Welcome to this week's episode on Phantasialand. I was really excited for this episode to share some of the lore of this unique theme park in Germany. Please forgive any mispronunciations of names in this episode. ENJOY!

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I had to use nearly 30 SOURCES for this episode, so check them out if you would like!

Sources:

• https://frei-zeit-blog.de/phantasialand/themenbereiche/themenbereich-berlin/

• https://parkworld-online.com/gottlieb-loffelhardt-1934-2011/

• https://zauber-pedia.de/index.php?title=Richard_Schmidt

• https://frei-zeit-blog.de/phantasialand/attraktionen/maerchenwald/

• https://www.britannica.com/science/lignite

• https://frei-zeit-blog.de/phantasialand/themenbereiche/themenbereich-fantasy/

• https://www.ksta.de/region/rhein-erft/bruehl/phantasialand-als-die-gruender-familie-noch-im-park-wohnte-4-908847

• https://cheeseepedia.org/wiki/hofmann-monkey-show/

• https://youtu.be/RNGHXoA8QPI

• https://www.anderswohin.de/phantasialand-mal-historisch-alte-plaene/

• https://frei-zeit-blog.de/phantasialand/themenbereiche/themenbereich-china-town/

• https://frei-zeit-blog.de/phantasialand/attraktionen/geister-rikscha/

• https://www.ksta.de/region/rhein-erft/bruehl/phantasialand-gruender-ueber-delphin-drama-und-entlaufene-loewen-946194

• https://frei-zeit-blog.de/phantasialand/phantasialand-chronik/

• https://coasterpedia.net/wiki/Crazy_Bats

• https://coasterpedia.net/wiki/Colorado_Adventure

• https://youtu.be/mGCOr6Iv4PU

• https://ga.de/region/koeln-und-rheinland/phantasialand-mitgruender-richard-schmidt-mit-93-jahren-gestorben_aid-51361381

• https://frei-zeit-blog.de/phantasialand/attraktionen/mystery-castle/

• https://frei-zeit-blog.de/phantasialand/themenbereiche/themenbereich-deep-in-africa/

• https://frei-zeit-blog.de/phantasialand/shows/die-6-drachen/

• https://frei-zeit-blog.de/phantasialand/attraktionen/maus-au-chocolat/

• https://frei-zeit-blog.de/phantasialand/themenbereiche/themenbereich-mystery/

• https://frei-zeit-blog.de/phantasialand/attraktionen/fly/

• https://frei-zeit-blog.de/phantasialand/hotels/hotel-charles-lindbergh/

• https://themeparkguide.co.uk/news-page/Phantasialand-A-New-Mystery-Begins

• https://www.wartezeiten.app/en/phantasialand/news/phantasialand-expansion-targeting-short-stay-visitors-2000.html#:~:text=The%20goal%20is%20to%20establish%20Phantasialand%20as%20a,with%20its%20unique%20themed%20worlds%20and%20personal%20experiences.

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