ATTACKHAMMER
Strata Poster
Last week I visited Europa Park, with my good friend Ami. We set off at stupid O'clock and headed to Stanstead airport. After a decent weatherpoons breakfast, we arrived in Basel, Switzerland! From Basel we took a bus, then a tram, then a train and then another train to reach this bus:
All aboard the cred bus!
We checked into our hotel and took a walk around the local town:
We then obtained a rather tasty kebab:
Ami and I then decided it was time for a drink, so we headed to the Hotel Colosseo. It didn't open until 20:00, fear not another bar was available!
We shoved large amounts of German beer and cocktails into our faces:
The Hotel Colosseo bar was fab! We were drinking in a torture chamber!
After a fairly early wake up call, it was time for the park!
Europa Park Day 1
We started on:
A decent ride, some good forces. Europa seems to love a spiral lift hill!
We then rode the Bobsled:
This was the second Bobsled coaster, I have ridden. I didn't feel it was as good as Avalanche at Blackpool, but still a decent ride.
It was then time for Matterhorn Blizt, and its strange queue line.
A dancing toe:
The lift for this ride was a surprise! I thought it was a great effect! Other than that it was a pretty standard Wild Mouse.
Next up:
We rode back row, then front row! Silver Star is fantastic! It felt more forceful than Shambhala and Hollywood Dream, over the drops.
There was some great airtime!
Overall Silver Star is a fantastic ride.
We then moved onto the bizarre Euro Mir!
Another spiral lift hill! The first half of the ride was underwhelming but the second half is where the show really begins! Overall a decent ride!
Next was the ride I was most looking forward to!
At this point the weather was taking a turn for the worst.
That didn't stop me from loving Blue Fire! The launch was powerful and retained the power! The layout was fantastic, the inversions were great and the ride didn't lose any pace.
Wodan, was next! Woman turned out be my 300th cred. I mistakenly left it off my count and therefore assumed Atlantica was my 300th!
I loved the entrance to the area:
The queue line is rather fab!
I really enjoyed Wodan, and had many re-rides on day 2!
Wodan is well paced and has some good airtime!
Next up was:
The turntable element was very strange! The drop was pretty good!
Then Ami and I rode the VR mine train:
The VR was so much better than Galactica! The headsets were very comfortable and I could wear my glasses! The story was very strange but overall it was a fun experience.
We then headed over to Arthur. I didn't really know what to expect. Despite not understanding the references, Arthur was a good ride!
It was then time for food, so we headed to Food Loop! I was all of the excited!
So excited in fact, I managed to toss my coke lid into my chips!
I was so disappointed by the food at Food Loop. The orange stuff was rank!
After food it was time for Poseidon. En route we stopped to watch a juggling show, with people on segways!
Poseidon was a very enjoyable ride! The sun was also out, which was a bonus!
The final cred to ride was Pegasus. What a poor ride, even for a family coaster. The least said the better.
Then we got talking to someone, who was a German goon and Europa fan boy. We rode the last two rides of the day with him.
Ami and I still had bad hangovers, so didn't enjoy the Pirate ship very much.
We finished by riding the Rapids twice. They were decent rapids!
That evening we had pork steak and more beer:
Thanks for reading part 1! Part two will be more detailed and with more photos (Maybe).
All aboard the cred bus!
We checked into our hotel and took a walk around the local town:
We then obtained a rather tasty kebab:
Ami and I then decided it was time for a drink, so we headed to the Hotel Colosseo. It didn't open until 20:00, fear not another bar was available!
We shoved large amounts of German beer and cocktails into our faces:
The Hotel Colosseo bar was fab! We were drinking in a torture chamber!
After a fairly early wake up call, it was time for the park!
Europa Park Day 1
We started on:
A decent ride, some good forces. Europa seems to love a spiral lift hill!
We then rode the Bobsled:
This was the second Bobsled coaster, I have ridden. I didn't feel it was as good as Avalanche at Blackpool, but still a decent ride.
It was then time for Matterhorn Blizt, and its strange queue line.
A dancing toe:
The lift for this ride was a surprise! I thought it was a great effect! Other than that it was a pretty standard Wild Mouse.
Next up:
We rode back row, then front row! Silver Star is fantastic! It felt more forceful than Shambhala and Hollywood Dream, over the drops.
There was some great airtime!
Overall Silver Star is a fantastic ride.
We then moved onto the bizarre Euro Mir!
Another spiral lift hill! The first half of the ride was underwhelming but the second half is where the show really begins! Overall a decent ride!
Next was the ride I was most looking forward to!
At this point the weather was taking a turn for the worst.
That didn't stop me from loving Blue Fire! The launch was powerful and retained the power! The layout was fantastic, the inversions were great and the ride didn't lose any pace.
Wodan, was next! Woman turned out be my 300th cred. I mistakenly left it off my count and therefore assumed Atlantica was my 300th!
I loved the entrance to the area:
The queue line is rather fab!
I really enjoyed Wodan, and had many re-rides on day 2!
Wodan is well paced and has some good airtime!
Next up was:
The turntable element was very strange! The drop was pretty good!
Then Ami and I rode the VR mine train:
The VR was so much better than Galactica! The headsets were very comfortable and I could wear my glasses! The story was very strange but overall it was a fun experience.
We then headed over to Arthur. I didn't really know what to expect. Despite not understanding the references, Arthur was a good ride!
It was then time for food, so we headed to Food Loop! I was all of the excited!
So excited in fact, I managed to toss my coke lid into my chips!
I was so disappointed by the food at Food Loop. The orange stuff was rank!
After food it was time for Poseidon. En route we stopped to watch a juggling show, with people on segways!
Poseidon was a very enjoyable ride! The sun was also out, which was a bonus!
The final cred to ride was Pegasus. What a poor ride, even for a family coaster. The least said the better.
Then we got talking to someone, who was a German goon and Europa fan boy. We rode the last two rides of the day with him.
Ami and I still had bad hangovers, so didn't enjoy the Pirate ship very much.
We finished by riding the Rapids twice. They were decent rapids!
That evening we had pork steak and more beer:
Thanks for reading part 1! Part two will be more detailed and with more photos (Maybe).
