Cheers for the informative post
@Gurkensalat!
In terms of my initial to-do list of main attractions I want to do at least once in my 3 days at Europa, I’d say it is as follows:
- All roller coasters, with the exception of B-a-a-a as I do not do kiddie coasters. I am a credit counter, and roller coasters are the theme park attractions that interest me the most, so I would ideally like to give all of Europa’s non-kiddie selection at least one ride. Wodan, Blue Fire and Silver Star, the park’s big 3, are particularly high on my interest radar, and if I’m being opportunistic, I’d possibly hope for 2 rides on each of these.
- Piraten in Batavia. I don’t know too much about it other than that it’s similar to Pirates of the Caribbean and is a like-for-like replacement of an old attraction that burned down, but I liked its Disney source material, and I’ve heard very good things about it, so it’s certainly one I’d like to try.
- Voletarium. I liked Flight of the Sky Lion at Legoland, and Voletarium is a fairly major and seemingly well-received dark ride within Europa, so it definitely seems like one to try and do.
However, that is far from an exhaustive list of things I’ll do if presented with the opportunity, as I would like to do more attractions if possible, and I hope to experience at least some of the quirkier attractions at the park. There are a few I know of and would like to hopefully try (for instance, I’d like to try Geisterschloss, as I rather liked Haunted Mansion, and I’ve also heard good things about Madame Freudenreich’s Curiosities), but I’m open to surprises! I’ve heard that Europa is a park that is really good for discovering things you never knew existed, so I’m purposely maintaining a somewhat baseline level of knowledge as opposed to researching too in-depth about it.
I’ll admit, though, that I look at my above list and think; am I being slightly ambitious wanting to cram all of that into 3 days? Will I even be able to do 12 coasters and 2 major dark rides within 3 days? I guess I was able to do all of the coasters bar Octonauts in 2 days at Alton Towers (~5 hours day 1, ~5 hours day 2) on my last trip, as well as Duel, so it
might be doable in 3 full days at Europa, particularly seeing as I’ve been informed that late April is a typically quiet time, but it does seem quite opportunistic to want to do
all of those rides across 3 days as well as all these less major rides you guys recommend I try, and that’s before even thinking about rerides, food & beverage and so forth…
In terms of your second thing about the hour on the first day; I don’t think we’ll be able to make use of that, unfortunately. Our flight doesn’t leave London Stansted until about 2:30pm, and is about 1h 30m long, so we won’t be arriving in Baden-Baden until 4pm UK time, which is 5pm German time. By the time we’ve gone through border control, gotten the hire car, and driven 45m to Europa, I’d assume it’ll be getting on for 6:30pm to 7pm, and we’ve got a dinner table booked for 7:30pm, I think.
With that in mind, I’m making the assumption that my first experience of Europa Park will be in the morning on 27th April.
OK, things to avoid: Historama (lame advert for Rulantica), Piccolo Mondo (not very good kiddie ride). Have a nice time!
