Pack your bags

[Fred]

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[Fred]

    I've got just the thing to chase away those winter blues...........




No chance of a tropical storm here then! Incredible pictures show luxury resort complete with sandy beaches, palm trees and clear blue water... inside enormous German hangar surrounded by snow



With sandy beaches, clear blue water and palm trees, this looks like a spectacular and luxurious sun-kissed resort.

Holidaymakers can be seen relaxing in swimming shorts and bikinis. Even the occasional flamingo can be spotted.

But not everything is as it seems at Tropical Islands.







The 'resort' is actually located on the site of a former Soviet military air base in Krausnick, Germany.

Tropical Islands is inside a hangar built originally to house airships designed to haul long-distance cargo. And despite it looking like temperatures are through the roof - outside the giant hanger it is actually snowing.

As these incredible pictures show, the resort contains a beach, a lagoon , water slide and adventure park.

Guests can enjoy numerous restaurants, evening shows and can also relax in a sauna.









The resort contains a beach, lagoon, water slide and adventure park. Guests can also enjoy numerous restaurants, evening shows and saunas

A range of options are available for stays, from the basic to luxury. Accommodation includes quaint looking cottages and even beach tents.

As well as flamingos, free-flying canaries also fly around the site.

It is believed that the hall which Tropical Islands is located in is the biggest free-standing hall in the world.



It has a maximum capacity of 6,000 visitors a day and in its first year attracted 975,000 visitors.

As well as the thousands of visitors each day, approximately 500 people work at the site. Tropical Islands opened to members of the public in 2004.

Incredibly, the hangar, which is 360 metres long, 210 metres wide and 107 metres high, is tall enough to enclose the Statue of Liberty.

[A383Wing]

I can't find the flamingo either, let alone the damn cat that's probably in there somewhere...I did find some pink dolphins

Bryan

[mrsskip68]

I found a naked guy in 4th photo!!!! Yuck! Lol! 

[mauve66]

6,000 people per day, that's alot of pee in the pool...............................

[Old Tired Rebel]

Dang that is wild.

[Fred]

6,000 people per day, that's alot of pee in the pool...............................

Well you've gone and spoilt it now.      

[Fred]

I found a naked guy in 4th photo!!!! Yuck! Lol! 

I think that's just a bit of wishful thinking on your part Lisa. 

[mrsskip68]

Ok hes not naked, but men should NEVER wear speedos!!!! Barf!!! 

[Old Moparz]

Make sure you bring your ear plugs. My wife took our daughter to an indoor water park ONCE & said the sound level inside was deafening & would never go back. If that one in the pics is in Germany, my guess is that the sound issue was probably addressed in the design.  

[Dino]

I don't think you can pay me enough to go there.  I'll stay outside where there's less humans.  

[Mytur Binsdirti]

With this deal from Southwest, not only can you take your wife, but your mother-in-law too.

[A383Wing]

Ok hes not naked, but men should NEVER wear speedos!!!! Barf!!! 

you need to inform Skippy of that please

Bryan

[Fred]

I don't think you can pay me enough to go there.  I'll stay outside where there's less humans.  

I'm with you Dino, crowds are out of the question. They give me an adverse reaction. 

[Fred]

Make sure you bring your ear plugs. My wife took our daughter to an indoor water park ONCE & said the sound level inside was deafening & would never go back. If that one in the pics is in Germany, my guess is that the sound issue was probably addressed in the design.  

Not my idea of any sort of holiday let alone a good one.  I prefer the outdoors and no crowds.

[ACUDANUT]

Dudes in speedo's.  Yack, barf

[ACUDANUT]

Look at the hot tubs. They are packed. Alot of bubbles, which means farts. lol

[oldgold69]

I think I saw a baby ruth

[Fred]

Which base is he on?

[ACUDANUT]

Yikes, all those women with long under-arm hair (arm pits) and hairy legs. No Bikini wax either.

[Fred]

Geez! the things you people notice when you go on holidays!!!!    

[BigBlackDodge]

I still can't find the cat!


BBD

[Fred]

I still can't find the cat!


BBD

Perhaps it just doesn't want to be found.     Or else you're just looking in all the wrong places.
Sometimes it pays to just follow your nose!