Hotel Matamba, Phantasialand Erlebnishotel

Amazing hotel with incredible dinner buffet. Clean rooms with separate space for children’s bed that looks like a camping tent. Great service. We stayed a second time just for the dinner. Drinks at the bar weren’t all that great, but everything else was a hit.

This is already the second hotel of Phantasialand where I have stayed. This park - which is my favourite ever - never stops to amaze me! The hotel is -like the park - perfectly themed. I also think this is the perfect one for children among the three, since there is a kids swimming pool fullfilled with balls and a kids playrground and trail. The check-in lady, Karmen, was lovely and she also gave me some suggestions about what not to miss when it came to food to eat in the park (Danke Karmen, the suggestions were great :)!) When you stay at the hotels they also give you two quick passes for every night that you stay there and thanks to this you can stand in the less (or no) crowded queue to skip the queue line of one of those attractions:Colorado Adventure, Winja's Fear, Winja's Force, Chiapas, Talocan or Maus au Chocolat. If it is a warm day I suggest you to use this quick pass for Chiapas! I also loved that in the restaurant Bantu and in the garden there was a little show in the late afternoon with African dancers and it made the atmosphere of the hotel even warmer. The room was clean and beautiful, with a large bed, a desk and a very large wardrobe. You will find a bottle of sparkling water on the desk. The bathroom had a huge shower and you can find a shower/shampoo gel, a hairdryer and every hotel of the park gives you a kit (you can find an elastic for the hair, a q-tip and a nail file in it). The breakfast at the restaurant Zambesi was also great, with a lot of drinks, gravoury and sweet food. And of course being Phantasialand Phantasialand the restaurant was also perfectly themed. The rides open 15 minutes before for hotel guests, so it is a perfect way to be in the queue line of your favourite ride before anyone else!

We stayed at this hotel for a night in November, ive stayed here a few times before and never had any complaints, I booked mainly for the hour in the theme park without any guests, In the past at least one rollercoaster has been open open in this hour, but these time it was the swings and carousel, I just think this is pointless as both of these rides don’t really build a queue up in the day so it’s not really a benefit to open these early, rooms are pretty basic, I couldn’t find any English channels on the tv, also I did ask for a room with an “okay” view, as it was a quiet time of year and the hotel wasn’t really busy I thought this wouldn’t be an issue… we got a car park view, I’d defo look elsewhere to stay, very expensive compared to nearby hotels.