Who makes the magic potion?” I asked my 13-year-old nephew Fred as we landed at Charles de Gaulle airport. “Getafix,” he replied without hesitation. While the stories of Asterix, the Gaul had been the mainstay of my youth, Fred had recently discovered this world through Netflix’s five-part series released in April. As we walked from Les Trois Hiboux hotel into the park, he looked up at the rollercoaster rails of the Goudurix ride towering above the Viking area.
“Are we going on that?” he asked, eyes wide with anticipation and disbelief, after all, it boasts five loop-de-loops followed by a corkscrew. This wide-eyed astonishment would set the tone for our entire weekend.
