Plopsaland Belgium

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Plopsaland Belgium (previously Plopsaland De Panne) is a theme park located in Adinkerke, Belgium, in the municipality of De Panne, and owned and operated by Plopsa. The park was originally known as Meli Park from 1935 to 1999, before reopening as Plopsaland on 20 April 2000.

In 1935, Alberic-Joseph Florizoone opened Meli Park as a place where he could sell his home-produced honey and also teach visitors about the process and the honey bee itself. To keep up with competition, over the years the park opened several attractions, turning it into a theme park.

Plopsaland: The Florizoone family sold the park in 1999 to Studio 100 and VMMa. The park received a makeover during the following winter season, to reopen as Plopsaland on 20 April 2000. During the renovation several characters from Studio 100, such as Samson and Gert and Kabouter Plop, were used to themes new and old attractions. The new park had some issues at opening with parking capacity and catering, though these were correct in the following years. Studio 100/Plopsa brought out the shares of VVMa in 2005 and became sole owner of the park, with plans to turn it into a multi-day, all-weather...