Day 8: Parc Spirou Provence and Amigoland

The oddness of our hotel continued the next morning: The basic breakfast was served on paper plates with disposable cutlery, and people were being actively chased as they tried to leave the restaurant by an angry man who made them go back inside and clear their tables if they hadn't thrown everything away (not that it was clear we had to). Then our coach was locked in and not allowed to leave, as he thought we hadn't returned all the room key cards - it turned out the missing cards were for room numbers that weren't ours. Overall it must be one of the least hospitable hospitality venues in the whole of France!

Eventually once our coach was finally allowed to leave the hotel, we made it to Parc Spirou Provence, which was only a short drive away

We started with an ERS on Spirou Racing, a smooth but forceless coaster from Zierer

It was already baking hot at 10am, so we decided to try and get on the outdoor rides and then get out of the heat - this was Wanted Dalton

En avant Seccotine was a little kiddie coaster

Next up was Nid des Marsupilamis

However, it broke down while we were in the queue and people had to be rescued by scissor lift

Another car had got stuck near the end of the ride

We had a ride on the nicely themed Disk'O Coaster instead

Mercifully Parc Spirou has three attractions from Simworx which are all housed indoors in air conditioned buildings, which allowed us some respite from the heat

Gaffe à Gaston was a car chase through an office building

Marsu Adventures was a 4D cinema featuring three characters chasing a ball through a city

Found a friend

The third Simworx ride was an immersive tunnel which took us flying with a superhero

Time for lunch

Lucky River provided some welcome water sprinkles

"Mouldy park" ice cream (not a mouldy ice cream)

The park gave us souvenir cups as a gift, which we went to the shop to claim before we left

The sat nav tried to send our coach down here on the way to our hotel - the drivers wisely decided to find an alternative route!

We had a couple of hours of downtime at the hotel before we went to Amigoland, a summer funfair where we would spend the evening

One of the big draws was the Jumbo Jet rollercoaster, although it (along with most of the fair) had yet to open when we arrived

There was, however, a wacky worm to help pass the time

Jumbo Jet had opened by the time we were done

There were no restraints!

It was a classic Schwarzkopf

Sunset coaster rides

We thought it would be a good time to ride the wheel before the light faded

Views over the fair

The sun setting

After a long walk around the rest of the fair, we ended up at Amigoland's Brasserie for dinner

It was then 11pm, and time to be picked up by the coach and taken back to our hotel ready for another early start the next morning