I'm very excited to be finally organising a CF Live after nearly 10 years of enjoying them from the other side!
Firstly, good luck to Serena on her move and new PhD. I know she's gutted to have to pull out of organising but has taken the decision to ensure the Live goes ahead as planned and to its usual high standard (hopefully).
The parks
A small but select choice of parks takes us to the coaster-filled behemoth that is Europa Park and its quiet, leafy neighbour Tripsdrill - a classic juxtaposition of full-charged adrenaline and....wine tasting.
If you are interested in coming, please like this post and reply below if you are interested in:
- Tripsdill and / or Europa Park
- Europa Park’s evening Halloween event
- a potential car space should one become available
- being a driver
Please do not buy park tickets yet - I will look into getting a discount and update this post when I know more about costs, meet-up times and potential hotels.
Perhaps mods could pin this post to the top of the thread - ta
4th October
To kick things off, we cleanse our pallets at
Erlebnispark Tripsdrill which boasts three good-sized Gerstlauers and a Tivoli hidden amongst the greenery. If that's not enough to give you a headache, there's always Vinarium or, Wine Museum: The Ride, which contains Germany's largest collection of wood-spindle presses! Or, for the more concerning CFer, there is a rather interestingly-themed log flume (no spoilers please).
5th/6th October
We will be spending the following two days at
Europa Park. No introduction needed, we will aim to tick off all 13 coasters plus a good portion of other attractions, as time allows. As you can imagine, this will be pretty full-on and we all need to be relatively faff-free (least of all me!) to get the most out of the park. Basically, please don't wander off or you
will get left behind. There's something for everyone at Europa. Hopefully, we'll be treated to Blue Fire's infamous heartline, Wodan's epic queueline, EuroSat's Moulin Rouge makeover, Silver Star without a trim (please coaster Gods, please), the new kiddie dark ride, and pumpkins (or other decorative gourds) literally everywhere the eye can see.
On the evening of the 5th, there will be the opportunity to go to Europa's Halloween event, Traumatica, which has it's own website -
click here.
This is a separate ticketed event so those who don't like scares can easily avoid it. Personally, I can't wait to meet Myra Moon Mistress...
Travel and hotels
Europa Park is easily reachable by public transport. There are regular buses from Ringsheim/Herbolzheim - for the timetable from Europa's website
click here (be warned, it is dated 2018). I believe you can get a train from the airport and then connect with this bus. If anyone needs help booking this in either direction, just ask.
Tripsdrill is a little bit more tricky. There are some train stations to the east - I'll look into potential bus/taxi connections for those without cars.
I will be hiring a car myself for the whole trip and will be willing to share costs with 3-4 others (first come, first serve).
If a few others would like to volunteer as drivers for the whole trip that would help make things a hell of a lot easier. Let's see how things develop.
There are several airports in the region (again, there's a list on Europa's website). Ryan Air flies to Karlsruhe so I assume most people will go from there.
Hotels - I'll update when I have some possibles in mind.
Please remember that everyone is responsible for their own park, travel and hotel expenses.
Everyone is welcome. Don't be shy, we are a really sociable, fun group - we were all newbies once!
I'll be putting together some exciting quizzes and silly things so that we all get to mingle and don't get bored in queues.
If you have any questions, post them here or feel free to PM me.
See you there.
Prost!
