This European site wins the prize for the best amusement parks in the world.
The most prestigious award in the entertainment industry is presented each year by the magazine “Amusement Today”, following the vote of a jury of experts from around the world. Despite strong competition, particularly in the United States with the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida or the Universal Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles, it is a European park that rises to the top of the “Best amusement park in the entire world” this year!
Located in Rust, Germany, very close to Strasbourg, Europa-Park was named “Best Amusement Park in the World” on September 7th, by the “Golden Ticket Awards” of Amusement Today magazine, ahead of Dollywood in Tennessee, USA and Tokyo DisneySea in Japan, in third place on the podium. The German amusement park had already received this award 8 times in the past, from 2014 to 2022, with the exception of 2020, in the midst of the Covid 19 crisis. It is thanks to its new attraction, Voltron Nevera, a “Stryker Coaster” type roller coaster inaugurated last April, that the park regained its first position in the ranking. Toutatis, the impressive new roller coaster at Parc Astérix, can go get dressed!
Its roller coaster offers an experience never seen before: the world’s steepest propulsion at 105°, 7 inversions and a continuous weightlessness experience of 2.2 seconds, which earns it the title of “world’s best new roller coaster” also this year. But the accolades don’t stop there. Europa-Park was awarded the “Turnstile Award” (special publisher’s prize) for the reconstruction in less than a year of its Austrian theme area destroyed by a fire in 2023, with the new attractions “Enzian Alpine Express” and “Tyrolean Rapids”.
“The jury particularly highlighted the variety and quality of Europa-Park’s attractions, offering an exceptional experience to visitors thanks to high-quality operation and maintenance,” the park announced in a press release. It was also “impressed by the mix of traditional rides and digital content, as well as the shows, restaurants and accommodation on offer.” And the pleasant surprises don’t stop there: for Europa-Park’s 50th anniversary in 2025, the park’s two mascot mice, Ed & Edda, will have their first film in the cinema.