Särkänniemi Amusement Park | Konect | Vekoma Junior Coaster | 2026

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Vekoma track always looks so cool and interesting off ride but then you ride it and it just doesn’t do a lot

Vekoma's team has been open about designing rides that prioritize reridability and comfort over more intensive and nauseating experiences. Lech Coaster was a violent experimental swing in the stronger direction and sadly that design has since not been the norm.

That being said as a family coaster this will probably be quite good. Essentially it's just a larger version of Yeti Trek at Santa's Village Ontario, which in itself is already much taller and behaves far differently than Vekoma's other junior stock layouts. Yeti Trek benefitted from an awesome location (as will this), but it also felt more like a Gravity Group layout with high-speed twists and hills. If you take that and give it more spice then I'd say that park is in for a treat.

 

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Testing!

Särkänniemi on Instagram: "Särkänniemen uuden Konect-vuoristoradan testiajot alkoivat tänään! 🎢🙌 Ensimmäisinä vuoristoradan kyytiin pääsivät testinuket. Vuoristorataa ajetaan nuket kyydissä yhteensä 100 tuntia, jonka jälkeen tehdään vielä viimeiset

2,454 likes, 41 comments - sarkanniemi on April 14, 2026: "Särkänniemen uuden Konect-vuoristoradan testiajot alkoivat tänään! 🎢🙌 Ensimmäisinä vuoristoradan kyytiin pääsivät testinuket. Vuoristorataa ajetaan nuket kyydissä yhteensä 100 tuntia, jonka jälkeen tehdään vielä viimeiset kiristykset ja...

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Great big POV!

Särkänniemi on Instagram: "POV: Oot Konectin kyydissä ensimmäistä kertaa. 🎢🙌 Särkänniemen kesän 2026 uutuuden, Konect-nimisen vuoristoradan testiajot ovat parhaillaan käynnissä. Pääsemme nyt ensimmäistä kertaa näkemään, miltä kyyti oikeasti näyttää!

2,442 likes, 48 comments - sarkanniemi on April 15, 2026: "POV: Oot Konectin kyydissä ensimmäistä kertaa. 🎢🙌 Särkänniemen kesän 2026 uutuuden, Konect-nimisen vuoristoradan testiajot ovat parhaillaan käynnissä. Pääsemme nyt ensimmäistä kertaa näkemään, miltä kyyti oikeasti näyttää! 🤩 Nähdäänkö...

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^ Also in Landscape on YouTube (Särkänniemi gave the footage to the same creator who made the work site video a while back)

 

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Park has opened for the season, the coaster's officially opening on the 14th in 10 days, but we have an updated POV with staff and press allowed on board, turns out there's onboard audio with narration on the lift hill and music during the rest!

Translation for the lift hill narration:

"Hello! The conductor here, I warmly welcome you aboard Konect! Take a look to your left, there you can see the incredible Näsinneula, (the park's big observation tower) Tampere's landmark. Directly in front of you opens a view of the massive Näsi-lake. To some, almost a sea! How about below? Well, there we can see many kinds of amusement rides and happy people! Now we'll speed through Särkänniemi on Konect. And hey! Remember to smile, on our trip your expression will be immortalized. Make sure to hold on, now let's go! *music starts*"

Plus a schpiel at the end with the usual "welcome back, remember to take your stuff with you" stuff. Cool feature to have onboard audio like this at a non-themed park and something unique for Finland.

 

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Park has opened for the season, the coaster's officially opening on the 14th in 10 days, but we have an updated POV with staff and press allowed on board, turns out there's onboard audio with narration on the lift hill and music during the rest!

Translation for the lift hill narration:

Plus a schpiel at the end with the usual "welcome back, remember to take your stuff with you" stuff. Cool feature to have onboard audio like this at a non-themed park and something unique for Finland.

The 14th is my birthday lol