Regularly voted the world's best theme park, and the coaster line-up — Silver Star, Blue Fire, Wodan — explains why teenagers rank it above Disney. The park is arranged as themed European countries, so you ride a Norwegian rapids run, then eat proper tarte flambée in the Alsace quarter. Fly to Basel, just across the border, rather than trekking from Frankfurt. Two days is right; the on-site hotels are themed to the hilt and worth it.
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