Award-winning Entertainment

Since 1994, the Thea Award has been presented by the non-profit organisation 'Themed Entertainment Association' to honour outstanding achievements in development, concept and execution in theme parks. The Thea Award is considered one of the most significant awards in the entertainment industry.

2023 - International Industry Oscar for Roland Mack

• On 15.04.2023, the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) awarded the popular 'Thea Award' to Roland Mack. The successful entrepreneur from Baden, Germany, is the first ever theme park owner to receive the 'Buzz Price Award' for his life's work as well as his outstanding entrepreneurial achievements and his engagement for the industry. The award was handed over during a gala event with more than 1,000 international guests in the Disney Hotel in Los Angeles. The Thea Awards have been given since 1994 and recognise people and companies for their outstanding achievements in the entertainment industry.
  Roland Mack is the first European to be inducted into the 'IAAPA Hall of Fame' as well as receive the 'Buzz Price Award'.
• The Buzz Price Award is considered one of the industry's most prestigious lifetime achievement awards. This award recognises Roland Mack's lifetime of extraordinary creative and technical innovation. More information

2020 – Snorri Touren – Category: Outstanding Achievement - Attraction, Limited Budget

• The themed ride Snorri Touren in the Scandinavian themed area has received the prestigious 'TEA Award' in the category 'Outstanding achievement, attraction with limited budget'. The experts particularly praised the excellent further development of a classic family attraction in combination with state-of-the-art projection technology and also added: "The tight schedule for the construction of such a high-quality attraction deserves the highest recognition. To complete the building, theming and installation of the ride in just over a year is an amazing achievement."

2017 – ARTHUR – Category: Best Ride System

• The popular family attraction 'ARTHUR - In the Minimoys Kingdom' was received the prestigious THEA Award in the category 'Best Ride System', one of the highest accolades in the entertainment industry.

2013 – Category: Best Amusement Park Worldwide

• Both the loving design that goes into the fifteen European themed areas and the development of a popular short-haul destination prompted the TEA committee to honour the park for its outstanding achievements. The variety and attention to detail offered at Europa-Park is extraordinary, praises the TEA.

2012 – FoodLoop – Category: Restaurants

• In April 2012, the looping restaurant FoodLoop was awarded the Thea award in the Gastronomy category in Los Angeles . "At FoodLoop, your food has as much fun as you do" explained the jury of the 'Themed Entertainment Association'.

February 2023

The Europa-Park Resort is delighted to have been named 'Germany's most popular theme park'. Germany's largest theme park achieved the highest score in the F.A.Z. Institute's study on the most popular products and services in 2023.

As part of the study, the F.A.Z. Institute analysed around 12,000 service providers and products by means of mentions and their tone on websites, forums and social media channels, for example. Price-performance ratio, customer satisfaction, quality, service, recommendation and desirability were evaluated. In the category 'Theme Parks', Europa-Park, including the water world Rulantica and the hotel resort, came out on top with the highest score of 100 points and is thus the industry winner 2023.

November 2022

At the Parkscout Audience Awards, one of the most important awards in the German theme park industry, more than 58,000 park guests have voted and therefore achieved a new record this year. 

Category: Best Theme Park 2022

• Europa-Park has been voted Best Theme Park in Germany 2022.

Category Best Value for Money 2022

• With numerous high-quality shows, a wide range of attractions and culinary delights, Europa-Park also won the Best Value for Money category.

Category: Most Child-Friendly Park 2022

• Europa-Park has also a lot to offer for the smallest visitors and has therefore been voted the Most Child-Friendly Park 2022. 

Category: Best Themed Ride 2022

• In the category 'Best Themed Ride', Europa-Park was able to secure not only the first, but also the second and third place! The 2020 newly re-opened themed ride Pirates in Batavia came first, ARTHUR second and the Voletarium third. 

Category: Best gastronomy in a theme park 2022

• This year, Europa-Park secured the first place in the category 'Best gastronomy in a theme park'. 

Category: Best new attraction in a theme park 2022

• The majestical boat ride Josefina's Imperial Magical Journey became second in the category 'Best new attraction in a theme park 2022'. 

Category: Best rollercoaster in a theme park 2022

• In the category 'Best rollercoaster', Europa-Park scored twice. The blue fire Megacoaster came second, Silver Star third. 

Category: Best family rollercoaster 2022

• Eurosat - CanCan Coaster came third in the category 'Best family rollercoaster'. 

Category: Best water attraction 2022

• The popular Fjord Rafting came second in the category 'Best water attraction', while Atlantica SuperSplash managed to secure third place. 

Category: Best show in a theme park 2022

• Our spectacular show 'The return of the Sultan' has been crowned as best show in a theme park. 

November 2022

The Parkscout plus Award has been presented by the specialist magazine ‘parkscout’ since 2017. The leading companies in the leisure industry in Europe are awarded prizes in a total of 15 categories.

Category: Europe's Best Theme Park

• For the sixth time running, the editorial team has chosen Europa-Park as ‘Europe's best theme park’!

Category: Europe's best dark ride

• The themed ride Pirates in Batavia is named ‘Europe's best dark ride’!
• The family rollercoaster ARTHUR has taken second place in the same category.

Category: Germany's best wooden rollercoaster

• WODAN - Timburcoaster wins the category 'Germany's best wooden rollercoaster'!

Category: Germany's best family rollercoaster

• The Eurosat - CanCan Coaster is ‘Germany's best family rollercoaster’!

October 2022

Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, DIE WELT and the Cologne-based consulting and analysis institute ServiceValue have awarded Germany's largest theme park the 'Gold Level' in the 'Service Champions' ranking. With a service experience score of 64.5 percent, Europa-Park is also the industry winner.

The ranking is considered the largest of its kind in Germany and was conducted for the 12th time. Current and former customers are interviewed for the survey. More than 1.9 million reviews of almost 4,700 companies from 398 sectors were evaluated for the ranking.

September 2022

Europa-Park received the best possible result 'excellent' for its service and therefore is the industry leader in the category 'leisure and theme parks'. Regarding service quality, Germany's largest theme park is among the best in the country - this has now been confirmed by Statista and TESTBILD, who conducted the independent study 'Top Service Quality 2022/2023'. More than 20,000 customers have been asked for their opinion about 3,200 companies from 217 industries for the study.

Basis for the study were recommendation levels as well as competence, communication, availability, customer focus and levels of service. The service at the Europa-Park Resort convinved participants on all levels which brought an outstanding result.

September 2022

The 'Worldofparks-Award', one of the most important audience only awards for leisure venues in Europe, has been taking place on Worldofparks.eu for eleven years.

Category: Europe's Best Theme Park

• This year, Europa-Park was voted second best theme park in Europe.

Category: Best new attraction in a European theme park

• Our majestic boat ride 'Josefina's Magical Imperial Journey' qualified as the second best new attraction in Europe.

Category: Best show in a European theme park

• 'The Return of the Sultan', our new show in the Spanish Arena, managed to secure a third place in this year's voting.

September 2022

Since 2012, the leisure technology journal 'Kirmes & Park Revue' awards the European Star Award annually to promote entrepreneurial courage and to reward innovative ideas.

Category: Europe's Best Theme Park

• Since 2013, Europa-Park has repeatedly been honored as the 'Best European Theme Park' - again in 2022!

Category: Europe's Best Water Park

• In 2020 and 2022, our water world Rulantica has been voted the second-best water park in Europe.

Category: Europe's Best Dark Park

• In 2022, the Voletarium won this award. In 2021, the dark ride Pirates in Batavia was in the top 10 of Europe's 'Best Dark Rides'.

Category: Europe's Best Water Attraction

• The water rollercoaster Poseidon came third in the category 'Europe's Best Water Attraction' 2021.

Category: Europe's Best Wooden Rollercoaster

• WODAN - Timburcoaster managed to win third place in this category in 2020.

Category: Europe's Best Family Attraction

• ARTHUR managed to win 'Best Family Attraction' in Europe in 2015, 2017, 2019, and 2020.

Category: Best new attraction

• In 2017, the Voletarium won 'Best New Attraction' in Europe.

September 2022

At the awards of the British trade publication 'Park World', the best operators, suppliers, manufacturers and entertainment specialists from all of Europe, the Middle East and Africa are being distinguished.

Category: Best Large Theme Park

• Europa-Park has been awarded the title of Best International Large Theme Park.

September 2022

Europa-Park has once again been voted 'Best Theme Park Worldwide' at the coveted industry Oscars 'Golden Ticket Award'. After 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021, Germany’s largest theme park retains its place at the very top of the winner’s podium against Walt Disney World and Universal Studios, in 2022. In particular, the mix of diverse rides for young and old as well as the theme concept, shaped by architecture, convinced the top-class jury.

August 2022

The German National Tourist Board (DZT) asks international guests every year about their favourite sights, buildings and places of natural beauty in Germany. Over 15,000 people voted for their favourite in 2020, 2021 and 2022 - and chose Europa-Park, just like in the last years, in 2nd place.

November 2021

Family Holidays with the Quality Seal! Europa-Park, the Rulantica water world and the six 4* themed hotels have been recognised in the state-wide competition 'familien-ferien' (family holidays). The competition is run by the Tourismus Marketing GmbH Baden-Württemberg together with the German Hotel and Gastronomy Association (DEHOGA) Baden-Württemberg.

October 2021

The online magazine Parksmania has awarded the internationally recognised 'Parksmania Award' to European theme parks which have distinguished themselves through special initiative in the theme park and entertainment sector annually since 2001.

Category: European Park of the Year

• In October 2021, Europa-Park won the Parksmania Award for 'European Park of the Year' in the Leolandia park. Before that, Europa-Park won the same title in 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.

Category: European Top New Attraction

• The totally rebuilt ride Pirates in Batavia has been named 'European Top New Attraction' in 2021.

September 2021

For 13 years the 'European Identity and Cloud Awards' has been awarded to companies that have implemented exceptional projects in the area of digital identity and cyber security. Europa-Park has received the prestigious award in Munich on 15. September 2021 in the field of 'Customer Identity and Access Management' for its new and innovative log-in service MackOne. The log-in service allows its users to access a wide range of digital services of the Europa-Park Resort with just one account.

July 2021

• Category: Best Theme Park in Germany

Around 20,000 readers of the TRAVELBOOK magazine have voted: Europa-Park managed to surpass 9 opponents and has been crowned 'Best Theme Park in Germany' with 42% of all votes. In the poll, people appreciated the more than 100 attractions, the shows as well as the six themed hotels, the Rulantica water world and the hygiene and safety concept, as well as the theming overall.

May 2021

In May 2021, Europa-Park has received the Jobmotor award in the category 'New Employees'. The price is being awarded by IHK Südlicher Oberrhein and the Badische Zeitung newspaper. The Europa-Park Resort has welcomed 750 new employees in over the last two years.

January 2020

In January 2020, Europa-Park has received the award for 'Best excursion destination outside the Netherlands' for the second time. Members of the Dutch AA (A.N.W.B.) gave Europa-Park the highest marks out of all excursion destinations in Europe.

November 2019

The Brass Ring Awards honour specific areas of the worldwide theme park industry every year and belong to the most renowned awards of the industry. At the award ceremony during the IAAPA Attractions Expo in Orlando (Florida), Europa-Park has won awards in three categories:

Category: Most Creative Sports/Stunt Show

• The ice show 'Paddington on Ice - the Grande Voyage' amazed the jury and was awarded the 'Most Creative Sports/Stunt Show'.

Category: Best Employee Reward and Recognition Program

• The Europa-Park Academy received the 'Best Employee Reward and Recognition Program' Award, with their diverse variety of employee seminars and trainings.

Category: Live Entertainment Excellence Spirit Award

• The Europa-Park Talent Academy, founded by Katja Mack, was rewarded with the 'Live Entertainment Excellence Spirit Award'.

January 2019

Since its inception in 2009, the European Festival Awards have been dedicated to recognising and honouring collective achievements in the festival industry.

Category: Best New Festival

• Launched in 2018 at Europa-Park, 'Rolling Stone Park' was honoured with the 'European Festival Award 2018' in January 2019 as the best new festival.

November 2018

The Brass Ring Awards recognise specific areas of the global amusement park industry each year, and are among the most prestigious awards in the industry. At the IAAPA Attractions Expo in Orlando (Florida), Europa-Park received this award in two categories:

Category: Best Visual Merchandise

• The toy brand Alpha Mods P.D. developed by MackMedia convinced judges in the category 'Best Visual Merchandise'.

Category: Live Entertainment Excellence Spirit Award

• A special honour was due to Ulrich Grawunder, as the former Head of Shows was honoured with the 'Live Entertainment Excellence Spirit Award'.

November 2018

Together with the German Hotel and Restaurant Association (DEHOGA), Tourismus Marketing GmbH Baden-Württemberg has been awarding the State Seal of Quality for 20 years. This is valid for three years and will only be awarded if strict criteria are met. Europa-Park has been awarded the State Seal of Quality in three categories:

• 'Theme Parks and Pools'
• 'Accommodation outside of distinguished locations'
• 'Restaurants'

October 2018

The HALO Awards are given for particularly creative and innovative AV, VR and MR projects in Europe. At this year's HALO Awards, which were presented at VR Days Europe in Amsterdam, 'Eurosat Coastiality' convinced the jury in the category 'Location-based Entertainment' and was awarded the Silver Award.

November 2016

In 2016, the IAAPA (International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions) honoured Roland Mack with the highest award that the world association of the leisure industry has to bestow. The founder and owner of Europa-Park will be inducted into the 'Hall of Fame'. Other members include formative faces of the industry, such as Walt Disney.