Europe's Weird Copycat Disney Rides

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Жыл бұрын

In the 1980s and 1990s, it wasn’t uncommon to stumble across rides and sometimes entire parks that generously helped themselves to inspiration from Disney’s theme parks.
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@kangstrom Жыл бұрын

I've only been to a few European parks (Eftling, Phantasialand & Europa Park) but was blown away by the quality of the theming, rides and food. There's so much outside the Disney bubble that is so much better. I was delighted by Disneyland Paris, it's a beautiful park but if I had to pick one, I'd rather go back to Eftling.

@stevensto560 Жыл бұрын

Agree

@Eftel_edits0 Жыл бұрын

EFTELING IS SOOOOO GOOD

@frankvaneck1 Жыл бұрын

Efteling opened its fairy tale forest in 1952 and story goes that Walt Disney came to see and watch it before opening Disneyland a few years later in 1955. Who took inspiration from who? I think it goes both ways.Yet sadly enough Americans are raised to believe their things are always bigger and better, which in this case I doubt very much. Efteling is a highly themed and wonderful park, more to my taste than any other I have been to.

@Eftel_edits0 Жыл бұрын

@@frankvaneck1 yes that's true

@ericbus3457 Жыл бұрын

@Frank van Eck but at least Fata Morgana and for some part Carnaval Festival are highly inspired by Pirates and Small world.

@Brandis13 Жыл бұрын

Europa Park also has a Soarin clone :-) In defense of Europa Park though, being a ride manufacturer (Mack), some rides you see at Disney parks are manufactured by Mack and the original purpose of Europa Park actually was a product exhibit of their different ride systems, so it's not necessarily a rip off you can see at Europa Park. For example the african raft ride (recently rethemed to an Empress Sissy theme for PC reasons) existed well before the same ride system was used at Disneyland Paris for the Storybook Land boats.

@musiqsoundsproductions Жыл бұрын

Lol. Like disney doesn’t copy things. They just have better lawyers. Fun fact. Disney came over to European parks like Efteling and learned from it. And no Fata Morgana was not inspired by Pirates but by the stories of 1001 nights tale. Just like Disney uses tales as inspiration for most of their work.

@honeyfromthebee Жыл бұрын

It could be noted that Disney also borrowed from a lot of other parks when creating Disneyland As mentioned, Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen was especially inspirational for Walt. But what’s less commonly mentioned is that Rutschebanen there served as inspiration for Matterhorn in Disneyland, being a coaster that whips in and out of a mountain which also features snow caps and a waterfall

@puntt_2800 Жыл бұрын

Fata morgana doesn't even have a single pirate. 💀

@projectnightfall6882 Жыл бұрын

I highly recommend searching the Adventure Club of Europe sometime, and losing a few hours getting deep into the lore. It's Europa's answer to the Society of Adventures and Explorers, and ties together nearly every new addition since 2017 (with no sign of stopping either).

@MuchowMedia Жыл бұрын

I think it is funny how that changes now. The Europapark (due to being owned by a ride manufracturer) is usually the first to have new concepts. Arthur is a great example for that. And the Velocicoaster seems heavily inspired by Taron at Phantasialand. I hope that the Europapark will retheme or replace the Geisterschloss next and create a better ride than Disney. With Pirates they have shown that they are able to do it...

@marty_nz Жыл бұрын

The new Pirates of Batavia at Europa Park is amazing. Can't wait for you guys to experience Europa Park, Efteling and Phantasialand.

@ReviewTyme Жыл бұрын

We can’t wait till we make it to Europe, Europa Park is our #1 must visit park in the world currently!

@Luke_Go Жыл бұрын

@@ReviewTyme If you're visiting Europe, you MUST also visit Disneyland Paris. While Disney Sea might be Disney's best theme park, Disneyland Paris is Disney's best castle park! Knowing your stories, I bet that you'll be really interested in Paris' Phantom Manor, Big Thunder Mountain, Pirates of the Carribean, the Sleeping Beauty Castle (incl. dragon), Hyperspace Mountain, the two Main Street arcades, and the Lion King show.

@Lemoncoder103 Жыл бұрын

@@Luke_Go I went on a cloudy day and the park was still gorgeous. It was very large but it also felt quaint and had this nostalgic cozy feel that made me feel so great when I was there. I got this really cool phantom manor splitting handmade statue that sits on display on my room is one of the coolest things I own, the ride is awesome!!!

@projectnightfall6882 Жыл бұрын

@ReviewTyme although it's another expense on what is likely an already expensive trip, but I highly recommend staying at one of the Hotels. It's where Europa really excel, I'd put it above staying at Disney.

@history_leisure Жыл бұрын

Despite having spent 2.5-3 days within the Magic Kingdom, I ended up riding Geisterschloss before Haunted Mansion within my first day at Europa Park

@8bitthemepark Жыл бұрын

I happen to have been stood meters away when Piraten in Batavia burned down! Also was on one of the first rides of Madame Freidenreich's on a staff preview event, absolutely delightful ride! Worth mentioning that Europa Park have more recently been developing their own Society of Explorers and Adventures, named the A.C.E (Adventure Club of Europe) which ties various rides in the park together, including their Flying Theatre which is very similar to Soarin'. So I think the Mack family aren't quite done copying Disney parks just yet! ;)

@spindleclown Жыл бұрын

I want to go to Europa Park and Efteling someday; they both seem to have a lot of love put into them, plus LOADS of animatronics.

@Bram21 Жыл бұрын

Disney already lost their throne, (if they ever had it) i mean, a attraction like Fata Morgana was inspired for it’s ride system, boats passing different scenes. But the entire ride and theming is nothing like Pirates. Fata Morgana was themed as middle-eastern world. Pirates as, well you know, pirates. Nothing alike at all except for the ridesystem.

@lol_derminecraftsuchti6714 Жыл бұрын

So i am a huge Europapark fan and go there twice a month. And yeah times are changing. Europapark is making their own lore of the Adventure Club of Europe. New rides like Voletarium the flying theatre or piraten in batavia are all themed about the ACE with a huge amount of lore. The new coaster coming in 2024 is going to be themed about Nikola Tesla who is trying to do some experiments with the ACE. I would reccomend if you have some interest diving into that lore because i think Europapark is going into a completely new way of storytelling

@snuggamwogam Жыл бұрын

You should next look at all the rides Disney was inspired by. To their credit every example I can think of they built massively improved versions but still they clearly took the idea of big thunder from over Texas, splash mountain from knotts Golden Zephyr from Blackpool and it’s hard to imagine they really came up with the layout of rock n rollercoaster without just asking for a flight of fear

@Luke_Go Жыл бұрын

Before Euro Disney opened, Europa Park used to be the European Disneyland. In this video, you show the updated Europa Park mascot (Ed), check out the original (Euro Maus)... Europa Park also has/had: Mississipi steamboats, a railroad around the park, a monorail, It's a Small World (with a small monorail), Soaring, a float parade, Autopia, shooting gallery, an America Sings circle theater (themed to chocolate), teacup spinners, a Jungle Cruise (with rafts), a Main Street (German instead of American), and much more Disney-similar attractions / shows.

@kalzium8857 Жыл бұрын

I find it interesting that some of these knock offs became classics themselves. For example Piraten von Batavia is a classic, if not it wouldn't be rebuild. I think it proves the strenght of these classic rides that they got copied so often. But the more recent rides, i don't know if they will become classics that inspire other theme parks.

@JustinCoasters 6 ай бұрын

In 1992 to prepare for Disneyland Paris; Alton Towers added a Mine Train Coaster, A Jungle themed area, and a Haunted House dark Ride.

@KevinThurman 25 күн бұрын

Disneyland Forward’s park expansion has a design that mirrors Frozen land exactly. So that’s definitely coming

@remconet Жыл бұрын

I feel this video could be so much more. It's missing a lot of things, aka research, and feels more like a simple look-at-the-pictures comparrison. Hopefully you'll redo it once you actually rode some of these rides and really research the history of the parks, some of which predate Disneyland.

@Larry Жыл бұрын

Europa Park's Geigerschloss is based on Thorpe Park's Phantom Fantasia and is made by the same company.

@mario64remix Жыл бұрын

That's only partially true. Geisterschloss opened before Phantom Fantasia and while initially both were going to be designed by the English Sparks, Geisterschloss ended up being made by a German company. Only some sections were similar, most scenes were very different.

@fastpassfacts Жыл бұрын

European theme parks (Efteling and Europa Park) are by far better than any WDW park, Disneyland still the best 💖 great video as always 🦆

@ericgregorious7047 Жыл бұрын

Hmmmm Sorry the last time I went to Disneyland was 1996 when I was 5.....But I visited WDW annually 5 years in a row from 2015....Now here is an honest question....Am I missing out for not visiting the Disneyland in California. This might help me plan my visit this year....Should I just forget WDW and visit Disneyland instead...If so what am I missing?

@winxwest2964 Жыл бұрын

@@ericgregorious7047 You are missing a lot, Disneyland resort has a ton of exclusives. I would try to prioritize both resorts equally

@gissneric Жыл бұрын

@@ericgregorious7047 I would try booking to Cali Disneyland instead. Anyways, you can always go back to WDW.

@owijnings6378 Жыл бұрын

This video only confirms that Disney fans see everything as copy, fata morgana for instance only share's the fact that it's a boat ride but in Disney fans eyes it's a cold copy while it's not and many theme park fans would argue that fata morgana is even better then the original pirates of the Caribbean.

@JustinCoasters 6 ай бұрын

As someone who has been on several European Disney Ripoffs, I actually love it when I ride a Ripoff

@loveFrAd Жыл бұрын

I’ve been to many many parks across the world, including all the ones in the video. The most crazy copy is for me the dark ride in Isfanbul (in Istanbul) copying IASW. Some of the scenes are literally copy pasted

@Peachs.Travel Жыл бұрын

I was only at Alton towers, Europa park and phantasialand two weeks ago.... So happy you made a video mentioning them 😍

@mcrclaire Жыл бұрын

I was not ready for a Drayton Manor mention! 😍

@fanvonvielem773 Жыл бұрын

As a European who has been to a lot of European parks (including Europapark, Disney Paris, Tivoli and Gardaland) and also a few American ones (including Dollywood but not Disney World), it's true that there have been "copies". I like this video and the aspect that it seems to respect European theme parks and not just slaps a "Disney is still better"-label on them. European parks are often so much better or simply different in many aspects and also have a different focus than American parks. They don't put all the emphasis on roller coasters. Theme parks here aren't measured by how many or record-breaking roller coasters there are. It's mostly about unique rides, immersion and a mix between all kinds of rides. Of course, great roller coasters are highlights here as well, but they aren't the only ones. Rides like the Arthur ride, Voletarium or small ones like the soup bowls in Tripsdrill are amazing and often equally high valued.

@aoilpe Жыл бұрын

2:11 fun fact : in the 1970’s the Euromaus was way darker in color with a clear face … Are you aware; this is the Mack Rides owned Park? With some exceptions all the rides in the park are Mack Rides prototypes ! Piraten in Batavia originally opened without a Restaurant,this was added after 2010 to increase capacity of hosting hungry visitors. At a normal busy day there you can wait up to 1h+ in front of a food stall … My first visit to Eurodisney was THE revelation HOW GOOD the theming in Europa Park was

@seantubehd8078 9 ай бұрын

Garderland In Italy Has A fantastic Piret Themad Ride

@Undrave 10 ай бұрын

Might be fun to see you do a video on Parc Asterix or Puy du Fou.

@jortplompen Жыл бұрын

Bro is saying every attraction is a copycat 💀

@leewhite82 Жыл бұрын

Alice at the Pleasure Beach is so, so bad. Unfortunately, many rides at BPB havent been improved in 60, 70 or 80 years.

@loonytunescrazy Жыл бұрын

The rides at BPB are great

@louisesargent5006 Жыл бұрын

I went on the Drayton Manor pirate ride (complete with the drop in the same place) as a kid and after seeing an advert for the Disney ride on a VHS I thought Disney stole the idea from Drayton Manor.

@slykode9490 Жыл бұрын

And it’s better than the Disney’s attraction…. Much more theming, immersion, details and quality!

@winxwest2964 Жыл бұрын

🧢

@jackdr20roblox29 10 ай бұрын

No. No it’s not sorry

@taimon5016 Жыл бұрын

Hello. I really love watching your videos. Please make a video about Port Aventura. This park has a very subtle connection with European Disneyland. And thank you for the video.

@liamcollinson5695 11 ай бұрын

It does kind of make we wonder if walt researched Blackpool pleasure beachs river cave ride because that opened in 1905 and kind of reminds me of pirates and its a small world with you traveling round the world the Egyptian area is actually pretty impressive particularly for the time

@mluehs12891 Жыл бұрын

We need more than 10min!!!!!!

@benjacobs574 Жыл бұрын

Though Big Thunder Mountain wasn’t the original mine train.

@tufab3494 Жыл бұрын

But it was the first one to incorporate scenic railway elements onto it (I think)

@zaryuezi-youtaylor2994 Жыл бұрын

Amazing video 📹

@ErikWestcot Жыл бұрын

Nice video! I'm surprised you didn't mention how the exterior of Phantasialand's Space Center was a blatant ripoff of EPCOT's Horizons

@alegoadaykeepsthesadnessaway Жыл бұрын

It also happened on reverse. Walt was inspired by some older theme parks in Europe.

@ReviewTyme Жыл бұрын

Yep! We mention that in the video :)

@alegoadaykeepsthesadnessaway Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I’ve watched it. Cool video as always 😊

@Yukendoit Жыл бұрын

Oh oh oh you should see Korea's Sinbad ride in Lotte World.

@JustinCoasters Жыл бұрын

RIP Hollywood Tours. Also the Snowflake Sleigh Ride uses seats similar to Mr. Toad's Wild Ride

@mario64remix Жыл бұрын

A seat is a seat. Or what should they have done instead, make you stand the entire ride? XD

@JustinCoasters 6 ай бұрын

@@mario64remix I mean the cars look like Mr. Toad's

@Melody1474 Жыл бұрын

Her wasn’t that witch character at 3:45 from the animated British film ‘Monster Family’ she is the one who curses the main family of characters by turning them into monsters? (Vampiress mom, Zombie dad, Mummy sister and werepup brother)

@Larry Жыл бұрын

Monster Family was a German animation, dubbed into British English :)

@derekpeterson8458 Жыл бұрын

Please do history of DCA Hollywood land!!!

@SpaceWizardCosplay Жыл бұрын

Disney copycat = European homage.

@jortplompen Жыл бұрын

Everything in Europe is better then Disney 🤣

@Greenkai3000 Жыл бұрын

Huge Disney fan here.However, I will say that Piraten in Batavia is. Much more superior ride than any of the Pirates of the Caribbean rides. Also, Europa Park is almost as beautifully themed as Tokyo Disney Sea.

@dpjgiii Жыл бұрын

Lol

@maxmusic5380 Жыл бұрын

Stop lying

@jackdr20roblox29 10 ай бұрын

Any European park is better than Tokyo Disney sea even though I don’t like a lot of European theme parks

@SpezyCoasters Жыл бұрын

but ngl Piraten in Batavia is better than pirates (and I'm not the only one who thinks so)

@robinhorst706 Жыл бұрын

Do you think its better than Pirates in Paris? I can agree on Pirates in Florida but the Paris version remains superior imo.

@tobiashoyden2644 Жыл бұрын

I always enjoy your content But this was fantastic Wish it was a longer documentary, I could've learned all day

@jortplompen Жыл бұрын

How is Fata Morgana a copy cat it has nothing to do with pirates

@ReviewTyme Жыл бұрын

According to former creative director of Efteling Ton van de Ven it was directly inspired by Pirates of The Caribbean but became it's own thing

@dnw9181 Жыл бұрын

💯👍

@ericgregorious7047 Жыл бұрын

There is nothing Indonesian about pirates lol

@rebeccaperry6303 Жыл бұрын

I haven't been to a European theme park that wasn't Disney, but if you decide to do American theme parks that 'borrowed' from Disney, then check out Cedar Point in Sandusky Ohio and 'Disaster Transport ', which was a pretty blatant (but great) ripoff of Space Mountain.

@Tamwyn107 Жыл бұрын

Honestly I love your videos but this one… that’s nearly the same narrative like people like coaster bot has. You’re digging in history and to do it right you have to have a look on all sources. This is not just an theme park phenomenon but in artistic work in general. We got words like æmultatio since the antics. We call singers also interprets because a cover is more than just a copycat. And it’s not a new phenomenon that these parks also have attractions that aren’t a Disney “copy”.