Award-winning entertainment at Europa-Park

June 2026

The travel experts at Travelcircus have once again named Europa-Park as Germany’s best theme park. As part of the ‘Freizeitpark Checks 2026’, the booking platform analysed 49 of the country's most popular theme parks, as well as over 1,600 attractions. A wide range of data on prices, reviews, and brand awareness was evaluated. Securing the top spot, Europa-Park achieved an impressive 22.51 out of a possible 25 points.

With over 100 attractions and shows, Germany’s largest theme park offers unforgettable experiences for all the family, ranging from heart-pounding thrills and fascinating themed worlds to first-class entertainment. Since 2026, visitors have also been delighted by the 18th European themed area, Monaco, which adds to Europa-Park's unique diversity.

Guests can look forward to an extraordinary holiday experience even beyond the theme park: Rulantica water world, the Michelin-starred fine dining restaurant Eatrenalin, six 4* (Superior) hotels within the resort, and the new Silver Lake City all come together to make a stay at the Europa-Park Resort the perfect short break, full of special moments.
This latest accolade from Travelcircus confirms the high-quality standards of Europa-Park and cements its position as one of Europe's most popular leisure destinations.

The Parkscout Audience Award, one of the most important awards in the German theme park industry, set another record this year: Over 60,000 participants cast their votes this year.

2025/2026

Category: ‘Most Child-Friendly Theme Park 2025’

• Europa-Park has plenty to offer its younger visitors too, and has once again been named the ‘Most child-friendly theme park’.

Category: ‘Most Popular New Attraction in a Theme Park 2025’

• The interactive dark ride GRAND PRIX EDventure secured the coveted title of most popular new attraction. Previously, the 360° film adventure Nikola Tesla’s Beautiful Croatia and the attraction Josefina’s Magical Magic Journey had featured in the top three.

Category: ‘Most Popular Themed Hotel 2025’

• The 4* superior themed hotel ‘Krønasår’, located next to the Rulantica water world, has been voted the most popular themed hotel of 2025.

Category: Best Themed Ride 2025

• Europa-Park once again took first and second place in the 'Most popular themed ride' category with the attractions Pirates of Batavia and ARTHUR.

Category: 'Most popular rollercoaster 2025

• In the ‘Most Popular Rollercoaster’ category, the Voltron Nevera powered by Rimac attraction proved a hit and took second place. Previous winners in this category have included the blue fire Megacoaster and the Silver Star.

Category: Best gastronomy in a theme park 2025

• Europa-Park took second place this year for the most popular catering in a theme park. It also scored highly in this category in the years before.

Category: 'Most popular family rollercoaster 2025'

• The Eurosat - CanCan Coaster once again scored points in the 'Most popular family rollercoaster' category and was honoured with the third place.

November 2023

Category: Best Theme Park 2023

• Europa-Park once again impressed visitors and was able to secure the title of ‘Most Popular Theme Park’ for the second time in a row.

Category Best Value for Money 2023

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

Category: 'Most popular water attraction 2023'

• For the second time in a row, the popular Fjord Rafting and Atlantica SuperSplash secured second and third place in the 'Most popular water attraction' category.

Category: 'Most popular show in a theme park in 2023'

• Our captivating illusion show 'Secret' with Vincent Vignaud impressed visitors and was voted the most popular show in a theme park.

October 2025

The trade magazine Parkscout plus has named Europa-Park Europe's Best Theme Park for the ninth consecutive year and the water world Rulantica Europe's Best Water Park for the fifth consecutive year. Voltron Nevera powered by Rimac secured second place as Europe's Best Steel Rollercoaster. The coaster had already been named ‘Europe's Best New Rollercoaster’ in 2024.

As in the last three years, our other attractions also impressed the jury: For example, WODAN - Timbercoaster is once again 'Germany's Best Wooden Rollercoaster' and Eurosat - CanCan Coaster is once again 'Germany's Best Family Rollercoaster' at Europa-Park. The popular ride Pirates in Batavia is, as in 2022, 2023, and 2024, 'Europe's Best Dark Ride', closely followed by ARTHUR in second place in the same category. The Europa-Park hotels are also represented: The 4* superior themed hotels 'Bell Rock' and 'Colosseo' are again among the top 5 in the category 'Europe's Best Themed Hotels'.

Since 2017, 'Parkscout plus' has been awarding an annual editorial prize to recognise the achievements and innovations of the European theme park industry. The trade magazine is published quarterly and reports on leisure, animal and holiday parks as well as water parks. The publication focuses on interesting background information and interviews with decision-makers in the industry about current developments.

October 2025

Since 2001, the online magazine Parksmania.it has been awarding the internationally recognised 'Parksmania Awards' to European theme parks that have distinguished themselves through special initiatives in the theme park and entertainment sector.

As in 2024, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016, Europa-Park will be honoured with the Parksmania Award as 'European Park of the Year'.

Last year, the new multi launch coaster Voltron Nevera powered by Rimac received the ‘European Top New Attraction’ award. In 2021, the redesigned Pirates in Batavia attraction was able to secure this title.

September 2025

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 once more been awarded the title of Best International Large Theme Park.

Special category: Best of the Best

• Europa-Park received the special honour of being named ‘Best of the Best’.

Category: Best Live Entertainment

September 2025

In Europe, the European Star Award is considered one of the most important honours for the continent's theme and water parks. The magazine Kirmes & Park Revue once again honoured Europa-Park as ‘Europe's Best Theme Park’. The theme park has received this honour repeatedly since 2013. This year, the breathtaking Voltron Nevera powered by Rimac coaster was among the top three best steel rollercoasters in Europe. The interactive dark ride GRAND PRIX EDventure also secured a place in the top five in the category ‘Europe's Best New Indoor Attraction’.

Europa-Park has also received awards in the following categories in recent years:

Category: Europe's Best New Rollercoaster

• The breathtaking new ride Voltron Nevera powered by Rimac secured the prestigious award in 2024.

Category: Europe's Best Dark Ride

• In 2022 and 2023, the Voletarium won this award. In 2021, the Pirates of Batavia ride was among the top ten as ‘Europe's best dark ride’.

Category: Europe's Best Family Attraction

• ARTHUR managed to win 'Best Family Attraction' in Europe in 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, and 2025. 

Category: Best new attraction

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

April 2025

For the first time, the annual meeting of the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) took place outside North America. Following last year's event in Las Vegas, Europa-Park had the honour of hosting the industry summit for the first time. From 28 to 30 April 2025, experts from the global leisure industry gathered at Europa-Park. The IAAPA Brass Ring Awards were also presented during the event. Germany's largest theme park received three prestigious IAAPA Brass Ring Awards in its anniversary year.

Category: Live Entertainment Excellence

• Most Creative Spectacular for the elaborately staged anniversary show ‘20 Years of Colosseo’ Category: Live Entertainment Excellence

Category: Human Resources Excellence

• The company impresses with its modern onboarding concept centred around the MACK Academy and Welcome Centre 75. Frederik Mack, Director of HR, has played a key role in developing these processes.

Health and well-being

• The Feelgood Health Centre, founded by Miriam Mack, offers around 5,250 employees a wide range of preventive and health services. IAAPA recognised this exemplary commitment in this category with the award for the best Health and Wellness Programme.

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 TALENT ACADEMY, founded by Katja Mack, was rewarded with the 'Live Entertainment Excellence Spirit Award'.

January 2025

On 28. January, French President Emmanuel Macron named Europa-Park founder Roland Mack an ‘Officier de la Légion d'honneur’ and Michael Mack, Managing Partner of Europa-Park and CEO of MACK One, a ‘Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur’ at the Élysée Palace in Paris. Only a very small number of Germans have received this honour so far.

With this award, the French president honours the extraordinary commitment of Roland and Michael Mack to the Franco-German friendship. The statement says that Roland and Michael Mack are ‘great friends of France’ and that the Mack family has been working very successfully for decades to promote mutual understanding between the two peoples. Roland Mack, his family and the Europa-Park theme park he founded are outstanding examples of visionary commitment to Franco-German friendship. Europa-Park is one of the best theme parks worldwide and has been developed into a truly Franco-German enterprise by Roland and Michael Mack.

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.

2025 - Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement - Attraction

The rollercoaster innovation Voltron Nevera powered by Rimac impressed the international jury of the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) and was honoured for outstanding performance in the ‘Attraction’ category. 
What is particularly noteworthy here is that rollercoasters are rarely honoured with a TEA Thea Award. The prestigious award is one of the highest honours in the entertainment industry and was announced at the IAAPA Expo in Orlando, the world's largest trade fair for the leisure industry.

The jury was particularly impressed by the overall experience - from the storytelling and theming to the rollercoaster itself. It offers numerous innovative ride elements, such as the world's steepest launch at 105 degrees, as well as fascinating storytelling, creating a unique overall experience. The ‘Stryker Coaster’ was developed by MACK Rides.

2024 - Award for Eatrenalin

• Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) has honoured the restaurant world-first Eatrenalin with the coveted TEA Thea Award in the ‘Experiential Dining Attraction’ category.
  Take a look at all the awards won by the restaurant attraction.

2023 - International honour 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'.

May 2024

The travel experts at Travelcircus have once again voted Europa-Park into first place in the ranking of the best theme parks in Germany.

Overall, Europa-Park scored best of all German theme parks, once again proving its special quality and exceptional offer for visitors of all ages.

Germany's largest theme park also won awards in the categories ‘Top Instagram’, ‘Top Rollercoaster’, ‘Top Ratings’ and ‘Top Water Attractions’.

January 2024

Making that special feeling of the Europa-Park Resort and the anticipation of the coming season tangible in a creative way was the task of artists big and small who took part in the 'Art Contest', which was announced in January 2023. It finally culminated in the ART BOULEVARD in Europa-Park's 'blue fire Dome', where pieces of art were showcased for visitors. In January 2024, the extraordinary project was honoured at the German Design Award 2024 with the 'Winner' award for outstanding and exemplary design achievement in the category 'Excellent Communications Design- Integrated Campaigns and Advertising'.

June 2023

Europa-Park was named 'Customer's Favourite 2023' in the theme and amusement park category by German magazine 'Focus Money'. With the highest possible score of 100 points, the family-run company once again sets itself apart from all other German theme parks as the industry winner.

For the tenth time, DEUTSCHLAND TEST, together with the Institute for Management and Economic Research (IMWF), has examined the popularity of around 20,000 brands and companies in more than 200 sectors in a wide-ranging study. With a fantastic 100 points, Europa-Park is the only theme park to receive a 'Gold' rating, once again showing that it is appreciated by its guests for its special quality and the exceptional range of attractions for visitors of all ages.

May 2023

As the industry winner, the Europa-Park Resort can be proud of the rating 'Highest Appreciation'. This is the result of a broad-based study conducted by the Institute for Management and Economic Research (IMWF) on behalf of DEUTSCHLAND TEST and Focus Money.

The 20,000 largest companies and businesses in Germany were examined. With the highest score of 100 points, Germany's largest theme park is at the top and clearly sets itself apart from the industry competition.

Around ten million online assessments were collected in five subject areas that determine the reputation of a company: Management, sustainability, product and service, performance as an employer and profitability.

April and May 2023

The online platform Travelcircus has analysed 45 German theme and leisure parks and looked at different categories such as ‘value for money’ or ‘fun factor for all ages’.
The result: Europa-Park has scored 22.72 of 25 possible points and was awarded ‘Top Theme Park 2023’.

Europa-Park also came out on top in an international comparison. With 21.69 of 25 possible points, it was voted 1st place in the ranking of the best theme parks in Europe. For the analysis, the platform compared the 74 most popular theme parks in Europe and over 2,545 attractions.

In addition, Germany's largest theme park also secured awards in the categories 'Top Instagram', 'Top Rollercoaster', 'Top Reviews', 'Top Water Attraction' and 'Top Demand'.

This is the third time in a row that Germany's largest theme park has topped the ranking.

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.

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 2021

For 13 years the 'European Identity and Cloud Awards' have 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.

July 2020

Travellers' Choice Award Europa-Park

• In July 2020, the world's largest travel website, TripAdvisor, voted Europa-Park as the 'Most Popular Theme Park in Germany and all of Europe'. Germany's largest theme park therefore defends this prestigious title, which it had already received in the past years. In Europe, Europa-Park receives the bronze medal, and also wins a proud 9th place and therefore makes it among the top ten globally.

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'.

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.