Europa Park - Your Guide to the Europa Park Theme Park and Resort
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Europa-Park is the second-most-popular theme park in Europe (more than 4 million visitors per annum), after Disneyland Paris and the most-popular seasonal theme park in the world. It is open from mid-March to the end of October and from the start of December to mid-January.
The park is home to nine roller coasters, the oldest being the Alpenxpress Mine Train where one travels at speed through a diamond cave with fire and smoke and the newest being Pegasus, a family coaster which opened in 2006.
Along with the park and rides, Europa-Park is also a major resort. It contains four hotels, with the largest Colosseo including a recreation of a Roman colosseum. There are many shows on a daily basis, such as an Ice Show, a Gladiator Show, an Acrobatics Show in an Italianate Theatre and a fully re-created Globe Theatre where guests can see a light-hearted take on Shakespeare.
Every evening (see information board) the latest blockbusters are shown in the Magic Cinema. Tickets are available in the Information Office at the main entrance and in the Resort Hotels. Please note that all films are presented in German.
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The 4D Cinema also opens during the evening and shows current blockbusters. Along with the park and rides, there are countless shows on offer every day. These include an Ice Show, a Gladiator Show, an Acrobatics Show in an Itlianate Theatre, a fully re-created Globe Theatre where guests can see a light-hearted take on Shakespeare plus many more. The 4D Cinema also opens during the evening and guests can pay a small fee to watch a current blockbuster.
Europa Park Guide
Adventure Land @ Europa Park
Jungle Rafts
Mississippi Steamer
Dwarf City
Fairy Tale Alley
Children's World @ Europa Park
Giant Slide Labyrinth
Viking Boat Ride
Viking Ship
Dino Merry-Go-Round
Germany @ Europa Park
Elf Ride - A dark ride
Vintage Cars - A car ride
Panorama Train - Also has stations in other areas
EP-Express - A monorail. Also has stations in Greece, Spain and Hotel Colosseo
Castle Pavilon
Magical Garden
Russia @ Europa Park
Euro-Mir - A one-of-a-kind, high-speed, Mack steel track spinning coaster, based around Russian Space Missions. The spinning is controlled and only happens during some parts of the ride. The ride features indoor dark-ride elements, back-to-back seating, an indoor spiral lifthill, a techno soundtrack, and one of the longest ride times of any roller coaster. The Mir space station training module is located above the outdoor queue for the ride.
Mir Space Station - A walk-through of the Mir training module
Sleigh Ride Snowflake - A dark ride
Lada Autodrom - A car ride
Radio Telescope
Italy @ Europa Park
Ciao Bambini - A dark ride
Ghost Castle - A spooky dark ride
Mack Exhibition - A gallery of Mack ride models and Europe Park's history
France @ Europa Park
EuroSat - Indoor coaster themed around space travel. Located inside a large geodesic sphere structure, similar to Spaceship Earth (Epcot) at Walt Disney World's Epcot. The ride itself is similar to Disney's Space Mountain, except that the train is made up of many more cars, and it features a spiral lift hill. The ride's techno soundtrack was composed by Stark Fader, with "In A Second Orbit" being the song that plays during the ride and "Sat Race" being the song in the gift shop.
Silver Star - Megacoaster and Europe's highest and third fastest roller coaster. Built by Bolliger and Mabillard of Switzerland. One of the few non-Mack rides featured at the park, presumably because Mack doesn't feature a hyper coaster model. The ride is sponsored by Mercedes-Benz. Within the ride's hall there is a coffee shop, a gift shop, and a small-size museum that features a full scale replica of a Mercedes-Benz Formula 1 car.
Old 99 with Circus Parade
Puppet Boat Ride
Universe of Energy - A dark ride
Euro-Tower - An observation tower
4-D Cinema: Pandavision
Scandinavia @ Europa Park
Fjord-Rafting - A rapids ride
Sunken City "Vineta" - A small walk-through indoor display
Vindjammer - A swinging ship ride
Rocky Bridge and Cable Ferry
Norwegian Stave Church
Andersen's Fairy Tale Tower
Portugal @ Europa Park
This is the newest one of the Park's Areas. Opened in 2006, and located in the dierct east of the park , it's not complete yet and still has some place for new attractions or buldings. The main attraction is the Atlantica SuperSplash Coaster, a ride that takes the visitor upon 36 metres and let him plunge down into a great lake. It features a short part where the boats drive backwards through a sink.
Atlantica SuperSplash - High-speed water ride themed around Portugal. The boats are a higher capacity than Poseidon, and it doesn't feature any high speed turns as on Poseidon, but still has enough time on the coaster track that it can be considered a coaster.
Casa D'Aventura - An Indoor-Playground for Kids.
Atlantica-Shower - A wooden runway where the visitors can wait for the next boat of "Atlantica" plunging into the lake and soak them to the bones.
Spain @ Europa Park
This area is located in the very north-east of the park. It features some carousels, and several restaurants, Shows and eateries.
Columbus Dinghy - A spinning ride
Feria Swing - Also a spinning ride.
Adventure Playground
Holland @ Europa Park
Rocking Bridge and Chute
Pirates of Batavia - An indoor themed boat ride, very similar to Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean. It was opened in 1987.
Red Baron - A spinning ride
Peter Pan - A spinning ride
Monorail
Mini Scooter - A kiddie bumper car ride
Koffiekopjes - A spinning coffee cup ride
Bouncy House
Ball Pool
Windmill
Switzerland @ Europa Park
Matterhorn Blitz - Wild mouse featuring the largest drop of any wild mouse in the world and a rocking vertical lift. Themed around a Swiss Farmhouse.
Swiss Bob Run - Bobsleigh coaster. One of the few ones of this model to feature a large drop.
Balloon Ride
Glacierflyer - A spinning ride
Greece @ Europa Park
Cassandra's Curse - A madhouse type indoor illusion ride
Pegasus - Family coaster based around the Flying Horse
Poseidon - High-speed water coaster with incredibly detailed theming, such as the Trojan Horse, and the station being located inside a Grecian temple.
Atlantis Adventure - Interactive dark ride
Greek Village Mykonos
England @ Europa Park
Silverstone Race Track - A car ride
The British Carousel
Crazy Taxi - A carousel ride
London Bus - A magic carpet ride
Arena of Football - A football themed bumper car ride
Austria @ Europa Park
Alpenexpress - Powered partially indoor coaster which includes a trip inside the Cave of Diamonds. Makes two trips through its relatively short course during each cycle.
Silvretta Nova Wave Swinger - A swing ride
Tirol Log Flume
Magic World of Diamonds - A walkthrough attraction
Europa Park Additional Information
Shopping - The park offers a multitude of choices for shopping for gifts and souvenirs. Please take note of the local advice in each of the individual areas of the park. All purchases which are made before 3 pm will be taken to the main entrance or to your Resort Hotel free of charge.
Dogs - Dogs are allowed at Europa-Park, however they must be on a leash at all times.
A dog set is available at the main entrance for 2,- Euro.
Smoking - Out of respect for non-smoking persons, we kindly ask you not to smoke in the waiting areas of the attractions |
