Theme

Theme park season officially started last Friday but as that was just a normal working day, for me the season started on Saturday. Last year my brother and me promised ourselves that we would be the first ones to enter Walibi World and even though we were not that early we still made it!

Weather predictions were pretty bad so that probably helped us a little bit but it wasn’t even half as bad as they predicted. Between 10 and 12 we even had a few moments of sunshine but after noon clouds were gathering and the sun went to hide. It stayed dry and that was the main thing.

It was a little bit exciting upon arriving because we still didn’t have our season passes. We ordered them a little bit over two weeks ago but when we went on Saturday the passes hadn’t arrived yet. Arriving at the info desk the kind lady informed us that a batch still had to be mailed. When she went to look through that batch she miraculously found our envelope and we were the proud owner of our first passes for this season.

With the bad weather predictions the park itself was extremely quiet and you could get double, triple and even quadruple rides for most of the attractions if you wanted too. Unfortunately Robin Hood was out that day but we still could get our coaster fix on the Goliath.

On Monday we went to Phantasialand to get our new fun cards (valid for a year, 40 entrances). Again, due the cold and snowy weather the park was not very busy which is always a welcome relief for a change (Phantiasialand is usually very busy) but unfortunately two of the main rides (Black Mamba and Talocan) were down for most of the day. We did manage to ride Talocan two times though before
it was shut down.

Finally, after two years of angst we finally went on the Mystery Castle ride. A lot of people warned me about the intensity of this ride so I was a little bit anxious but this was totally unjustified. It’s not that more intense than any other shot tower and you really have to try hard if you want to get hurt in this thing.

After Talocan was shut down and Black Mamba for the second time we decided that it would be a good time to leave the park. Driving back I finally got to try out my sixth gear (you have to drive at least 150km/h to get some good use out of it) and found out that my car loves the autobahn.