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 It's been a while since I've done a trip report but here we go. Another road trip which for me meant I would hit 200 creds! WOO.

 

Where do we start? A French park with an inverted Vekoma boomerang cos why not.

 

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We left Dover on a meh British weather Saturday arriving in Dunkirk the Sunday morning. Before heading to the park we went into Calais for a meander as this is where we were staying. Apparently asking for a pain au chocolat is difficult even though it's how we both say it. Language barriers are great.

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Calais had this

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And this. Cos culture is nice

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Much nicer than the first thing you essentially see at the park.

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Bagatelle was an odd park. I don't know if I liked it or not. They had two coasters made by a company no one knows off cos they basically only made these two coasters.

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A bright orange torture device (that wasn't awful)

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A one adult per boat log flume which shows you the border around the park with local basketball courts.

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A pirate themed area aka a pirate boat, orange ferris wheel and a chain with a no entry sticker on to stop you leaving the park border.

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An actually okay rapids with moments of decent theming.

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An Autopia type ride but with a really good layout. Best ride here.

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A brand new air race with themed surrounding buildings on lovely fresh tarmac

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A normal sized log flume with stupidly fast lift

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One of these but allowing adults to ride

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And the 2nd of the 2 random coaster manufactures coasters.

 

They also have; a monorail which leaves the park and shows you goats, a spinning wild mouse which was horrific, a single seater tea cups ride for kids, an awful simulator and I'm sure some more awful stuff.

 

Didn't take many photos as the park entertained me so much I ended up watching the F1. So definitely visit. This put me on 198 creds. Yay.

 

We did however have a nice evening in Calais

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I had alcohol

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There was this

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This stunning building

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And we played a few games of pool at the hotel with you guessed it...

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Alcohol. Woop.

 

I will try and do the rest of the trip when I get time but it might take a while

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Bagatelle looks bizarre. I don't know what else to say.

 

Would it be worth the effort to visit outside of the Cred prospect?

 

The Calais structures look decent though which is perhaps a positive.

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