JoshC. Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 Picture the scene. It's some point in 2021 and you're allowed to leave your house. You might even be allowed to leave your county. Depending on how much the rest of world hates us, you might even be allowed to go abroad! And you've decided to go to some parks... So yeah, Covid-pending, do you have any parks you'd like to get? For me, the following feels pretty achievable... -UK Merlin parks -Paultons Park (for Tornado Springs) -Phantasialand (for FLY) -Walibi Belgium and Plopsaland (hopefully at Halloween) I'd also like to do Hansa Park and Heide, as well as a trip to Europa; trips which were cancelled last year. But the motivation is a little less strong due to the lack of new things they have compared to the above. After Grona Lund announced their B&M a couple of years back, I had a big Sweden trip pencilled in for this year too, but that feels quite unlikely given the situation. Obviously it's impossible to plan anything at the moment given the situation. But fortunately a lot of European trips can be planned on shorter notice, so it's nice to have a few ideas on the back burner if nothing else. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Martin Doyle Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 If/when travel is allowed, these are my plans Currently booked (free cancellations and with the flight vouchers from cancelled stuff last year) Cedar Point/Kings Island - end of May Disneyland/California Adventure/Magic Mountain/Knotts Berry Farm/Universal Studios Hollywood - end of september Efteling/Walibi Holland/Toverland - mid October To be decided Walibi Belgium/Plopsaland - possibly August time Phantasialand - most likely for Winteraum The only trip I have doubts of happening is the May Ohio outing but I am relatively confident in the rest occuring unless theres a disaster. The beautiful thing is all of these was done with flight vouchers for flights and free cancellations/pay on arrival at the hotel so thankfully no additional money is at risk of being lost. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mattgwise Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 For me it's pretty ambitious, and not confident I will get all done but will try... UK Merlin Parks BPB Paultons Park Phantasialand, Toverland, Efteling and Walibi Holland as part of a road trip Energylandia Europa Park. I'd also like to do a trip to New York in August to combine visiting Luna Park and Six Flags Great adventure & New England. Flights currently going for £375! Although many have advised I don't book as they think the whole year is goong to be disastrous for USA. I do think that USA will be one of the last places to improve but who knows. David B 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Martin Doyle Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 17 minutes ago, Mattgwise said: For me it's pretty ambitious, and not confident I will get all done but will try... UK Merlin Parks BPB Paultons Park Phantasialand, Toverland, EFTELING and Walibi Holland as part of a road trip Energylandia Europa Park. Alright!! Whoever the heck is hacking Wisey, get off his profile now!! You think we would all believe the man would visit Efteling!!!??? 😮 Matt Creek 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Creek Posted January 2 Report Share Posted January 2 Nothing is safe or confirmed (even the U.K. parks), but if I’m permitted to travel anywhere besides the kitchen and garden, my 2021 itinerary might be: The Merlin Parks Blackpool PB Paultons Phantasialand Efteling Tover Land Walibi Belgium Energylandia Disneyland CA/ California Adventure SF Magic Mountain Universal Hollywood Knotts Plus maybe/hopefully Flamingo Land Plopsaland (in spite of “that burger” Walibi Belgium Europa & Rutluntica Another European park (maybe for Christmas) Light provision ATM, 2021 could be a crazy or crap year depending what happens with the C word person. Carol Baskin! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Benin Posted January 3 Report Share Posted January 3 After last year I honestly can't be bothered to plan anything. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Creek Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 Right given the state of the ongoing pandemic, I’ve had a bit of a rethink. The kitchen The Living Room The Field A long trip to Iceland B&M (Bargains) M&S Car Park Maybe a trip to Thorpe Park! Han30 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alexander Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 42 minutes ago, Matt Creek said: Right given the state of the ongoing pandemic, I’ve had a bit of a rethink. The kitchen The Living Room The Field A long trip to Iceland B&M (Bargains) M&S Car Park Maybe a trip to Thorpe Park! I'm developing slight envy for your future 2021 plans. I've just about just made it to a Lidl thus far. Han30 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Matt Creek Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 1 hour ago, alexander said: I'm developing slight envy for your future 2021 plans. I've just about just made it to a Lidl thus far. It’s quite ambitious I know and I’m hoping to cram it all into this time frame. So far I’ve only managed a trip to the Post Office and my local takeaway. alexander 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlesberg Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 Asking for advice again for a trip that may or may not happen... Me and some mates are thinking of touring a few theme parks in Europe sometime in the summer (covid depending obviously). Currently we’re thinking Europa Park (2 days), Holiday Park, Phantasialand (2 days), Toverland and Walibi Holland (they all line up quite nicely geographically). What’s the most effective way to get to these? How difficult is it via public transport? Is hiring a car a better/cheaper option? (Though I’ll still be 20 until late August so it’ll probably be very expensive for me.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Benin Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 Looking at those parks, you'll need a car. Phantasialand is probably the easiest one by public transport. Walibi is doable but no idea how good the transport is. I think Holiday Park and Toverland are dreadful for transport options. Might have improved though in recent years. Europa is doable but even then. Takes a very long time to get there. I've taxi'd to and from airport and that takes an hour so dread to think on what public transport is. Also no Efteling am disappoint. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JoshC. Posted February 15 Author Report Share Posted February 15 That's an interesting, quite spread out trip. I've never actually used public transport for any of those parks, because I've always been in a position that a hire car has been much more sensible. As Benin says, you really would need to look at a car for that trip. Toverland in particular isn't the easiest park to get to with public transport still. But a car is more valuable than just the convenience of getting to some of the more awkward parks. If you're planning on going from Phantasialand to Toverland for example, you have to come up with a plan to travel to a convenient location between the two, which is no easy thing. Either that, or you add in non-park days, but that then ups the cost of the trip. With a car it's much easier to get to the parks and break up the travel appropriately. But then if you hire a car in Germany, I don't know what the rule would be about returning it in Holland (you might be able to, but might be more expensive). And if you can't, that then changes the dynamic of the trip somewhat. If you're flexible with the parks, you do have other options where you could a similar number of parks that are closer together: -You could stick round Stuggart, maybe adding an extra day onto Europa and doing Tripsdrill as well as Holiday Park. -Or you could take off the Dutch parks and do Movie Park Germany instead. -Alternatively, cut Europa/Holiday Park and do Efteling and Movie Park instead. Some of those trips might be a bit more convenient if you want to avoid hiring a car. An out-there suggestion if you want to jump on the new-ride bandwagon would be to take your own car across the channel. You could do Plopsaland and Walibi Belgium, then also do Phantasialand and Netherlands. I've done similar trips to that before, and it's not significantly different to driving times you could potentially be looking at. You avoid the car hire/public transport issues, but obviously there's other issues that come up (insurance, how close you live to a channel crossing, etc). But something to think about if you haven't already! Obviously depends on what you want to do park-wise, but I do think the parks you have lined up at the moment might be a bit optimistic to do effectively, whilst also not breaking the bank. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Charlesberg Posted February 15 Report Share Posted February 15 In that case I recon it’ll probably be easier to do a loop of parks with my own car. @JoshC. didn’t you do a loop of Walibi, Phantasia and Europa a few years back? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JoshC. Posted February 15 Author Report Share Posted February 15 1 hour ago, Charlesberg said: @JoshC. didn’t you do a loop of Walibi, Phantasia and Europa a few years back? Haven't done Europa at all sadly I did do a Plopsaland-Walibi Belgium-Phantasialand-Walibi Holland trip a few years back though, yes (as well as many variations). Trouble I've always had with Europa using own car is justifying the distance, since it's harder to create a sensible loop that went back towards Calais/Dunkirk. Though it's certainly not impossible to do. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mark9 Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 I can list what was a sketchy plan and as a bonus I'll even update it for you as to why its cancelled. Lucky for all. April Californias Great America Disneyland California Cancelled as we can't leave the country Alternative plan is to visit Paultons for Tornado Springs and a trip to Chessington as the fiancé hasn't been for 12 years. August Tivoli Gardens - Denmark Wonder Island - Russia Linnanmaki - Finland Grona Lund - Sweden Probably all will be cancelled because even if we got on the cruise ship, the chances of the respective ports being open for the ship to disembark from is miniscule. Annoying as we booked it a year ago, just before all this kicked off. September Walt Disney World Univesal Studios Busch Gardens Tampa All completely dependant on if we can leave the country and if we can get into the USA. The usual suspects will probably appear such as Alton Towers, Disneyland Paris and maybe even Thorpe Park after a two year absence. All completely dependant on so many factors. Matt Creek and JoshC. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RobF Posted February 24 Report Share Posted February 24 We were booked for Towers and Blackpool for the start of April, now being rebooked again.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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