I've read so many articles by this site that clearly are written by people that do little to no research. Not only are Disney's numbers up over 20% in the last 5 years, it's also an increase in profits of 1.6 Billion over the last 3 years. It's amazing who this "tourist" site will let write for them. It's almost the equivalent of The Onion for tourism! Basically most of your stories are a joke. Based on hearsay and opinion instead of facts. Disney doesn't need an award for best ride. Disney has nothing to prove to anyone.

Disney "Nobody goes there any more. It's too crowded." Isn't that a contradiction? If nobody went there, it wouldn't be too crowded. Obviously the folks who are behind these awards aren't too smart.

Europa Park is amazing. The fact they have 12 coasters is a minor footnote (half of them barely count). What the park does best is blend the Disney quality with more traditional attractions. Honestly I'd take Europa Park over Disneyland Paris any day.

And it's such a shock they've not just won the golden ticket once but twice now! As noted the Golden Tickets have always been very biased towards traditional Amusment Parks, high thrills and especially American parks. So having Europa Park beat them all is a real game changer.