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Hello everyone! Long-time lurker and long, long-time theme park dork!
I'm currently planning a potential trip to Germany to visit the major parks for a week or two. I've had a rough few years since the pandemic, lost my entire career, lost my Dad, lost my house - prepare the tiniest of violins! This all had a pretty big knock-on on effect with my mental health and I've essentially spent 3 years now barely leaving the house and waiting for life to happen for me again. Long story short, we all know life doesn't just happen for you, so I'm planning this to kickstart things back into gear, shake off the cobwebs, and throw myself out of my comfort zone by doing something I love, in the places I love the most!
I've loved theme parks since I was a kid, been to all of the UK parks a bunch of times. Since my options for a grand adventure here in N.I. are limited to a total of zero parks, with Taytoville being a day trip at most AND UK parks being a bit long in the tooth now (imo), I've decided to go where the public transport is reliable and I can experience a diverse range of themes, attractions, and coasters, so Germany!
I've spent ages reading through people's trip reports and I know plenty of you go to parks solo all the time. I've never done it myself but since I'll be going off-season in November, I figure it'll be a great time to not get stuck in massive crowds and just take my time and ease myself into doing it all alone.
If anyone has any tips or pros/cons of solo park trips, travel between the parks in Germany etc, I'm all ears. I'll be flying from Belfast so likely going to Paris > Strasbourg > Europa Park and work my way north from there, relying on public transport. Thanks in advance! And sorry if this is in the wrong place...!
I'm currently planning a potential trip to Germany to visit the major parks for a week or two. I've had a rough few years since the pandemic, lost my entire career, lost my Dad, lost my house - prepare the tiniest of violins! This all had a pretty big knock-on on effect with my mental health and I've essentially spent 3 years now barely leaving the house and waiting for life to happen for me again. Long story short, we all know life doesn't just happen for you, so I'm planning this to kickstart things back into gear, shake off the cobwebs, and throw myself out of my comfort zone by doing something I love, in the places I love the most!
I've loved theme parks since I was a kid, been to all of the UK parks a bunch of times. Since my options for a grand adventure here in N.I. are limited to a total of zero parks, with Taytoville being a day trip at most AND UK parks being a bit long in the tooth now (imo), I've decided to go where the public transport is reliable and I can experience a diverse range of themes, attractions, and coasters, so Germany!
I've spent ages reading through people's trip reports and I know plenty of you go to parks solo all the time. I've never done it myself but since I'll be going off-season in November, I figure it'll be a great time to not get stuck in massive crowds and just take my time and ease myself into doing it all alone.
If anyone has any tips or pros/cons of solo park trips, travel between the parks in Germany etc, I'm all ears. I'll be flying from Belfast so likely going to Paris > Strasbourg > Europa Park and work my way north from there, relying on public transport. Thanks in advance! And sorry if this is in the wrong place...!