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A non obvious topic, but which amusement parks do you recommend rather than Disneyland?
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That one is awesome - one of Europes best parks
I heard good things about this park, but didn't have time to visit when I was close by :(
Was it super crowded? I heard that it is really popular but someone said it's quite big so crowds are not a problem?
You can expect to wait an hour for a coaster on full days... But it helps to go early in the morning. And ride less popular coasters. Also in the evening, I remember riding silver star with 10 minutes queue time.
Okay then would have to treat it as a really crowded park and have planned it so (like you said, early mornings and evenings). Thanks for the info, will make it more enjoyable once I get to go!
Legoland. Obviously 😎
Fuck Lego (the company). Their bricks are on the lower end of the quality spectrum, way too many stickers, shit and cheaped out designs and bricks and all that for 50 to 400% more cash. There is nothing that makes Lego any better than competitors, except the little "Lego" imprint. And, in fact, if you call identical bricks, that are simply not made/sold by Lego, "Lego", the will sue you (if you have any public influence). Also, they sabotage competitors by claiming IP on basic parts that are hard to realize differently, even though they did not invent the concept of clamping bricks at all.
I get the point of "Lego was good when I was a kid, I want to give my kid the same experience" - but instead of beautiful, complex and interesting 300€ Unimog they'll get an ugly-ass, very simple and cheaply made 400€ set with much less design and parts value.
If you are already boycotting stuff, try eg. BlueBrixx, Pantasy, CaDa, Cobi, Mould King and dozens of smaller ones. Some are produced in the EU, like Cobi (Poland).
If you are already boycotting stuff, try eg. BlueBrixx, Pantasy, CaDa, Cobi, Mould King and dozens of smaller ones. Some are produced in the EU, like Cobi (Poland)
Thanks for sharing the names, which one is your favorite?
As each of them more or less specializes in a category, that's hard to say. Pantasy focuses on general models, with very special parts to actually convey the license, funwhole makes very neat house models, some with lighting (not two small LEDs, but dozens of LEDs with intensity and color perfectly matching their purpose and scene, with hidden cable management through special bricks) and other models, cobi makes very accurate vehicle models (including ships etc.) (mostly in system bricks), CaDa makes good vehicles too, but more in technic bricks (including remote control and actual technic functions). Mould King is more of a jack-of-all-trades, but overall cheaper (in my experience). BlueBrixx is more complicated to describe, as they have multiple series, including reselling other manufacturers (eg. Mould King), but they also have their own sets, for which they buy existing bricks (mostly GoBricks).
So overall: It depends on the type of set, but especially for large (also expensive, but FUCKING large) sets, BlueBrixx is best. Eg. Burg Blaustein, 26k pieces, 940€, and the astronomer's series, 21.5k pieces, 240€ (the next set for +>5k pieces and probably +~200€ was already announced). But there are more manageable sets, like the V100/200 locomotives (~5.5k pieces, 200€ and ~8k pieces respectively). And of course, many smaller and neater sets.
Then look at neutral, unpaid/sponsored reviews and compare with competitors. Also, watch Held der Steine (German), specifically where he was sued (two times).
I've been to Phantasialand once, it was quite nice, very good vibe and decorations
Is this the park somewhat close to Cologne (Köln)? I ended up there once by accident while backpacking and took basically a random Flixbus. Looked nice indeed!
(I don't recommend taking random Flixbuses for amusement)
France: Parc Astérix, Walibi
Belgium: Walibi
Germany: Europapark, Phantasialand, Legoland
Denmark: Legoland
Netherlands: Efteling
Poland: Energylandia
Spain: Port Aventura
Italy: Gardaland
Denmark: Legoland
These are amusement parks with shops, not malls with some rides like Disneyland.
Conserning the Netherlands: the Efteling is great, it's themed on European fairy tales! It's a very nice park for all ages.
Another nice, yet smaller park for the Netherlands is Toverland.
These are amusement parks with shops, not malls with some rides like Disneyland.
Ouch
Personal favourite: Prater Amusement park in Vienna, Austria.
Basically all parks in Denmark. Maybe not Legoland during high season.
Which one is your favourite?
Most definite Djurs Sommerland. Being local helps as well. 😅
+1 for Djurs sommerland.
Er du voksen, midt imellem eller lille, så er det Djurs Sommerland!
Liseberg (Sweden)
Liseberg is pretty good. Grönalund in Stockholm is also good. The two parks have a very different vibe. Liseberg is a big park with the rides more spaced out while grönalund is a small space with the rides literally overlapping with each other.
I've only ever been to Heidepark, lol
Well, I've worked back of house for both Disney and Knots, so Six Flags.
ETA: just saw where i am. Am stoopid American. Ignore me.
i mean.. any of the other ones?