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Phantasialand 2014: Chiapas

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So it seems Phantasialand have done very well in this year's Park Scout Awards:

  • Best Water Attraction - River Quest
  • Best Theme Ride - Maus au Chocolat
  • Best Thrill Attraction - Talocan
  • Best Theme Park Show - JUMP!
  • Best Food
  • Best Theme Hotel - Matamba

6 awards for them this year, all of which I'd say they deserve :D

They also ranked 2nd in Best Amusement Park, behind Europa Park, and 3rd for Best Family Park.

Colorado Adventure was the 2nd best "kiddie" coaster, and Black Mamba was the 2nd best roller coaster, behind Blue Fire.
 
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All well deserved awards. Though I'd hardly call Colorado a "kiddy" coaster :p
 
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Don't PL win these awards nearly every year?

Matamba lacks facilities to be the best hotel if you ask me. It may have the best rooms but the rest? No. It has a small bar, no pool etc.

Best food? That is a joke! On park, the selection is poor.

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Yeah, fair point about the best food award. Though I quite like the small bars, they are more intimate.... Hang on, wait, I'm thinking of Ling Bao, not Matamba. :/
 
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I couldn't work out the food one, wether it was specific to just one hotel, both, or the whole park. If it's based on the park as a whole I think it's a good winner. I mean, what's offered in the park isn't huge as it's only a small place, but they still avoid the standard burger and chips or fried chicken that so many parks believe counts as catering. Things like the waffle and cake shop in Berlin, and the Jumbalia shop in Africa are all great little places serving unique, tasty food. Same for China Snack. I'm looking forward to trying to new Tapas restaurant that's meant to be going on top of Chiapas' station :)

The hotels though have first class food if you ask me. The buffets are great with so many unique and different offerings, and they put out a great spread at breakfast. Puts the likes of ATH and Splash to shame at any rate :p

If you ask me, it's the best overall park I've found for food so far, and for such a small place the range is fitting :)

As for Matamba if you ask me it has everything it needs. A pool is the only notable thing it lacks, but there's always Ling Bao next door if that's what you want. I do agree with Diogo though that Ling Bao trumps it on bars. Dragon Bar. 'Nuff said :p
 
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I've not eaten dinner at the hotels, but the breakfast spread is amazing. It's the only place I've found where you can have a full English AND the traditional German cold meats AND a whole load of French pastries. Plus they have tea, which is a rare thing over there (not that I mind good coffee).

However, the on park food has nothing on EP. Then again, I'm happy with currywurst :p
 
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Ian said:
I couldn't work out the food one, wether it was specific to just one hotel, both, or the whole park. If it's based on the park as a whole I think it's a good winner. I mean, what's offered in the park isn't huge as it's only a small place, but they still avoid the standard burger and chips or fried chicken that so many parks believe counts as catering. Things like the waffle and cake shop in Berlin, and the Jumbalia shop in Africa are all great little places serving unique, tasty food. Same for China Snack. I'm looking forward to trying to new Tapas restaurant that's meant to be going on top of Chiapas' station :)

The hotels though have first class food if you ask me. The buffets are great with so many unique and different offerings, and they put out a great spread at breakfast. Puts the likes of ATH and Splash to shame at any rate :p

If you ask me, it's the best overall park I've found for food so far, and for such a small place the range is fitting :)

As for Matamba if you ask me it has everything it needs. A pool is the only notable thing it lacks, but there's always Ling Bao next door if that's what you want. I do agree with Diogo though that Ling Bao trumps it on bars. Dragon Bar. 'Nuff said :p
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See, if there's one thing that the groups I have been to PL with have commented on time and time again it is that the hotels at the park are soulless and that the on park food is very limited.

Seriously, after the Jambalaya place, Noodle place and several pizza/bratwurst stands I am pretty stumped to think of anywhere else...! When you compare it to Europa-Park, I just find it difficult to believe anyone could argue the overall food is better at Phantasialand.

Matamba's rooms are the best though, genuinely top of the pile. But the hotels just lack generally... they're too quiet and there's not enough going on.
 
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AstroDan said:
When you compare it to Europa-Park, I just find it difficult to believe anyone could argue the overall food is better at Phantasialand.
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But Europa Park has like 5 times the amount of space that Phantasialand has to be able offer such a wide range? They simply don't have the room to build a big restaurant serving loads of different dishes, or lots of smaller outlets serving different things. The only are of the park which lacks a unique eatery really is Fantasy, but even so what's on offer was nice when I visited.

If you ask me, what they manage to get into the limited space they have is a good range. Especially for most day visitors, who will probably purchase one larger "meal" and then a couple of drinks and a snack throughout their visit. When you compare it to places like Asterix, and even Alton who all have much more space but serve the same generic menu their offering is good.

I'm not going to try and say "PL has better food than Europa" as I've never been to EP. But if you ask me, for such a small park the range and quality are both certainly above average at any rate. I think that's what the award reflects :)
 
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For the record, there's a far better range of food on offer at Alton Towers than Phantasialand (in my book). The Jambalaya is superb at Phantasialand, but after that, on park, I really don't recall much special. In fact the pizza, from near the main square, was frankly terrible.

Parc Astérix is very limited - although the Self Service place is decent.

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Any park that sells currywurst is OK by me. Frankly, I think it's a disgrace that Towers don't have it available, for free, in every outlet on park.
 
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AstroDan said:
For the record, there's a far better range of food on offer at Alton Towers than Phantasialand (in my book).
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You're not serious right? The food offering at Phantasialand was amazing! All the little side streets were lit up with fresh fruit stalls, the ice cream selections were amazing, not to mention all the slushy flavors!

Quite frankly, the park has a far superior food offering than towers, which offers generic theme park food.
 
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Away from the ice cream though, there's very little in the way of proper food. Sure theres plenty of snack stuff but away from that there's only mainly bratwurst, pizza and the stuff in Africa.

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For me the food offering at Towers is mediocre at best regarding range. Fried Chicken, Burgers, Pizza, and Hot Dogs. Very original :p
 
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The food at Phantasialand was rubbish when I went. I mean, perfectly serviceable for theme park food, but nothing better than I'd get down the local takeaway.

The food at Woodcutters, Mutiny Bay BBQ and even Pizza and Pasta Buffet is better than anything I had at Phantasialand. And better value for money too.
 
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Well we agree to disagree.

I've been to Phantasialand 6 times now and the park food has never stood out to me.

Apart from their AMAZING Jambalaya!

:)

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Phantasialand's food is miles ahead of Towers'. When we visited PL last summer, there was so much to choose from, mum loved the fact there was fruit in pretty much everything. Alton Towers, the same month, was altogether a different picture, where we had to settle for overpriced miserable hot dogs because all the other places were closed, or packed to the rafters. Phantasialand's food offering certainly isn't groundbreaking, but let's not get too carried away ;)

I'm not sure PL deserve all of these awards, but it's certainly a really nice park. The best thrill ride has definitely gone to a worthy recipient.
 
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Is there anywhere on-park at PL where you can sit down and get food as high quality as some of the top-end offerings at Woodcutters?

If there is, I must have missed it.
 
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Roger Ramrod said:
Is there anywhere on-park at PL where you can sit down and get food as high quality as some of the top-end offerings at Woodcutters?

If there is, I must have missed it.
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Mandschu in China...
 
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSVhXe-V2zc#

Little Joe's in Western Town (Though for how much longer is another matter given the fact they seem keen to run a bulldozer through the area :p )?

When we looked in it seemed ok, and the prices weren't too out of line with Woodcutters :)



In other news it looks like 2013 is going to be the year of late projects. Although Phantasialand never published a precise date for Chiapas to open the guys over at PL Fans seem to be saying it's delayed. The general vibe seems to be June/July for opening at the moment.

*starts planning another trip if it's not ready in time* :p

There's also a fair bit of debate regarding the Colorado warehouse! Ahhhh, it feels just like TS and the Air tunnel <3 Just German :p
 
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Little Joe's isn't bad, probably one of the better places.

Mandschu was expensive. I have eaten there once before - very nice, but you were talking a €20 spend.
 
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