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[2025]: Ed & Edda Grand Prix Edventure | Gameplay Theater

Roland Mack has confirmed for 2025 / the 50th anniversary season next year Historama will itself become history and be replaced with a new ride.

There is still hardly any time to take a breather after all the construction work in the past few months (including the new Croatia area), says Roland Mack. The following applies: After the construction site is before the construction site.
Not only are some administrative buildings still under construction, plans are also underway for a new ride. For the park's 50th anniversary next year, there will be a new ride in the Luxembourg-themed area. The revolving theater will be dismantled. The investment sum for this will also be in the double-digit million range.
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Österreichischer Themenbereich im Europa-Park wieder eröffnet: Schluchten, Hütten und ziemlich viel Wasser

2023 waren mit dem Alpenexpress und der Tiroler Wildwasserbahn zwei der ältesten Fahrgeschäfte des Europa-Parks in Rust abgebrannt. Nun hat der österreichische Themenbereich wieder offen.
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Does this mean Euro-Mir has received a one year reprieve? Or will this open for the start of the season in 2025, with Mir shutting at the same time?

I'm glad they're sorting this out, as it creeped right to the top of my personal priority list for EP. I mean, for the last few years the ride has literally just been an advert for a forthcoming waterpark that has itself already now been open a few years. They needed to do something.

Interactive shooting ride doesn't sound promising though. Presumably it'd be like Maus au Chocolat, but with each game being one of the existing scene sections in the revolving cinema? Would make sense technically, but would be a bit dull (though no duller than what's currently there).
 
Relatively small space for it. I wonder whether it’ll be something like Popcorn’s Revenge with such a small floorplate.
 
Sam said:
Interactive shooting ride doesn't sound promising though. Presumably it'd be like Maus au Chocolat, but with each game being one of the existing scene sections in the revolving cinema? Would make sense technically, but would be a bit dull (though no duller than what's currently there).
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I suppose it depends really on what definition of 'interactive' they are using. If they're investing in 3D props that actually react to the rider's input, akin to the old-style shooting arcade but on a ride system, that could be quite fun.

If it's all screen based or the ride doesn't actually react to the rider's interaction, like Duel (i.e. the interactivity is simply racking up a score), that would be rather dull. It would seem like a misstep to invest in attraction that would have been considered old-fashioned 10 years ago.
 
The quote CSLKenny posted suggested that the revolving theatre would be dismantled, and this would be a 10+ million Euro investment. That sounds like there's going to be some really big changes (either that or what they are producing requires a lot of R&D).

If the theatre is going could this also be the end of Food Loop and maybe alterations to the small Monorail too?
 
I’d be very surprised if the building goes. The theatre is restricted to the ground floor, so they can remove it without effecting the other adjoining components. It doesn’t make sense to demolish Food Loop and the monorail station just to fit a new ride in, since they could much more easily just locate that ride elsewhere.
 
Nothing will change with Food Loop. The theatre will go, and presumably the Gameplay Theatre will arrive - adding a new dark ride to the park's line-up.

I suspect Euro-Mir will close at the end of the winter season 24/25 (at the earliest) ready for a Spring 2026 opening.

2024: Voltron & Croatia, Alpenexpress, Tiroler
2025: Historama Replacement
2026: Euro-Mir

Somewhere in there will be Croatia part two... and the Silver Lake expansions... and Rulantica additions...
 
CSLKenny said:
Unconfirmed rumour going about that Historama/Journey to Rulantica will actually already be closing in a couple of weeks for work to begin on this new attraction.

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To be fair I can’t see many people using it, the preview bit is nothing new as Rulantica has been open for years now, and the indoor show was fine before it opened but now it’s just one big advert, again most people will know about Rulantica or would have been anyway.
 
In the 13 years I've been going to EP this is easily one of the worst attractions they've put in in that time (obviously therefore not that bad compared to other parks' 'worst additions') so this at least is welcome news. The new concept actually looks more interesting than first thought – presumably the seats revolve from facing inwards to outwards halfway through the ride?
 
Sam said:
The new concept actually looks more interesting than first thought – presumably the seats revolve from facing inwards to outwards halfway through the ride?
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The seats revolve several times during the ride, so you get the physical (facing in) and digital (facing out) sets mixed throughout the cycle, doing two rotations of the theatre.
 
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Forgot to post these here from my trip the other week before my pass expired :(

The threatre has been stripped out

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New wall being built on the left

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You can see some walls inside of the old rotating section are still standing

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Europa Park New For 2025 Construction Begins | Theme Park Guide

Europa Park has officially kicked off work on their highly anticipated 2025 attraction! The old rotating theatre has been removed, clearing the way fo
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