EUROPA-PARK
Germany
(Note: The park is owned by Mack GmbH
and used as a Showcase for their products.)
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---- THE LATEST NEWS ----
(4/3/2026) Ever Wonder Who Created The Euro-Mir Song?
(3/29/2026) Euro-Mir Updates and other park improvements
(3/28/2026) A Small Euro-Mir / Project 2028 Update
(3/21/2025) Europa-Park Posts Video Teaser of new Monaco Themed Area
(3/19/2026) Europa Park Confirms New 4D Theater Attraction Is Coming This Season
(11/15/2025) Europa-Park Adds Mack Rides First In-House Build Animatronic Figure
(10/28/2025) Europa-Park To Build Monaco in 2026 and Remove Euro-Mir to Build European Space Agency Coaster in 2028
 Park News - (3/29/2026) It appears that there have been some scenic upgrades and improvements to the walk-through portion of the park’s Geisterschloss haunted dark ride, now known as Castello dei Medici. The park has also installed a new hand-built dragon character along the Alpine Express Enzian attraction, which is meant to be a replacement for the lost guardian dragon that used to live inside the former World of Diamonds cave area.
(11/15/2025) A new surprise from Europa-Park and Mack Rides today as the company has officially designed and built their very own entirely in-house animatronic. The Ed Euromaus figure is now in place to greet everyone as they enter this year’s new GRAND PRIX Edventure attraction.
(6/5/2025) A great article talking with Europa-Park’s Tobias Mundinger about the importance of developing or using character based IPs within themed entertainment can be found at Blooloop this week. Tobias serves as the Executive Director of Mack One and discusses many of the projects and IPs Europa-Park has been involved with, both external IPs like Arthur and Jim Button, as well as the importance of creating their own unique storylines and characters to create their own IPs for attractions like Rulantica or even Madame Freudenreich and her dinosaurs.
(3/28/2025) According to the video report below, Wodan at Europa-Park has been upgraded with a section of Titan Track for the 2025 season. The video shows off a section of the new track in place, already open for riders for the season. From the look of the video, the Titan Track show has replaced the entire track run from the station to the bottom of the lift hill.
2026 - Snorri 4D - Catch Me If You Candy - (3/19/2026) Europa Park has confirmed that a new 4D theater film is coming to the park this season, featuring Snorri! Look for “Snorri 4D - Catch Me If You Candy” in the park’s Magic Cinema 4D theater this season, featuring Bubba the crab and Svalgur the sea serpent from Rulantica. Check out the teaser below.
2026 - Monaco (New Land) - (3/21/2026) Europa-Park has posted a teaser video showing off the new Monaco themed area of the park, that will now include the Silver Star roller coaster. Follow the link to check it out!
(10/28/2025) Europa-Park has announced that the park will open a new Monaco themed zone for the 2026 season that will become the park’s 18th themed land. From the sound of it, the land will feature some Formula-1 Grand Prix theming, and in terms of where it will be located, it seems the existing Silver Star roller coaster (B&M Hyper) will be part of the new land.
As for the rest, I’m a bit unsure of if the new theme will take over anything else, as there isnt’ a lot of space back by Silver Star. Behind the coaster is the land used for the backside of Poseidon, and the Pegasus family coaster, and immediately to the east is the Matterhorn Blitz coaster.
A preview center for Monaco has been set up for awhile inside the park.
2028 - European Space Agency Coaster and Land - (4/3/2026) If you were ever curious who created the memorable soundtrack score to Europa-Parks Euro-Mir roller coaster, then you may enjoy seeing this post on LinkedIn from Christian Steiger, remembering how he created the track back in 1997 and what it has become to so many people in the nearly 30 years since then.
(3/29/2026) Another quick update about the upcoming work to replace Euro-Mir has been found on social media. These comments are said to have come from Roland Mack himself, clarifying previous comments about the Euro-Mir towers. While the current “iconic towers” will still come down, they “will be replaced for structural reasons but rebuilt in a similar style”.
The land itself will also “be further developed as part of a new themed area, which will no longer be part of the existing themed area.” “Demolition work on Euro-Mir is expected to begin this winter, with completion scheduled for 2028”, and the best part… “Further attractions are also planned.” so there is going to be more to come with this new themed land.
(3/28/2026) While Europa-Park has not yet revealed the final date to ride Euro-Mir, they are saying that it will continue to run through to the winter season at least. They’ve also released a couple of new bits of info about the 2028 replacement ride, confirming that not only will be keep the space theme alive, but Euro-Mir’s “iconic towers will return” as part of the new attraction as well.
(10/28/2025) It has been reported that the quirky and unique spinning coaster, Euro Mir, at Europa-Park is now set to be removed, and will be replaced with an “entirely new high-tech roller coaster in cooperation with the European Space Agency (ESA).” The new yet-to-be-named roller coaster is slated to open for the 2028 season and will feature a whole futuristic redesigned area themed to space exploration. While Russia will exist as a themed land within the park, it will apparently be scaled back. This would essentially leave the Sleigh Ride Snowflake dark ride, Russian train station, Lada Autodrom car ride and the surrounding food and gift shops.
According to Roland Mack, “We’re not just building a roller coaster, we’re building a journey into space.” While no details have been released about what form the new coaster will take, I’m expecting this to likely be replaced with something using Mack’s Xtreme Spinning Coaster coaster design which allows for launches as well as intense inversions, all while spinning. While a prototype opened in North America’s Silver Dollar City as Time Traveler in 2018, the Ride to Happiness at Plopsaland Belgium that opened in 2021 has become extremely popular with guests and coaster enthusiasts for its unique and wild ride.
Another new Extreme Spinning Coaster is also planned to open in 2028 at Plopsaland Deutschland as well. That said… Mack did say that the new space themed coaster at Europa-Park would offer a “space adventure for the whole family” so I wouldn’t count on this version to be as wild as what is planned for Plopsaland. More than likely it will be something that will go indoors (at least partially, like Euro Mir) and make heavy use of lightning and special effects.
The final operating day for Euro Mir has not yet been posted, though many expect to see it closes for good around the end of the year, perhaps when the Christmas holiday season is over, giving guests arriving for the holiday period one last chance to ride what is one of Europa-Park’s most unique rides. I will be sad to see it go… as it certainly left an impression on me during my visit in 2017, and no one can deny that the soundtrack does make a lasting impression. If you can’t make it to the park before the close it for good, you can enjoy a virtual last ride with me below.
Fun Screamscape Videos Of Europa Park
A Stroll Around the Europa Park Hotels with Screamscape -
Tiroler Log Flume - POV
Schweizer Bobbahn POV
Fjord Rafting (2017)
Piraten in Batavia (2017)
Euro-MIR - POV
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