festyland
Valkyrie
Eighty percent under
Festyland had already solved their problem. A Vekoma Family Boomerang, engineered and placed on the survey across a mound between the medieval themed area and the Viking village.
What they did not have was a reason for anyone to care which hill they were standing on.
Morgan Fix Creative was brought in to build that. Story, guest role, building volume, interiors, queue and train, developed with the project architects and with Vekoma.
Most of the budget had gone to steel. Rather than cut rooms and finishes until the numbers fit, we took the scenic budget itself and sourced and installed everything directly. On comparable elements, the cost dropped by 80%.
Here is what that bought.
Where it went
Guests reach this hill through the Viking village, so the story had to belong there. But Festyland’s Norse rides were already built around male figures. A Valkyrie gave the park a character it did not have, inside a mythology it already owned.
Visitors are not spectators and they are not warriors queuing for Valhalla. They are Keepers of Memory, young travellers chosen by the old gods to revive a forgotten realm so the last Valkyrie can rise one final time. They are given a role before they are given a seat.
Morgan Fix Creative carried that idea the whole way. Concept, story,
building volume, interiors, queue, train, materials, then sourcing, and then installation, with the studio’s own team on site fitting the scenography rather than watching contractors do it.
Everything below is what that made possible on the money left after the steel.
Into the hill
Boarding sits on the upper level. The station below was drawn longer than it needs to be, so guests walk in, take in the room and find their place instead of meeting the airgates on arrival, which is where most stations jam. The volume is set into the mound, so a two-level building barely registers from outside in a wooded setting. It was also drawn to be extended later, which let Festyland stage the investment rather than rush the first phase.
Not the obvious train
Vekoma has two standard train bodies. One looked like the default for a Norse theme and everyone had already pictured it. Morgan Fix Creative pushed the other, because this is a Valkyrie’s story and the vehicle had to read as hers. The first sketches put guests on horseback; working with Vekoma and their design partner, it resolved into something better than either starting point. Rail colours and material palettes were set the same way.
Sourced, not ordered
A local carpenter built a solid timber frame, so the structure and the scenography are one object instead of steel wrapped in decor. It bought authenticity and weeks of site programme at once. Lighting runs on daylight through small openings, German hanging fixtures for character, and local sconces upgraded with frosted glass and flame-effect bulbs. The interactive shield runs its own fibre-optic loop rather than a show control system. Bought, found and custom-made pieces sit side by side. This is how Europe’s most respected parks have always built their best environments, and it is far harder than handing everything to one contractor.
Open since April 2026
Three views from the project
Client, manufacturer, and the people who built it.
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Festyland
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Vekoma
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Van Heemskerk Decor