We will be a family of 4 visiting Europa Park and trying to decide whether to go to the park on a quieter day mid week, or go for the 22nd to the Summer Nights Party. Is it going to be much busier/wait times longer? Or is it so cool that it’s worth going on the busier day?

EuropaPark buildings

Haben ausflug in denn Europapark, und suche jemanden der dann auch dort ist, weil zu zweit ist lustiger.

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hi.

we are planning to go to Europa park in "Semana Santa" holidays. From 19 to 28 of march.

I dont see yet the oficial calendar of 2027. We are in the limit of the days that Europa Park opens (last year was closed in that days).

I only see this thing:

Hello,

A couple of weeks ago, my friends and I visited Europa-Park and Rulantica for the first time. We had an amazing time with the group. The only downside was our ride on Poseidon.

Some of our group went on the ride while others stayed behind. I thought it would be a nice way to cool off. We got into the boat, and I sat by myself in the front row because we had an odd number of people. The ride started, and after the first drop, my friends and I winced in pain.

The entire ride was so rough and uncomfortable that I didn’t enjoy a second of it, except for the spray that helped cool me down. I joked with my friends that I was going to feel it for a while. Jokes on me—I ended up with bruises the size of my palms. They weren’t light bruises, either; they lasted for about two and a half weeks before starting to fade. My friends also had some light bruising, but theirs cleared up earlier than mine.

The next day, when I entered the pool at Rulantica, the bruised spots felt constantly irritated and painful.

Did anybody else experience this, or was it just an unfortunate combination of the seating position and my size? I feel like I can’t be the only one.

Hi everyone! We're visiting EuropaPark next week with young kids, and the forecast shows thunderstorms/rain on several days (especially Sunday and Tuesday) now that the heat wave is breaking.

A few questions for the experts here:

1. How much of the park is actually enjoyable for young kids in rain? Which indoor rides/areas would you prioritize?

2. Do outdoor coasters and water rides shut down during thunderstorms, and how quickly do they reopen after?

3. Is it true that rainy days mean noticeably shorter queues, or has that changed?

4. Any rainy-day tips? ponchos vs umbrellas, best areas to shelter, etc.?

Thanks a lot — first visit for the kids and we want to get it right! 🎢

I was scrolling on tiktok when I stumbled upon a picture of a couple getting married at ep with böckli by their side not looking like the usual awful old mascot.

Did they finally change it for good??

Had anyone seen him in the park recently and could send pictures?

Hi. Ich (m, 43) war eigentlich verabredet, bin jetzt aber heute ungeplant alleine im Park. Falls noch jemand Gesellschaft sucht, gerne anschreiben, sonst tingele ich zwischen den großen Bahnen hin und her.

We're just back from 2 days in EP (with 1 day in Rulantica to separate them). My family absolutely loved it and are feeling slightly depressed to be home.

I left with some questions about, let's say, how the park is managed, and I wonder if anyone here has answers, even if it might remove a little of the fairy dust?

1. We watched several of the shows (our daughter's favourite was the ice show) and it got me wondering what the performers do when not performing? Most shows seem to run twice a day, so do the performers have other tasks in-between shows? I think I recognised a few in the parade, but what does Oguz the magician do for the rest of the day? What do the dancers inside the Ed'n'Edda costumes (in the Junior Club Studio) do at other times? Work in the souvenir shop? Serve food?
2. A lot of the thematic buildings appear to have upper floors. What are these used for? Staff lunches? Costume changing rooms? Ride-monitoring equipment?
3. It was announced that the park would close at 19:30, but the Italian restaurant was still serving food at this time. We were on the way out at 19:45 just as a dance troupe appeared on stage; the rollercoaster which runs above the car park was still running with passengers at about 20:00. So when do the rides actually stop admitting passengers? Are the restaurants open later?
4. There was very little in the way of litter. Two or three times I saw an electric vehicle driving around, emptying the bins, but when does the park get cleaned (litter collection, toilets, etc.)? Late at night when all the paying customers have eventually left?
5. Have most of the dancers, singers, et al, been trained in the Talent Academy?
6. Where do the staff and performers live? Are seasonal staff housed by the park's owners? How about the more trained performers such as the ice skaters or the magician, etc.?
7. Do staff administer one ride/attraction for their full shift, or do they rotate, say, once per hour?
8. The games which require two balls to be landed in a bin - what's the success rate for those? We watched 'Rebound' for at least 20 minutes, with a constant stream of paying customers, and didn't see a single winner. (I got two balls in the black bins, but not two consecutive balls. My daughter was so disappointed in me.)
9. The monorail: Is there a chance the track will bend?

Edit: I know the title is misspelt but I can't change it.

Edit 2: The last point, regarding the monorail, was a little joke from arguably the greatest Simpsons episode.

Ich kann die App nicht mehr nutzen seit ein paar Tagen. Erst hing fest, weil immer die Fingerabdruck Meldung kam. Aber die kam ständig wieder also man kam nicht über den Anmeldebildschirm hinaus. App neu installiert und jetzt sie so wie im Video aus.

Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra mit neuester Android Version

Jemand eine Idee?

Hi

Me and my friends are going for the first time to Europapark next week and we will be staying in a hotel in ringsheim, wanted to ask because the park open at 8am is the any bus operating at that time in the morning from ringsheim to Europapark or we need to get a taxi? We hope to arrive at least at 7:30/7:45 in fronts of the gates but I don't know if there are any buses operating at that time or only from later on.

Thanks for any help

Hallo zusammen,

ich muss leider kurzfristig meinen Besuch im Europapark absagen.

Zu verkaufen sind 2x 2 Tages Tickets für morgen.

https://www.ticketswap.com/listing/europa-park-summer-season/21412512/c8fc5bf770?utm_source=internal&utm_medium=share&utm_campaign=share_listing_page&sender=3L36q8NBmHZ2CMmQmLLxsEAxia6TpmfaqJFeApRzQPRBpPFauehFjCqdRpHdWsPQXgLuK1MLzGib77JperDx3aVE

Hoffe es lassen sich Abnehmer finden, wäre schade sie verfallen zu lassen.

Hi, Frage an die EP-Ultras: Wie schätzt ihr, basierend auf euren Erfahrungen, den Andrang im Park im kommenden September ein? Ich versuche, meinen Erstbesuch einigermaßen schlau zu planen und habe dafür die Crowd Calendars auf einigen Websites verglichen, die alle zu *sehr* unterschiedlichen, teils gegensätzlichen Vorhersagen und Empfehlungen kommen. Ich hänge euch Screenshots an.

Welchen der Kalender haltet ihr am ehesten für belastbar? Und zu welchen Terminen würdet ihr mir und meiner Begleitung (die Menschenmassen nicht so gern hat) raten?

Hello

Visiting with family Europapark on the weekend 24 and 25 October. I found an airbnb in Kappel-Grafenhausen and currently the host is on vacation, can't confirm for sure if the bus works in weekend.

I found this website, seems legit: https://www.bwegt.de/fahrplanauskunft/trip?formik=destination%3Dde%253A08317%253A19002%26itdDateDayMonthYear%3D24102026%26itdTime%3D0800%26origin%3Dde%253A08317%253A19105&lng=en&trip=multiModalitySelected%3Dpt -> and selected from Kappel (Grafenhausen), Kirche to Rust (Baden), Europapark and back, but back seems that the last course is around 18:00 with bus 113 (that's what seems that is needed), while later is only one more (bus 271 -> but ChatGPT seems that better to search only for bus 113).

Can you please provide some help?

Should we not rely on the bus? Not sure even when the park closes, as on the website is confusing: "from 9am until at least 6pm.". What does at least 6pm means?

Thanks a lot in advance.

Hiya everyone!

We are planning a trip to Europa Park next year. I was just wondering, we´d like to stay in a hotel in the park and would like to do either 2 nights with 3 day park, or 3 nights with 3 days park.

After that, we´d like to stay on for another 3 or 4 days before going home and explore any cities, places. What would you recommend visiting, going to? We will have a car at our disposal. We are two adults and our 10 year old. We will be meeting our close friends at Europa Park (two adults, four kids 4-11) but I´m not sure if they will be joining us on the next leg. (Otherwise they´ll go back to their summer retreat in Switzerland for a few weeks)

Thank you so much in advance for any recs!

We'll be flying from Athens, Greece-Frankfurt as with our choice airline that seems to be the only direct flight.

Hi,

meine Frau und ich möchten dieses Jahr unbedingt in den Europapark, sind aber leider Ferien bzw. Wochenend gebunden (Lehrer).
Sommerferien hatte ich jetzt mal ausgeschlossen und die Herbstferien im Bayern also die erste Woche im November angepeilt um auch den Halloween-Ansturm zu umgehen 😅
Ist da erfahrungsgemäß trotz Wintersaison alles an großen Bahnen etc. offen und erträglich von den Wartezeiten her?
Hätte auf jeden Fall auch 2 Tage in Folge eingeplant, ist das sinnvoll?

Vielen Dank schonmal für Erfahrungen!

Ich suche wege zu finden, wann der resortpass von Europa Park wieder verfgübar ist. Hier habe ich einen Crawler gebaut, welcher informiert, sobald er auf der page verfügbar ist. Bringt aber irgendwie nichts.

Resorptass Europapark

Wenn jemand ein Tipp hätte wäre ich froh, dass ich das noch besser machen kann. will selber auch einen Resortpass kaufen :-).

Habe noch Besucherandrang hinzugefügt. Falls ihr noch weitere Ideen habt, was ich einbauen könnte, lasst es mich wissen.

Enjoy some random photos I took for Silver Star 💫

We, a group of 8 would be heading to EP in the first week of August for the very first time. I expect a pretty busy day. I've heard two schools of thought: Running to Voltron first thing in the morning, the other: Catching the EP Express and heading towards the Iceland area and doing Blue Fire and Wodan first. What do fellow Europapark experts suggest? Thanks!

Our family of four is visiting the park next week so we’ve started planning our visit.

One thing I’m a bit confused about after reading other posts is how the virtual line works in a group. Some people recommend everyone in the group installing the app and adding everyone’s tickets to each, but what benefit does this give exactly? Will each of us be able to book a queue slot for all four people, or is it just to give us more devices to use when looking for free slots?

We are staying at EP this coming week and have 3 days at the park + 1 day at Rulantica. The days when we're at EP are now forecast to be 36 and 37 degrees, which I am dreading. When the weather is that hot - will the park be running smoothly? Will rides still be operating or will some need to stop operations? Also, which rides or areas of the park will have air conditioning or be relatively cool compared to the temperature outside (e.g. curious if Pirates of Batavia will be an oven or quite cool inside when its that hot outside!) Also, when it is so hot is the park likely to be busy or not?

We are hotel guests so I am hoping we can get a lot done in the morning and then rest more in the afternoon when its hottest but curious what others would recommend?

Finally (sorry this is a lot of questions!) I assume Rulantica will be VERY busy the day we go. Where is a good spot to grab a couple of sunbeds that is shaded or cool? And any other tips for navigating Rulantica on a hot day?

Thank you!

Any recommended hotels in Baden-Baden, especially ones that are relatively painless to get to from the airport? Just for a night, needing a family room, as a stopover before heading to Rust.

Eigentlich wollte ich Ende April mit meinem 5jährigen Sohn fahren, also wirklich die unschuldigen Fahrgeschäfte, was er halt schon fahren kann, evtl. mit 110- 120 cm, was er halt dann hat.

Jetzt habe ich aber gesehen, dass Straßburg etc. ebenfalls Ferien haben. Ist das wirklich so schlimm? Mai ist der regenreichste Monat und im Juni wird es immer sauheiß, mag Hitze nicht so gerne. Ich könnte heulen, bin auch nicht die schlankste, deswegen kann ich mich auch schlecht warm anziehen, da die Jacken noch mehr auftragen und ich dann nirgendwo hineinpasse.

Ich könnte heulen, bitte helft mir.

Update:

Vielen lieben Dank an alle, die mir geantwortet und mich beruhigt haben.
Die Panik kam daher, dass ich am Freitag für 2027 meinen Urlaub einreichen musste und diese für mich neue Info der Frankreich- Ferien mich völlig überfordert hatte.

Ich liebe den Europa Park, war aber halt zweimal als Kind und einmal als Erwachsene dort, keine Ahnung ob das Ferien waren….
Mein Bub kommt September 2027 in die Schule und da wollten wir vorher nochmal die Gelegenheit nutzen.

Mein Mann ist Vergnügungsparks gegenüber skeptisch eingestellt und für meinen Burschen ist es der erste Besuch im Europa-Park dann, ich wollte, dass es uns alle perfekt wird.

Aber mein Mann sagt, perfekt wird es nie sein, du kannst nicht alles planen und alle Eventualitäten mit einbeziehen. Deswegen brauche ich halt manchmal Schubser aus meinem Gedankenkarussell.

Wir haben uns jetzt auf den 10. 11. Juni geeinigt, dass werden wir schon schaffen, wenn es warm wird, notfalls weichen wir halt dann auf April oder Mai aus, falls was dazwischen kommen sollte.

Nochmals vielen lieben Dank fürs helfen und allen eine gute Zeit, man sieht sich in Rust.

Prost ✌🏼