High Chaparral opens on May 22, 2021
On Saturday, May 22 next year, High Chaparral will open its doors for the 2021 summer season. The Wild West park continues to develop the brand Become part of the adventure that paved the way for satisfied visitors this past summer.
The 2020 summer season was marked by COVID-19 and High Chaparral is now preparing for a similar summer with continued restrictions.
To find a sustainable solution for visitors, staff and horses, High Chaparral made a major change this summer when Shows were replaced by interactive activities with the park's many Wild West characters. A change that contributed to High Chaparral yesterday receiving the Grand Tourism Prize 2020 and which the park is now building on.
Focus areas in the planning work for the summer season include further minimizing queuing and at the same time increasing the spread of visitors in the park.
- Ahead of summer 2020, we made it clear that the opportunity to open came with a great responsibility. That our entire operation would follow the prevailing restrictions and laws, and design the necessary measures based on them. We have taken our experiences and the positive response we received from our visitors with us, and are now working to further develop our measures linked to covid-19," says Mathias Bergendahl, CEO of High Chaparral.
In summer 2020, 117,000 visitors visited High Chaparral, 73% of the number of visitors in 2019.
High Chaparral opens on May 22 and closes for the season on September 5. Booking for season and gift passes will open on December 1, 2020 and entrance tickets and accommodation in January 2021. Recruitment of 350 seasonal staff will begin on Friday, November 27.
Highlights of this summer's actions related to COVID-19 can be found in this video: https://vimeo.com/482047603?fbclid=IwAR39MZ0zBD0h1CIny7RoPkTkfho1zXdsb2eetwPTdD1DrBQdE7LnJ9TKNCA
Press contact:
Mathias Bergendahl, CEO
Tel: 0370-827 38 Mail: mathias.bergendahl@highchaparral.se
2020 measures in response to COVID-19
- Ongoing advice from a consultant, PhD in molecular cell biology, on COVID-19 and the course and effects of a pandemic
- Ongoing advice from security consultant to ensure compliance with Police authorization certificates, laws and applicable restrictions
- Advance purchase and limited number of tickets per day
- Signs, street talkers and stickers on the ground and floor with messages about keeping your distance, washing your hands regularly, staying home if you are sick and coughing/sneezing into your arm pit
- Hand sanitizer everywhere in the park
- Disinfection in the carriages between each train journey
- Purchase of fences to delimit staff and visitors and to better work with queuing
- Installation of fences to ensure a maximum of 50 spectators in each arena
- Fever test of staff before each shift and quarantine accommodation for staff with symptoms of illness
- Compliance with Public Health Agency of Sweden guidelines for restaurants, accommodation and cleaning
- Increased cleaning in all areas, including toilets, accommodation and the campsite service building
- Disinfected cabins and rooms before each new check-in
- Information on actions and offers on the website
- Close cooperation with local and regional authorities
- Entrance hosts at several locations in the park
- Relocation of Wild West scenery
- Realignment in line with the brand's "Be part of the adventure", replacing performances with interactive activities with the park's characters.