PTR, 10 day credit run through Europe

[Anonymous]

OK, so this was a trip that my brother and I were thinking about going on later this year, but other things started to crop up in the time frame we were thinking about going in, so we though why don't we go now and skip a lot of the crowds while we are at it...
So little less then 2 weeks ago we set of on the big coaster adventure of 2009.

The plan included going to a great number of parks in Europe, some that we visited on our 2006 trip to Europe and some that were completely new to us. Either way it would still be a lot of fun in the end.

Here is an overview map of the parks that we visited:

So let the PTR begin!!

 

[Anonymous]

Day one
A farting free day

So we started early that morning to head south from Gothenburg, my brother picked me up on his way from work (night shift) so we could get on our way for the first part of the journey.

The goal of this day were to go to our hotel in Hamburg which is a pretty long drive for one day and on the way we had decided to stop at the wacky place called BonBonland...

Pictures!!

Another trip another ferry ride, just like most starts of our road trips.

Some time after noon we arrived at our first destination, BonBonland, look they have even drawn some inspiration from Thorpe, wonder if that is a good thing or not...

Hmm, Sweden, we just left there...

Like last time, we stopped by Hundeprutebanan first.

Yeah, it's the dog fart coaster but the farting wasn't working today so we survived

The cause of all the farting

It might be the new diet that they have put Henry on that have stopped the farting

Next up we headed for the first Gerstlauer Eurofighter, Vild Svinet

Wroom wroom

It have a wonky loop compared to the newer ones

And it also have a sweet overbank

And it all ends with a tine airtime hill

New credit!!

Next we headed over to the first Gerstlauer spinner in Europe.

It's a clone of the awesome coaster Aqua Wind at Lagunasia but with a twist...

I mean a twist literally, spinning cars...

It's just a mess of track

It also have some awesome helices

The themeing of the ride is pretty whack

Huh

They have managed to rebuild the station after it got burned down before they even opened the coaster

You can say whatever you like about Gerstlauer coasters, but they know how to get sweet transitions

Next up was another new credit

At first it sounded like Daidarasaurus had found a new home, but...

on a closer inspection we noticed that it was just a custom Zierer

With a ginormous train

He he, only BonBonland would think about using road salt as test dummies

For such a long coaster, you even get 2 rides

Omfg, a rat head on a dome!!

100 strange BonBon tastes!!

On our way out we noticed this new building at the entrance plaza

Inside it was like we were back at Lagunasia/Lotte World again

It's like I'm caught in a Fantasy Dream

I think that we would need some Magic Powder to fully enjoy this experience

Is it just me or do that gingerbread man have a giant machete?

Anyway no time to waste in Denmark, we had to be on our way to the hotel since we had an early morning the next day

Hello Germany!!

Hmm, wait, Sierksdorf, Hansa Park, we just have to stop here...

Next up day 2!!

 

[Anonymous]

Day two, part 1
Old school baby!!

Day 2 brought us over to the Netherlands for 2 parks. The first park we had decided to go to was Waarbeek. Mostly since it looks like a small quirky park, and that it have a coaster from the 1930's. It took us some time to find it though, since non of us hadn't bothered to write up the address to it and the GPS didn't have it in it's list over theme parks. But 30 minutes after the time we aimed for we finally found it...

Pictures of Waarbeek:

While walking from the parking to the entrance, we saw what was waiting for us.

So after we got in we headed for the coaster

For such an old coaster it delivered a really nice and smooth ride

It have some nice turns and drops

And the setting is ace

They even had some bridges over the ride!!

We even got something for the:

Brake nerds

Lift hill nerds

And even the friction wheel nerds!!

Hmm Pokemon themeing??

And Southpark!!

The rest of the park was filled with random rides...

Look!!

A Wellenflieger!!

Bumpercars

I guess that everyone knows what comes next

SPLASH!!

Coaster across the pond!!

SPLASH!!

Strange cableway kind a thingy...

We finished of the park by taking another picture on the Coaster

Wiiiooioiiiioi

 

[Anonymous]

Day two, part 2
No Rain today!!

Next up for day two was a quickish stop at Wallibi World, to get the credit we missed last time, and also get more rides on Goliath, since we got rained on last time we were here (on our first ride on Goliath), which resulted in a drenching worse than I have ever experienced on any water rides...

Oh and this was the first park we had some experience with some of the locals, I mean some crazy guy just walked op to us and started to talk with us, we have no idea why?? Oh, Hi Hans!! :lmao:

Pictures!!

There is a park here somewhere

In case anyone want to know where we parked

After we parked we were treated with some pure pornography

See what I mean

This is just the sex

It really builds up the tension in the beginning

And in the end it's just pure orgasm

Another set of riders that are going to the happy place

Here is some other ride they have

Let's get ready for some Goliath

Before we entered we were greeted by a Kangaroo

But before we headed towards Goliath, we went for the credit we didn't have

Just a standard mouse

Here is a log flume we didn't ride

And a train

Never in my life that I would set my foot on one of these

According to the crazy guy we met later this thing was still crap

Topspin with water feature, that don't get you wet

We went for a ride on Robin Hood, to see if it was as bad as last time

It was still pretty rough, but the ride was good

Now it's time for some Goliath action

Mmmmm, delicious

So many happy riders

The queue, took some time since they were adding the second train <3 So we took some images on the lift

We even found something for the lift hill nerds

Then we met this guy, see what I mean, crazyyy!!

Here he is again, everyone say hello to hansrubens!!

Spot the TPR member

They even had some other action going on in the front, but this is nothing compared to other places...

Then after several re-rides and some more talking to Hans, it was time for the place to close, so we headed back towards the entrance. Which means more park pictures:

Shot tower

Enterprise

Heck they even had an warp tunnel to Mexico

These are pretty nice to ride, but expensive!!

Xpress

They had even themed the hamburger stall guys

Some other attraction/building

We already got that credit, so we didn't care that it was SBNO.

Time to leave

But before we left, we took some more images on one of the best coasters I have ridden

Pure ejection there

This part is just awesome

It looks great even if there isn't any riders on it

^

It even looks awesome without a train

Pure filth

But hey what is that!!

Megaphobia have sheep's, Rablader have Robots, and Goliath have Ducks??

What better way to end the day, then with another IKEA credit!!, mmm meatballs...

 

[furie]

I want to go to Waarbeek now please!

Epic trip Loefet, looking forward to seeing some more

 

[marc]

Great report so far, I want to ride Goliath. For some reason it just looks more impressive than EGF it just seems to do more. But a number of people have told me its not as good.

 

[nadroJ]

Jealous! I'd love to go to Walibi World, I need to get over my fear of driving in Europe =]

Can't wait for more, I'm really enjoying all these TRs of places I've not really seen before.

 

[Emmett]

:shock: , nice reports and photos so far loefet. I agree with you regarding Goliath it was amazing. Did they have the crazy ride ops on Goliath or on El Condor when you visited? They were running up and down and high-fiving everyone when I went last year.

That Waarbeek park also looks very interesting and I bet its more relaxed than the bigger parks. It remind me of Bakken with the way it looks.

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks all, more will follow soon.

^^^ Goliath is miles better then EGF after my experiences of both coasters, EGF did nothing for me at all, it's sluggish, rough, and the last half is really boring, heck even Thunder Dolphin have given me better rides...

^^ You just have to learn how to drive on the right side of the road, opposed to the wrong side that is

^ Crap how could I forget about the great Ride-ops, they were on Goliath, and it was a real laugh to see them in action. They managed to scare several of the riders when they entered/exited the station in the train.

Waarbeek is a really lovely little park, I think that we only stayed little over 30 minutes in total, but it was a really nice 30 minutes

 

[Pokemaniac]

Snur mis rundt? Mis? Is that a Danish word I've missed? Or did they just FAIL to write "mig"?

Nice report otherwise too. I look forward to hear about El Toro.

 

[Ian]

That spinning Gerlauer coaster actually looks like a spinning coaster I want to ride.

Great report so far, has certainly inspired me to do something similar next year. Keep it comin'!

 

[Brookes]

Great report, some really interesting parks so far. I hope to do trips like this in the future and visit all these parks. Can't wait to see more.

 

[The Grape Wizard]

Epic so far :--D

Goliath just looks awesome. There sure is some wacky themeing in some parks out there.

I'll say more about it all after you've finished.

 

[Snoo]

Goliath = sex on my face.

I want it. I need it.

Epic.

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks for the comments!

Poke: I have no idea on what they base their grammar on, but since it's Denmark I don't even think that they know... :--D

^ Yeah, Goliath is one fo the best Megas out there, it's like a Mega-Lite with an extra helix in the middle.

 

[Anonymous]

Day three, part 1
MS X-car, good??

The schedule for this day said Duinrell and Drievliet, which meant 6 new coasters for the both of us.
First stop of the day became Drievliet since it was the first one we found on the GPS. And when we arrived we were again attacked by some people asking us if we wanted some cheaper entrance tickets, be we already had that part sorted

We had our reservations about Formule X, since the other X-car we had ridden (G Force at Drayton Manor Park) is really bad. Formule X turned out to be a really nice little coaster, but since we got all the credits it was soon time to move along to the next park...

Anyway onto the images:

This is what you see after you enter the park

And if you have a zoom-lens in your eyes you will see this

Holy crap an Astronaut!!

Wonder if he jacked this from the moon??

They do love their Enterprises here

This pig seems to enjoy the ride

Poor sheep to be stuck on the roof like that

Twistrix does what it do best, SPINNING!!

Too bad that Formule X was closed when we arrived

But they started to test short after, so we were happy again

Looks really nice

OMG, it's almost upside down!!

We were thinking that they had prepared the ride for floods

Then they finally let the first riders on

Swoosh

It really goes upside down!!

Happy Happy riders!!

After a ride on Formule X we headed to the next credits

It looks great in the sunshine

It's apparently called Dynamite Express

It's waiting for us

The ride was nice for a power coaster

Next up was another Mouse, this one was a lot better then the one the day before

Looks like he just got of the Dog fart coaster

And there came the smell

Why the heck does Ola have his own trashcan...

Another park another Wellenflieger

Pirates, beware they might steel all your music

Fact: Smaller are better

Why do parks always install these deathtraps

I guess you can see whats coming

SPLASH

In case you forgot where we are

One of the coolest themeing I have seen on one of these

Now for some Formule X action before we leave:

Really nice element

Twisted beyond belief

Wonky airtime hill

That goes into a nice powerful turn

Hangtime Galore

Soon comes the brakes

Here comes the launch

Almost perfect as an desktop image

MAXIMUM POWER!!

Wroom

Next up Duinrell...

 

[Anonymous]

Day three, part 2
A new 2 year old coaster, hmm....

Ok, next on the menu were Duinrell. We only went there since they had finally opened their Eurofighter after delays for the past 2 years. Which were good news for us, since we were allowed to ride a brand new coaster instead of a 2 year old rattly one...

On the way there we had to dodge several Dutch caravaners, but the GPS kept us on the path towards Duinrell. It was really nice to arrive there on this hot day, since compared to the desert like place called Drievliet this was a green heaven with loads of shade.

Falcon as the new Eurofighter is called, gave us some really nice rides and it must be one of the best looking coasters out there, the paint job is amazing!

Picture time!!

Ticket booths

Official mascot of the park

Some random building

The mascot have more duty's then just to entertain

The first half of the park is filled with strange stuff

No park is ever complete until they add a ****ting donkey

I don't know what it is, but it looks dangerous and I want one...

Water slides

I spy a credit

You can't see it for all the trees

Water splash ride

I have seen loads of these rides, but I have never ridden one

Mmm, Falcon

They even got a cool plane as themeing

And a Land Rover

Swooshes through the final Helix

Brakes!!

An Eurofighter does what it do best

Twisty

Great looking train

Inline twist

Here is a picture that will make Lift hill nerds drool

Ever thought why a Eurofighter always stops before the lift, it's that hook that connects the chain to the car

Wiii

A really nice little coaster

It really blend in with the trees

Sexy Loop shot

Doing the twist

Looop-de-Looooooooop

Headbanging galore

I'm pretty sure that none of them were thinking that their faces were going to be published all over the internet...

Nice and Powerful

All the supports have this awesome paint job

Not so wet Topspin

These guys have taken lessons from the Japanese

I guess that there is a reason why they call this a splash boat

Wonder if they know what is coming...

Again with the kiddy coaster

Another coaster that thinks it's a Meisho

He is coming to get us!!

They have an alpine slide which we had looked forward to ride

But since they only had one side open and the queue was massive, we didn't bother

Random play structure

Some other random stuff

Nice and green

Too bad that adults weren't allowed to ride these, since I would have smoked all the kids

Wiii another Wellenflieger

Time to exit!!

OK, so we had a few hours left of the day, so on the way back to the hotel we spotted something that caught our attention...

 

[Anonymous]

Day three, part 3
What to do with some extra time left in a day...
Bonus park of course!!

Well go to Efteling of course we did the same thing on the last trip to this area, so we had already planned on this as we did our main planning for this trip. The main reason why we choose Efteling and not some other small park, is that Vliegende Hollander was close during our last visit and that we have free (as in gratis) entry with our Liseberg season passes

Pictures...

I'm not going to bother to post images of all the small stuff in the park, since there is just to much stuff in there, and we were only there for about 2 hours, so I'm going to focus on the big things.

Look what is that on the horizon!!

YAY, stuff to ride!!

It was a lot of people there but we didn't bother since we were only there to get our last credit

Some themed buildings

On our way to Vliegende Hollander we passed a doomed coaster

Pegasus is on it's final years

One train load less until demolition

The only reason why we were here

W00t water coaster!!

Outdoor section here I come!!

Looks like an airtime hill, but isn't...

That can only mean one thing, SPLASH!!

Too bad that the other boat is so far away

After riding Vliegende Hollander, we decided to treat ourselves with a ride on an Intamin bobsled, but on our way there we spotted this awesome guy:

He was really entertaining, and scared the crap out of several people

We walked by Python

Everything looks better with a giant lens flare

Somewhere about here is where the pain begins

WOOW!!! it goes upside down

We also spotted some construction, let the wild rumors begin!!

Looks like they have blocked of the front row of Bobbahn = 50% longer wait time

The inside of the entrance building at Efteling is awesome!!

Some random statue outside our hotel, Belgium is full of weird stuff...

 

[peep]

(G Force at Drayton Manor Park) is really bad.

Loefet = win

This is such an awesome trip report. That clone of Rage looks so cool in that woodland setting and that theming just makes it even better.

Can't wait to see the next part(s) of this PTR.

 

[Dave]

Very very goood PTR, I am very jealous of you as I said on msn the other day. I wonder if that Eurofighter chain picture is a influence on that massive conversation we had about them the other week