guess again!
We went to Europa Park, Germany's largest theme park. This park is now 35 years old, and it is a blatant copy of the Disney Parks, but some attractions they actually did nicer, with a lot of things that you would never see at Disney, mostly because it is too dangerous.
The park is located in the middle of a small German town called Rust, and as far as I can tell, the town exists purely to support the tourists. Just outside the main gates are hundreds of private homes turned into miniature hotels. The park closes the second week in January for a three month holiday. We visited during their last week, and it was empty. Desolate. Quiet. No better time to hit the roller coasters!
Our favorite exibit was the Space Mir Station. You walk past a replica Russian Space Station and enjoy a pounding techno-beat while you board a indoor/outdoor revolving roller coaster. Sometimes you took the hills forward, sometimes backwards, and we rode it multiple times...
There were many more large roller coasters there, but they were closed for the season. We enjoyed the "Pirates of Bavaria" (a lot more realistic than Pirates of the Caribbean), Universe of Energy/Dinosaur ride, a haunted house, an indoor roller coaster identical to Space Mountain, and to top it all off, there was a mulled wine kiosk at every corner. Sometimes, however, you have to slow down and enjoy the important things....
This park would never survive in the States. It was a OSHA nightmare. Check out the heating!
and look at what the girls did with a elephant...
There was snow tubing on ice that plowed the giggling children into a wall. The girls spent hours on the mechanical bull. You can take the girls out of the South, but you can't take the South out of the girl!
That's a lot harder than the Wii!
I would highly reccommend this park during the winter, as long as you are prepared with umbrellas and motrin!
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