Award-winning Entertainment

December 2020

At the Parkscout Audience Awards, one of the most important awards in the German theme park industry, more than 55,000 park guests have voted and therefore achieved a new record this year.

Category: Best Theme Park 2020

• Europa-Park has been voted Best Theme Park in Germany 2020.

Category Best Value for Money 2020

• 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 2020

• Europa-Park has also a lot to offer for the smallest visitors and has therefore been voted the Most Child-Friendly Park 2020.

Category: Best Themed Ride: 1st place: (Batavia) + 2nd place (ARTHUR) 2020

• In the category Best Themed Ride, Europa-Park was able to score not once, but twice. The newly opened dark ride Pirates in Batavia achieved the 1st place and ARTHUR was voted into 2nd place.

Category: Best Themed Water Park: Rulantica

• Almost in time for the first birthday of Rulantica, the new water world has one Best Themed Water Park.

December 2020

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.

November 2020

Since 1994, the TEA 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 TEA Thea Award is considered one of the most significant awards in the entertainment industry.

Category: Outstanding Achievement - Attraction, Limited Budget

• The themed ride Snorri Touren has received the award in the category 'Outstanding Achievement - Attraction, Limited Budget'.

November 2020

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 2020!

Category: Europe's Best Family Attraction

• Since 2015, the themed ride ARTHUR, has repeatedly been crowned 'Europe's Best Family Attraction' - and again in 2020!

Category: Best new attraction

• In 2017, the Voletarium qualified as the 'Best new attraction'.

Category: Europe's Best Water Attraction

• The water rollercoaster Poseidon qualified as Europe's Best Water Attraction of 2013.

October 2020

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

• Once again, the editorial team has chosen Europa-Park as ‘Europe's best theme park’!

Category: Europe's best new attraction

• The newly-opened themed ride Pirates in Batavia is named ‘Europe's best innovation’!

Category: Europe's best dark ride

• The Inverted-Powered-Coaster ARTHUR wins in the category ‘Europe's best dark ride’!

Category: Germany's best family rollercoaster

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

September 2020

The German National Tourist Board (DZT) asks international guests every year about their favourite sights, buildings and places of natural beauty in Germany. Over 13,000 people voted for their favourite in 2019/2020 - and chose Europa-Park in 2nd place.

September 2020

In a large study on behalf of the German magazine 'Focus Money', Europa-Park ranks on the first place in the category 'Theme Parks' and now holds the title 'Digital Champion', with 100 out of 100 possible points. The annual study scores around 13,000 German companies in relation to their digital offering.

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'.

October 2019

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 2019, Europa-Park won the Parksmania Award for 'European Park of the Year' for the fourth time in a row.

Category: European Top New Attraction

• In 2017, the attraction Voletarium was voted 'European Top New Attraction'. The jury praised the perfect integration into the German themed area.

September 2019

After five consecutive wins in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018, Germany’s largest theme park retains its place at the very top of the winner’s podium against Disney and Efteling, in 2019. At the Golden Ticket Awards from the renowned Amusement Today magazine, Europa-Park was honoured once again as the 'Best Theme Park Worldwide' for the sixth time in a row. 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.

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.

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.

2017 – Category: Best Ride System

• The themed ride 'ARTHUR - In the Minimoys Kingdom' was awarded in the category 'Best Ride System' in 2017.

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 THEA committee to honour the park for its outstanding achievements. The variety and attention to detail offered at Europa-Park is extraordinary, praises the THEA.

2012 – 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'.