Sorry to bump this thread, but I have a quick question not related to Europa Park itself, instead being related to an idea I had for an add-on to our trip.
Essentially, we have a free day on our last day in Germany (Saturday 30th April). Europa Park requires us to be checked out of the hotel by 10am, and we have no park tickets for that day, but our flight home is not until 7pm at the earliest (I do remember discussing the time with my mum, and I remember it being quite late). My parents did suggest that we could possibly explore Baden-Baden on this day, but I don't think we've really got a concrete plan of what to do on this day, and we're still at an early enough stage where I could possibly interject ideas.
Assuming we'd want to be at Baden-Baden airport a few hours before (I'll say we'd want to be at the airport by 4pm, as they usually like you there a bit before your flight, from what I can tell), and we left Europa at some point between 9am and 10am, how doable would you guys say Holiday Park would be from Europa on this day?
I've had a look at Maps, and that suggests that EP to Holiday Park takes around 1h 30m, and Holiday Park to Baden-Baden airport takes around 1h, so assuming a very worst case scenario of us leaving Europa at 10am and leaving HP at 3pm, that would give us around 3 hours in Holiday Park (subtract a bit of time either side for getting into HP and leaving HP). This is in a worst case scenario, though; if we left Europa a bit earlier or didn't need to be at the airport until later, that time might increase to more like 4-5 hours. In the opinion of those who've visited Holiday Park; would Holiday Park be doable in 3-5 hours, or would 3-5 hours be worth it? Or does the park necessitate a fuller day, and would exploring Baden-Baden be a better option for this final day?
I wouldn't normally want to cram a park into such little time, but I'm led to believe that Holiday Park is a pretty small park that never gets super busy, and if I'm being honest, there's only 2 main attractions that are pulling me there, and they're the two substantial coasters; EGF and Sky Scream. Well, mainly EGF, but Sky Scream is a pretty nice add-on, as it's pretty substantial and I've never done an SRII before.
What are your thoughts? I'd like to stress that this is very much me spitballing as opposed to something being genuinely considered at present; I haven't even spoken to my parents yet, and to be honest, I feel a bit selfish even considering it, as I already feel a bit cruel dragging my parents to Europa for 3 days in the first place, but it was just an idea I had. I'll admit that riding EGF would be quite the cherry on top of this already amazing trip, and it would help to set the wheels of getting me towards a triple-figure coaster count in motion even further!