bgwfreak777 Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 I appologize if this is a repeat topic, but I don't recall ever seeing one on this topic. For our international/well traveled members, are American themed lands in parks a pretty common thing? Here we seem to like Europe a lot for theming, sometimes Asia, and more recently Australia has started being used a lot for water parks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 The American West is a very popular theme in European parks; many of them do it quite well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 Yes, actually. But many times it's an "old west" or "mining town" depiction of America... For example... Bobejaanland: Hansa Park: Djurs Sommerland: Space World: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemesis-storm Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 ^ Robb, is that the real Space Shuttle Some had to ask Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy_Behemoth_Lady_Jess Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Both Universal Studios in Singapore and Japan both have New York/Hollywood themed areas. That's not really European or Australian but still overseas. As for the space shuttle, I think it's probably a replica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav Posted May 30, 2010 Share Posted May 30, 2010 Since Australia is mentioned in the topic title, its worth mentioning that WB Movie World has a couple of American inspired areas.... You've got main street, I think it's supposed to be a collection of buildings from the golden age of moviesL (Complete with american flags draped from the buildings) http://www.parkz.com.au/photo/AU/Gold_Coast/Warner_Bros_Movie_World/5,2,2761-Main_St_Roof.html http://www.parkz.com.au/photo/AU/Gold_Coast/Warner_Bros_Movie_World/3,5,2594-Main_Street_roof.html http://www.parkz.com.au/photo/AU/Gold_Coast/Warner_Bros_Movie_World/2,1,420-Warner_Bros_Movie_World_Main_Street.html There's also a Wild West area: http://www.parkz.com.au/photo/AU/Gold_Coast/Warner_Bros_Movie_World/20-Wild_West_Falls/2,2,552-Wild_West_Falls.html And I guess the Lethal Weapon ride has a Los Angeles backstreet/chinatown/Industrial area sort of theme: http://media.photobucket.com/image/lethal%20weapon%20movie%20world/Pawlse/Brisbane%20Sept%2009/P7250034.jpg http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://image14.webshots.com/14/5/12/94/162251294ctSTJb_ph.jpg&imgrefurl=http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1162251294045995470ctSTJb&usg=__SFDfC2MITrXwEq8uOqmAqv3IKI0=&h=519&w=800&sz=75&hl=en&start=9&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=gtFV-BT-zGoOrM:&tbnh=93&tbnw=143&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dlethal%2Bweapon%2Bmovie%2Bworld%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26ndsp%3D21%26tbs%3Disch:1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kooky Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 the most parks in germany, just have american themed areas in western style, like said before... The only one i know is HeidePark which has a american style themed elements: source: http://de.academic.ru/pictures/dewiki/72/Heide-Park_Soltau_Colossos.JPG EDIT: Oh, i forgot.... THERE ARE some american themed areas in many parks!!! They were mostly called "McDonalds" und you will find it in many parks... ask Melissa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgwfreak777 Posted June 1, 2010 Author Share Posted June 1, 2010 EDIT: Oh, i forgot.... THERE ARE some american themed areas in many parks!!! They were mostly called "McDonalds" und you will find it in many parks... ask Melissa When you get Taco Bell or Chick-fil-a, let me know. And thanks for the responses everyone. I read TPR a lot, and really enjoy the "foreign" reports more than the US ones, because of course those parks are not something I can easily get to any time soon. I do hope to do a TPR European trip sometime in the near future though. Looks like you guys have a lot of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkon Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Movie Park Germany has the Western-City (looks like nearly every Park in Germany has one...) and also an "Streets of NY"-Section and the Santa Monica-Pier. http://www.movieparkgermany.de/ I think that would be the "most american themed" park you can find in Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wumbology Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Don't forget Frontierland and Main Street at Disneyland Paris! You could count that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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