Tuesday, 20 October 2020

Themepark Roadtrip 2020 - Part 1

Going To Phantasialand
 
Sunday - October 11th 2020
 
Traveling in 2020 was very limited due to Covid-19, but although we had to cancal our big USA trip, we managed to do at least a couple of trips. For October Claudia and I booked a trip to Disneyland Paris, but we had to cancel thanks to coronavirus. So instead we decided to do a roadtrip through Germany and visit the following three themeparks, Phantasialand, Movie Park Germany and Legoland Resort Germany. So Sunday morning we got into our car and hit the road towards Phantasialand, where we arrived in the early afternoon. At Phantasialand we stayed at Chinese themed Hotel Ling Bao, which was beautifully themed. Check in took some time, becuase the staff had troubles printing out park tickets, but soon we got to see our room. The hotel room was very nice and had a wonderful bathroom. Once we unpacked our stuff, we headed downstairs again to hit the park.

Hotel Room

Hotel Room

Hotel Room

Hotel Room

Our hotel had its own entrance to the China area of the themepark, which was very convenient. Since we had never been to Phantasialand and since we hadn't informed us beforehand, we really didn't know what to expect. Our first stop was ony of the big coasters at Phantasialand called Taron. This rollercoaster turned out to be our favourite ride at Phantasialand, because it was fast and intense, but also very smooth and confortable. Next was a small coaster next door, which was okay, but nothing to write home about. Now we were getting hungry and so we headed over to the African area to get vegan Jambalaya and French fries.
 
Hotel Ling Bao
 
China
 
Phantasialand
 
Taron Rollercoaster
 
Taron Rollercoaster
 
Phantasialand
 
Phantasialand
 
Phantasialand
 
Vegan Jambalaya and Fries
 
Afterwards we just walked around the park to get to know it better and because we searched for Phantasialand's new land named Rookburgh, which was still in soft opening, so there was no guarantee to get in. However, we were lucky and were able to enter that amazingly themed land. Rookburgh is centered around the suspended flying coaster FLY, and it is definitely on the same level as Disney. Of course we had to get in line for FLY and we were amazed by that amazing attraction. Immediately we wanted to take another flight, but the line was too long and so we got a beer instead and admired this fantastic steampunk world. By now the park was closing soon and so we walked back towards the hotel. On our way we got a box of churros and once we finished them we got in line for Black Mamaba, another huge rollercoaster, because the queue line was pretty short. Now it was really time to leave the park.Back at the hotel we refreshed a bit and then we got some cocktails at the hotel bar.
 
Phantasialand
 
Phantasialand
 
Rookburgh
 
Rookburgh
 
Rookburgh
 
Rookburgh
 
Rookburgh
 
Rookburgh
 
Rookburgh
 
Rookburgh
 
Rookburgh
 
Rookburgh
 
Rookburgh
 
Phantasialand
 
Phantasialand
 
Churros
 
Phantasialand
 
Phantasialand
 
Entrance to Black Mamba
 
Hotel Bar
 
Cocktails
 

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