Metz, France
In the movie, "National Lampoon's Vacation," the Griswald family ends their cross country trip at Wally World Amusement Park. One Problem: Wally World is closed.
Ironically, France has a park named "Walygator."
And just like the movie, Walygator was unexpectedly closed. It seems new management needed a few extra months to get the "parc" cleaned up following purchasing the place.
But that didn't stop Adam and Scott from driving under the Walygator marquee and up to the gate after dark.
Try to follow this:
Walygator is home to a B&M inverted roller coaster named "le Monster." The Monster is a clone, a twin, a copy of Cedar Point's Raptor.
(This next part is sure to make your head soon more than an inverted roller coaster): From 1996 to December 2007, the Monster was known as "Orochi" and called Japan home.
The Amusement Park known as
"Expoland" in Suita, Osaka, Japan closed after an accident. Orochi then sat silent from early 2008-2009.
Knowing a good thing when they saw it, Walygator purchased Orochi and moved it to France. Upon reconstruction, Orochi "the dragon" became known as le Monster "the monster."
Since Monster is Raptor's twin, Scott felt the need to say hello. On this dark night, the C70 carried us up as close as the closed gate across the parking lot.
Unlike the Griswald's at Wally World, we didn't venture any further at Waligator, rather Scott paid some respects and left a small token of love behind on the gate during a dark night.
NEXT: EC'13 Wheel Stop
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