JenniferS
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Soarin’ is boring. Space is not out of this world. And Frozenstrom is just one big room full of switchbacks.
I love PotC, and rather enjoy Splash Mountain.
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I love PotC, and rather enjoy Splash Mountain.
I haven't been to Universal in a long time, pre-Potter. I was in elementary school, so I don't remember that much of it, either. I remember getting soaked on Ripsaw Falls.
But TSMM's ride hasn't changed a bit. The queue is different, still has Mr. Potato Head. I never see him, though, because we always use a FP for it. I would never wait more than 30 minutes for that ride, even though I enjoy it.
InnKpr
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How could I forget to mention Frozen Ever After? Not a fan of the movie. The ride is not my cup of tea. Will always miss Maelstrom. But that little village walkthrough in the queue has it's charms, so that alone is worth the ride. (Imo)
I like the Star Tunnel in Space's queue. I think mainly for the music. The rest isn't great. I hate that they added those back hallways. It's so claustrophobic in there.
I probably enjoy Frozen's queue more than the ride, too. The ride is average for me. The Let It Go scene has an amazing AA, but the backwards part leave so much to be desired. It's just projections showing us the movie.
InnKpr
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@JenniferS and I were posting about Frozenstrom right around the same time. We must have ice on the brain. 
Songbird76
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Look what popped up in the news today here because of Corona! Drone flight over an empty Efteling!
I hope it works with the privacy settings. Usually you can access 3 free articles a month from the Gelderlander if you aren't a subscriber. I am a subscriber, so I hope it's not something only subscribers can see!
I hope it works with the privacy settings. Usually you can access 3 free articles a month from the Gelderlander if you aren't a subscriber. I am a subscriber, so I hope it's not something only subscribers can see!
Songbird76
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Ok, so I went looking for the pictures of Phantasialand and there really aren't very many. We did a somewhat spontaneous trip in 2018 because my husband wanted to follow this van through Germany for a game he plays, and there were stops every few days for a week. He wanted to go for that week and stay in hotels and eat in restaurants while I was at home with the kids and couldn't work because someone had to be home with them...in short, he wanted to go on vacation for a week. I told him I wanted him to be able to go, but I wasn't sitting back at home cooking and cleaning and all that while he was on vacation having everything done for him....I wanted a vacation, too. And if I was going to take a week off of work, I wasn't doing it to do more work. So we followed the van to a couple of cities and hit other places in between events.
One of the places we visited was Phantasialand. It's pretty cool, and has better food than Efteling, and they had a deal going that for every day you went, you got a free ticket. So we went once on the way TO Frankfurt, and once on the way back with our free ticket. But I forgot my camera in the car the 2nd day, so I only have pictures from the first day, and we spent a lot of that first day in shows rather than doing rides, because my son was freaked out by a lot. So, I apologize, there aren't that many pictures.
This is from the TTMM type ride. The queue is pretty neat, and it freaked our son out a lot and one of us had to take him out because the premise is that it's an old bakery and it's now overrun with mice, and you have to get rid of the mice by shooting frosting from piping bags at them. But in the very first room in the queue, you hear mouse noises, and that freaked A out and he wouldn't go any further. Once we got through and explained what it was, he did it, and then he wanted to do it over and over and over. This is looking down into the loading area from the queue.
This is at the entrance where we came in. I THINK there's a TOT-like attraction in it, but we didn't do that. We severely underestimated wait times and didn't get there early enough in the day to do much.
This is a coaster that my husband LOVED. We watched.
This one was one of my favorites. It's like Kali River Rapids through a medieval castle. Here's the Entrance and some of the queue.
One of the places we visited was Phantasialand. It's pretty cool, and has better food than Efteling, and they had a deal going that for every day you went, you got a free ticket. So we went once on the way TO Frankfurt, and once on the way back with our free ticket. But I forgot my camera in the car the 2nd day, so I only have pictures from the first day, and we spent a lot of that first day in shows rather than doing rides, because my son was freaked out by a lot. So, I apologize, there aren't that many pictures.
This is from the TTMM type ride. The queue is pretty neat, and it freaked our son out a lot and one of us had to take him out because the premise is that it's an old bakery and it's now overrun with mice, and you have to get rid of the mice by shooting frosting from piping bags at them. But in the very first room in the queue, you hear mouse noises, and that freaked A out and he wouldn't go any further. Once we got through and explained what it was, he did it, and then he wanted to do it over and over and over. This is looking down into the loading area from the queue.
This is at the entrance where we came in. I THINK there's a TOT-like attraction in it, but we didn't do that. We severely underestimated wait times and didn't get there early enough in the day to do much.
This is a coaster that my husband LOVED. We watched.
This one was one of my favorites. It's like Kali River Rapids through a medieval castle. Here's the Entrance and some of the queue.
Songbird76
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Here's the main courtyard of one section. They have the park broken up into sections and there are different countries represented, kind of like Epcot, but not quite as....defined, I guess. But they have various restaurants for different countries, and different attractions. This is meant to look like Europe....France I think and it's right next door to the mouse shooting ride.
You can see in the 2nd picture, Eis Cafe....that's Icecream cafe.
This was in a different part of the park...it was a lot of more....adventure rides, I guess? My husband did a few, but didn't take any pictures, and there was a Hollywood ride that all of us except A did, and it was a lot like The Great Movie Ride. I didn't get any pictures on the ride, but there IS a ridethrough video on youtube. I don't remember all the movies represented, but I want to say there was a George of The Jungle or Tarzan part, and maybe King Kong...and some sort of a Ancient Rome or Greece or something, with soldiers battling it out.
And this is one that my E did while we were waiting for my husband to get out of one of the coasters. A didn't want to do it. It's kind of a Dumbo/Magic Carpet ride type thing. It's a sort of carousel that goes up in the air.
I didn't get pictures of the other favorite of mine because we didn't get to do it the first day and I didn't have my camera the 2nd day. But it's kind of like a Chinese version of Haunted Mansion. It's called Geister Riksha (Ghost Riksha). Only E and I did that.
There are no fastpasses, and the lines get LONG, so that first day, we were there too late to do many rides, and A didn't want to ride much, so mostly what we did was shows. They have a stunt/dance show called Musarteum. That was our favorite. Then there was a stunt show with bikes and spring things, and an ice skating show.
That's pretty much the extent of my pictures of Phantasialand. I see there's a new show since we were there, so we might have to go check it out this Summer if everything opens back up, and then I can take more pictures.
You can see in the 2nd picture, Eis Cafe....that's Icecream cafe.
This was in a different part of the park...it was a lot of more....adventure rides, I guess? My husband did a few, but didn't take any pictures, and there was a Hollywood ride that all of us except A did, and it was a lot like The Great Movie Ride. I didn't get any pictures on the ride, but there IS a ridethrough video on youtube. I don't remember all the movies represented, but I want to say there was a George of The Jungle or Tarzan part, and maybe King Kong...and some sort of a Ancient Rome or Greece or something, with soldiers battling it out.
And this is one that my E did while we were waiting for my husband to get out of one of the coasters. A didn't want to do it. It's kind of a Dumbo/Magic Carpet ride type thing. It's a sort of carousel that goes up in the air.
I didn't get pictures of the other favorite of mine because we didn't get to do it the first day and I didn't have my camera the 2nd day. But it's kind of like a Chinese version of Haunted Mansion. It's called Geister Riksha (Ghost Riksha). Only E and I did that.
There are no fastpasses, and the lines get LONG, so that first day, we were there too late to do many rides, and A didn't want to ride much, so mostly what we did was shows. They have a stunt/dance show called Musarteum. That was our favorite. Then there was a stunt show with bikes and spring things, and an ice skating show.
That's pretty much the extent of my pictures of Phantasialand. I see there's a new show since we were there, so we might have to go check it out this Summer if everything opens back up, and then I can take more pictures.
MinnieM123
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I swear I saw him walking around here yesterday. I waved and said Happy Easter, but he was a bit standoff-ish.
Songbird76
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Oh good, I'm glad it worked! I thought it was pretty cool that we had just been talking about it and then in my "Corona newsletter" for the day from the news site I'm subscribed to had the drone flight. Fortuitous timing, I guess! It's really a beautiful park. Not quite as immersive as Disney, but some pretty neat things. I do love the Vignettes, but I wish you could sit. If they would get some decent food, it would be a really great place to spend a few days. It's too big to see everything in one day, but I can't go for any length of time because I need real food. They have one restaurant that looks like it has decent food, but it wasn't open last time we were there, and it wasn't food A would eat, but it's a family style thing with a fixed menu and you pay per person. It's not worth the price when not everyone will eat the food.
Eric1955
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I swear I saw him walking around here yesterday. I waved and said Happy Easter, but he was a bit standoff-ish.
Apparently he was in New Orleans too.
Yesterday on Bourbon Street.
His name is Darrell.
NYwdwfan
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Does he have another brother Darrell?
