Europa Park and the Death Ride of 2013

Spent the day at Europa Park. By Europa Park, I mean the second largest amusement park in Europe and the number two amusmement attraction in Germany. And by day, I mean 12 hours ...

It was a great day full of walking, waiting, wandering and rides.  We rode some wicked roller coasters, including Wodan, the ninth tallest wooden roller coaster in the world!!!  We rode the first ride together on Euro-Mir, a one of a kind high speed spinning steel roller coaster - as an introduction to roller coasters and the day ahead ... however, following what has been coined by Marjorie as "Death Ride 2013", she chose to people watch during our other coaster rides. We did ride the Atlantica Supersplash flume ride and the Fjord raft ride together and both were breezy and damp - exactly what we needed to break up the heat of the day.

Wodan Timbur Coaster

Nichola and I rode the Blue Fire, Europa Park's first full inversion roller coaster and only the second of its kind to present with a twisted horseshoe roll anywhere in the world. Needless to say, the hour long wait was more than just a little nerve wracking for me, leading Nichola to ask at one point, "Are you okay, Auntie?  Your face looks a little grim."  The two and a half minute ride measures your pulse as you start and finish ... Mine rose by a minuscule 23 beats per minute. Ha, t'was nothing.
The 112 km/hour ride consisted of a full inversion loop rising to 32 meters, the tallest inversion loop in Europe, followed by the twisted horseshoe roll (what I would later call Hell, as in, "There was a slight pause and then we were in Hell.") and ending with a heart line roll ... I did mention the pulse thing, right?

Blue Fire Mega-Coaster

At the end of our day, we had supper in a restaurant called FoodLoop, where our food arrived via ... you guessed it ... roller coaster. Seated at round tables that centre around a pair of mini steel roller coaster rails, you order your meal using a touch screen computer and the order is communicated to the kitchen upstairs.  Your meal arrives in a small steel pot with a secured lid, and your beverages come in a little carseat-like contraption. Quite wild and amusing to say the least. Food was inexpensive and good though and it was a fun end to a very fun day.  (The restaurant has apparently been featured on Bob Blumer's "World's Weirdest Restaurants".)

Looped and pooped, we bid you goodnight ... from the Sisterhood ...