I am completely shocked - by the amount of research Kevin must have put in there - including picnic areas - I am speechless!!! 👏👏👏
@MyMerryMessyGermanLife
Жыл бұрын
Right?! I was, too. 😂
@berulan8463
Жыл бұрын
Kevin's enthusiastic joy while telling all about your experiences is the best recommendation and commercial ever. Also, a very thorough, profound and helpful report about both places.
@Krokostad
Жыл бұрын
My sister visited Europa Park recently with her husband and their one year old baby. She told me,that after standing in line one parent can go on the drive while the other one waits with the baby and after that they switch without having to wait in line again. Perhaps this is in all amusement parks, I don't have much experience, but I really loved that.
@MyMerryMessyGermanLife
Жыл бұрын
Yes!! That is such a great service. We noticed that and would’ve loved to have had it when our kids were small.
@thotijenny
Жыл бұрын
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife well you could have used it this time aswell :) I saw you went on the cancan coaster and Ella couldnt… so you show her to the worker at the beginning of the line and get your baby switch card :) baby switch works in Europa Park for all dogs and for kids that are to small no matter the age (for example at the Silverstar you can get a baby switch gar for a 10 yo that is just 135cm high)
@heatherchaney2950
Жыл бұрын
You can do this in the Disney parks too.. it’s called rider swap
@sandra7790
4 ай бұрын
As far as I know, almost all bigger parks offer this.
@KeikoChan1991
Жыл бұрын
Nice watching about Europapark when I will go tomorrow again. I go there every year. My mom couldn't go for years, so this trip is a present from me to her.
@TimeturnerJ
Жыл бұрын
If I'm being perfectly honest, I've never been to Europapark. 😂 Personally, the amusement park of my childhood was Heidepark Soltau. I made lots of good memories there.
@dude988
Жыл бұрын
You should check out Phantasialand near Cologn. It's the second most visited park after Europapark. It is smaller, but the attractions are better. There's a lot do do for all age groups. I spend the whole day there as a teenager riding rollercoaster, my parents took my niece and nephew when they were toddlers and they had a blast. It's magical in winter with all the lights and decorations, shows, Glühwein and you can even ice skate. I wouldn't plan two days there but Cologne has many other things to see like the Kölner Dom, the Schokoladenmuseum (yes you can eat the Chocolat as well), Kevin would love the Arithmeum in Bonn which is a mathematics museum.
@gabrielefuchs9495
Жыл бұрын
I second that! It’s farther away but a fantastic park! And the stay can be combined with a visit to Brühl, the town Phantasialand is in, which has two castles that are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and Cologne, with the Cathedral being another site. You don’t have to stay in the hotels in the park but if you do, I believe the entrance to the park is free.
@swanpride
Жыл бұрын
I also think that one big plus of Fantasialand is that it is so small...they practically have to built the rides above each other, but this has the advantage that everything is close together. And yes, it is particulaly amazing in winter, last time I was there (which was admittingly pre-corona) I was really impressed by the light show over the water ride, and I am not easily impressed. Another plus is the huge indoor-area.
@PracticallyLaraInEveryWay
Жыл бұрын
I love Disney & all the parks, but I was REALLY impressed when I went to Europa Park this summer! It was less stressful than a day at Disneyland Paris & it felt more natural like you said. Europa Park felt like it was more suitable for a family with people who can't walk or stand in lines too long cause there are lots of ways to get around the park & lines were super short! I love that I didn't need to check my phone & could be fully immersed, which Disney used to be like. The fairytale forest area was so cool to see. The rollercoaster restaurant was really fun & delicious too!
@MyMerryMessyGermanLife
Жыл бұрын
Ooo we didn’t try the roller coaster restaurant! Which summer month were you there?
@MyMerryMessyGermanLife
Жыл бұрын
Ooo we didn’t try the roller coaster restaurant! Which summer month were you there?
@PracticallyLaraInEveryWay
Жыл бұрын
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife July! The restaurant is called FoodLoop. The salmon was really good! We didn't do coasters so I'm not sure how long the lines were, but attractions like Pirates, Ghost Castle, the boat rides, and Voletarium were pretty much a walkon!
@Hannah-lc3nu
Жыл бұрын
Great video! I actually grew up half an hour from Europa-Park and went there at least 30 times, so I really know my way around the park. One thing I definitely recommend to everyone going there is the Voletarium. It’s Europe’s biggest Flying theater where you sit on moving chairs and because during the film you can’t really see the floor underneath, you actually feel like you are flying through these amazing landscapes. The Mack-family was actually originally a rollercoaster manufacturer and Europa-Park was originally only an exhibition of the rollercoasters for their clients and grew with time. The Europa-Park is actually closed from mid january to mid march each year to do repairs on the rides.
@MyMerryMessyGermanLife
Жыл бұрын
The Voletariun was one of our favorite rides! It’s so cool. We show it and talk about it in the video as well.
@katharinast142
Жыл бұрын
Ich liebe das Voletarium!! Die beste Attraktion im ganzen Park! 😍
@ginster458
Жыл бұрын
It’s funny seeing this compared because Disney Parks and German Amusement Parks feel so different for me and I’ve never thought of comparing them. which is probably why I never missed the characters and parades here, because that’s just a Disney thing for me. Granted , I‘ve grown up north and never been to Europapark but to Heide Park instead which seems comparable albeit smaller (and I think you guys would enjoy that too! plus there’s amazing nature around) And Heide Park does have a few more characters than Europapark, but they’re more of an addendum, the characters exist because the park exists, whereas the Disney Park exists because the characters existed first. You go to Disney to meet them and get a park on top of that, but here its the other way around, you go for the rides and get a character on top 😅.
@miridroge6043
Жыл бұрын
I agree! Personally, I feel all the beautiful buildings, statues and lights in the Europapark make one feel like the princess themselves, without a need for other harcters to embody this magic... I still felt like I was living in a magical fairytale land when I first went to Europapark, and I was 15 !!!!
@skydragon3294
Жыл бұрын
I worked for both, Disney an Europa Park as 'financial engineer', what is basically the guy who does the math how to earn most money with technical limitations. I don't want to speak to much about rollercoasters but more about the 'characters', like Mickey or the Euromaus walking in the park... Having those characters apear in the park is basically superexpensive. You got to pay the actor and the handler (security/health guy). And from one character, you get only a few interactions, so you spend a lot of money to entertain just a few people. But the worst factor is, that those 'characters' clog traffic. In an open area, you got people standing around them, people trying to reach them and long waiting times to get your photo. This all leads to so many issues, that do worsen the experience for guests. There are 2 reasons, Disney is keeping this characters. Most important is people expect them to be there. Kids go to Disney Parks to visit Mickey. And the second reason is, that Disney indentifies with those characters and refinances them with gigantic merchandise sales. Disney got their own universe, and they got to maintain it. But I wouldn't recommend to build on such IPs. To sum stuff up: It is a question for the park how to spend their money. There are better ways to spend a dollar and generate revenue than focusing on characters, if you havent got the corresponding IP. Entertain people, keep your paths open. Focus on stuff you are good at and that benefit the whole park.
@MyMerryMessyGermanLife
Жыл бұрын
I enjoyed reading your experience from having worked at both parks! Thanks for sharing, it all makes a lot of sense.
@thomasbucher5311
Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: All inhabitants of the town of Rust (where Europa-Park is located) do have free entry to the park whenever and as often they want. Children from there sometimes get the opportunity to experience new stuff first, like for example school-classes being invited to see the new 360 degree movie before everyone else or Kindergaten-kids being the first to play in the Castle-playground in Ireland. Almost everyone in town seems to have a room or an apartment for rent to park-visitors and the Macks don't try to prevent their profit. This leads to a lot of support from the locals. On the other side Disney in Paris didn't care about any support of any locals and bought a lot of ground around the park just to keep competitors away (Hotels and Restaurants). But they underestimated the relevance of the train-station that was built quite close to the park entrance. By train you can get out of the "Disney-zone" quite quick and cheap and many visitors preferred hotels in Paris over the more expensive Disney-hotels. Disney in Paris made loss for decades. That always sounds strange if you look up their prices and the high number of visitors. The main reason for this was that the Disney Corporation didn't pay anything to build the park. Instead a separate Corporation was founded and they had to build the whole park on a loan. Paying off that loan ate up the whole profit. In addition they had to pay license fees to their mother-Company. Guess this was just a concept by Disney to earn money without investing any money. The problem was based on many false calculations. For example european visitors spent much less on souvenirs than expected. They just went to a Theme-Park to have fun, not for a shopping tour. All this pushed Eurodisney close to bankuptcy. While all the other parks in Europe were building more and more stuff, there was very little to happen at Eurodisney because of the lack of money... On behalf of some stuff Disney seemed a bit naive too: They thought they could open a first class restaurant in France without serving wine with the meal! It wasn't too long that they had to give up their non-alcohol-policy and Eurodisney became the first Disney-Park worldwide to serve alcohol! I'm surprised to hear they started to serve alcohol in the US too.
@chrisssssssi5598
Жыл бұрын
In Europa Park you can also stay at the camp resort. There are log cabins or teepees and you can sleep there. For dinner you have the option to do a barbeque over a open fire. That is also a adventure for kids. As far a I know there is also a restaurant where you can eat dinner, but you can definitly get a good breakfast there. You don't have a separate entrence, but it is next to the main entrance. If you want to save money that would be a good alternative. We always stayed there. To be honest I don't miss the parades. When I visited Disney World, it was nice to watch them, but their would not be a reason for me to visit a amusement park. Sometimes they also were in the way when you want to go from one end to the other. But everyone has different preferences and it is nice, that there are different options.
@ElShailen
Жыл бұрын
Btw beer. I was in Europapark after opening of the Ireland section and said, just for fun, to the lady behind the counter; "There is such a nice Guinness advertisement on the building, but unfortunately I don't see any here." Then she smiled at me, pointed to the stairs and said; "If you go up there, you will find everything an Irish heart desires." So I went up the stairs and in the back there was a real Irish pub, above this great children's area, even with live music at that time. If I want to have a great holiday here in germany, Europapark is at top of the list. Next to Phantasialand, of course. I can agree with the characters, but Disney just has more access because there is a huge film industry behind it. (Looking forward to when the Euro Disney arendelle opens.) I think introducing new characters in Europapark is not that important for the operators and not that easy either, for most European film characters (Maya the Bee, Heidi, Tabaluga, Wickie, Mia and Me) Plopsa (In EU Plopsaland, here in Germany Holiday Park) has the rights of use. But I also think that for most visitors such figures are not quite as important as when you go to a Disney Park or to Universal Studios. That's more to be expected. But the park is just working more on bringing a continuous story with the AcE (Adventure Club of Europe), starting in the Voletarium, up to the new Batavia and in the new Croatia area it should continue with Tesla.
@kalterverwalter4516
Жыл бұрын
I have to say It is refreshing to See Kevin Take the lead in one of your Videos.
@reb_s
Жыл бұрын
I've been to Europa Park twice and really enjoyed the variety of rides they have. My favorite amusement park in Germany though is called Tripsdrill near Stuttgart. It is a lot smaller than Europa Park but it has a more familiar style. They have a section with vintage amusement park which is really fun. It feels less commercial than Europa Park or Heidepark and they do a really good job at telling stories with the park and it doesn't feel like a giant commercial.
@MyMerryMessyGermanLife
Жыл бұрын
Okay good to know! More fun parks for us to explore.
@miridroge6043
Жыл бұрын
Tripsdrill is the best - so many happy childnood memories for me!
@whiskeyyankee9432
Жыл бұрын
being German and growing up with Europa-Park, I really enjoyed seeing everything again from your point of view. Laughed at your Alcohol comment... 😄Europa Park was meant to be a showcase for the Mack Rides products. Sure they had the American parts in mind when building it in the 70s. I like the fact that it grew naturally in the years and it is still family owned. The Hotels are off the chart, too. I highly recommend "De Efteling", Triberg and yes, Freiburg as your next adventure. Im sure you will love it and its pretty close 😉 And may I add that the prices in the US for theme parks are just crazy...😮 Glad you had a good time
@christophlewin7845
Жыл бұрын
Great video, really enjoyed watching your experience in Europapark! I have been there like 15 years ago and it was great back then as well. If you want to enjoy other great theme parcs in Germany try Phantasialand near the city of Cologne where we live. It is much smaller than Europapark but very very well themed and has rides for all ages including some stunning coasters. My kids would approve!
@MyMerryMessyGermanLife
Жыл бұрын
Ah cool, we’ve heard good things about Phantasialand. Does it also have roller coasters?
@peter_meyer
Жыл бұрын
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife search for F.L.Y. here on YT
@TheKitaroHouse
Жыл бұрын
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife Yes, they have several roller coasters. Just search for Phantasialand here on KZitem and you can find videos about it.
@christophlewin7845
Жыл бұрын
Just come here and you will see for yourselve...
@nothingspecial123Q
Жыл бұрын
And if you plan to visit Phantasialand you can combine it with Movie World in Bottrop which isn't THAT impressive but worth visiting and not far away 😉
@skyee277
Жыл бұрын
Well, there is a reason Europa Park has been winning the Golden Ticket Awards for the best amusement park for years in a row 😏. Their dedication to detail and offering something beautiful for everyone, no matter the age or wanted level of "exitement" (you want to go on rides? cool, we have them. you want to go look at people creating craft, listen to fairytails, watch shows and visit a things like a real space station and a norwegian wood church? we have that too!). I would like to experience Disney World one day, but for now my only experience with a Disney Park is Paris and as bad as it sounds, teenager me was a bit disappointed. It felt as if I was a bit too old to enjoy most of the attractions and I the food was really neither diverse nor very good (compared with my EP experiences). But, well, that was more than 10 years ago, and I guess giving it another chance would be fair.
@MyMerryMessyGermanLife
Жыл бұрын
I so agree - Europa Park offers something for all ages and has delicious and diverse food. It’s a huge winner in my book!
@denisdrumm971
Жыл бұрын
Thank you guy so much for this side-by-side comparison. Europa Park brings back so many memories. I grew up about 100km away from it and as a child I've spent many days there until around 1998. Back in the days I have seen the park at a different stage and I am amazed to see how it has grown and how many country themes don't ring a bell for me. From what I remember of those days, you were able to ride about 80% of the stuff in one day and it was quiet more affordable, especially for larger families. At this time there were no hotel or maybe the first one was in the process of being built - if memory serves. The season ended by the end of the autumn school holiday in Baden-Württemberg, so around November 1st. It was quite a different experience and I am wondering if I would enjoy the park as much as back then as a kid. At least it will always be a cherished memory!
@Never_again_against_anyone
Жыл бұрын
I guess most people who grew up near of either one of the parks enjoyed it. I grew up ~25km away from Europa Park, although a bit later than you. It has been enough years now of not having been there anymore because I was so often as a kid and lived further away for some time, that it now would start to be intersting to see the changes. But I kinda feel like you about the prices. Sure I could afford the day ticket, but it is not worth it for me. I had a year pass when I was 15 like many teenagers in the region, but with their system now the equivalent of the old "Jahreskarte" seems to be the gold pass at almost triple the price back then (When I was 15 in the late 00's it cost only the equivalent of 4 day tickets.). I do not think I am going anytime soon. With this prices they will probably have to add attractions for another 10 years for me to get a new year pass (If I have not moved away again by then.)
@craddocraddoc
Ай бұрын
Most funny thing about the irish part of Europapark is that while being mostly a little kids area it also serves the most alcoholic beverages in the park with the highest level of alcohol per drink. Seems like they know what parents want when their children are at the playground...
@robertzander9723
Жыл бұрын
What a fantastic video, well done and thanks for all the details, the work and the research. Important is that you as a whole family had a lot of fun and had this feeling when you were talking with so much passion and happiness about your experience. Really cool and much appreciated. Maybe in the future you like to visit a couple of more theme parks in Germany and Europe and share your opinion about as well. Thanks again for the video and have a nice Sunday 🥂
@Gandorhar
Жыл бұрын
I think the biggest reason why disneyworld or disney parks in general are so big are not necessarily the quality of the parks but just the brand and the nostalgia pretty much every one has with it. Very cool video! Also fyi. I think most europeans at least the "younger" generations grew up on disney movies aswell :D
@rupertschwarz5477
Жыл бұрын
In 1998, just before we got children, we went 3 weeks to Florida. By accident we stumbled over an offer in German catalogs. There a 30 days "Florida Fun in the Sun pass". We paid 500 Deutsch Mark (approx 260 Euro) for 30 days free entry in all Disney parks (including the Waterparks) and many there attraction (excluding Universal). So we paid for a month what you pay now for a day. This is so insane. We have been to the Europa Park many times. We love, that we get in the greece part greek food. And we love how well connected all the parts are. Fun fact: in the old Pirates (there was a fire a few years ago) of the Batavia ride was a restaurant with Tai Food. What a fantastik idea. You saw the boats pass by.
@MyMerryMessyGermanLife
Жыл бұрын
Yes! They rebuilt the Piraten in Batavia ride and the Thai restaurant, too! You can still sit and eat and watch the roller coaster go by.
@supernova19805
Жыл бұрын
I live just north of Orlando, so I'm familiar with all the Disney Parks including the Magic Kingdom, Seaworld and Universal. I have to admit, I'm not a huge fan of amusement parks, especially the endless lines for the rides. Disney has become cost prohibitive to a lot of families now and I hear they had a disappointing last quarter, so they are laying people off just in time for the holidays. It was cute, while I had a young child and seeing things through their eyes but honestly, I will leave that experience to the tourists now. Their employees are super friendly and courteous, and yes, the park is clean and the kids do love all the characters walking around the park and interacting with them. Disney during summer is BRUTAL though!
@nardlangendijk6203
Жыл бұрын
It's really worth visiting theme park 'Efteling' in The Netherlands as this park was THE inspiration for the Disney parks back in the days. And NL is worth the visit anyways, no matter which part of the country you should choose to stay. It is different from Germany, yet very enjoyable! And of course you're also able to enjoy the differences between German and Dutch food.
@pascalvorbach6829
Жыл бұрын
Oh i heard of the park, my girlfriend lives close to the Netherlands 👍🏻, that might be worth a visit
@gamermapper
2 ай бұрын
The Dutch also created the song Europapa which is the perfect song about Europe and Europa Park
@janahock3451
Жыл бұрын
Europa Park is not a theme Park in its origin. It is an exhibition space for rollercoasters. The themepark came after the sucess of Disney for added Money. But they are still building rollercoasters all around the world. And Europapark always has the newest ones because they try them out there.
@MyMerryMessyGermanLife
Жыл бұрын
Very cool!
@svenlakemeier
Жыл бұрын
This is wrong. It was a theme park from the day it opened. And the park doesn't have any of the latest models of Mack Rides like Big Dipper, Power Splash or Xtreme Spinning Coaster.
@rainerblitzknall4956
2 ай бұрын
@@svenlakemeiernow they actually have the newest and most complex MACK Rides Coaster out there.
@karstenbursak8083
5 ай бұрын
When it comes to the Parks origins, you forgot to mention that the Owners of Europa Park, the Mack Family, build amusement rides since 100+ years and also build rides for Disney in the 60s (and today also for Universal, Cedar and Six Flags ... you name it). One intention to open Europa park was for Mack Rides to have a Showspace for their products and potential customers can come to the park and check them out on daily operation. 90% of the attractions at Europa Park are build in House.
@chrstiania
Жыл бұрын
regarding the hotels: it CAN get much closer. In Phantsialand the rollercoaster is going THROUGH one of the hotels.
@MyMerryMessyGermanLife
Жыл бұрын
Oh very cool! It’s like that in Europa Park. The Spanish hotel is in the park.
@brucemc1581
Жыл бұрын
Maus is also what many Germans call their children.
@peterjaro6804
Жыл бұрын
The reason to open a Disney park on the East coast was that it wasn't as easy (or cheap!) to get to California from all parts of the US, so they opened Orlando. The reason for Florida was that corporation taxes was low and no income taxes, and the reason for Orlando specifically, was that land in the middle of Florida was so much cheaper, than land along any of the coasts. (Source: Bloomberg Corporate History 157:0006584)
@Al69BfR
Жыл бұрын
It‘s very interesting to hear that Disney‘s Magic Kingdom is more based on European folklore and architecture while in Europa Park you could find more American/Western themed places/rides. There is a theme park in the Sauerland which is dedicated solely to the Western theme called Fort Fun. And a few kilometers to the West there is a whole open air theater dedicated to plays based on the novels of Karl May who wrote some stories about the American West of the 19th century, despite never being there by himself.
@ungesagt
Жыл бұрын
About what American/Western themed places/rides are you talking? Europa Park is themed after the different European nations. There is no American themed section?
@michaelz.7140
Жыл бұрын
ah yes the hill horror park
@KirstenJoerg
Жыл бұрын
OMG Kevin played in a Disney band! That’s so cool and even more reason to join a band in Bavaria! I‘m so happy that you enjoyed Europapark so much! It’s been so long since I went and I remember my horror ride on the roller coaster (I said never ever haha). But it‘s a great great park. My sister and her husband are regulars and go every year and always stay overnight. You guys did such an amazing job to create this video, absolutely amazing!xxo
@MyMerryMessyGermanLife
Жыл бұрын
Yes he does need to play in a band here! It’s so cool that your sister and her family go regularly. We would, too, if we lived nearby. It’s so much fun for kids!
@HuSanNiang
Жыл бұрын
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife I guess the sousaphone is not really often used in Germany.
@michaelstander1263
Жыл бұрын
Das war ein netter Vergleich :-) Aber im Sommer, wenn Ferien sind, kann es im Europapark auch sehr, sehr voll werden. Sagt Bescheid, wenn ihr das nächste Mal in der Gegend seid - hier gibt es sooo viel zu entdecken
@Kloetenhenne
Жыл бұрын
Kevin's "Europapark" is almost perfect
@EvaCornelia
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this interesting video! Watching it and listening to all these details, I realized that amusement parks have never ever been part of my world. It was hard enough to persuade my parents to visit the annual fairground in the city. I also remember I spent a few days in Copenhagen in 1990 and I visited Tivoli, but just because I didn't know what else to do. So thank you for opening a new world for me :)
@MyMerryMessyGermanLife
Жыл бұрын
I can understand - amusement parks are noisy, crowded and can be very overstimulating. They aren't for everyone, that's for sure!
@marti-se7vu
Жыл бұрын
Love your videos, your honesty and fairness! Thank you.
@brucemc1581
Жыл бұрын
Europapark doesn’t have the same yearlong weather like Orlando. Hence why Magic kingdom has so many more visitors.
@fabrizioriva1281
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the thoughtful and intelligent review: best I have ever seen
@icx4711
Жыл бұрын
Thank for the Video 👍🏻😃. My favorit Amusement Park is Disneyland/Anaheim ❤️😍. The Magic Kindom/ Orlando looks very old. Europa Park is s very nice Park but i miss the magic there like at disney.
@christianbraun5004
Жыл бұрын
Heyho. As I was lucky enough to experience those days with you, let me just say: It was was an amazing vacation for me as well. 10/10, 5⭐, would do again at anytime without hesitation. 😊 And I'm usually not so much of an amusement park enthusiast myself, but with such amazing company it's different. 😉
@MyMerryMessyGermanLife
Жыл бұрын
It was a lot of fun (and so helpful) to have you there! 😊
@christianbraun5004
Жыл бұрын
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife ❤
@katharinast142
Жыл бұрын
Ich liebe, liebe, liebe den Europapark wahnsinnig. Er ist so voller Details und die unterschiedlichen Bereiche ... das einzige womit ich auch gar nichts anfangen kann, sind die Maskottchen. Ich war auch schon 14 als ich das erste Mal in den Park bin, also bin ich vermutlich auch nicht die Zielgruppe, aber sie wirken so willkürlich, so charakterlos. Natürlich hat Disney den riesen Vorteil mit den Filmcharakteren zu denen man auch völlig ohne den Park eine Verbindung hat, aber es ist so schade, dass die Europaparkmaskottchen so ungenutzt bleiben. Wobei ich das Gefühl habe, dass bei neueren Maskottchen (z. B. bei Snorrie für Rulantica) schon mehr versucht wird eine Verbindung herzustellen. Es gab ja schon vor der Eröffnung von Rulantica ein Musical mit ihm und wo auch Piraten eine Rolle spielten, die wiederum bei den Piraten von Batavia wieder vorkommen, die auch bei der Eislaufshow dabei sind. Da wird heute ein deutlich größerer Bogen gespannt. Trotzdem glaube ich, dass da noch viel Potential steckt. Was mir bei meinem letzten Europaparkbesuch besonders positiv aufgefallen ist, sind die vielen Toiletten. In jedem Land sind ca. 2 Toilettenräume, die aber selbst innerhalb des Landes unterschiedlich gestaltet sind. Da ich meine Tage hatte und deswegen viel auf Klos war, war das besonders auffällig. Und es es wurde auch über den Tag hinweg sehr häufig geputzt. Natürlich hatte man auch mal Pech, aber alles in allem wirklich toll! Gibt es in Disneyland eigentlich vergleichbare Shows wie im Europapark? Dort gibt es ja eine Eislaufshow, Zaubershows, Pferdeshows und und und ...
@herzschlagerhoht5637
Жыл бұрын
44:55 Hahaha.... always some great little jokes from Kevin! ;)))
@kerstinklenovsky239
Жыл бұрын
You guys are so gracious and warm in your comparison. Thank you for yet another great video. 🌻
@abee8405
Жыл бұрын
Hi there, I am so happy you liked Europa- Park! Now I feel inspired to go back and see it again. The open-air museum is a great idea, especially on days when they show original crafts or have a fair. I used to absolutely love that as a child. Also, if you would like to try one more amusement park, have a look at Tripsdrill. It's very lovely, in my opinion. And now that Christmas-Market season is upon us, I can only recommend you make a plan and check out as many as you can . Also, try to make some German christmas cookies with your kids, they will love it. Seeing your enthusiasm just makes me happy!😄
@MyMerryMessyGermanLife
Жыл бұрын
Stay tuned - we just made Vanille Kirpfel, Linzen Plätzchen and Zimt Sterne today and a video will be coming out soon for them!
@CavHDeu
Жыл бұрын
Ihr solltet auch mal das Phantasialand bei Brühl und Efteling in den Niederlanden besuchen. Wenn ihr dann schon mal in den Niederlanden seid, macht auch mal einen Abstecher zum Burger's Zoo in Arnheim.
@elisabethlemoigne5710
Жыл бұрын
It was fun revisiting Europapark in your video. My personal favorite, however, is Playmobil- Park, near Nürnberg, so it is feasible as a day trip. There are very few rides, no roller coasters, it is all hands-on. So you only have to stand in line for very few attractions. They have tournaments for knights, a castle, pirate boats, tractor races, gold mines ... and the best play grounds. Huge slides, sand boxes and a Matsch-/Wasserspielplatz. They also offer cabins and showers free of charge, where you and your children can get cleaned up afterwards. I think they charge for washing machines though. There is so a huge indoor playground. I am not sure if your kids are into Playmobil, but the younger ones would love it. It is 16 euros per person per day, so it is quite reasonable.
@MyMerryMessyGermanLife
Жыл бұрын
That sounds like a lot of fun! Ella would love it.
@Miristzuheiss
Жыл бұрын
The Family of our Story to tell tested this themepark, but with a day of rain🤭
@karinland8533
Жыл бұрын
Yes, it is also more for younger kids, Grundschulkinder, you don’t have to be into Playmobil
@sollte1239
Жыл бұрын
Oh yes I also loved the Playmobil park but I also loved Playmobil. So maybe for me the Playmobil park was Disneyland
@remembercitadel-videogamemusic
Жыл бұрын
I can't believe that Disney didnt pay their band... actually, knowing Disney, it's hardly surprising....
@lechenx3
Жыл бұрын
I can recommend Skyline Park in Bad Wörishofen & Legoland in Günzburg. They are both in Bavaria. Legoland has a stunning miniatur city build with leogs and amazing Playgrounds 🙌🏻
@stefan0325
Жыл бұрын
There's a joke in the German amusement park fan scene that EPCOT stands for Europa Park Copied Our Themes.
@abinashmishra329
Жыл бұрын
The mice in Europa Park remind of the Chuck E. Cheese’s mouse. 🐁
@KlausZanetti
Жыл бұрын
Hi Sara 🙋♂, hi McFalls 🙋♂, hi, as almost every Sunday morning 😃! Thank you one more time for getting presented your interesting comparison. And getting informations about your own experiencies. Even for me as an older guy, who thought, there`s no more need for such parks, your video is extending my mind.
@udoguenther3593
Жыл бұрын
I love your Europapark report ! I was very exited to hear about your experiences. They are very authentic. We visit Europapark at least one or twice a year since 2004. It is an inspiring experience every time. You don't write about the various shows. Didn't you joined them ? I strongy recommed to attend at least the Knights Show in the Spanish arena (Spain), the Ice show in the Ice Stadium (Greece) and the variete show in the Teatro de l' Arte (Italy). They are epic.
@Prime72
Жыл бұрын
Loved your fun and informative video! I went to Disney Florida and Epcot as a teenager in April and had a great time (weather was perfect). However, when it came to travel experiences with my kids (living in Atlantic Canada) we would rather take them to Europe than spend the same or more on the Disney experience and they had so much fun exploring all the different Spielplätze and outdoor adventure play areas. We went to Taunus Wunderland near Frankfurt which is geared toward small kids and they loved it. I have been to Europapark with my niece and nephew and liked the variety of rides and entertainment with virtually no lineups at an affordable price!
@chrisbaertl5708
Жыл бұрын
Try Phantasialand near Cologne. Also a great park but fewer people! And it has the "Black Mamba" ;)
@lizben3463
Жыл бұрын
Great video, as always ❤ If you haven't bern there yet, you should definitely check out Legoland, which is in Bavaria (Günzburg), so probably not too far from your home :)
@westfale520
Жыл бұрын
What I also find absolutely important, is that you can take your own food, my parents were certainly not stingy to us children, on the contrary, but my mother would never have gone anywhere where you could not have taken your own food or where there are reasonable and clean places with tables etc, where you could have eaten your own food as a family. What costs something is also more and more important for parents with children.If you are a family with several children, it goes very quickly in areas where it can hurt or is not to be paid for poorer families. and right! Good playgrounds are absolutely essential
@berlindude75
Жыл бұрын
The diphthong "eu" in German is always pronounced OY (like in "toy"). So "Europa" would be OY-HRO-PA. 😊
@Veri183
Жыл бұрын
I am a frequent theme park visitor and went to Magic Kingdom in my twenties. Back then us Europeans used to look to the U.S. theme parks with envy. But when I actually went there I was kind of disappointed to be honest. Magic Kingdom was a great, out-of-this-world experience, no doubt, but it didn't really lived up to the hype. One could argue that young adults are not the core audience for Magic Kingdom, as it is (seems) to be focused on families with small kids. However, now that I am mother myself I find this an odd place to visit with family. As you mention there are little to none picnic sites, it takes ages just to get there and standing in line for hours in the hot Florida sun now really put me off. And if it's not that it's the prices that are not family friendly at all. To my luck Germany and Europe have really caught up in terms of theme parks and imho are acutally much better than parks in the U.S. overall. They do a lot of things right to appeal to multiple audiences. Your experience at Europapark (that you can really enjoy it as a family and that there is really something for everyone etc.) is core to most European theme parks. Disney (also Disney Land Paris) to me feels like it's meant to be for kids, but it's designed to work like a perfect big machine and you pay more for the "act" instead, than for actual things to do. A couple of things to note on Europapark: - The number of visitors is smaller, I assume, due to the seasons. The park is usually closed from early January until end of March and also some weeks in between Halloween and X-Mas/Winter Magic. It's also a cultural thing, because in Germany and Europe there are so many other things to do and destinations to visit. People don't see theme parks as an actual holiday destination (this is probably slowly changing), but rather places you would visit while your're on holiday. This is also why Europeans would never spend the eqivalent of a full family holiday only for visiting a theme park. - The park is family owned and so is Mack Rides (an internationally successful rides manufacturer). The companys' headquarter and factory are located a 30 min drive from the park. Europapark has been built intially to host movable Mack rides during off-season (of the big festivals/Feste) and also as a testing ground for their prototypes, that's why many rollercoasters in the park used to be "world novelties" when they first opened.
@Smo-King-Gun
11 ай бұрын
Let Kevin on the slide ! You go slide Kevin however much you want XD Im 40 and still love a good playground time XD and thx for this great video, great honest information on the parks.
@marjanpel1563
Жыл бұрын
You have to travel to the Netherlands, visit Amsterdam, Alkmaar, Rotterdam, Den Haag, Volendam, Kinderdijk and of course "De Efteling"!
@Likr666
Жыл бұрын
We are the McFalls with one mom, 5 kids, 2 hamsters and a cat 🙂
@MyMerryMessyGermanLife
Жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣 I think you got it! LOLOLOLOL
@MyMerryMessyGermanLife
Жыл бұрын
Just wait until you see the Europa Park vlog video we will have - Kevin is totally acting like a kid!
@somethingsmatter
Жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this video. Kevin‘s analysis of the parks was spot on. I can tell he’s an academic! At first I was worried your overall impression of Europa park would be poor- but it’s good to hear you had a great time. I grew up in Southern California and often went to Disneyland. I was also pleasantly surprised by Europa park! And I’d much prefer to go there over Disney. Also, culturally Disney has cultivated this cult like behavior in the USA where people spend all their savings on Disney and Disney events ( Disney adults) which I really don’t see happening with Europa park.
@somethingsmatter
Жыл бұрын
Kevin you could write a paper „cultural comparison of theme parks, a qualitative analysis „
@515aleon
Жыл бұрын
The engineering mind's compare/contrast analysis.
@willionaire77
Жыл бұрын
Kevins prowess in swedish is a big plus in pronouncing words the german/europe way. Europa would correctly sound something like "Oi-ro(w)-pah" for english speakers. 😎
@Kelsea-2002
Жыл бұрын
Personally, I love your longer videos in which you explain exactly the details.You also do a lot of work in the extensive research.Even if these videos are meant to be informative, you also put all your love into this work, and the viewer can feel that right.Although I never actually go to amusement parks, this video was also very exciting for me to watch.Great job and thanks for that;best regards Kelsea
@MyMerryMessyGermanLife
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, Kelsea! ❤
@ThePixel1983
Жыл бұрын
A colleague just went to Europapark, and we live in Paris! He liked it very much. I'll have to go there some time with my nieces.
@Ima-andy
Жыл бұрын
I love watching ur videos! I was like yep he looooooves magic kingom ❤
@nellekeglansdorp1595
Жыл бұрын
Europa park is not just a theme park. It is the showroom of the roller coaster builder Mack Rides.
@danielmatzner2507
Жыл бұрын
You should try out the Ruhr area. In my opinion it's one of the most interesting regions in Germany, although it swims under the radar. A few of the sights would be the Zeche Zollverein in Essen (UNESCO World Heritage Site), the Gasometer in Oberhausen, the Tetraeder in Bottrop, the Landschafts Park in Duisburg (short LaPaDu), Tiger and Turtle in Duisburg and a few more attractions.
@brittariedel3446
Жыл бұрын
The Bergbau Museum in Bochum is also a must see and if you are interested in soccer dont miss out the Deutsches Fussballmuseum in Dortmund.
@Dirk-Ulowetz
Жыл бұрын
If you are interested in amusement parks, then you should try Legoland Deutschland in Günzburg or Altweibermühle in Tripsdrill. Both are awesome and unique in their own way.
@jimboninho
Жыл бұрын
Another well done video from you guys, thank you so much! 😊 Btw: I think most Europeans also grew up with Disney movies, so that's not just an American thing. Have a nice start into the new week! ❤
@MyMerryMessyGermanLife
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! Okay I didn't want to assume about the Disney movies. That's good to know!
@janpracht6662
Жыл бұрын
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife I was in Orlando/Disney's Magic Kingdom in 2017. Orlando is the craziest town I have ever seen, completely designed for fun and amusement. On every corner somebody is flying through the air on a rope, jumps off a tower on a bungee-rope or is firing at something in a shooting range. I loved the huge "Mega Store", you and your credit card can have funny hours there spending A LOT of money (for Star Wars or Disney products, sunglasses, T shirts or candies. I still have my bath towel with Donald Duck's family). 😊 I liked driving in Winnie the Poohs honey-pot and the musical performances with Donald and Daisy. In the evening there is a big disco with all Disney characters (one of the weirdest things I have ever done in my life was dancing with Daisy Duck). The firework at the end of the day is fantastic. When you are "back to reality" on the parking spot (after 12 hours in this parallel-world you spent between fairy tales, fantasy houses and Disney characters) you wake up and really feel like after a wild dream...
@swanpride
Жыл бұрын
@@MyMerryMessyGermanLife I think the difference is more that we grow up on Disney movies AND the European adaptations of the same stories. Especially if you live in Germany. As someone who has been to the US and visited both Disney World and Disney Land I can honestly say that they are better than the European version, because those feel like they were done with love while Eurodisney feels kind of soulless. Thus said, I also love the German Phantasialand, which used to have a lot of rides similiar to the Disney rides, but has developed its very own identity over time. It's btw also open in the Winter (naturally without the water rides running).
@manuelrentz4728
Жыл бұрын
Stimmt zwar, aber als Kind habe ich die Märchen der Gebrüder Grimm als aller erstes vorgelesen bekommen, natürlich die originalen Versionen, erst später sind sie abgewandelt worden und waren nicht mehr so brutal, erst mit 7 oder 8 kam Disney dann groß auf, vor allem mit Aladin, Arielle, König der Löwen etc... Trotzdem sind mir die wahren Märchen der Gebrüder Grimm in Erinnerung geblieben, weil sie einfach so viel düsterer und ehrlicher sind wie Disneys Filme. Disney hat doch gerade am Anfang ziemlich viel geklaut. Zu erst einmal das Schloss, wo dann jeder Amerikaner meinte sie hätten es erfunden 😂 Unser Schloss stand schon, da gab es die USA noch lange nicht 😅 Dann Schneewittchen und die 7 Zwerge, Cinderella und Co, alles geklaut, die Gebrüder Grimm haben ihre Geschichten schon gefühlt 300 Jahre vorher geschrieben und ich denke genau deswegen kann ich Amerika nicht für voll nehmen, denn ihre gesamte Kultur ist mehr oder weniger geklaut, was nicht schlimm wäre, wenn sie es nicht so verkaufen würden als hätten sie es erfunden. Sie machen so etwas immer und immer wieder. Ein deutscher erfindet das Radarsystem, zack klaut sich Amerika die Idee und selbst ihre größten Wissenschaftler waren entweder Diebe wie Edison mit der Glühbirne oder aber waren in Wirklichkeit Ausländer denen sie einfach die Staatsbürgerschaft schenkten und dann behaupteten sie seien Amerikaner 🤦♂️ Amerika ist für mich das Land der großen Fakes und vor allem haben sie eine Mentalität von vorne hui und hinten pfui, alleine deswegen kann ich diesem Land nix abgewinnen, was natürlich nicht heißt, dass die Bevölkerung nur aus idioten besteht, wie in jedem Land gibt es eben beide Seiten.
@dittedatte8046
Жыл бұрын
Hello dear expanding Family: You don't need to apologize every video for your pronunciation or experience. It's your opinion, and People can go find out themselfe what they like best. Thank You for this very informative video, and Europa Parc looks very atractive comparing to the American Parcs. Have a lovely Sunday 😊
@alexandrah.6217
Жыл бұрын
I still remember my first time at Europapark in the opening year.. I was 3 years old. ❤ (it was basically the „Märchenwald“ and a Playground back then)
@kirachan007
Жыл бұрын
re the hotels .., you CAN get even closer to the park in a hotel when you visit Phantasialand and stay in the Lindbergh Hotel... which is basically a part of the park and the roller-coaster flies by your face when you leave the room....,
@MyMerryMessyGermanLife
Жыл бұрын
Very cool!
@s.f.8867
Жыл бұрын
Other smaller park options worth visiting for a day trip are Legoland Günzburg, Playmobil FunPark and Ravensburger Spieleland. Each of them connected toy brands.
@Jw4be
Жыл бұрын
So with fastpass it’s a bit off of how you described it. With fastpass you could book 3 rides at a time with up to 90 days in advance. Now it’s with the genie plus app, which costs roughly 15-20$ per person per day. But there are very few rides not included in that payed system. These are the big e ticket attractions. With that you have to book a lightning lane. But these could be booked either with or without the genie app. With that said: it’s common to charge to skip the lines, but what Disney did with Genie is that they made it affordable. Universal f.e. Charges around 200$ per person per day. So that less people will use it and it would be a real benefit to buy it. With genie it’s different. People feel the need of purchasing the feature that they could have a guaranteed good time, because everyone does it. So it’s completely a cash grab. But things are probably changing again because Chapek is gone. Soooo. That’s that 😂 That topic alone could be its own separate video
@MyMerryMessyGermanLife
Жыл бұрын
Yeah I had read that now that Disney has a new CEO that Disney fans are demanding they remove the Genie system!
@dirkdemeirleir264
Жыл бұрын
The original pre Disney and still very popular European park is the Efteling in the Netherlands!
@wolfgangsperber7894
Жыл бұрын
Phantasialand near Köln is nice as well.
@Mcbrand67
Жыл бұрын
I think you will really love the Efteling @Kaatsheuvel Netherlands. Also the hotel is very nice .
@aglaiacassata8675
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing your experiences! I loved every minute of this video.
@leafangirls
Жыл бұрын
You have to try out Phantasialand next! The best German theme park I would say and also regularly called one oof the best in the world! They have some amazing new (linearr induction) rollercoastes! :)
@brittariedel3446
Жыл бұрын
And it is also especially nice in the Winter season with their Wintertraum event. Lots if Christmas lights everywhere and a lot of very good food, too. Sooo beautiful. Phantasialand also has hotels in the park. And you could combine it with a stop in Cologne, to see the Cologne cathedral and the chocolate museum and take a walk along the Rhine etc
@thotijenny
Жыл бұрын
Well I love Phantasialand aswell, but I would wait till the littler kids are older so they can experience the whole thing 😁
@HH-hd7nd
Жыл бұрын
Heidepark in Soltau is also a good one - it's in Lower Saxony though so it is more suitable to go there if you're on vacation in Northern Germany. Hansa Park in Schleswig-Holstein is also nice. And when you're already in the North there's Legoland in Billund which is in central Denmark. Regarding visitors...well Florida has pretty much the same weather all year long - Germany does not and going in the middle of winter is not really all that much fun (not to mention that many parks are actually closed during winter). Most people don't realize how far to the south the USA (except Alaska) are. New York city is on the same latitude as Rome in Italy. If Florida would be magically moved eastward you'd end up in the Central Sahara for the northern parts of Florida and southern Sahara for southern Florida.
@stampcollector74
Жыл бұрын
I like it when you talk about the weather. I'm an ice hockey fan, and I like it when it get's cold - minus 20°C it's just fun. _ There is no wrong weather there is only wrong clothing. ; ) (We had the first snow this year a few days before - and I LOVE it - winter wonder land _ just magical. I can almost feel Christmas is coming. ♥)
@pascalvorbach6829
Жыл бұрын
The holiday park chain seems pretty good as well, the hansa park is not bad as well 😊, but i think the Europa Park is pretty good, i live actually not far away, but I don't go that often sadly.
@mamabear3428
Жыл бұрын
I went to Disney in Florida towards my late 20s. For all the hype that was made, I was mildly disappointed. Some rides were closed and others had such long lines. Most rides are definitely geared towards kids. I think adults with no kids go dor nostalgic reasons. Food prices were crazy and food wasn't anything special. Years later I went to universal in California. Rides were way more thrilling but lines were just as long. Food prices were the same as Disney.
@Anfis9
Жыл бұрын
I‘ve growen Up near by Europa Park and we have often visit the Park 3-4 times per year. Still Love all the details. You should visit Freiburg - such a lovley City!
@TheMrBusty
Жыл бұрын
I liked it so much keep making videos plssss :D
@skabo__o
Жыл бұрын
i have the feeling that disney caters more to the "adult-children" these days where Europa-Park has families in mind.
@torstenw4072
Жыл бұрын
I remember visiting Orlando in the early 90ties. Magic Kingdom, Epcot and MGM Studios. Very hot...we waited almost 2 hours for the *KingKongRide*. Very expensive....very cool! Like visiting Las Vegas! Its a fantasy world...and in our last day we visited the Aquarium....and we.... saw Shamu, the great orca whale. In this big stadium he looked like a small goldfish in a whiskey tumbler. So sad...!!! All is said! Carry on the good work with your vlogs! 😎
@nudlezo.4627
Жыл бұрын
As a Swiss it was one of our standard family trips destinations. I love the different foods. It’s like a vacation across Europe and people who don’t like rollercoaster can still enjoy all the shows and slow ride. And I have to add, I learned today that Von-Roll built ski gondeli 🚠 I had university classes in the old Von-roll fabric (and the old Toblerone fabric too)
@gloofisearch
Жыл бұрын
What a great video. I grew up close to Europa Park, went there several times a year and I also lived and worked at Disney World and your resume is spot on. While I do love Disney World, the prices are just ridiculous these days. I was at Disneyland in LA just 8 weeks ago and the "Fastpass", now called Disney Genie+ adds another $20 per person per day to the cost. The food was horrible, the burgers tasted like Microwaved. The only good food still is the Turkey leg, I love that one. The parade and the fireworks is what you pay for in my opinion. Those 2 are, hands down, best in the world, whereas everything else is actually better in Europa Park.
@MyMerryMessyGermanLife
Жыл бұрын
A great review of Disney. I just read an article that Disney now has a new CEO and many people are asking that he get rid of the new Genie program and lower all of the prices. They are literally pricing out the entire middle class at this point, which is sad.
@beverlywalker4111
Жыл бұрын
I visited Disney at Christmas time. The weather was perfect! Love seeing the comparisons! Great video!
@kevinmcfall5285
Жыл бұрын
That makes the choice is Orlando make some sense...
@wernerruf7761
Жыл бұрын
Well, Disney may have started a few years earlier with its parks. But the Mack family has been in the business longer, since 1921 to be exact, when the predecessor company of Mack Rides built its first wooden roller coaster. It's also not surprising that Disney has fewer roller coasters in the Magic Kingdom than Euopa-Park. After all, it started out as an exhibition site for Mack GmbH & Co (now Mack Rides). Disney has to buy the roller coasters, the Mack family builds them themselves. As of February 2022, Mack Rides has built 156 roller coasters around the world. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mack_Rides
@MyMerryMessyGermanLife
Жыл бұрын
Yeah I was reading that the Mack family started making coaches for the wealthy in the 1800’s and also made circus wagons. And with their knowledge of wheels, they then began to make roller coasters. So cool!
@dagmarszemeitzke
Жыл бұрын
The Europapark starts in the 1970th. First the family Mack, which made portable rolercoasters for fairs, wants to show what was posible to make. First every year a new land in Europe as theme for a part was build. Now the park is more succsessful than the company which made rolercoasters The Europapark is near my homerown Freiburg.
@RoadsFranconia
Жыл бұрын
Wir sagen eigentlich nicht "Vergnügungspark" sondern eher "Freizeitpark"
@JavinManfield
Жыл бұрын
Fantastic Video!
@arnodobler1096
Жыл бұрын
Nice that you had so much fun and little Sress
@thomasherreiner3583
Жыл бұрын
I am a big theme park fan - just like obviously Kevin - and I know the theme parks of the US and Europe pretty well. I must agree that Europapark toke a lot of "inspiration" from Disney - that´s very obvious. But also Walt Disney got a lot of ideas from Europe, like from Tivoli Gardens in Kopenhagen or the general architecture. Personally I love both. In Disney I love the perfection, in Europapark I love the little imperfections and tradition. Is has more the feeling of a family business which I enjoy. Anyway - in 3 weeks I will go to Orlando to visit Disney and Universal and in summer Europapark is on the list ... and Phantasialand 🙂
@MyMerryMessyGermanLife
Жыл бұрын
Nice! You’ll visit all the parks in a year! How fun. Viel spaß!
@manuelrentz4728
Жыл бұрын
Stimmt nur nicht, der Europapark ist von den deutschen Märchen inspiriert die 300 Jahre Älter sind wie Disney, denn in Wirklichkeit hat Disney von den Gebrüder Grimm geklaut und deswegen fühlt sich der Europapark authentisch an. Disneyland klitzert halt schön vorne, ist aber in der Tiefe einfach niemals so gut wie der Europapark. Europapark hat die deutschen Märchen und Europa vereint und die Amerikaner denken jetzt wirklich das wir von ihnen etwas geklaut haben, aber ja diese Mentalität passt halt zu der USA. Ich denke mehr gibt es dazu nicht mehr zu sagen
@sanderdeboer6034
Жыл бұрын
If you love the fairy tale theme and Europa park, EFTELING should be on your bucket list.
@rebeccarendle3706
Жыл бұрын
Guys this was REALLY interesting. I loved it! So glad you had a fabulous holiday🙂. It was especially interesting coming from Americans and people with A LOT of Disney World experience. Kevin was great with all his facts and figures! If in that area again on holiday, we would definitely consider Europa Park as a day trip. Every time we have been in SW DE to date, we have found so many other great things to do, so Europa Park was never a priority. My sister and family flew from the UK to Florida to "go to Disney" twice and spent a fortune (part of their inheritance) ...the money they spent on those 2 (2week) trips to Disney we have spent on flying to multiple countires on multiple holidays over 17yrs. I have watched SO many Disney you tube video's over lockdown (curious over the "hype")..and each time I do NOT understand the attraction to "Magic Kingdom"...it seems the least interesting of the parks and so "plastic" and "babyfied." I guess if you live near Disney and your kids are between 4 and 9yrs old it could be fun for small kids... but the price us not justifiable for anyone over 9yrs old. The only things that interested my kids now were StarWars, Harry Potter World, Jurassic World, Pirates of the Caribbean and Marvel rides and these are all scattered over several Parks.to increase Disneys mkney making. Luckily we have the REAL Harry Potter Studios in the UK. We will go next summer now my youngest is old enough to appreciate it. The whole Disney booking, coding, fast tract booking, hours of standing in line just seems totally counter productive to having a "relaxing day".. as you mentioned "being on your phone all the time, to keep an eye on fast track stuff for certain rides".. from YT videos "Disney booking, planing process" (covid lockdown reseach rabbit hole) and then going on the Disney Site, I was still NON the wiser as to how it all works so you can have a "smooth, RELAXING, fun day". This would just put me off before I got started, when planning a holiday. I love planning and researching trips and holiday ideas/destinations, and I have travelled all over the world, and never had any issues .. but "getting behind how Disney works" is mind blowing. Also it seems a day with NO scheduling or time keeping once you are there is IMPOSSIBLE.. so it all seems VERY counterintuitive to having an enjoyable relaxing fun day/holiday🤔. I am totally against at Disney Water Parks. It is so unnatural and you are basically visiting a prison for all the wildlife, eg keeping Orca whales captive to "preform" is horrific. Not respectful to other species, so sending the wrong message to our kids....also the swim in the "fake" coral reef type pool with dolfins and fish (to my horror, my sister and family did this..and she is vegetarian "for ethical reasons" which really doesn't add up). You can just swim/boat in florida in the sea and see dolfins etc. I visited the Bahamas and just swam around the real coral reefs etc. It is so much nicer seeing these beautiful creatures in their natural habitat just living life. I've always thought it would be fun to go to a fun Park with the kids.. but the attraction for us is purely "the adrenaline rides" and not so much the themed streets because we love to travel to the actual countires and see "the real thing."..which luckily is so easy living Germany. I always think of all the holidays, countries and experiences my sister and family "could have had" if they had not blown all their savings on two holidays to Florida Disney World. During their 2nd visit, they did go to the Space Center and I surfed around for companies and persuade them to go to the Everglades and go to see Manatees, which they said was one of the highlights of their trip. There was so much more in Florida they could have done and seen while there, if they had spent less time and money in "plastic Disneyland.".. I find it so sad really. but we are all different and as long as everyone is happy and enjoys their holidays, that is the most important thing. We will try Heide Park next year. Its been on our list for the last 3 years. But always gets de-prioritised. But next year I am determined to go (time will tell). The advantage is at least my youngest is now bigger and will be able to go on more rides nowif we do make it there 😄.
@petersg991
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You need visit EP in the Sommer Holiday Time, when Germany , France, Switzerland, the Benelux States have Sommerferien :) you have waiting times for some rides up to 150 min
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