ChuckR Posted July 20, 2009 Report Share Posted July 20, 2009 I finally made it out to Europa Park this past weekend and I had a blast! It was raining while driving down there and I was hoping the crowds would thin out but they didn't, it was packed! But, the good thing was that all the rides run in top notch out there so a full queue for there brand new coaster was no more than an hour and fifteen minutes thanks to four trains running pretty solid! Onto the pictures, I don't have much pictures of the parks because my camera died out on me in the afternoon. > Welcome to Europa! The first thing we hit up was Euro-Mir, this thing was insanity. The queue was completely filled and it was overflowing as well, but we still got on in 40 minutes. The lift makes the ride unique and with the cars spinning makes it that much better. Definitely a fun ride, I was laughing the whole time. We then made our way over to Silver Star, the tallest B&M in the world so far. The queue was again overflowing, we made it on the front row within an hour because of flawless three train operation. I got on this a total of 4 times throughout the weekend because it is that good. The trim brake sucked a little bit, but was not as bad as Raging Bull was. It had the best air on any of the B&M hypers I been on as well. Definitely probably the second best coaster I been on over here in Europe. We then made our way to the new for 2009 coaster, Blue Fire. It was a trek to get out there, but the new land they more this, Iceland, was really nice. The coaster was themed really good with the fake rocks and it looked beautiful out there. The line was about 90 minutes for the front row thanks to four trains operating and no breakdowns occurring. I only rode it once in the front row and it was good, just not spectacular as I thought it would be. It definitely felt slower than Maverick did but the inline twist at the end was definitely pretty amazing though with the lap bars. It just felt like it would be so much better running 10mph faster. We then rode the Bobsled coaster there, which is just basically like the one at Kings Dominion just themed a lot better. But as for the ride itself, I think the one at KD runs faster and is better though. I didn't get any pictures of this ride though. The next coaster on the agenda was the EuroSat, I totally had no idea what this ride would be like. I honestly thought it was going to be a Space Mountain ripoff, I was wrong. The thing was a lot of fun with strobe lights and laser lights all over the place while blasting techno music. Just like EuroMir, I was laughing pretty hard on it. They must of had like five or six trains running too because the line never stopped moving for it. By then, the park was already closing for the night because they close at 6pm. So we got back to our hotel and showered and headed over to there hotel with is themed to a Colosseum. It was awesome, just very expensive. There Italian food was delicious and just the whole area was good. The Blue Fire drink, it was horrible. The "crew" So after a long night of drinking and clubbing, we woke up real early to a hangover and went to the park. We hit up Silver Star again and then went to the Matterhorn Blitz which is a Mouse coaster with an elevator lift. It wasn't too bad, but nothing spectacular though. I also didn't get any pictures of this just a video of it. It finally was getting sunny at the point so we decided to hit up Pegasus, the Water coaster. This thing was themed really good for a mediocre ride. I was disappointed in the splash for this ride, it looked really good for only a mist it felt like. We then hit up Pegasus, which was right next to Pegasus which is Mack's Youngstar coaster. It reminded me a Roller Skater honestly, it wasn't too bad but nothing great though. It was the only walk on of the trip. We then made a trek over to Atlantis Supersplash, which is just like Journey to Atlantis in Seaworld San Antonio. So, yeah we got pretty wet but it felt good after waiting 45 minutes though. I only got one picture of it... After that, we hit up Euro-Mir and Silver Star again and then left because we had a four hour ride back. We didn't hit the powered coaster and no flats at all because of how packed it really was. But, I will be back because this place is amazing! Seriously one of the best parks I been to, definitely one of the best themed I've been to. It rivals Disney, fo sho! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29yrswithaGApass Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Thanks for sharing these Chuck, great photos! That's quite a mix of theme elements on those rides! Is it all mixed together or is it grouped into lands with themes that work together? I like the mini Spaceship Earth-like structure- those are the exact same panels as EPCOT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkKnight Posted July 21, 2009 Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 nice pics!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckR Posted July 21, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2009 Each area is themed into different European countries, it worked out really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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