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Summer Nights 22 August

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?

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u/Forward_Farmer_1336 — 2 days ago
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Poseiden ride, did anybody else get bruised

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.

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u/jaimytje — 7 days ago
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Visiting next week (Aug 16–22) with kids — rain in the forecast. How is the park on a rainy day?

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! 🎢

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u/sabakis — 8 days ago
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Ideen Geburtstagsüberraschung?

Hallo!

Ich bin bald 2 Tage im Europapark und 1 Tag in Rulantica. Meine Begleitung hat kurz vor unserem Besuch Geburtstag, weshalb ich mich frage, ob es ein empfehlenswertes add-on gibt, dass ich ihm schenken kann.

Gibt es außer einem Essen im Restaurant/beim Buffet etwas, das sich gut als Geschenk anbieten würde?

Wir sind das erste Mal im Park.

Ideen würden mich freuen.

Es sollte bestenfalls nicht teurer als 70€ sein :)

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u/HoneylovingWinnie — 8 days ago
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Questions about the running of Europe Park

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.

u/Frequent-You369 — 13 days ago
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Did they finally change the böckli mascot?

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?

u/Lower-Cream7985 — 10 days ago
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Ungeplant alleine im Park

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.

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u/Queasy_Patience_3252 — 12 days ago