venny
TS Member
We speak a lot about what publications like the Sun do to exaggerate minor incidents at parks. However I think the problem of terrible reporting spreads wider than that.
Here’s an interesting article on PA vs DLP. And when I say interesting, what I mean is it’s quite possibly the epitome of what is wrong with theme park journalism in the mainstream. It is filled with an absolute litany of errors and just plain bogus reasoning. And it’s not even the Sun who have written this steaming pile, it’s the allegedly more responsible and respected Independent
The point of this post is not to say one park is better than the other, but I just thought I’d share this dross with a group who would appreciate how terrible these sorts of articles are:
https://www.independent.co.uk/trave...parks-europe-salou-spain-france-a7952791.html
A few key points of why PA is apparently far better than DLP:
Apparently PA started as a small water park. News to me.
PA is better because DLP has outdated themeing like Frontierland. Kids don’t get westerns nowadays. And there definitely is not a very similar, if not larger western area in PA called Far West. It’s definitely not the largest themed area in the park. It definitely does not have a massive hotel connected to it with the same western theme, cos why would anyone stay there?
PA coasters take you by surprise because they’re not indoors. You can see everything that Shambhala, DK and Red Force do. This means they take you a lot more by surprise than a coaster whose layout you cannot see because it is hidden inside a building.
PA has a fantastic array of different foods like the often well rated Raco del Mar restaurant in Mediterranea. DLP has nothing like this. The best food in DLP is at the character meals where the focus is placed on food quality rather than meeting Mickey. Other than that you can only buy chicken nuggets or sweets in DLP at Blue Bayou, Cafe Agrabah, Walt’s and Chez Remy. Disney Village and all the hotels do not exist.
You can only get the Eurostar to DLP. A journey from Barcelona takes an hour, but at DLP the journey from the airport is much longer - an hour, at busy times. You would definitely get a taxi to DLP because there is no shuttle service or direct train from the airport into the very centre of DLP.
DLP is getting a Star Wars Land!!! Who knew.
Stampida is ‘family friendly’.
No one under 50 understands it’s a small world.
The queues at PA are a breeze. It has paid fast pass. DLP only offers single rider lines and a similar fast pass system, but it’s free, which is not as good as having to pay for it.
Here’s an interesting article on PA vs DLP. And when I say interesting, what I mean is it’s quite possibly the epitome of what is wrong with theme park journalism in the mainstream. It is filled with an absolute litany of errors and just plain bogus reasoning. And it’s not even the Sun who have written this steaming pile, it’s the allegedly more responsible and respected Independent
The point of this post is not to say one park is better than the other, but I just thought I’d share this dross with a group who would appreciate how terrible these sorts of articles are:
https://www.independent.co.uk/trave...parks-europe-salou-spain-france-a7952791.html
A few key points of why PA is apparently far better than DLP:
Apparently PA started as a small water park. News to me.
PA is better because DLP has outdated themeing like Frontierland. Kids don’t get westerns nowadays. And there definitely is not a very similar, if not larger western area in PA called Far West. It’s definitely not the largest themed area in the park. It definitely does not have a massive hotel connected to it with the same western theme, cos why would anyone stay there?
PA coasters take you by surprise because they’re not indoors. You can see everything that Shambhala, DK and Red Force do. This means they take you a lot more by surprise than a coaster whose layout you cannot see because it is hidden inside a building.
PA has a fantastic array of different foods like the often well rated Raco del Mar restaurant in Mediterranea. DLP has nothing like this. The best food in DLP is at the character meals where the focus is placed on food quality rather than meeting Mickey. Other than that you can only buy chicken nuggets or sweets in DLP at Blue Bayou, Cafe Agrabah, Walt’s and Chez Remy. Disney Village and all the hotels do not exist.
You can only get the Eurostar to DLP. A journey from Barcelona takes an hour, but at DLP the journey from the airport is much longer - an hour, at busy times. You would definitely get a taxi to DLP because there is no shuttle service or direct train from the airport into the very centre of DLP.
DLP is getting a Star Wars Land!!! Who knew.
Stampida is ‘family friendly’.
No one under 50 understands it’s a small world.
The queues at PA are a breeze. It has paid fast pass. DLP only offers single rider lines and a similar fast pass system, but it’s free, which is not as good as having to pay for it.
