Uploaded March 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Europa-Park is a gorgeous and wonderful theme park, but it has some of the most blatant Disney Parks ripoffs I've ever seen! From the Spaceship Earth geodesic sphere clone to the Universe of Energy dinosaur ride, from the Pirates of the Caribbean and Haunted Mansion copies to the bizarre Carousel of Progress-esque rotating show, they really outdid themselves trying to copy Disney. Not that these are bad rides - Geisterschloss is creepy and gory in a way that wouldn't fly in the family-friendly Haunted Mansion, and fitting a coaster inside Spaceship Earth is an engineering marvel. But really, some of the best attractions at Europa-Park are the utterly original and completely bizarre non-clones, like Piccolo Mondo and the Magic World of Diamonds, or the world-class coasters like Arthur: The Ride, Euro-Mir, and Alpenexpress (which was testing a VR-goggles version while we were there).
Honestly, ripoffs and all, this place is a LOT nicer than Disneyland Paris or even current-day Epcot. Highly recommended.
I do want to thank the management at Europa-Park for giving us a short tour, and for letting us crash their Haunted Horror Nights Grand Opening event.
More Europa-Park videos are coming soon, so stay tuned! I have one about their Haunted Horror Nights, and one about the on-property hotels. Also going to do full multi-angle HD ride-thrus of the Pirates and Haunted House rides.
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Thumbnail photo courtesy of Europa-Park
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Intro music ("Heavy Metal Polka") by Leonard Kinsey.
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For offbeat, alternative, and adult-oriented Disney-related books, posters, CDs, and other merch, visit bambooforestpublishing.com
Europa-Park is a gorgeous and wonderful theme park, but it has some of the most blatant Disney Parks ripoffs I've ever seen! From the Spaceship Earth geodesic sphere clone to the Universe of Energy dinosaur ride, from the Pirates of the Caribbean and Haunted Mansion copies to the bizarre Carousel of Progress-esque rotating show, they really outdid themselves trying to copy Disney. Not that these are bad rides - Geisterschloss is creepy and gory in a way that wouldn't fly in the family-friendly Haunted Mansion, and fitting a coaster inside Spaceship Earth is an engineering marvel. But really, some of the best attractions at Europa-Park are the utterly original and completely bizarre non-clones, like Piccolo Mondo and the Magic World of Diamonds, or the world-class coasters like Arthur: The Ride, Euro-Mir, and Alpenexpress (which was testing a VR-goggles version while we were there).
Honestly, ripoffs and all, this place is a LOT nicer than Disneyland Paris or even current-day Epcot. Highly recommended.
I do want to thank the management at Europa-Park for giving us a short tour, and for letting us crash their Haunted Horror Nights Grand Opening event.
More Europa-Park videos are coming soon, so stay tuned! I have one about their Haunted Horror Nights, and one about the on-property hotels. Also going to do full multi-angle HD ride-thrus of the Pirates and Haunted House rides.
europapark.de/en
Thumbnail photo courtesy of Europa-Park
Subscribe so you can keep up with the rest of my trip!
Intro music ("Heavy Metal Polka") by Leonard Kinsey.
Keep up with Leonard's shenanigans and book news at:
facebook.com/leonard.kinsey.3
twitter.com/DarkSideDisney
leonardkinsey.com
For offbeat, alternative, and adult-oriented Disney-related books, posters, CDs, and other merch, visit bambooforestpublishing.com
