American and German amusement parks are different. First of all, at Playmobil Fun Park there were no rides. Most of it was playgrounds, ropes courses, and other hands-on make believe activities. For example, you could milk a life-size plastic Playmobil cow (water really came out of the udders when you pulled) inside a giant barn with slides coming out of the sides and windows.
In the pirate theme area you could go on rafts with no railings, no adults, no life jackets, not on a track, all you had were two paddles and a long steering stick. (My friend and I had a hard time getting back to the dock without being beat by another raft who took our docking spot.)
Here is something you would never see in the United States...and if you did, it would have a lot more safety features. A giant rope course about 40 feet high with no safety nets and only bark underneath. Super crazy, but super fun.
At both parks they let kids REALLY do things themselves. For example, you could actually drive a boat (not on tracks), pedal your own roller coaster, and drive cars with no tracks.
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My 6-year-old brother Kieran went to a 45-minute Frahrschule (driving school) at Legoland. He took a 15 minute driving lesson learning about the different traffic signs on the road, including how to use hand signals. He got 15 minutes on a miniature city full of roads. There were even one way streets, four-way intersections, traffic lights, a round-about traffic circle, and even a car wash! At the end he received an official Legoland Drivers licence with his picture on it.
At Legoland they definitely had rides. One nice thing about going on the rides was that you didn't have to listen to "keep your arms, hands, legs, and body inside of the car at all times..." repeated over and over again while waiting in line. They had a little sticker on the front of your seat telling you that (in German) but that was all.
Another awesome crazy thing about Germans is that they love Nutella. Check out the size of this Nutella jar at the Playmobil crepes station (for reference, the small ones in the picture are the fairly large Costco-size jars):
One thing that I really liked in Legoland was the Miniland. It had all different places in Europe made out of Legos. Some of them had moving parts like driving cars in Berlin, sailing gondolas in Venice, planes moving on a runway of the Munich Airport, and even a moving horse and buggy at Neuschwanstein Castle!
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The funniest thing at both parks were the bathroom signs. We had to take a picture of them.
I guess that's it for now. Keep looking for my new posts. And as the Germans say, "Tschuβ!" (Bye!)
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