leisure base with camping on twenty-seven hectares of farmland owned by the Persennot family, and a discotheque was added in 1972. Over the following decades the site accumulated recreational facilities such as an eighteen-hole mini-golf course (1986), an outdoor pool and water slides, and early rides including the Petit Train (also called Fleurby Express, 2004) and flying chairs (2006), many supplied by SBF Visa Group. In 2011 the leisure base was taken over by Teddy Vandrisse, then thirty, and his wife Alice, through the simplified joint-stock company Téo, named after their son. The land itself was bought by the communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut, while the couple took on operations; the takeover project was valued at around two million euros. Since then Le Fleury has developed steadily as an amusement park, adding rides almost every season: the Fleurby mascot was redesigned in 2012 along with a companion, Fleurbelle; Accrospider (2012), Mégabong/Catapulte and Aéroclub (2013), Graviti (2014), the first roller coaster Imoogi plus La Carotte and Cocoon (2016), Aircraft and a 5D cinema (2017), Drakkar and Épée d'Odin in the Monde d'Hélios (2018), and EOS Rides attractions such as Chopes d'Égil and Marteau de Thor (2019). The park's modern identity is built around family thrills, themed areas and seasonal events such as Halloween, with investments of several hundred thousand euros in recent years. It weathered the Covid-19 disruptions of 2020 and 2021, reopening in mid-June 2020 and on 12 June 2021, and continued to add attractions: Bayou Express (2020), Rhaégal, Valéron and la Warotte (2022), a new horror house (2023), Red Bus and Dock's Boat (2024), and la Ruche plus les Herbes Hautes play area (2025). Le Fleury remains a privately held, locally rooted park aiming to grow its visitor numbers toward 300,000 per year by 2030, with future plans including a log flume and possible new roller coasters for its sixtieth anniversary in 2028.

Le Fleury began on 5 May 1968 as a leisure base opened on a portion of a twenty-seven-hectare estate belonging to the Persennot family in Wavrechain-sous-Faulx, Nord, France. It initially combined camping and outdoor recreation. A discotheque opened in 1972, and an eighteen-hole mini-golf course was created in 1986. An outdoor pool and several water slides were located at the centre of the site. The Petit Train, also called Fleurby Express, entered service in 2004, followed two years later by flying chairs; both were supplied by SBF Visa Group. In 2006 an electric go-kart track for children opened. In 2011 the leisure base was taken over by Teddy Vandrisse, then thirty years old, and his wife Alice, through the simplified joint-stock company Téo, named after their son. They took on operations while the land was purchased by the communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut. The takeover project was valued at two million euros. The Rodéo, a mechanical rodeo, was put into service that year. In 2012 Fleurby, the park's anthropomorphic rabbit mascot, was redesigned and given a companion named Fleurbelle. Accrospider, a high ropes course, opened. In 2013 the Mégabong, a reverse bungee later renamed la Catapulte, entered service, along with l'Aéroclub, a children's rocking boat from SBF Visa Group. In 2014 the Graviti, an Enterprise ride from Huss Rides, opened. In 2016 the park's first roller coaster, Imoogi, opened, along with La Carotte, a children's drop tower from SBF Visa Group, and the Cocoon, a ball pit in the main restaurant; €750,000 was invested that year. In 2017 Le Fleury opened the Aircraft, a junior roller coaster from SBF Visa Group, and a 5D cinema, a 4-D cinema from SANY showing two alternating films, representing an investment of €200,000. Speakers were installed to create background music throughout the park, and a pizzeria opened. In 2018 the Graviti opened in 2014 was removed. Two attractions opened in the Monde d'Hélios: Drakkar, a rocking boat, and l'Épée d'Odin, a drop tower, both from SBF Visa Group. The Accrospider was dismantled in 2018. In 2019 two EOS Rides attractions were added in place of the Ferme en liberté: les Chopes d'Égil, a teacup ride, and le Marteau de Thor, a pendulum ride. L'Antre du Cyclope, a horror house developed in-house, opened next to les Chopes d'Égil for the Halloween season, which led to decorations being added throughout the park. The 2020 opening was delayed until mid-June due to Covid-19 measures. In place of a small playground, children's flying chairs called le Léonardo were put into service. In August the park opened Bayou Express, a metal roller coaster from Zierer; it had been the Karavanen attraction at Tivoli Gardens in Denmark from 1999 to 2018. In 2021 the park was due to open on 3 April, but with Covid-19 measures it only reopened on 12 June. The introduction of the vaccination pass caused a sharp drop in attendance. In May 2022 three new attractions were put into service: Rhaégal, a metal roller coaster replacing Imoogi; Valéron, a ride; and la Warotte, a mini Ferris wheel near the entrance. The three novelties represented an investment of between €400,000 and €450,000. Rhaégal occupies a footprint of seventeen by thirty metres, was built by I.E. Park, and had been the Runaway Timber Train at Landmark Forest Adventure Park from 2010 to 2021, sold for €150,000 to Le Fleury to dispose of it after a derailment caused by maintenance failure that injured two children. That same month the park appeared with others in a report on Capital on M6, where it was stated that la Warotte had been bought from the owners of the Mexican park La Feria Chapultepec Mágico for €29,000, that park having closed after an accident that caused five injuries and two deaths on the Anton Schwarzkopf roller coaster Quimera. The park then planned to buy the land from the communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut. In 2023 a horror house opened at the back of the park, near the camping, for Halloween. In 2024 the Red Bus and the Dock's Boat were installed in place of the pool and water slides, which were demolished. The communauté d'agglomération de la Porte du Hainaut resold the land to the société Jube Patrimoine proposed by the park operator for more than one million euros. The Red Bus was never put into service and was removed at the end of the season. In 2025 the Rodéo, present since 2011, was removed, the building was extended and now houses a children's ride called la Ruche; just behind, in an area that had been unoccupied, a play area named les Herbes Hautes was set up. Investments represented €500,000. In 2026 the Tiny Carousel was installed in place of an inflatable structure. A roller coaster is envisaged for 2028, on the occasion of the site's sixtieth anniversary. Before that, a log flume is planned; an environmental study took place in 2024, the year in which it was indicated that the park has a potential of twenty-three hectares for development. The objective is to reach 300,000 visitors per year by 2030. Solar shade structures are planned.

• 2026

  Tiny Carousel installed in place of an inflatable structure.

• 2025

  Rodéo removed; la Ruche and les Herbes Hautes added; €500,000 invested.

• 2024

  Red Bus and Dock's Boat installed; land sold to Jube Patrimoine for over €1 million.

• 2023

  A horror house opened near the camping for Halloween.

• 2022

  Rhaégal, Valéron and la Warotte opened; investment of €400,000–€450,000.

• 2021

  Park reopened on 12 June; vaccination pass caused sharp drop in attendance.

• 2020

  Opening delayed to mid-June due to Covid-19; le Léonardo and Bayou Express (Zierer) opened.

• 2019

  EOS Rides attractions les Chopes d'Égil and le Marteau de Thor added; l'Antre du Cyclope horror house opened.

• 2018

  Monde d'Hélios area opened with Drakkar and l'Épée d'Odin; Graviti and Accrospider removed.

• 2017

  Aircraft junior coaster and 5D cinema opened; €200,000 invested.

• 2016

  First roller coaster Imoogi opened; La Carotte and Cocoon added; €750,000 invested.

• 2014

  Graviti (Huss Rides Enterprise) opened.

• 2013

  Mégabong (later la Catapulte) and l'Aéroclub opened.

• 2012

  Fleurby mascot redesigned and companion Fleurbelle introduced; Accrospider opened.

• 2011

  Teddy and Alice Vandrisse took over the leisure base via the company Téo; Rodéo ride introduced.

• 2006

  Flying chairs and an electric go-kart track for children opened.

• 2004

  The Petit Train (Fleurby Express) entered service.

• 1986

  An eighteen-hole mini-golf course was created.

• 1972

  A discotheque opened at the site.

• 1968

  Leisure base opened on 5 May on the Persennot family farmland in Wavrechain-sous-Faulx.

A family-friendly amusement park in northern France offering affordable, locally rooted leisure and seasonal events.

• Imoogi

• Aircraft

• Bayou Express

• Rhaégal

• la Warotte

• le Marteau de Thor

• les Chopes d'Égil

• Drakkar

• l'Épée d'Odin

• la Catapulte (formerly Mégabong)

• Graviti

• Accrospider

• l'Antre du Cyclope

• 5D cinema

• le Léonardo

• la Ruche

• les Herbes Hautes

• Tiny Carousel

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2. 2Le Fleuryfr.wikipedia.org
3. 3Le Fleurywikidata.org