Replying to Europe!

I'm going to europe in a few weeks for spring break and was wondering if any of you have skiied the alps! If so, is it much different than US skiing like Aspen or Snowbird? Specifically like the terrain, I'm visiting Chamonix and Zermatt and heard that there are some pretty crazy things there. (I've seen the Chamonix segment from Refresh and it looks nuts!) Also because its on a glacier is the snow different any different? And I've heard that Europeans are jerks in the lines for the chair is this true?