Nigloland Review | The Weird French Disneyland Knock-Off
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- čas přidán 29. 04. 2024
- Located just 2.5 hours away from Disneyland Paris is a very beautiful, but also very strange regional theme park with an assortment of attractions very very similar to some of the more famous ones we might be familiar with at Disney parks around the world. Nigloland was created by two brothers who wanted to bring the Magic of Disney to France, and did so by developing a charming family friendly destination for locals to enjoy quality rides and attractions. Let's dive into the details of this park and what makes it work!
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Glad you enjoyed my homepark !
Fun fact: Employees use bikes so they dont have to run to be efficient. And as a guest it would be pretty odd to se employees running everywhere.
Why… can’t they just… walk? Perhaps a culture thing but in the US you’d just walk to where you need to go and that’d be considered efficient.
@@behappy8691 I mean if the park is big, it might as well be better for your employees and for operations to get around on bicycles. They're faster and less exhausting than going by foot.
@@behappy8691tout simplement pour réagir le plus rapidement possible en cas de panne
@@behappy8691 Walking great distances takes time, pretty far from efficient. It's too obvious to not be able to see that?
@@DaveJansenTPV duh, obviously it’s to save time, I get that. It’s just weird by American standards. You wouldn’t see that in the US. Look at Disneyland, the employees park far away and ~walk~ to the park and to their position and it works just fine.
A "knock off" implies "bad". But this is not. The theming and upkeep is excellent (even the animatronics). The way the attractions interact with each other, and the sight lines. You see exactly what they want you to see in each spot. Nothing more, nothing less. That is the immersive "magic".
knock off implies bad because it's a stolen/copied product, not that the knock off product is always bad.
Knock off doesn’t mean bad. It means fake
For a bit of history, Nigloland was founded by Carnivals Workers who settled and made their own theme park. The Brothers Patrice and Phillipe Gélis visited the US, and of course WDW, and were pleased by the idea of a park with a one ticket entry.
You can find a museum of circus and fairs inside the park.
This microwave thing is very common in France in public spaces where food is sold. This makes it easy for mothers to reheat baby food. They are very often found in supermarkets, restaurants, train stations, etc.
I was looking for this comment! Yes, the microwaves are for baby formula and usually have a low wattage preset setting. Most are located indoors though, not spread throughout the park.
unfortunately, in the USA, folks would most likely leave disgusting items in them for the next person to discover. we can't have anything nice in the U.S.
I was about to comment this but thought someone else might have already so I checked. Glad I did. Cuz yeah I’ve seen microwaves in Swedish restaurants aswell for this purpose. I think it’s really sweet.
I’ve become obsessed with the Niglo Show ever since I saw you and Sarah’s reaction. That song has been stuck in my head ever since.
Hey, Troyes resident here.
This is my childhood park, and I'm so proud it got so beautiful, it's an amazing experience just to walk in the alleys of Nigloland, the food is really nice and best of all, it's still cheap compared to the other parks in France.
So if you planned to visit Troyes, pay a visit to Nigloland, or the other way around.
Worth it.
Someone of all people should know that the middle of nowhere is the perfect place to build a park! Plenty of space to grow (and put in new rides), and no neighbors have to worry about any noise. And plenty of wilderness to get away from the urbanized cities. I find it to be quite picturesque!
It's a win, win, win all-around, and I can see why it is a people-pleaser. It just looks like a fun, well-themed, well-thought out park, with tons of room for growth. What's not to love?
I love it when I learn about new parks, and it seems that if I'm ever in France, I'll have to make note to visit.
Edit: I cannot believe that Nigloland literally means "Hedgehog Land"! I find that to be quite charming.
Yeah. Plus land is often cheap out in the rural country. Many people who have started amusement parks in the past have formerly been farmers. Plus if its placed well it can often be attractive for people from several cities to drive out there for a daytrip, rather than just attract the audience of a single city.
@@drdewott9154 Those are all very good points too!
I'm sure that many of the commenters here who have claimed Nigloland as their home park represent a small portion of a vast population of annual pass holders.
Being equidistant to at least a few major population centers is definitely with it's benefits. Plus, it is also a nice way to avoid congestion. The area around the Disney area is notorious for traffic jams, as anyone who has visited the area multiple times can attest to.
Floridians who know better avoid the area if possible for that very reason.
This place just looks really neat. Just a super prestine mid size park perfect for locals or anyone else in the region. Like Nigloland seems like a realistic standard that many small and midsized parks could and should strive for. This is also just a fun fact but the park used to have a Schwarzkopf Jet star back in the day with a mountain facade. It was named Bobsleigh, and as you can guess, it was pretty much their answer to Disneylands Matterhorn Bobsleds.
The scary thing about this is that France has Disneyland Paris, and when Japan got an official Disney park in 1983, the knock off park (Nara Dreamland) was killed. This, somehow, is still alive. I'll never not be frightened nor turned off by that.
I believe that Nara Dreamland is closer to Tokyo Disneyland while this park is farther from Disneyland Paris, so people from Tokyo choose the better alternative that was nearby which is why Nara lost all of its guests
@@SlushysSecret There is also the fact that, well, Disneyland Paris is not that popular with the French public. Here we often hear that it is a park for passing American tourists.Other French theme parks rank higher in critical opinion especially when looking at demographic groups other than children. For example, according to surveys carried out over time, french adults greatly prefer Parc Astérix and Puy du Fou compared to Disneyland.
I think that's what allows this kind of parks to survive, and even develop: they stick more to what the local public expects. Regarding Nigloland specifically, we should also remember that although this video presents it as a copy of Disneyland, the park is not at all the same scale. Nigloland is much smaller, on a more family scale, and also costs MUCH less per day than Disneyland.
Lmfao @7:45 “well, we dont talk to them anymore” 😂 Taylor messy. Lol idk why that was so funny to me.
I'm glad you visited here, it's one of the most overlooked parks by enthusiasts, yet it's one of my favourite places to visit in Europe.
The park is just so gorgeous and so much fun, I always have such a good time here!
I definitely agree! I will definitely be back!
Your reaction to the Niglo Show is by far the funniest CS moment ever! This park looks hilarious! Alpina Blitz looks like an amazing Mack coaster!
The amount of green and flowers makes this park crazy beautiful. Its so cute and peaceful. If it wss bigger than I feel like it wouldn't be as pretty.
I found this park such a refreshing, fun place. Yes, I noticed the Disney ripoffs along the way, but I didn’t feel in general that I was in a chintzy, knock-off park. Nigloland is well worth visiting, and for me Alpina Blitz is underrated.
The Raccoons singing Christmas music is a common pre-built show that is usually sold and advertised at Transworld (Christmas section) basically their just pre programmed and built animatronic MADE for Christmas displays
That jukebox ride actually looked cool
This place looks amazing. I always have a big preference for parks that have beautiful, natural surroundings. Plus that Niglo Show! I mean c'mon. Now that's special.
In America, you should pronounce the name of this park very carefully.
I saw the title and thought that was exactly what it said.
Este año iremos a Francia, en septiembre, con mi familia y gracias a vuestro anterior video de Nigloland hemos descubierto este maravilloso parque, lo visitaremos junto con Disney y parc Asterix. Saludos desde las Islas Canarias
cool review of this park- sounds like fun and the natural vegetation is so pretty
Niglos in Paris
Niglo please.
Woah woah, You can’t say the hard o, you can say Niglas.
I went to Nigloland last year, and totally agree with you. Even though most of the attractions are family oriented, everything is just so nice and well done ! I'm just sad to not have been to the Niglo show, as it seems to have been quite the experience for you.
I practically grew up with this theme park. Since my birth, every year I go there once at least. I know him in every detail. I saw him grow up and become a park that doesn’t have to be ashamed of big parks like Disney Paris or Asterix. Yes, it is placed in the middle of nowhere. And precisely ! We were very lucky that such a quality park was created here. To sum up, I would say: A clean park, maintained attractions and almost never broken down. A welcoming staff close to the clientele, attentive. A gem in the heart of a natural setting, beautiful and relaxing. I love Nigloland :) And yes, I know the Niglo Show by heart, from the text to each intonation of each animatronics XD
LE PLUS CHAUD DE TOUT LES SHOW!🎶
Do you know what the name of the ride where you ride in a hedgehog?
@@Tyler626-bh4ct "Hérissons de la forêt magique"
(Hedgehogs from magic forest)
@@Tyler626-bh4ctIt's called "Hérissons de la Forêt Magique" (Hedgehogs of the Magic Forest)!
Let me correct you, Nigoland is a Europa Park knockoff, which is a Disneyland knockoff
The microwave is for heating up baby food. You can find them in several parks here in Europe.
interesting!
Super cool! I’m not sure the crowds in the US would be as respectful. Like a microwave at SFMM would be destroyed fast unfortunately lol
im surprised you didn't mention the knockoff jurassic park walkthrough they have, where they literally straight up play the jurassic park music in the preshow
I didn't even know that was a thing, we completely missed that! dang it now I wish we could've done it!
Nigloland is just about the funniest thing to me, and it really shouldn't be. The fact they have a Niglo Show put me in tears.
Sounds like a really fun park. It’s beautiful surroundings remind me of Efteling.
I mean, Europa Park is effectively another brazen Disney knock-off - EpCot in this case, with a sprinkle of Magic Kingdom for good measure. The Mack family never even pretended to give any other origin story. And frankly, EP only ever got as big as it is because of the massive capital Mack Rides generates in the back, and its 20ish year headstart over Disney Paris. Only very recently they've been trying harder to carve out their own style and stories and it was much needed.
They took more than a few bits of inspiration from Disney in the beginning, but the park has found its own concept in displaying European countries in a beautiful way quite some time ago. The new Croatia section seems lovely for example. I think you overestimate the "massive capital" of Mack Rides. Europa-Park started as a possibility to showcase their rides, but has long left Mack Rides behind. Europa-Park is about 4 or 5 times bigger in revue and has 18 times more employees (average, seasonal 25 times).
Its like a budget disney park but its more beautiful somehow.
This place looks like so much fun! I would love to visit it one day.
How many niglos are at nigloland?
ngl this park seems so charming
This place looks amazing. I’ve lived in Tampa my entire life, so I’ve grown up with Busch Gardens and DisneyWorld. This is refreshing.
Out of all of these very quirky things the height of that drop tower is still the most hilarious to me.
Beautiful park! The quirkyness only makes it better. But the big plus is the beautiful scenery. They keep the theming and the nature in great condition. Love the hedgehogs.
Nigloland is amazing. An european theme park jewel amongst other.
This gives some of the old Heide Park vibes that are completely lost nowadays
One of my favorite parks! It's not that well known outside of France which is such a shame. I don't use the word underrated often but it definitely applies here.
I always refer to it as "The French Europa-Park", because "The French Disneyland" is already taken. :P
It's kinda funny that you posted this today, as I'm currently visiting europe on vacation. Heading to alton towers in 2 weeks! But anyway, I was driving from spain through france today. I happened to pass nigloand! Wasn't able to go, but funny timing!
Looking at it reminds me less of disney and more of the alton towers or the more pastoral parts of efteling. I always love these "garden" theme parks and it seems the rides actually incorporate the greenery better then Alton Towers (even if they are the clear standout for rollercoasters in this comparison)
*SCREAMS IN SILVER DOLLAR CITY REFERENCE*
Oh the hippo! 😮 Planning a visit there next time in France.
“They need to enunciate their words” 😭😭😭😭
When I first heard the name of the park I wasn't in the room yet and completely misheard it and was like 'what-land?' had to come make sure I wasn't trippin 😂😂😂😂 I was like oh ok, there's an L....
I’m sitting here blinking rapidly he just said you’re riding in a niglo, looking at niglos, in nigloland lmfao
Seems to me like a very nice themepark . And also a themepark where you can enjoy it a little calmer. The nature around it is beautiful and already making you zen. It looks like a park where you enjoy it at a different pace than others. Would love to go there some day.
So fascinating!
It reminds me a lot of Tripsdrill aswell. A ton of nice scenic rides
Sounds like a great park.
We need more water coasters , looks great.
Niglo show is the best 👌I cant miss it everytime I go to Nigloland
I usually say my home park is walibi holland, but my true home park is this family theme park called duinrell. the park is a huge efteling knock off but it does have 2 shows very similar to the niglo-show
it contains creepy/bad animatronics but at least has some good songs (one of the shows is a singing competition and before the show starts there is a frog fishing. during the show he starts complaining about how the singing is scaring away the fish. then he starts singing a song about how he is trying to fish but he never succeeds because this show keeps on playing. very sad)
if you ever are going to do another of these trips where you go to mostly very small parks, consider going to the Netherlands, we have 43 theme parks but just 3 of them are really relevant
I have heard of Duinrell, maybe we'll visit next time we're in the Netherlands!
@@CoasterStudios I actually went there on camping a decade ago. I'd reccomend it. Its a small park but a nice one. Plus I doubt this is a big thing for you Taylor but they have a really impressive indoor waterpark.
Duinrell lacks the elaborate theming of Efteling, it’s more about the rides. That little fairy tale area is almost comically basic. The pool is the main attraction though!
@reindertfranke1892 but thier wonderland area really tries to copy fairytale forest from the efteling
This park is super nice, especially niglo show
great video can't wait for your Drayton Manor review
It's my home park and i love it 😍
This looks adorable ❤
Welcome to ni… ni… I’m not saying that
Nigloland is not the 3rd most visited park in France you forgot Futuroscope and Puy du Fou who've approximately the same attendance than Parc Astérix
I didn't forget- if what you said is true, then the stat I read is just blatantly incorrect. OR its just outdated, and maybe it was at one point in time.
They are themed Park , but with 0 coaster for Le Puy and 1 for Futuroscope.
This is why they are not in some park lists, which is easily understandable ;)
@evok993 I can understand but generally we speak about theme parks not coaster parks so it works, Puy du Fou received a lots of awards from TEA and IAAPA so not counting them seems weird, and Futuroscope even if they have 1 coaster they've a bunch of rides/ simulators.
@@p4olo537 faire enough ;)
The Niglo Show resembles some of the set pieces from ShowBiz Pizza.
Despite Disneylands space mountain in California being more smooth as you say, I found it to be the least exciting of the two. Orlando's space mountain is king and is a blast. Disneylands just goes in a circle, boooo. Space isn't meant to be smooth.
Nigloland is NOT The 3rd most visited theme park in FR. This park is far behind...
In 2023 the 1st was DLP with 9,93 million, 2de Wall Disney Studios 5,34 million , 3rd Parc Asterix with 2.8 million visitors, 4 is Puy du Fou with 2.5 million, 5th Futuroscope with 2 million .6th Le Pal with 750 0000 and Nigloland had only 700 000.
Then I have no idea where the site that I got that info from got their data from!
@@CoasterStudios Maybe your site only counted "classic" amusement parks. In the rankings, Puy du Fou is not always considered an amusement park, and is therefore removed from the lists.
Most ranking also seem to exclude the Jardin d'Acclimatation from their lists. It usually come fifth or so.
This gives Nara Dreamland vibes hhaa. But it does look unique enough to make a destination for visiting at some point.
Hey what happen to your intro Coaster Studios?
I really liked this video👍👍👍👍👍👍. It made me laugh a lot. I will never visit sadly as I'm in the US so thank you so much for sharing.
microwaves in public places are usually for heating up baby food. you will even find them in self service restaurants in europe.
Why go to Disney if you can go to Nigloland
Tell Sonic they need a faster ride
Thank God 🙏
We had nara dreamland since it's destruction in 2006
im sorry what land
Only a matter of time until they get canceled
Five Nights at Niglo's.
thats insane
4:51
Why does it look like 2/3 of the boats are about to sink?
what did you call me? 😂
Hello Coaster studios
May you go to efteling again in europe?
I really want to see you!
I already have my tickets 😊
2024 2 May
@7:37 😂
Name of this park is borderline sketch. Nigoland for real cmon . 😂
it's not a slur in France btw
feel bad for anyone who has to live in france
To be a true representation of America, that area should have priority to cars (with limited sidewalks/bike lanes), and have long stroads, filled with strip malls with Best Buys, Walmart, Applebees, McDonalds etc. It could also feature a dark ride called “Private Healthcare” which could feature scenes of various Americans getting cancer, diabetes, etc and then shown a huge hospital bill that isn’t covered by their already ridiculously priced private health insurance. Phase 2 could expand with an NRA-themed ride where you get to play the “good guy with a gun, stopping a bad guy with a gun”. Also, pollution and littering in this land is not only permitted, it’s encouraged. 😂
Is it just me? The NigloShow main band used to be Shobiz!
Knocked my socks clean off that did
They need to change the name of there space mountain ride.lol😄😄😄😄😄😄😄Spatial Mountain kinda sounds weird and suspect.lol
I do not like how those boats look like they're about to capsize in the Jungle Cruise knock-off.
as a Romanian, I have to ask why did they go with the Romanian word for hedgehog since it’s France? 🤔
I think it's because the family who owns the park has some Gypsy origins.
Why did I randomly thought the park name was randomly close to the n word?
Croissants are a Vienese creation but most people think it is French. Will the French manage to do the same thing with themeparks?
i know this park for its interesting name
Switch out a couple of those letters and...
Aaaaaaaaaaa niglosezwut?!😅
2:20 bro I go to silver dollar coty
The microwaves are for Baby bottels
Shame on me, I live in France and I didn't even visited this park yet
How can nigloland be a knock-of park of dinseyland if nigloland came first🤔
Disneyland California came first
@@fabrilax oooh dind know that sorry yaill my bad!!!
@@fabrilax They founders of Nigloland visited WDW but not Disneyland, so more like a Magic Kingdom "knock-off" (which I don't find the word appropriate, since a knock-off is kind of pejorative imo)
wow, why no vlog from there?
We posted a vlog from here back in December! czcams.com/video/duGI1ycth0c/video.html
@@CoasterStudios oh legit didn't come up when searching the channel
It is also a copy of Europa Park
ayo
WHAT-loland????
Who else sniggered all the way through this video...... if you know you know.....
Sniggering 💀
They should change the name a little
Fr
Why that ?
that's not a slur in French so no
@@_elaiss You know I’m not serious 😭
This looks like a fun and charming park.
It's just a shame that the French word for hedgehog sounds a lot like a racist slur in English.