Best part about my birthday present: choosing what to do for the day

My birthday was last Friday and as a special surprise from my husband, I received some gifts as well as a self-made booklet. As he is a graphic designer, it also looked awesome. This little booklet contained 9 options of things that I could do on my birthday, as well as the weather forecast for the day and a sentence saying that he had taken the day off work to spend the day with me. Best first birthday as a married couple ever!

There were a ton of cool things to do, including going to the zoo in Karlsruhe, shopping and a sushi lunch, checking out the castle and gardens in Ludwigsburg, spending time at the Spring Oktoberfest (Frühlingsfest) in Stuttgart, going swimming at the mineral baths, going to the Wilhelma and spending the day at Tripsdrill.

Having never been to Tripsdrill and loving rollercoasters and rides, the choice was easy. I’ve been to Europapark which is a massive theme park. We were there 2 years ago and wanting to do everything, we arrived at 9am. We left at about 5pm and still did not try every single ride. Tripsdrill on the other hand is a much smaller amusement park and from what I had heard it was aimed at a younger demographic, so naturally, I was not expecting too much but nevertheless I was excited.

We arrived at the park at about 9.30am because the forecast said that it would start to rain just after midday. Not all of the rides were open yet and at the carpark there were about 10-15 cars there. Keep in mind, it was a Friday and not school holidays. A dream, if you’ve read our post about Universal Studios Singapore!

As it was my birthday I had free admission and received a Tripsdrill badge with my name on it, and was greeted and wished a happy birthday by the staff. We went in and rode some of the smaller rides, and I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised. Although some rides are skewed to younger thrillseekers, they were not too shabby for us either. As a huge plus, we were mostly on rides all by ourselves and never had to line up or wait to get onto a ride.

Tripsdrill is about an hour and a half drive from Stuttgart (of course, depending on the traffic) and because it’s in Schwabenland (this area of Southern Germany) the staff were amazingly friendly and the theme of the park is very traditional. Food is well-priced and generous and the entire place is neat and tidy.

Badewannen-Fahrt: The flume ride at Tripsdrill

The weather was perfectly sunny and even hot at times during our visit. We left at about 1pm and had conquered every ride. I enjoyed all of them, but of course as a bit of an adrenaline junkie I enjoyed the bigger rides the most. There is a great flume ride where you sit in a bath tub and a big wooden rollercoaster called ‘Mammut’ (Mammoth). Sometimes I feel like rides are way too short, but at Tripsdrill they seem to have mastered each ride and made them great experiences for the park guests. There was only one ride where I felt like ‘oh, was that it?’ but then we were sent around again automatically. On a few of the rides they also make souvenir photos or videos, which is always cool to see.

The ticket price also includes entry into the adjoining Wild Paradise (Wildparadies) where you can see a number of different wild animals, however we were worn out from all the rides.

All in all I think that they have a great variety of rides and animatronics around the park to make it interesting and exciting for young and old. I know that I can’t wait to go back some day and take more people with us once they’ve finished building their latest rollercoaster.