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France Part 4 - Parc Asterix

Hello and welcome to part four of my France blog series! Part four covers my first visit to Parc Asterix, a park I had wanted to visit for ages but never quite got around to. We were expecting a busy park and therefore decided to buy an unlimited fast pass which turned out really well for us. The system works digitally and you basically book a slot to ride which lasts around thirty minutes. Let’s get to the rides!  Vol D’Icare 864:  I was expecting it to be rough as balls but it was actually pretty decent, winner.  Discobelix 865:  A well themed disco makes the plus one that tiny bit better. Pegase Express 866:  The first of the good creds here. This starts off well with some decent speed and drops. The second half isn’t as good and I was fully expecting a drop track which was actually a bit of effects and then a backwards section.  Cetautomax 867: We had a couple of rides on this as it was really good! Easily one of the best spinning coasters I have done. ...
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France 26 Part 3! Dan In Paris!

Hello and welcome to part three of this blog series! You join us as we leave Jardin and take a stroll around Paris, a city I last visited as a child.   A short trip on the metro took us to Arc de Triomphe. Another thing on the list of things I’d seen hundreds of photos of but never seen in real life. I was expecting it to be really busy but actually it was fine. From here we walked towards the Eiffel Tower. As you can see we didn’t go right up to it, but I think we found the best view! It is quite impressive to be fair! If you do a 180 turn from this view you’ll see the Princess Diana memorial:  By pure accident we ended up doing a walk along the river Seine which scored us a UNESCO World Heritage tick!  It was a very picturesque walk but just look what was waiting for us…. La Pomme 863: See, they’re everywhere! This one had seen better days.  Cred ticked off we continued our walk and headed through the gardens of the Louvre, which featured some art of course!...

France 26 Part 2! Parc St Paul, Mer de Sable & Jardin!

Hello and welcome to part two of my France blog series! Join us as we visit three French parks. It was set to be a busy day so naturally we started the day with a healthy breakfast:  Dark chocolate coated and filled! Parc Saint Paul:  A family park with five creds to get! Pick of the bunch here was of course the wooden coaster but let’s go through them all so you bask in the greatness of all five. 849: Aerotrain:  Decent family coaster to be fair. Some old woman was enthusiastically filming it, maybe she’s a French enthusiast. If I spoke French and had more time perhaps I could have asked her.    850: Mini Mouse Cartoon:  These things are small I doubt even the intended audience finds them entertaining.  851 Wood Express:  This was actually decent. Some good air time moments and a wonderful addition to a family park! This is certainly another coaster on the list of things Chessington should have bought instead of the wing rider. Souris Verte 852:...