Ben and I took advantage of the yearly work outing to europapark. It was a long, but good, day. We had to be at the NRC car park for 6am,so that meant a 4:30 wake up call to pack snacks, passports and other essentials and head out. It was a 4h coach drive up there and a similar journey back. <\/p>\n
Once we got there, it was pretty much just the 2 of us because we didn’t see any one from work for the whole time we were there. <\/p>\n
I’d definitely go back. Compared to legoland, it’s bigger, generally cheaper once you’re in it (food prices were surprisingly reasonable) but it’s really not well signposted. There were several times where we just couldn’t find the rides we wanted to do. Waiting times were between 5 and 45 minutes, so that was fairly good. In the course of the day, we did:<\/p>\n
Da Vinci flyer
\nHaunted house
\nSilverstone circuit
\nSwiss bobsled
\nWindjammer (3 times – Ben’s favourite ride)
\nFjord rafting
\nTyrolean log flume
\nMountain train ride
\nObservation tower
\nFlying Dutchman (Ben only, twice) <\/p>\n
As well as fighting off wasps while eating snack foods and Ben trying to win giant cuddly toys in rigged carny games. <\/p>\n