DAY OUT REVIEW - Warner Bros. Movie Park: Germany
The park is set up as typical mock street scenes or backdrops to movies, particularly of a US city bent. The organization is typically ‘Germanic’ (I’m allowed to say that because I’m in Germany every month!), and by that I mean everything works – perfectly. Even in the last two weeks of July / first two weeks of August (peak time German holidays) we never queued for more than half an hour for any ride or attraction. That said, if you go in the last two weeks of August, you quite literally have the whole park to yourself. In terms of language, apart from maybe a little Dutch (and we are very close to the Holland border here), English is very wide-spread: it never ceases to amaze me that in the most obscure village, locals will still converse with me in pretty much word-perfect English; in short, you can get around with no spoken German whatsoever.
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Entrance to Movie Park is relatively cheap: a two-day park ticket costs around €49.50. Alternatively, there some are great deals with local hotels, whereby you can get a double room with substantial breakfast buffet & tickets for 2 days admission to the park, starting at around €65 per person – we recommend the Hotel Gladbeck van der Valk, which is only 10 km (15 mins drive) away. Oh, and even during the height of summer, flying to Dusseldorf is cheap – BA, Lufthansa and EasyJet all fly to Dusseldorf. EasyJet will do you return tickets for about £70 if you book a few months in advance.
The Review:
Statement of fact: most Brits don’t holiday in Germany. I know this from the strange looks I get on the first day of the school term, when I tell all the other parents that I took my family to Germany for the summer holidays. But, if like me you’re sick of the crazy queues & high costs at EuroDisney, Alton Towers (i.e. the usual tourist traps) etc, then read on…
Movie Park is Warner Bros’ answer to Disney’s Paris resort: a huge theme park just on the outskirts of Dusseldorf. We’ve been going for a couple of years now, and if you asked my family to choose between Movie Park and EuroDisney, Warner Bros wins hands down. So first of all, content. It’s a theme park, with a cinematic theme. There are plenty of rides for all ages, including some real “white-knucklers”. The park is also home to some great setpieces, including a two liveaction stunt shows and the new “Ice-Age 4D” cinema experience. On top of the fun and adventures, there is a museum with plenty of historical cinema heirlooms and props. The museum was where I had my treasured meeting with the Bat-Pod!).
Find out more at http://www. movieparkgermany.de/en/, More photos from the park follow!
Ronald Singh
Rating:
GGGGG
67