Europa Park’s Exciting New Attraction and its Disney Connection 

I’m just pointing out some similarities! Though, I do believe it’s amazing if it truly was the case as Disney will never build that so it brings new life into these old concepts and expands on it. Major win for themed entertainment fans!

@themainstreetnews it's a very cool similarity, which is why I'm glad you made the video. It's just EP get quite faily compared to Disney a lot, but in this case I'd genuinely be surprised if the creative team even remember that old Disney concept, let alone referenced it. In many ways EP already out performs Disney. The resort hotels are incredible quality (one even has a double Mitchellin star restaurant), and they have some cutting-edge stuff like a Dark Ride Restaurant that I can absolutely see Disney buying into one day.

Some similarities are truly very funny, I didn’t know about this one so thanks for sharing! One other way of looking at this is that Europa brought SEA into Europe before Disney did 🤪

WORSE ! REALLY ?!

@@ken.f.c.1977 in the 70's yes now not

I completely agree with everything you said, except the ending 😅. Discovery Bay, the original concept from where so many of Discoveryland’s ideas would come from, would be a city built by great engineers, thinkers, dreamers and creators. Nikola Tesla would be a part of the storyline of this land!

@@themainstreetnews That's the narrative that I don't like. Yes, he would have been a part of it, but the idea of thinkers, dreamers etc. was also taken from somewhere else and no, not just from the EPCOT City. There are several places and times, where this people came together and formed their place, their world around them.

Most of Disney's inspiration for their parks came from Tivoli Gardens (Copenhagen). Walt Disney visited it many times, the earliest when his park concept was just an idea. Georg Carstensen, the founder of Tivoli Gardens ,once said "Tivoli will never, so to speak, be finished", something that inspired Walt Disney to say: "Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world". Not trying to claim that Disney doesn't have their fair share of originality, because they have. But I have to agree with you, they have far less than the creator of this video claims. Personally, as a thrill seeker, I'm anxious to visit E.P., probably doing it this year because of the Voltron opening, while Disney parks... they are fun for sure, but low on my priority list.

I think you misunderstood what I meant to say in this video. I don’t think it’s wrong to have similar attractions or rides between parks! Now, it’s more than obvious that Europa Park took a lot of inspiration from Disney Parks, and so did Disney with Tivoli Gardens and so many others, that’s not wrong! As a matter of fact, having rides that were never built by Disney and expanding on it, like with Voltron, we theme park fans only win! It’s amazing that Voltron is a thing and I truly can’t wait to try it out myself!

@@themainstreetnews I don't have any issues, when someone says that attractions are copied or inspired etc. pp. My issue begins, when people pretend that Disney invented everything, that's why I picked the Sphere for example, or that Tivoli Gardens gave "the most" inspiration. The quote is a good example, is proven that Disney took it, but he also said in this whole speech so much more. It doesn't matter, if you see themeparks as a medium, because they tell stories, or as a stage like Disney also did, or as an entertainment form, or art form, in the end it's about adapatation. Take something here and mix it with that and you got a new product. This is how it works. There are clear knock-offs, but EP and other European Parks mostly aren't just that and Disney also did nothing else. He and his imageneers took a sphere building, from an Expo, and put a Darkride inside. The expo sphere was inspired from drawings, mixed with a garden. The drawings were part of a desire that architects had for thousand years: bulding a giant sphere. The first Disney Darkrides used techniques that were inspired from othere theme parks and fairs. With each Darkride they copied an idea also from themselves and improved it. The Darkrides all uses tecniques from theater, theater from paintings etc. This is how human fantasy/creativity works, even if we may not recognize it because it happens in our subconsciousness. That's aemultatio and/or (depending) adapation. It's just not fair to say they "copied" this and that, while not saying that Disney also "copied" the thing as well. You can say that some do more effort than others, I think we all can agree on that, but the electricty theme is one of the oldest of theme parks for example.

Europa Park is an amazing resort, I think it’s awesome how there are so many great theme parks in Europe so there’s something for everyone!

Glad you enjoyed it! Many thanks for bringing it into my attention all those months ago 😄

That fire looked so scary from photos and videos! Those hotels do seem like an amazing place to stay though 😄

Sad to hear DB caused you to not have enough energy to experience Rulantica, I’ve heard many good things about it! How was your time in the park?

@@themainstreetnews a little cold, so didn't ride the water rides even though just about all of them were open. Besides that, fairly quiet and a wonderful 2 days

Great to hear you enjoyed your time!

Exciting! Might have to take a trip there myself 😄

​@@themainstreetnews PS: when I was a kid, EP was known as European Disneyland. (Yep I'm old). Just look up how the pre-EuroDisney Europa Park mouse used to look... Other "inspirations" are (which you didn't mention): - Mississipi steam boats - Jungle cruise - Soarin' - Autopia - It's a small world (this is now gone) - Disney's railroad - Thunder Mesa (also gone now) - Monorail - Splash Mountain - Story book ride - Space Mountain (inside the 'Epcot' ball / redone into CanCan coaster)

⁠@@Luke_Go Not all of this correct. MackRides already Build fairytale Rides before there was a Disneyland. And Disney did not invent all of this, even though the pretend like they did.

@@Tamwyn107 While MackRides is much older than Disney, it doesn't change the fact that most of what Europa Park was/is, has been very, very much inspired by Disneyland in Anaheim and Orlando. Modern Europa Park rides like Voletarium aren't a clear copy. Many of the 70s, 80s and 90s rides are very much Disney copies. From Mickey Mouse to the garbge bins, and It's a Small World - even rides like the Milka chocolate ride were very much inspired by Disney (granted, not with chocolate. Even the concept of European-themed lands was first done at Epcot. The name "Europa" originates in the first proposed site for Europa Park. Next to the Europa lake...

Europa Park as we know it today, showcasing many countries with their own pavilions and experiences, only began after EPCOT came to be, and let's not forget Eurosat. There are a huge number of things that were either inspired or straight out copied from Disney Parks, especially EPCOT. Universum der Energy even went to the ridiculous levels, not only talking and using the same things (how energy came to be via dinosaurs), but even the same name as the EPCOT attraction: Universe of Energy. Ghost Castle is a straight out copy of the Haunted Mansion, with iconic parts completely recreated by the German park such as the stretching room and many scenes in this omni-mover ride.The mascot of Europa Park, Ed Euromaus, is clearly inspired by the other mouse that's the face of other theme parks, Mickey Mouse. I could go on and on with more similarities, but I don't think that would add anything. At the end of the day, Disney was also originally inspired by theme parks such as the incredible Tivoli Gardens, it's a part of the industry, but to say that Europa Park is completely original and didn't copy parts of Disney Parks is just not correct.

I hate you how Bro like they only got Inspiration BY Disney early but Not anymore so yea Its ok in you sag phantasialand is netter Blut still Its not a copy