PTR - Mini Europe Trip

[hansrubens]

Hey everyone,

 

A friend and I just finished a mini Europe trip. On this trip we visited some parks in Germany and France. We went to some parks that were absolutely new to me and of course the unavoidable Europapark!

 

Schedule:

 

Saturday april 10 - Skylinepark

Sunday april 11 - Legoland Deutschland

Monday april 13 - Tripsdrill

Tuesday april 13 - Europapark

Wednesday april 14 - Europapark

Thursday april 15 - Walygator

Friday april 16 - Parc Asterix

 

It was our plan to hit Connyland on april 13 but their new coaster wasn't open yet so I replaced that day for Tripsdrill.

 

For our first two nights we stayed in a nice German Gaststatte in Krumbach. This town is right in the middle of Skylinepark and Legoland Deutschland.

 

 

First park: Skylinepark Part 1.

 

I was really looking forward to the Skywheel which is a Maurer Sohne X car type rollercoaster. Cool concept and a crazy drop/twist section. Overall the park is nice with friendly staff.

This was our Gaststatte for the first two nights.

Typical German village.

Leisure room!

We even got our own bike.

First park.

There goes the capacity of their Schwarzkopf coaster.

2010 pricing.

Even grandma made it to the parkinglot.

First credit of the trip.

Its a Schwarzkopf coaster.

It's a decent size coaster with a fun first drop.

And very smooth too just because it's a Schwarzkopf.

They run the coaster with three cars. A Volkswagen.

Ferrari.

and a West Mclaren F1.

This is probably the most noisy coaster in the world.

First drop fun.

The park is diveded in two parts by this lawn.

Park directions

Some cool bumperboats.

Bumpercars.

Waiting in line for...

Wiegand Bobs.

This one is so much longer than in Toverland.

and you can bring your dog here.

Mess of track but hey whet do I see over there?

Was it worth the wait?

Over to the Skywheel.

Station picture.

Overview of the coaster.

Coming through the twisty part. You get some excellent hangtime over here.

After the twisty part it's already over.

Whee!!!

But the operator let it go around for two or three times.

The lion is the parks mascot.

Germany is one of those cool places where you can buy cigarettes on a public picnic area.

New ride. Park index love.

It's an well common Condor ride.

Spinning.

Blue skies.

Nicely themed restaurant.

Sky circle. Booster type of ride and no UPCHARGE.

High up.

Original fair model.

Pirate theming.

I also got my first Butterfly credit.

and the good part is. There are two of them.

OMG POV.

Bored?

Proof that I'm a whore.

And yes I rode both and yes I also count both.

Now presenting: Crap the ride.

At first it looks like crap but then you realise hey it's theming.

Little kids ride.

Of course we rode the chairswing.

wow.

Wheee!

There are also some really cool small self operated rides.

Like this one.

Not for fat American a$$es!

and a giant snake where you can dump your kids.

Swinging ship Alte Liebe.

Old love.

Time for some refreshments.

Cool beer place.

Some random toilet/bathtub theming.

This is the place where one day skyrafting will be. It's scheduled to be open in 2010.

I can say only one thing about this ride..... OUCH!!!

I wondered how this truck landed here.

There was also a cart track.

Pitbox.

Electric powered. So if you put your ear to the screen you can hear what they sounded like.

Ferris wheel under construction. It was open to the public though.

Krinoline AKA bench the ride.

For the first time in my life I rode a Skyshot.

Skyderman was watching closely.

Simple concept - big ball - high up into the sky.

And again there was no upcharge.

Whee!!!!

Nostalgie karousel.

The cool thing about this caroussel was that the vehicles were actually riding.

And there's no european park without the jump boat.

This is the way old German dudes ride it.

Too bad the big swings were out of business.

Train ride through the park.

The cool girls but hey I think she is smelling something.

We had to check it out. First we took the tunnel.

We checked the backpart of the ride.

Edited May 29, 2010 by hansrubens

[hansrubens]

Skylinepark part 2.

Nothing smelled over here.

So we followed the girls upstairs.

Where a small kids ride is situated.

Even we didn't sunk so low!!!

Last credit of the day Skyrider.

It was an inverted family coaster.

With a vertical lift and some cool Terminator soundtrack music.

Last turn before brakes.

Final brakes.

There are no transport wheels so the operator had to push the car.

Hard work.

Almost there.

and getting ready for some new passengers.

End of the coverage of the first park. We loved this park.

[SharkTums]

Great report!

 

I'm really excited to go to this park on the Oktoberfest trip and there looks like a ton of stuff for KT also!

[piers]

Great report!

 

I'm really excited to go to this park on the Oktoberfest trip and there looks like a ton of stuff for KT also!

 

And Piers!

 

I actually did not realise there was so much here and also that they did not upcharge for some of the cool stuff!

[Hilltopper39]

Crap the Ride looks amazing!just think of all the un-themed rides in America, spend a couple hundred dollars at the local junk yard and they could turn any attraction into crap the ride!

[larrygator]

Hans - thanks for the Sky Twister pictures

 

I actually did not realise there was so much here and also that they did not upcharge for some of the cool stuff!

 

Perusing TPR's Fancy Park Index makes one more knowledgable also.

[piers]

Hans - thanks for the Sky Twister pictures

 

I actually did not realise there was so much here and also that they did not upcharge for some of the cool stuff!

 

Perusing TPR's Fancy Park Index makes one more knowledgable also.

 

This site has a park index? I do not believe it has ever been mentioned...

 

(I have actually read this parks page before though!)

[Groteslurf]

Great report Hans.

 

Too bad I couldn't join on the trip this time.

 

Always thought Skyline park was more of a ghetto park but it looks like quite a decent park.

Looking forward to yr Legoland report.

[cfc]

Great report!

 

I'm really excited to go to this park on the Oktoberfest trip and there looks like a ton of stuff for KT also!

 

Such as "Crap: The Ride"?

[SharkTums]

^Exactly!

[DenDen]

Such as "Crap: The Ride"?

 

OK, I smell a new TPR meme!

[jjune4991]

Great report! This is why I want to go to Europe for some theme parks. They are just so awesome! Can't wait to see the rest of your trip!

[Ryancrash]

I'm stoked to see we're going here in September! One of my German buddies was just talking about Skyline park the other day. I knew we weren't visiting in the summer, but I couldn't remember which parks were on our Oktoberfest itinerary.

 

And I'm even more stoked to see... NO OTS RESTRAINTS ON SKY WHEEL! YAY!

[Lamoure]

Hehehe, great TR so far (=

I hope you really enjoyed your time in germany !! With all these nudity, alcohol and cigarettes

I'm looking forward to your "Europapark"-TR and "Tripsdrill" aaand "Walygator" -> Was "The Monster" opened ??

[Hockeydad]

Crap: The Ride actually reminds me of several areas at SFKK a few years ago. Except at SFKK it wasn't theming...it really was just crap sitting around!

[hansrubens]

Hehehe, great TR so far (=

I hope you really enjoyed your time in germany !! With all these nudity, alcohol and cigarettes

I'm looking forward to your "Europapark"-TR and "Tripsdrill" aaand "Walygator" -> Was "The Monster" opened ??

 

For Monster pictures click here.

 

And no it was not open yet.

 

---Hans

[bgwfreak777]

Love the pics!

 

I still have yet to ride a Condor, since there isn't a park in the Southeast (that I know of) that has one.

 

You European's and your boat jumping.

[nursemelis374]

Great report so far! I don't know why but I think those little canoes are adorable. On the one picture where the girls are riding bikes next to a spinning thing, are they powering that ride?

[hansrubens]

^

 

Yes they do!!

 

---Hans

[Midgetman82]

Wow, there really is a lot of rides that could never be in the U.S., like the pedal powered rockets, or the Nautic Jets, or the roundabout. I really liked your trip report and the pictures you took!

[Xcoaster]

Great TR! The park looks much bigger than I'd expected. Both of the free-upcharges are new to me, and it looks like they have a ton of other neat stuff. I'm now very excited to be going there.

[KrautWithAltitude]

Cool, so TPR is finally coming to my neighbourhood - I am absolutely gonna be with you that day. Thanks for all the fotos, it´s been 6 years since my last visit and I live like 10 minutes away But I still remember the Sky Circle as the scariest ride of my life. You are gonna love this park. Check out their website, they even have barf ringtones for download...

[hansrubens]

Legoland Deutschland was next to be conquered. The day started cold and misty and ended in a blizzard. Well the blizzard started on our way to Tripsdrill.

 

Legoland is a way more straight forward park (read American) than Skylinepark. It's very much the same as Legoland California except here's a logflume and a splashbattle. Didn't ride them both though, the temperature kept me away from most water rides.

 

Warning: There will be sharks and dragons in this update.

 

 

On to the pictures.....

The main entrance is the same as all the Lego parks I guess.?.

First of to miniland.

and took a bus tour through Berlin.

and lovely Venice.

more Venice.

First ride - the tret-o-mobil

OMG is it a credit?

I guess it is to some TPR members.

Passing Lego theater.

and the Heege towers who did get some love of us later that day.

Ahhh Giraffe

Tret-o-Mobil is going around the Lego theater.

First and the smallest credit of the day.

But hey a credit is a credit.

It's running through the dragons lair.

Horsie the ride.

We were very disappointed that we weren't allowed to ride.

Project X coaster.

Formual 1 theming.

First drop fun.

Dutch part of mini land.

I know dutch is a hard language to learn. (correct spelling is bloemetje)

Bayern Munich stadium.

Teacups make me sick.

This is a quite powerful one. I didn't ride the Californian version but this one is way more fun than a regular teacup ride.

Station time.

On to the wet part of the park.

You might get a bit wet.

Slash battle.

I don't see Slash around here.

nor here.

ahh found him.

Axl is here too.

I guess you already could see that this is the station.

I can see you mr. Shark.

First part of the ride.

We also visited the Lego factory.

Come on mr. Lego.

One of the coolest rides in the park.

Ceiling of the station.

You can give a spin in those neat boats.

and sink to oblivion.

Harbor!!!!

Bear the ride.

for young and old.

Legoland train station.

The rest of GnR.

New for 2010.

It's an aquarium.

Inside was a world record going on.

This has to sit in this box... and voila world record.

Lego's and fish.

Lego and scary fish.

Treasure.

Slash again.

I warned you that there would be a real shark.

Plane the ride.

It's one of the lamest flying rides out there.

And now the most epic ride of the day.

and best part is... we were allowed to ride it.

POV shot.

Yes that's us enjoying the ride.

There were several animals along the way.

The crocodile hunter.

Elephant lake.

Mr. monkey boy.

You can hide but I still see you.

Modern swinging ship.

Actually I don't really like them.

Last ride of the day. Last warning this will be the dragon section.

They all tried to save us from the mighty dragon.

Can he stop the dragon.

He won't stand a chance.

Maybe if we get the sword.

No the smiley dragon is unstoppable.

Station's empty.

The dragon is laughing his way up the lifthill.

I can see your venomous tail mr. Dragon.

I'm after you. Wha hahahaha.

Serious this coaster is quite ok.

^ OMG he made me say that.

I'm still under his power.

The evil dragon returned.

This brave man is guarding the dragon.

Now some overview pictures of the park.

Next update: Tripsdrill.

[Groteslurf]

Great update Hans.

 

The park really looks very similar to Legoland California.

 

Love the Safari Tour.

[bgwfreak777]

Makes me want to go to my local Lego store at Concord Mills.