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I would definitely recommend visiting the park on two days during the week to be able to ride everything you want. One day - especially if it is a weekend - will never be enough. Please Note: There is no skip the line system at the park and queues will even on a non-busy weekday be 30-90 minutes for the major rides. If you will only do one day, there's no way to do all major rides in June, predicting weather is great. But even in thunderstorms, the park will be half full during a weekday. Yes, June 6th is Pentecost, on of the major holidays in the religious part of the area. I would recommend to plan half a day at Holiday Park when you drive from Europa Park to your next destination, as it will be directly on your road, to get a couple of laps on Expedition GeForce. Here is a skip the line system available. It's two and a half hours north of Europa Park, roughly in the middle between Europa Park and Phantasialand.

Hi there! We made a round trip from Germany four years ago. We hit Kings Island, Cedar Point, Knoebels and Coney Island. We had the trip of our lives. Why I'm telling you that? Well, we made one huge mistake in our planning we are suffering from to this day: We only spent six hours at Knoebels due to our too strict plans, as we had to be in New York that the same evening. We would never plan this again. Even heavier: We swore to ourselves to have the night before and after our Knoebels day in the area as soon as we go again, so that we can appreciate this place more, at most in the evening when it is lit up. Also, it will not matter to us what we will be visiting in the U.S., Knoebels is set as one destination. You can't imagine how beautiful and awesome this place is until you are there and you see it with your own eyes. So I am totally with Bill, even besides the fact that Hersheypark is still on our bucket list: You could leave Knoebels early, but there is no single good idea why you should do this. Go early, stay long, stay overnight if possible. Also: Don't mind if lines are longer than 30 minutes for Flying Turns, Phoenix (will not happen) or Twister. All of them are worth it. If you like the backstory of the building process of Flying Turns (if you don't know it, read the first couple of pages of this thread again), wait for it, no matter how long the line is. It's a gem you have to see.

I read it as there was one support structure before the tunnel. Now the will change that so that there will be two different support structures, one for the tunnel/helix entry out of the drop and one for the second run of the helix. In the tunnel, it will remain one structure for both laps.

Thanks, Bert! Not being on Facebook I missed that. That really looks crazy. I didn't know it was a thing to strip a wooden coaster down to the footers. Nice that they really want to improve The Beast!

I'm a little late to the party and the link seems to be expired. Does anyone have the photo on hand? The Google did nothing to please me here.

Well.. My Inverted B&Ms were Banshee, Raptor, Monster (or Orochi, the japanese-french Raptor clone) and Black Mamba. Out of these, Black Mamba was the least bumpy (and the slowest). As soon as trains are balanced, they aren't shaky. But especially with Banshee, we had our first rides on a rainy tuesday, all walk-ons for the front with barely any other people in the trains. they weren't good. Later that day, as soon as it cleared up and the trains were close to full, the bumpiness faded away.

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I have the very same feeling for every B&M invert I've ever ridden. Empty trains plus front row is a no-no.

Hey! Glad you had such a good time. Yes, Wednesday last week was an awful night in Rhinelanp-Palatine. I live about 40 kilometers away from the park and I thought of your visit on thursday morning. I'm surprised you managed to get some rides in. Consider yourself lucky. Glad you liked it. It seems we share a detail of our coaster seasons with our last ride of the season being GeForce in the back.

^ Well.. To be honest: We are really surprised and happy that it had such a good year. When I heard that last years rumors that the second train was eternally dead were true, I thought nothing good. And the current Frankenstein train does truly look like a really bad treated coaster. But in the end, i runs as good as I last experienced in summer 2019 when it had constant two train operations. The thing that I was surprised about the most was, that it ran really good on Tuesday, which was a rainy, foggy morning with low temperatures. That in combination with one train operations and half full train meant bumpy and slow rides in the past. But it was very different. I don't know what they are doind different then in former years, but it works. What I personally still fear about is a covid free 2022 with a full park and one train operation. That means about 400-500 pph at best. That means no rides for me as I will not wait more then 15-20 minutes for it.

To be honest, we had no downtimes the whole (operating) year. That means June to today. And all rides were as smooth as a kicka$$ Intamin in a small park can be. Last year, things were pretty different. Bad reliability and shaky rides.

Just a quick update from today's tour to Holiday Park: All major rides were open. Some rides at Majaland were not and seem down for the season. Expresspass is available again with the usual perks (nine points for 30,-- €). Expedition GeForce was running great. For the fellow who visits on thursday: I don't see anything preventing you from having a great day. You wont need Expresspass. Expedition GeForce was a maximum wait of two trains for any given row all day. All other major rides were merely walk-ons.

I haven't had any ride closures in Germany except for one Europa Park trip where we had a severe thunderstorm. I've ridden Expedition GeForce, F.L.Y., Flug der Dämonen, Karacho and Taron in heavy rain. This should not be an issue. Mammut and Karacho at Tripsdrill, I've also ridden in snowfall. Our last Phantasialand trip consisted of three rainy days. No ride had a noticeable downtime due to rain. As far as I know, Expedition GeForce is the only coaster that closes down due to temperatures. In fact, I just learned that Taron can operate until -10°C! We just scheduled our Holiday Park trip for monday or tuesday. I'll make sure to give a quick summary in the Holiday Park thread.

Yes, it's definitely a German issue at the moment. As far as I know Tripsdrill doesn't have a skip the line system. About the lastest COVID protocol, I know nothing for sure. Last time I have been to Tripsdrill, you were able to choose rows and lines were mediocre. Normally, in autum, you won't wait more that 30 minutes anywhere. At Heide Park you will be at least able to choose your seats freely. As far as I know no skip the line system at the moment as well as no single rider lines. At Holiday Park you may choose your seat at Expedition GeForce. Express Pass is available, but I suppose you won't need it if you go during the week. Please not that Expedition GeForce does not operate at 8°C or less. Some weeks ago we had walk-ons all day. Check my last trip report for more infos on Holiday Park. I plan on going to Holiday Park next week with my kids. Quick Pass at Phantasialand is a skip the line system. You'll only get it at the welcome center at the main entrance. It lets you choose your seats on two coasters or for a party of two on one coaster. F.L.Y. is NOT included (see here: https://www.phantasialand.de/de/themenpark/informationen-und-anreise/#quickpass). With QP you will easily get everything done in one day. Maybe even without. Just check the crowds. Times in the app are normally pretty accurate. About Movie Park, I know nothing, tbh.

Phantasialand is crowded at almost all days of the year. Expect 30-60 minute waits for Taron, Raik, Black Mamba, F.L.Y. and the Winjas as well as other major attractions and 20-40 minutes for things like Maus au Chocolat. As autumn holidays are starting now, your weekend will be the central weekend of them, so the weekend may be even busier. As Quick Pass is active again, consider spending some money and use it. I would please aou to go for at least two days to get the best out of it. For Europa-Park and Heide-Park I would consider the very same minus the fast lane options. At Holiday-Park crowds will be a little less.

We went to a small park called Erse Park near Hannover. I saw that it is not in the park index yet. Would you like me to share some informations and photos to put it into the park index? Or is it too small o be mentioned? https://ersepark.com/

It gets even better. I heard today that line choosing and baby swith also shall return on select attractions. Perhaps we should bicker a bit more around here!? I'm still waiting for Europa Park to finally implement this as Cedar Point does. But their spiel was that this was not an option as they don't want to split their customers in classes.

Phantasialand informed us today, that they reinstalled Quick Pass: https://www.phantasialand.de/de/themenpark/informationen-und-anreise/#quickpass Funny, just days after Elissa and I talked about just that, isn't it? As the text it german only, here the hard facts: It costs 10,-- € and you can use it two times on the following rides: Talocan, Maus au Chocolat, Chiapas, Winja's Fear, Winja's Force, Colorado Adventure. Instead of using it two times on different attractions, you can use it one time for two people. For an additional 10,-- € Taron and Black Mamba are additionally included with the same rules. There is no choosing of seats. Pass is only valid on the day of purchase. It's a bummer that F.L.Y. is not included. But I'm happy that some sort of pass is back. If the price is worth it - I don't know.

I got you so much. We're fed up with this §hit. I really don't know why a closed front line queue prevents COVID from spreading?!? But, to get on Phantasialands side a litte: Most of thes rules are enforce germanwide. Baby switch, single rider lines and Fast Lane weren't an option ant any park we've been since March 2020 (Holiday park since 2021). Front line queue was only available at Heide Park (not at all coasters) and Expedition GeForce. The pity for "our" parks is: We would have spent lots of money for some perks if they would have been available and would have visited definitaly more parks (hey Tripsdrill, Europa Park, Walibi Holland, ...) if rules were more logical. Just think about the following: We are allowed with up to 70,000 people in a stadium (Dortmund) without masks and distance, but the above mentioned perks in Phantasialand IN THE SAME STATE (Northrhine Westphalia) are not possible at the same time. WHAT? And again; These rules are not set by the park because they are dumb. It's the regional health bureaus that set them up. I can say that with full faith becaus I work for my local community college where we have to enforce ridiculous rules while in our local stadium up to 25,000 people can behave like normal.

I finally completed my trip report from our three day visit to Phantasialand in August. If you want to have a look: Beware: It is much!

Photo trip report from Phantasialand, August 16th-18th 2021 During our nationwide lockdown we started making plans for our first big trip since Emma was born in March 2020. As we wanted to check out F.L.Y. for a long time, we looked for a price worthy package at Phantasialand and found one. After booking two nights for two adjacent rooms for seven people in total with park view and balcony, breakfast, parking and park entrance at all three days, we were down to 75 Euros per person per day - a great value since park entry only was regularly 59,50 Euros at the same days! We booked for August in hope for great weather, but hat only around 20 °C (70 °F) and showers of rain throughout the three days. But in the end, it didn't matter. With Sarah, me and the kids, my brother and his kids completed our gang. We chose this constellation so that one group can always ride the big ones while the others did some rides with the kids. With three days to go, we had a lot of time and no desired ride had to be left out. To tell you some general facts about the park: COVID was still a big thing in Germany, so masks were required in all indoor areas as well as in all rides and queues. Also, baby switch, line skipping systems, choosing of rows (including front line rows) in coasters and single rider lines were not available at all coasters and attractions. Some rides were completely closed, as Hollywood Tour, for example. When we arrived on monday morning, we were very pleased how nice hotel Matamba looks from the outside. There was a big queue for check-in, around 15 parties were before us. At first, I have to admit that we were a bit annoyed how long it took them to check everyone in, but when we waited our time, about one hour, we knew why! Check-In was awesome, no open questions afterwards, tables booked for breakfasts and the african dinner on tuesday and completely ready for three exhausting park days! So we stored our luggage, threw over the rain clothes and headed to the park. Out of the Matamba garden, you get spilled right into the middle of the park directly to Black Mamba's loop. Nicole and me directly ran to get in line at F.L.Y. while the others went to Wuze Town with the kids. When we arrived in the Berlin section and I saw the portal to Rookburgh for the first time in real, I was baffled. It looked better and bigger than in every picture I have seen so far! Inside the tunnel, it even got better. I have to say, that I stopped following the construction progress after F.L.Y. went full circuit because I didn't want to spoiler myself in any way, so everything I saw was pretty new for me. Hearing this, you can imagine how my face expression was when we stepped out the tunnel and stood right in the middle of Rookburgh! This place is the most immersive theme park area I have ever been so far (no Disney or Universal yet)! The tunnel is like a time machine to the 1920s. Everything is themed so well. Not only the shops, even the litter picking park employees were completely in character - awesome! We directly got in line for F.L.Y. which had a minor breakdown that occured several times a day. After 15 minutes they opened the gate again and we walked through more than half of the line. For those who don't want to be spoilered, I wont do any description of queue and ride here; you'll find it down by the ride reviews. But when the seats turned and we went onto the launch track, heaven broke loose! We were completely dry because of the completely roofed queue, but outside it was pouring and we were front row! This was one of the most crazy coaster experiences I ever had! We were not able to open our eyes more than a little bit and were completely drenched after our ride! And F.L.Y. is really intense. Imagine riding Maverick without seeing anything or eyes closed. So we met the others ond switched the rides. Paul and Emma had done all the rides in Wuze Town, so we went to Maus au Chocolat. I sat down with Emma, who took a nap, and waited for Paul and Nicole. Afterwards, we went down the Berlin raod to the kiddie rides down there. It's a very beautiful area, we enjoyed it a lot! After a second F.L.Y. lap, we went to the hotel to get our rooms and some dry clothes, take a shower and prepare for our evening dinner. As we had not booked anything for our first night, we planned on going into the city of Brühl. We found a very nice italian restaurant online, Grissini! It's definitely a hit and I really want to suggest it for anyone going to Phantasialand! The owner was very nice and they went above and beyond to give us an awesome time on a regular monday evening with us as the only guests. Food was great! After dinner, we went back to the hotel and sat down at the bar for beer, cards and whiskey - which was just another great decision on this trip! Our second day started with a big breakfast in the african restaurant and a new plan for the park: As we were the first ones to be at Black Mamba, I took the kids so that the other four could get a quick ride which took us only about 15 minutes total. After that, we went to the other, yet untouched, half of the park and started with a couple of laps on Colorado Express, or - by far - favourite mine train! Luckily, I had two back row rides - by far the best seats - and one front row ride. After that, we split up again for riding F.L.Y. another time and do a lot of kiddie rides. I used the moment that the others were riding F.L.Y. and the kids were tired and took a nap in the handcart and just sat down in the middle of Rookburgh and watched everything around me. It was a great time and I cannot tell if I sat there for 20 minutes or two hours. The truth will be in the middle, but time just flew by watching this place and this coaster! As it started raining again and the kids were in desperate need of a real nap, Sarah went with the kids for a hotel break while Nicole and me conquered Taron and got it off our to do list. After waiting for one hour we had an airtime filled, great back row ride. After not having ridden it for five years I honestly forgot how good this ride can be! Now we went back to the hotel, picked up the napping crew and went for a second park run. At first, the water rides were our target, as we had the opportunity to take some rain clothes with us and weather prediction showed drizzles anyway. So we went to Chiapas and River Quest. Man, I really forgot how good those two rides are! Chiapas is by far the best log flume out there! So long, so nicely themed! Really good and without any line due to weather! Great music on the ride. And River Quest is still as drenching as it ever was! I wish one of those would be at Holiday-Park! Drenched as we were, we decided to go to the other side of the park again. Of course, F.L.Y. was one of our targets as the line was down to 30 minutes because of the weather. It even struck again when we were directly in the station waiting for out train. Afterwards all of us went on a trip to Wuze Town where we did some laps on the Winja's and went on our very first ride with the Tittle Tattle Tree in the middle of Wuze Town. We were particularly surprised how funny this little ride is. You even get a little bit floater air! On our way to the hotel Sarah and me took our chance for two last minute rides on Black Mamba which were great! Back in the hotel we prepared for the main event of the day: the african dinner in the hotel restaurant! We honestly please everybody sleeping at hotel Matamba to book some tables and do this! You get a lot of authentic african food as well as european classics. Some meats as ostrich and zebra and fishs are even freshly grilled by the chefs as you see it in mongolian restaurants! This went on to be a great evening and a delicious meal. Needless to say that the evening ended again in the bar, this time cocktails were on the list! Having done all we really wanted to do, we went for a lazy and relaxing third park day. We started it right after park opening with Taron which was again a great experience. After this we strolled through the park and ended up at our favourite places: Berlin with Rookburgh and F.L.Y.. We were lucky, as everyone got a rainless front row ride what was a perfect ending of riding the big ones for that trip! The other groups went on Maus Au Chocolat with Paul. The last things we did were riding all the things Paul wanted to ride in Wuze town, picking up some merchandise and go home. All in all we had a great trip. Three days were the perfect duration for a party with two kids. We would have ridden a lot more and spent a fortune more if baby switch and fast lane would have been available. Phantasialand regulars will know that lines are always present on the major attractions, no matter what day of the year it is. Yes, we skipped a lot of rides just because lines were too long for what it was, for example Crazy Bats, Talocan or Raik. So we had to choose what was most important for us - and this was by far Rookburgh and riding the things our kids were allowed on. Being based in an on site hotel was essential for our trip. The fact, that the hotel, the restaurant, the bar and all of the employees were so great was an additional benefit. I will shout it out once more: Go to Phantasialand! Sleep there! Get immersed by this park! Ride reviews: F.L.Y.: Warning! For all people who think like me and don't want to know much about queue and ride: STOP READING NOW! For all the others: This is the most awesome roller coaster experience (read: from area over look, queue until the actual ride) I've ever had! I don't know how often I've ridden it in the three days, but I know for sure I would have ridden it twice as much if Fast Lane and/or row choosing would have been available! The queue is one of the most perfect queues out there in the coaster world. You don't wait in stupid zigzags (Hi, Taron). You start right under the first launch and go one big round through Rookburgh. The complete queue is covered, so neither rain nor sun is an issue. A full queue means roughly one hour of wait. During the queue there are many references about flying like blueprints from actual planes and airships to the office of an engineer. After making the circle you go underground. What looks like an subway station becomes a waiting hall of an airport with all the things you know. Big (fake) advertisements, security checks, boarding, ... . Of course, everything is themed to the 1910s and 1920s. About five minutes before boarding you reach the main hall of the airport where massive projectors play a video of how the security measurements before your flight are enforced. When entering the boarding area, you are given a silicon wristband which gives you the opportunity to use a locker. You don't have to use a locker, but you are obliged to wear the wristband. Without wristband, you cannot leave the landing station after your flight. When you pass the lockers, you have to put everything you have in your pockets in the locker, including phone, keys and wallet. After the lockers you have to go through a metal detector. If you "forgot" something in your pockets, you will have to go back to the lockers and queue again. So you would lose roughly five minutes. On the pro side: The lockers are at the end of the queue line, so you have your phone with you for the majority of the wait time. If you pass the detector, you are ready for boarding. As most of you have already seen, you are going to sit down like a normal chair and get your vests on. The vests are very comfortable. It's like the GateKeeper vests without the tightening, so basically it feels like lap bars only, which is crazy for a flying coaster. From this point on, everything goes fast: The train starts and you're looking to the outside, passing some fake advertisements. The train ascends and speeds up and without a beep the track twists, your seats turn and you are in the flying position looking outside and seeing the sky again fort the first time in 30 minutes! And as all of this now wasn't good enough, the real highlight is yet to come! The launch is not very fast, but due to the nature of the flying position it feels really intense. If you have a front row saet, you don't know where to look first as you twist and turn through Rookburgh! I feels like you are on Harrys broom after it has been to a meth party. The inversions are very tight and the near misses just awesome. You even have some real great airtime moments, which are better in the back. The last three curves before the booster launch are so much fun. Then you are boosted up through the hotel and the even better second half begins. For me, there is not one very good moment on the ride. Every second, every inch is awesome. It's a complete experience, from launch to brake. After exiting the ride, you are back to your lockers and use your wristband to exit through a different subway station. All in all I had two front row rides, but the first one in torrential rain doesn't count because we weren't able to see anything. The back row, which we had also, provides the best air, but the booster launch fails a bit because acceleration fades already before you even are on the upstairs part of the boost. I've ridden it in almost every row. I don't think there is a really bad row. I think row one has the best visuals and one of the middle rows provides the best overall experience. Winja's: Due to the COVID restrictions you had to queue outside. You weren't able to choose your side (Fear or Force) or even seat. So I only got a ride on Force which was pretty good, a lot better then I remembered. But I stays as it was: spinning coasters and backwards driving aren't my thing. Taron: The last time we rode it we only had one ride in the back of the train which was mediocre. This was five years ago. When we went to Phantasialand later, we skipped it because of that. But his time, things were different! On our first ride i felt airtime in the very last row I didn't feel any time before! Forces were great! So I highly advertised a second ride and Sarah, who was also sceptical, also mentioned how awesome it ran! Such a shame you weren't able to choose your row. For a guaranteed front row ride, I would have waited one hour for a third time. Black Mamba: As we weren't able to choose rows we were spilled in the middle of the train. Usually I only choose front rows on B&M inverted coasters, but this time I really enjoyed the middle rows. It was running great. I just love this short but intense and punchy ride. There is not a single bad moment on the whole trip through the jungle. Heavily recommended for binge riding! Colorado Adventure: This is just the best Mine Train! The three lift hills with the three following sections offer three rides in on trip. The dark middle section is just plain fun. I love having fun with the people on the Chiapas lift hills. And the last section ist great. The best airtime is definitely found in the back row. But I also had a front row ride and that also was fun. I really look forward for Paul being tall enough to ride it! Chiapas: It's just the best log flume that ever wet my panties. The first minutes floating through this amazing themed artificial south american palace is umcomparable to every other log flume I've seen so far. the drops will make you wet early. But the last drop under that bridge, the upwards shoot and the airtime before the final drenching is just crazy! River Quest: Every ten meters in the queue line you'll read: You will get wet! You will get drenched! And the sings aren't lying. If you like that to happen and you want to go on a unique raft: This is your place to go! Starting with the elevator and the first drop, this ride is just amazing and unique! Maus Au Chocolat: As Paul was tall enough to ride it and smart enough to aim and shoot, this was our number one go to ride if others were riding bigger things! I just love the story. It's a lot of fun and the details in the rooms are great. Make sure to stop her for a cream battle against the mice! Tittle Tattle Tree: It's basically a tamer kids power tower. Tied up on steel ropes you get shot under the roof of Wuze Town, get some air time up here and speed down again. This happens a lot of times. When the other set of ride cabins is being loaded, you get a rest on the very top and can see the Winja's from a very unusual perspective. It's a great ride without any age restriction! Kiddie Rides at Wuze Town: Paul did them all and didn't get enough. The "Fröhliche Bienchenjagd" was his favourite, followed by "Wolkes Luftpost" and "Würmling Express". "Der lustige Papagei" was also good. It's a nice variety off different rides, so the shyer kids, like Emma, will find also enough to ride. In addition, there are also some playgrounds. Kiddie Rides at Berlin: Directly at the main entrance are the big carousel, a kids ferris wheel and a plane ride called "Bolles Flugschule". Paul was allowed riding alon on all of them which was great, because so one could look after Emma while he rode. Together with the nearby Wuze Town you see quickly why we spent most of our time at this side of the park. Thanks for reading! I hope you enjoyed our trip report. Here are some photos of our tour: This is the portal to a whole new world. Be ready to get stunned once you enter. After passing the time tunnel, this is you view. I was really speechless. Just look at these details in this one picture . I love how all the workers are set into the area. Picture from the beginning of the queue line. The building in the background is Hotel Charles Lindbergh. This is the booster launch right through the hotel. This is the beginning of the underground queue. The empty queue on the left side is the closed front row queue. Again: Look at the details! I took this picture to show you the effort they made. This is the very end of the overflow queue. Rarely anybody will see this ever as I did. But it's still detailed to the max. I really enjoyed sitting right here with the kids and watching the people in the trains. #nofilter What a beautiful mess of twists and turns and track and supports! Here you see the pre security check area and the films that explain you the securits checks and measurements. You're getting your wristbands ... ... put everything inside the lockers ... ... and will be blamed if you forgot something. They really enforced the "go back to the beginning" rule. After the film, you get your wristbands here. The green dots are the lockers. No photos can be taken after here. This gem you can only see from the queue line. It is an actual, functioning cherry picker that war painted rusty so it can remain in the area without disturbin the optics! Awesome, Phantasialand! Taron. Another beautiful mess of track. One picture for the track nerds. The weather we had made Taron look a lot better than it normally does! Never noticed these "lamps" in the overflow queue. I just love thispicture. Airtime, Hairtime, Stormtime and Funtime in one picture. I've never been to this photo spot before. You get some great views of the wohle track. But you'll never get the whole coaster in one shot. Interesting to see how intertwined Mamba is. You don't have that feeling when riding. Of course, we've also ridden Colorado Adventure. Love the setting. Speaking of setting: This is perfection! Warning: You will get wet if you stand here for a longer time! This rare picture of the Winja's is taken from the Tittle Tattle Tree in the middle of Wuze Town. And this is the Tittle Tattle Tree! The Maus Au Chocolat queue is one of the most lovely ones ever created. Themed so well and authentic. The main entrance with the kiddie ferris wheel. Big park, big nap! This is why we use the handcart for parks. The grand carousel at the main entrance. Unfortunately, the upper section was closed because of the COVID protocol. Paul insisted on riding the horses solo. Emma and me opted for the carriage and a snack. The picture speaks for itself. The brown thing is actually F.L.Y. track. We were sitting less than two meters away fron the train. One of the warning signs at River Quests. So true. Funny thing is that all of that can happen in one raft! Some people may be drenched while others will ask them how that could happen. Frog shot of Sarah and Paul. The hotel queue at check in. Main lobby. Our daily out of bed morning view. The parents bed. Bathroom with walk in shower. The kids bedroom, designed as a tent. Directly annexed by Paul. Night shot from the outside. Hotel garden at night from our room. The bar. My place. The african restaurant during breakfast. The hotel garden. You can reserve these tables for dinner. The lagoon with Paul bravely conquering the bridge on his own. The balconys are our rooms. Photo taken out of the garden. Loop shot. This is the hallway to the restaurant. It's designed as a childrens playground. We wanted to go to the bar. Emma was already wasted. She took a nap. We took some other things. Great evening for everyone! Restaurant Grissini in Brühl city center. Highly recommended! Dessert is always the end of something good! This was the homemade tiramisu at Grissini!

In our most curious recent appearance of this problem it was no height restriction (Flip at Holiday-Park) to 90 cm (Dino at Heide-Park). But yes, it seems that European park round up. Paul could really have a good time at Cedar Point right now.

Pro tip: Please make sure that you and the others are not reading my upcoming Phantasialand trip report. I really don't want to cause any exhaustment on anyones side because of photos I took. I for myself liked @Mike240SXs complete post as I am not able to go to CP in the forseeable time and I didn't mind to see some photos that are similar to each other.

Of course we know why these restrictions are in place. But as @SharkTums said once: Try to explain a three year old why he is not allowed to ride a ride at Heide Park or Tripsdrill when he is allowed the very same ride at his home park and he knews for sure it's the same ride. It's perfectly okay why these things are as they are. Every park is allowed to have its ground rules. But sometimes it's not logical. And if Sue-Happy-Merica is less strict than my average german park, it's even getting a bit funny.

That's right. Our kids could ride some flats and one coaster at CP while they aren't allowed on identical rides in Germany. Same goes for Universal. There are a lot of flats they could ride right now, but aren't allowed at our home park for several years.