Energylandia (Poland): General Discussion

[Thameslink Rail]

Just put London-Katowice (the nearest city to Energylandia) into Google Maps, it's suggesting an 18 hr 10 min trip:
Eurostar London St Pancras - Brussels South (2 hr 1min)
2 hr 15 min connection to
ICE Brussels South - Cologne Central (1 hr 53 min)
24 min connection to
ICE Cologne Central - Berlin Central (4 hr 25 min)
14 min connection to
RE Berlin Central - Südkreuz (6 min)
Walk 5 mins to bus station then wait 41 mins
Flixbus Südkreuz - Brzeg (5 hr 20 min)
Walk 1 min to train station (very tight connection)
IC Brzeg - Katowice (1 hr 45 mins)

Or you could fly Ryanair from Stansted or Wizz Air from Luton and after the 30-40 min train from London, it is only 2 hr 5 to Katowice.

Whilst rail will never match air for speed, it should take less than 18 hours to make that journey!

 

[rob666]

Then perhaps we should simply think very hard before doing a two thousand mile round trip for a weekends cred hunting at the drop of a hat for a fiver.
If you want to tick them all off, go grand tour with three mates over a couple of weeks, it is the cross continent weekend trips that are the issue.

Could I add, nothing personal to anyone on here at all, I don't mean anything to any one individual, it is the crazy economics and the clash with the climate concerns.
Only the rich will be able to afford air conditioning in fifty years, the rest are going to fry.

 

[Burbs]

An interesting point you make Rob, but if we could get back to discussing Energylandia that would be great.

We do have a Climate Change topic if you wish to discuss these issues.

 

[Poisson]

@RicketyCricket @IDB
This has probably been asked before, but where do you stay for the day visit and how do you get from the airport to the park? How much Polish do you need to know?

I've seen TPWW video on it all, just wondered if there is better options than uber & tent wagons.

Me and Matt stayed in Ryczow which was a 15 to 20 mins drive from the park.

We spoke no Polish. Flew to Krakow and went from there. This is how we did it:

https://towersstreet.com/talk/threads/two-idiots-a-wooden-shed-and-20-coasters.5946/

 

[Funcone]

If you need to communicate with someone who doesn't speak much English, the best thing to do is to shout loudly and look a bit annoyed.

 

[Danny]

There are generally very few issues with language barriers in the Polish parks; in fact, I'd go as far as to say that the Polish generally speak English better than the majority of people from Essex.

 

[Poisson]

Google translate works pretty well which we had to do in Zatorland as precisely nobody spoke English and we were morons who spoke no Polish.

 

[John_P]

Sad to hear all the reports of how quiet it is at the moment for the winter event.

However when I visited back in mid September most the locals seemed to be wearing big coats and gloves whilst I was walking around in shorts. So maybe a theme park being open in winter temperatures is something they need to get the locals used to doing.

 

[Thameslink Rail]

It should be noted that winter in Poland is much colder than the UK, it is 17:45 in Poland and according to my phone weather app, it is -4C in Katowice (nearest city to Energylandia) but because of the wind chill it feels like -9C (For comparison, Alton Towers is predicted to be 5C feeling like 0C at that time)

 

[Poisson]

Sad to hear all the reports of how quiet it is at the moment for the winter event.

However when I visited back in mid September most the locals seemed to be wearing big coats and gloves whilst I was walking around in shorts. So maybe a theme park being open in winter temperatures is something they need to get the locals used to doing.

I agree, it was jumper weather not coat weather but they were wrapped up. I was surprised by that.

 

[IDB]

@RicketyCricket @IDB
This has probably been asked before, but where do you stay for the day visit and how do you get from the airport to the park? How much Polish do you need to know?

I've seen TPWW video on it all, just wondered if there is better options than uber & tent wagons.

Hi. When I went I flew to and from Katowice and used the parks shuttle bus from the town’s bus station. I did do a day out to Krakow via Flixbus and also a private trip to Auschwitz, which was very reasonably priced and my tour guide even dropped me back off at the airport. I wouldn’t worry about knowing any Polish I got by fine.

 

[John_P]

Visited in September no issues with speaking English at Energylandia, Legendia. Auscwitz, and the Wieliczka Salt Mines you can do English language tours (just book them in advance).
The hotel in Wadowice was fine as well.
All the places in Krakow old town was fine for speaking English.
A bit more tricky at Zatorland and Parc Miniatur but we were able to muddle through.

 

[MattyH]

Google translate app is great. You can use the camera and point it at a sign and it will translate for you. Also typing in something in English and translating it to Polish helps any language barriers.

 

[RicketyCricket]

Snowy Hyperion.

 

[Alastair]

Intamin at Energylandia:

Snowy Hyperion.

Intamin at Alton Towers: light rain and 7 degrees - sorry, no operations today

 

[Danny]

Looks slow snow.

 

[Skyscraper]

Snowy Hyperion.

That's one way to clear snow off the track!

 

[Danny]

Happy new year from Energylandia.

If a new themed area, mine train, yet another sodding junior coaster, developments to the water park, and possible hotel construction weren't enough, here's a Ferris Wheel to tickle your pickle.

56m tall. 30 gondolas. 240 guests at a time.

WOW.

 

[Skyscraper]

Happy new year from Energylandia.

If a new themed area, mine train, yet another sodding junior coaster, developments to the water park, and possible hotel construction weren't enough, here's a Ferris Wheel to tickle your pickle.

56m tall. 30 gondolas. 240 guests at a time.

WOW.

Crikey, they are certainly on a building spree!

 

[Jb85]

Gotta spend all that EU funding somehow