Marionetten Bootsfahrt - Europa-Park (Germany)

Marionetten Bootsfahrt 28/06/2023 08h58
The Marionette Bootsfahrt is a boat trip past fairy tales and puppets. The scenic boat ride is built by MACK Rides and of the the type Free-Flow Boat Ride. Opened in 1992.

Europa-Park
Europa-Park is a theme park and the largest in Germany, and the second most popular theme park resort in Europe, following Disneyland Paris.
Europa-Park is located in Rust, in south-western Germany, between Freiburg and Strasbourg, France.
The park is home to 13 roller coasters, the oldest being Alpenexpress Enzian, a powered coaster that speeds through a diamond mine, and the newest coaster being the Ba-a-a Express, a small kiddie roller coaster. Europa-Park has very high capacity roller coasters and attractions meaning the park can accommodate up to approx. 60,000 guests per day. It counted just over 5.5 million visitors in 2015, generating an estimated total revenue of EUR 30 million per year.
Europa-Park is run by the Mack family, which have produced vehicles since 1780, circus wagons since 1880 and rollercoasters since 1921. Franz Mack (1921–2010) in 1958 took over the family firm, Mack GmbH & Co (now Mack Rides), together with his brothers. Together with his son Roland (b. 1949) he visited the USA in 1972 and was inspired to open a theme park in Germany, as an exhibition site for his company's products.
At first the park was planned to be located in Breisach. It was named "Europa-Park" after Breisach's nearby Europaweiher, a small artificial lake which commemorates a historical pilot poll in Breisach held in 1950, in which 95.6% of voters were in favour of European unification. The Breisach site was deemed unsuitable because of flooding hazard, and the project was moved some 30 km further north, where the Macks bought the park of the historical Balthasar castle in Rust. The park opened in 1975 with an area of 16 hectares. It counted 250,000 visitors in the first year, 700,000 in the second, passing the million mark in 1978.

FACTS & FIGURES
Opened: 12 July 1975
Operating season: April to early January
Visitors per annum: 5,4 million (with Rulantica 6 million) [2022]
Area: 950,000 m²
Attractions: total 72
Roller coasters: 13
Water rides: 11
Dark rides: 7
Simulators: 1

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Taken in: Germany / Baden-Württemberg / Ortenaukreis / Rust (show map)

Taken on: June 28, 2023

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