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The only two flights from the USA to Brussels are from Chicago O'Hare and New York JFK! So I don't think that's the best solution for them! And the flights between Paris and Brussels are cancelled scince the TGV/Thalys has gained a big popularity! And the distance between CDG and BRU isn't that big to do it by car !

I'll be visiting SM:M2 the 3rd of April (a week before the offical opening) at the shareholders meeting! I'll see if I can make some intresting pics/video! But I'm not going to give the whole bit away! Therefore you've got to ride it yourself ! Enjoy these for now (the new trains on a testrun):

USA: Liberty Inn (American Pavillion) @ Epcot --> Best burger I ever ate (I'm European, and we don't have cool hamburgers here, so for me a genuine American burger is a feast )! (And Europe: Lucky Nugget Saloon @ Disneyland Paris --> Great Tex-Mex buffet)

BDG already gave some really good advice, as did the other ones! I'm gonna give you my answers! So here’s my advice : It shouldn't be to crowded! Schools are still running and lot's of European students have examinations --> no time for theme parks (I'm one of these students ) About the drives: -From Bobbejaanland it's more like a two hour drive to Walibi World -You can save time if you go from Klotten to Walibi Lorraine (2 hour drive) first and then go from Lorraine to Holiday Park (2 hour drive)! You'll save about four hours by doing so... but I don't know if it's more convenient to you and if it fits in the itinerary I would rather take ten hours for this drive (considering you need to take a stop and maybe some unexpected delays during this long drive) This bridge should be free EDIT: Shadowforce corected me! The bridge isn't free! I mixed the brige up with the one that connects the mainland of Denmark with Funen... I don't think reservations are needed! We have lots of ferry lines in Europe that go every 30 minutes, and I never had to make a reservation for one of them... But if it makes you feel safer, make the reservation, it won't do no harm! If I were you I'd just go to Hansa and drop BonBonLand! BonBonLand is a fun park with really offensive stuff ! But Hansa has more fun rides (the Eurofighter at Bobbejaanland is also considered to be better than the one at BonBon...)! I think it should be do-able to combine them! But how many hours you'll need for Hansa depends on what you want to do and what you are prepared for to skip Hansa rides It’s about a 3 hour drive from Heide to Fort Fun! Fort Fun has really nice scenery, but no special rides… I think it’s better to stay a little longer in Heide, rather than spending another €21 just for riding the Alpine Coaster and getting more exhausted then you’ll already be Should work! But also, be selective on your rides in WBMW (Movie Park)! Even when the park is not crowded it I’ll take you till four PM before you’ve ridden everything… Toverland is certainly do-able in two hours without rushing (most of the rides are for kids anyway)! Phantasialand opens at 9 AM, but rides don’t open until 10 AM! So you’ll have less than 5 hours! Phantasialand isn’t very big, but it has lots of very unique rides! Considering you want to ride lots of them you won’t have enough with 4 hours! Especially the Winjas coasters (some of the most unique coasters in the world) have very long waiting lines (up to 45 minutes sometimes)! And I think you want to ride them both! I can advise you doing it because they’re very different from eachother (hint: first ride Fear and then Force)! Klotten is indeed one hour drive from Phantasialand, but Klotten is more an animal/nature park with one coaster then a real amusement park! If you do plan on visiting Klotten, skip the darkrides at Phantasialand! Tripsdrill is about one hour and 15 minutes drive from Holiday Park and is really worth visiting! I’d sujest you spend half the day at Holiday and half the day at Tripsdrill! The roads in Switzerland are very good! Waiting lines may occur for some big tunnels (e.g. gotthardtunnel)! But I don’t think you have to cross one of those extremely long tunnels! 8 hours is also a little short for this big drive! I’d rather go for 9 to 10 hours! I’m not to familiar with the “busyness” in Mirabilandia at the end of June, but it shouldn’t be to crowdy! Though the park is located in a very popular tourist region, the mob won’t arrive before the 14th of july! A 6 hour drive is realistic! Parc Astérix is known to be always packed! Only in October it isn’t crowdy! Even I never had the privilege to see the park uncrowdy (and I live only 3 hours away from the park and visit it quiet often)! One of the things Europe misses is good motels! We have Formule 1 and Etap Hotel, but there not as good as for example a Motel 6! Besides you’ll mostly find F1 and Etap in France and not in other countrys… I think you better look for small independent hotels that are not to expensive (those hotels are often great fun )! Another option is Novotel (bit more expensive) which you can find in most big cities or at the side of motorways! Never took that ferry, so I’m not gonna give you false hope ! Making it more insane than it already is ???? Well you can try to stop by “Slagharen” when you go from Walibi World to Farup! Although I don’t think its worth it… And well, right next to Movie park you have “Schloß Beck Freizeitpark” (one credit but not a special park), and like already mentioned “CentrO” I know the “Sinksenfoor” will be in Antwerp (about 30km from Bobbejaanland) during your stay in Belgium! Sinksenfoor features some big and fun rides, but it’s not such a big fair like you’ll find them in Germany! I hope this information is usefull to you! And I whish you guys a very good stay at Europe ! PS: next time pass by Spain, better parks and better coasters ! And it might be interesting in your case to by a Star Parks season pass, which provides entrance at Movie park Germany, Walibi Belgium, Walibi Lorainne, Walibi World and Walibi Rhône Alpes (+Bellwaerde Park and Walibi Aquitaine) (I bought mine for 49 euros (very economical )!

Here in Europe the Powered coasters are quiet popular! Even Disneyland Paris has one (the lamest of them all actually (Vekoma))! As Elissa says, the powered in Europa Park is one of the best! But "De Draak" (dutch for The Dragon), at Plopsaland is also a very fun one, with excellent theming! http://www.rcdb.com/ig2447.htm

Dude, in Disneyland Paris there's even a better system, those FP machines accept everything you put into them! So keep your Disney tickets from your other visits and re-use them for more FP's! The downside is that you only get a lapse of 30 minutes to use your fastpass + the extra fastpasses! So most times I give my extra passes away to people in the park who don't know this whole FP system, it's more like charity then cheating !

In Europe: -Nemesis -Expedition GeForce (Those two coasters will be added to my list this year (and many many more) ) In the USA: -Dueling Dragons -X -Millennium Force -The Beast -Superman: Ride of Steel (New England) (none of them will be added to my list this year )

I didn't visit all the rides in WDW during my stay, but the most dissapointing ride I've been on was El Rio Del Tiempo (Mexican Pavillion) at Epcot!

1. Disneyland Park (Paris) - France 2. Universal's Port Aventura - Spain 3. Disney/MGM Studios - USA 4. Parc Astérix - France 5. Heide Park - Germany 6. Europa Park - Germany 7. Efteling - The Netherlands 9. Terra Mìtica - Spain 10.Disney's Animal Kingdom - USA I'll be visiting Alton Towers next month, so I expect a change in my present list !

A little question : I made a .avi file and it's about 1 GB big (4.58 minutes --> 6MB/s) and I'll be burining it in a DVD+ format! But, scince I know nothing about PC's, I still have a question... Are you able to play a data DVD-R+ that's burned with an European DVD burner? (I would do it on a DV-tape if I had the technology )

Hey man, Danisch sounds cool! So I hope they allow it ! I'm not going to use a song in my native language, because Dutch isn't cool LOL:D!

I made a video yesterday and I'm planning to send it as fast as possible! I won't be needing another deadline! But if the others would appreciate it...hey, why not !

Hey dudes, you might wonder who I am, so I'll tell you, I'm Thibault Van Look, and I live in Belgium (europe)! I would love to participate in the contest, but, because I bought my camera at the end of last season (october 2004), I don't have lots of good themepark images+ bad weather! Still I want to make a video just for kicks ! I already made a few: Europa Park Big Tunder Mountain (the European version ) Winja's Fear & Force Silver Star What do you guys think? Should I take part in the contest ?