Ian
TS Team
- Favourite Ride
- Dizz, Bobby’s Yarn Land
While I’m not the biggest fan of the place (it’s fine, but it’s not my favourite), I always find Efteling to be pretty chill. Their midnight opening were a really nice, easy day. Good VIBES 
EP, naturally, if you go with the mindset of being on holiday is also very laid back.
I’m past the point of getting stressed at Towers, but I don’t think any of the UK Merlin RTPs are all that relaxing as a regular day guest.
Phannyland, as much as I love the place, can also be a bit of a stress on a busy day. Mainly this is due to the crowding the park suffers with when there’s a moderately high number of guests in it.
Magic Kingdom is deffo on that list too, as others have said. I don’t find it a particularly pleasant place to be in. Getting around always feels like you’re pushing through the crowds, in my experience. By contrast, while it doesn’t attract the same gate figures, Parc Disneyland tends to cope so much better with crowd dispersion. Even if one path is busy there’s usually a quieter route available. When you look at DLP as being designed to address the challenges Disneyland and Magic Kingdom both faced, you can really appreciate it with things like this.
Ultimately, you can make a day at any park as stressful or relaxing as you want. If you’re going to spend all day on edge twitching about long queues and getting on everything, even EP could become stressful. Likewise, if you’re totally chill and go with the flow you’ll probably have a more relaxing time. Thorpe Park can be hell on Earth, but I’m very much at the point where if a ride dies when I’m there or a queue is spilling out of the entrance due to operational issues, I just point and laugh at how tragic the situation is! It’s certainly easier to do that when you’re a repeat visitor though. For once-in-a-lifetime type parks or first visits, you’re probably going to be more sensitive towards these issues.
EP, naturally, if you go with the mindset of being on holiday is also very laid back.
I’m past the point of getting stressed at Towers, but I don’t think any of the UK Merlin RTPs are all that relaxing as a regular day guest.
Phannyland, as much as I love the place, can also be a bit of a stress on a busy day. Mainly this is due to the crowding the park suffers with when there’s a moderately high number of guests in it.
Magic Kingdom is deffo on that list too, as others have said. I don’t find it a particularly pleasant place to be in. Getting around always feels like you’re pushing through the crowds, in my experience. By contrast, while it doesn’t attract the same gate figures, Parc Disneyland tends to cope so much better with crowd dispersion. Even if one path is busy there’s usually a quieter route available. When you look at DLP as being designed to address the challenges Disneyland and Magic Kingdom both faced, you can really appreciate it with things like this.
Ultimately, you can make a day at any park as stressful or relaxing as you want. If you’re going to spend all day on edge twitching about long queues and getting on everything, even EP could become stressful. Likewise, if you’re totally chill and go with the flow you’ll probably have a more relaxing time. Thorpe Park can be hell on Earth, but I’m very much at the point where if a ride dies when I’m there or a queue is spilling out of the entrance due to operational issues, I just point and laugh at how tragic the situation is! It’s certainly easier to do that when you’re a repeat visitor though. For once-in-a-lifetime type parks or first visits, you’re probably going to be more sensitive towards these issues.
