Movie Park Germany

[Rowe]

Movie Park Germany is somewhere that has coaster credits, a few other good attractions, alright food, alright entertainment and atmosphere and that's about it. Van Helsing's Factory, Area 51 and the cinema showing the Looney Tunes Coyote and Roadrunner 4D film are my only favourite attractions there. It's not a park I'm ever clamouring to re-visit or gush over much like its sibling parks Parque Warner Madrid, Tusenfryd and, bleh, Bobbejaanland so, I'm not likely to recommend it unless you happen to be planning to visit West Germany or you're coaster counting. The park just happened to be an hour closer to us than Phantasialand on our 2023 trip, since we were starting our Germany trip at the very cool Wuppertaler Schwebebahn (Wuppertal Suspension Railway) and Starlight Express in Bochum before going on to Hamburg for Heide Park and Hansa-Park, so we thought 'eh, ok'.

And to largely copy paste what I wrote in the November theme park trip topic for anyone reading who might need to know, MPG's ride access pass model is a version of their Speedy Pass. The Access Card can be used at Guest Information to the right of the logo fountain on entry. It's a very similar mobile application to what Legoland and Chessington use, and the Speedy Pass lane can be used for most major attractions. The park is mostly flat and a manageable size, so navigation is easy on foot and wheelchair rental is available. However, for visitors with limited mobility, most attractions including their newest coasters are sadly lacking in step free access. Wanna ride the Van Helsing's Factory? Go up Speedy Pass on one side of the building, exit on the other side and wait for your companion to bring back your mobility aid. Studio Tour? STAIRS. Star Trek trademark: Operation Enterprise? STAIRS. Ugh. I sincerely hope they've made changes since 2023.

Anyway, the park's history is far more fascinating to me since it's operated under 5 different names and 8 different owners in the last 5 decades. In the last 30 odd years alone, the park was bought by Warner Bros in 1994 and redeveloped for a 1996 re-opening, got sold to Premier Parks (Six Flags) in 1999 who then sold it to Palamon in 2004 who then sold it to Parques Reunidos in 2010 who then sold it to... wait, they haven't sold it yet. Also, the fact the park once had a Gremlins dark ride ( ) which I never got to ride because it was got replaced ( ) by Van Helsing's Factory ( ). And the land is actually on lease to the park by the local farmers, lol.

 

[Poisson]

@Leigh found the Star Trek area okay

 

[Bowser]

Park replied immediately and said the Christmas ride offering will be on the website after the Halloween event so i guess we'll wait and see.

 

[Enter Valhalla]

Movie Park’s operations I sadly found not to be up to the higher standards that we see at many other parks in Germany.

I visited during Halloween. There were a lot of staggered openings, the coasters all started on one train and added the second after lunch, lots of the coasters closed early, the mazes were also only open 6-10, making it pretty much impossible to get them all done. This may of course have changed now, but I wouldn’t advise visiting and expecting Europa standard of operations.

That said, it’s a fun little park, definitely worth a visit, but not somewhere you’d keep returning to.

 

[Poisson]

Ops aren't great, but there isn't many things that can match Europa ops wise in a park. Only Kermis ops are better than Europa in my experience.

 

[Enter Valhalla]

In terms of ops, I was comparing it to most theme parks in Germany to be honest. Tripsdrill, Phantasialand, Heide Park and Hansa Park all have pretty good operations from my experience. The only parks I’ve visited in Germany where I’d say operations are average is Movie Park and the only German park I’ve visited where I’d say operations were poor is Holiday Park/ Plopsaland Deutschland.

 

[Poisson]

Tripsdrill, Plopsa Deutschland and Movie Park DE suffer with a lack of capacity with their rides too.