Doppel Looping

They give you a swipe card when you go in the restaurant. Everytime you order food or drink you swipe it. You take it to the cash to pay on the way out. If someone does not use the card and orders on someone else's they still have to check out with their unused card. there were a few people who just walked in to join a group without getting a card so when they went to leave they had no card to swipe. They had no way to prove they didn’t order anything.

We went to europa park for day one of two here. we started the day with the can can coastter, formerly eurosat, they refurbished it in 2017 and rethemed it as the moulin rouge in belle epoch Paris. The queue line themeing is great with the occasional nod to eurosat. Most importantly it rides great. It has a spiral lift hill with a rotating center column that pulls the train up the hill. It has parisian scenes and an eiffel tower as you get to the top. The trains have onboard audio synched to the ride that keeps pace. Scenery lights up as you go by including a winking moon from jules verne. Not too scary but really fun. Rode silverstreak, a b&m with great airtime. It had been mercedes themed and now is monacco grand prix themed. Not sure if it was suppodes to be a poke in the eye but they had a vintage Daimler owned by prince Ranier of Monaco. I have heard tpr sing the praises of the aquatrax and had to take the opportunity to try the one in the greece area here. Since it was drizzling and we were already a bit wet, why not. It was fun and exceeded expectations (which had been set low) Voltron was new last year and was awesome. We enjoyed the electricity themed queue line in the rain which felt disconcerting. Amazing themeing and ride with a statue of Nicholai keeping watch. pirates of batavia , having been restored from an elecrrical fire (on a water ride) was great. The queue line had some great stuff including the requisite topless mermaids. We tried out the food loop restaurant. You order your food and it gets sent out along coaster tracks including loops and helixes. The kitchen and bar send food up to a central dispatch area who distribute it to the correct table. There are special holders for drinks and food in pots down stainless steel tracks to circular tables. Each seat has a number and you get your food delivered by the food loop. Pretty fun and the food was good too. I had chicken breast on spätzle which was delicious. We finished the day in the rulantica waterpark with the ride and slide package. The indoor/ outdoor swimup bar came in handy and their wave pool is one of the most intense i have been to. It has a really bizarre lazy river that goes through caverns below the indoor waterpark with crazy themeing. They let you go around as much as you like and we finished the day with 4 more laps. it is not well explained but you can take a shuttle from the hotel in the spanish section to rulantica for free. You can take the large monorail from the front gate there.

Tuesday it was overcast and cool so we welt to the old Oktoberfest section: they started the display in 2010 for the 200th anniversary of oktoberfest and it was popular so they kept doing it. They had this fun spinny one it had a brass band in the booth later on Would you eat at the badass imbiß? Some nice tractors a nice pipe organ And organ grinders with animatronic monkeys. and who would turn down the chance for a fahrt ins paradise (12 year old boy humour still going) it was really cool, it had this steering wheel that the operator turned to change the speed he also had a saxaphone and would pick it up and play some of the songs . He did moon river for us. surprise: side view you can really see how they crammed all of that track in there. Spoiler alert: big fanboy! as it turned out we were lucky that tuesday was family day and they only charged 9.5 euro rather than 14 for olympia looping helped me get to 11 rides so far. Aiming for 20… most of the other rides had discounts as well so it only made sense to ride the double wild maus. So good. ttoday we took the train to ringsheim via freiburg. It was a bit rainy but we walked around the old town. it turns out we could have taken the regional train down from mannheim rather than up from freiburg but i was happy to visit again. We are staying at the holiday inn ringsheim it is near the train station (more like whistle stop) and they have Rothaus pils, a local black forrest beer i love. i was able to visit the brewery with my friends the week earlier. They name their logo Birgitte which is a play on words for beer getter Was able to do a little hotel sink laundry as we prepare to visit europa park tomorrow.

Also lots of neat flat rides with cool lighting The mist made them glow

Monday was cooler and rainy so we went to the deutsches museum. Really cool. Then a little refreshment at the hofbrau haus where we met new friends Then off to the weisen It was misty foggy and agreat atmosphere for some night rides And then finished off with an upside down beer to review olympia looping. not sure how to make this right side up: maybe turn phone upside down. we are going there today and will check our the oide wiesen the old oktoberfest.

I have made it to Oktoberfest this year . My friend mike is meeting me tomorrow to start an achterbahn und bier trip. i started a week earlier and went to the drinktec convention and we will spend some time in munich before heading out to freiburg for europa park, mannheim for holiday park, home of expedition geforce, stuttgart for tripsdrill and the cannstatter wasen fest before returning to munich to finish off. I saw part of the opening parade lots of horse drawn bierwagons and brass bands. I have confirmed that olympia looping is still one of the most awesome things on the planet i got on the third train and it was great You must stay hydrated and the paulaner hefeweizen booth nearby offers a nice view. alpina bahn was running well too. It is my first time trying the new trains. I got a middle seat for some mild airtime. There are no headrests and at the bottom of the first drop there is a janky little curve that will keep chiropractors in business. Anybody else here, feel free to reach out. It is hot today at 30C but an awesome time. Maybe some night rides would be good. i was last here in 2014 and rode olympia looping 15 times. My goal itls to do 20 this year. Tickets are 14 euro bit still less than the airfare and more legroom than lufthansa.

If you get paid peanuts you have no incentive to stick around.

Has this got the Sopranos fingerprints all over it?

The only thing worse than finding a cockroach in your cheeseburger: finding half of a cockroach in your cheeseburger.

Didn't superman fly around the earth to make it spin backwards to turn back time to save Lois Lane and help rescue Timmy from down the well? it would be quite the sight to see, 2 identical duelling coasters stacked in tandem!

Dual racing SLC headbangers?

Assuming it is operational by then.

Not to steal your thunder. Their communications have typically been poor and out of date. but Did I hear somewhere they just reported bad financial results and Zimmerman has resigned?

I got a ride on minebuster today. It is the first time this year that i have seen it running. it was good The new track starts just before the first drop. It takes a little dip before cresting the hill and gives a mini pop of airtime going over the top. (I was towards back of the train. ) The first drop and out section was nice and smooth. I was concerned about the back trip and helix but while not as smooth, they were at least passable. It was the nicest minebuster ride i have had in a long time.

I guess what i mean is that it seems strange to go to france to see a large american corporation’s take on french food. I would rather enjoy a great meal at a little local bistro.

if you want a nice meal, go to Provence. Then sit on your terasse and watch the sun set with a bottle of rosé.

Should be fun. wonderland will be busy from now until september. Fast pass probably a good idea. Friday traffic near wonderland will be bad. 1 day max in niagara falls is all you need then get the hell away from there. it is far away from everything else ~2.5 hr to wonderland in good traffic . Maybe 1.5 hr to western toronto In niagara there is the boat under the falls and standing around looking at them from shore. There is an old hydro generating station that was restored with interactive displays and tunnels you can take to the base of the falls. The drive along the niagara river is nice to niagara on the lake which is a nice historic town with some good restaurants and a much less trashy vibe than the falls themselves. They have the Shaw festival theatres with some good plays on you could see. My wifes favourite restaurant is treadwell in notl. Also good area for picnics. I would suggest you find a hotel on west side of toronto or north near wonderland If you get a day in toronto, take the ferryboat to the island it is really nice. As of last sunday i saw one train go around the track from the final brakes on behemoth. The station was being actively worked on with ladders and construction crews. They are working hard on it. be sure to ride Behemoth in row 8 for the floater air. Leviathan is great back row and even better at twilight. feel free to reach out for more ideas.

Good to know.

Think if all the fun you will have being among the first to watch them test it

I think wildebeast got some refurbushing over the winter. I rode it on passholder preview day and it was almost rideable. minebuster was not open that day but has supposedly had some new work on the out and back section. I hope they are making efforts to improve them both but we are not in the same universe as kings island. They made time warp, the old tomb raider coaster much smoother to the point it is completely flat with no track whatsoever. (Ie completely removed it). It looked strange to see the station building as all that remains with nothing in front. the track for alpenfury looked really good in person compared to the artists renditions on the internet. It looks like it will be a lot of fun. I did not see anywhere for transfer tracks but maybe they are hidden inside the mountain.

Mindbuster and wildebeast would like to have a word with you.

Do we need a new record for the park with the most record breaking coasters that it has retired?

Spring is probably the best time. The park gets really stupidly busy in the summer. Toronto weather is usually nice then. Summer can get hot and humid. Check the schedule for splashworks waterpark. It may be open weekends from the may 24 long weekend. They have a fish and chips place in the waterpark area that is pretty decent. You may be able to get a hotel deal in the shoulder season. Check out the harbourfront area. There is lots to do in toronto. Take the ferryboat to the island if you get the chance. You can rent a bike or rollerblades there. It also has a frisbee golf course. There are also walking and bike paths along the waterfront that are really nice. if you want a tour of the city get on a streetcar on either king or queen streets.you can see a lot and it is a nice way of getting around. Toronto is a city of many neighbourhoods and each has their own unique feel. you could do the while trip without a car if you wanted to. You can take a train downtown from the airport and take the subway to wonderland. There is a short bus ride from the last station. Feel free to reach out directly if you want more suggestions.

Hey i have a sweater from my aunt sadie that should have arrived. Can you check the tracking for me?

When fire and ice come together, usually the ice melts and puts the fire out. still, looking forward to this coaster.