Europa-Park, Germany’s largest theme park will opens its doors on 1st April with a spectacular programme of seasonal events running until 5th November, followed by a Christmas and Winter schedule from 25th November 2017 until 7th January 2018. 

With its affordable ticket prices, high professional standards and high-tech innovative rides and attractions, the theme park is becoming increasingly popular with visitors from the UK, showing an increase of over 26% in overnight stays for 2016, compared to 2015.

There are 15 European themed areas to be discovered, over 100 attractions and rides including 13 rollercoasters.

With the aid of virtual reality glasses, visitors can jump into a virtual fantasy world – such as the Alpenexpress Coastiality VR-Ride – while at the same time feeling the full energy of a rollercoaster ride, with a series of airstreams, centrifugal forces and curves. Using the Coastiality app by MackMedia, smartphone users can also dive into amazing 360-degree animations and experience the thrill of rollercoaster rides at home.

New for 2017, Europa-Park will launch Europe’s largest ‘Flying Theater’: ‘Project V’.  This virtual reality ride explores the story of German aviation pioneers Egbert and Kaspar Eulenstein. It will take visitors on an exhilarating ride through 15 European destinations, through a specially shot ‘flyover’ film and complete with ground-breaking, special effects for sight, touch and sound.

For those who prefer to stay on the ground, Europa-Park provides up to 23 hours of daily shows. There are numerous special events throughout the year at Europe’s most popular theme park, such as the big Summer Party: on 22nd July 2017, Europa-Park will turn night into day with thrilling rollercoaster action until midnight.The Mercedes-Benz Hall is gearing itself up for the fastest racing series in the world again and the MONACO exhibition will give unbelievable insights into the winning race cars, along with their drivers and teams. New this summer is the Street Art Market where graffiti and street artists will display their creative skills.