EUROPA-PARK
Germany
(Note: The park is owned by Mack GmbH and used as a Showcase for their products.)
Park News - (11/11/11) Congrats to Europa Park, as they have announced that they have surpassed the 4 million guest mark this year for the first time ever.
(11/3/11) The latest update frolm Europa Park can be found over at RCPro, showing off the Mythos coaster project as well as the Bell Rock hotel under construction.
(9/1/11) RCPro has posted a new park photo update from Europa Park, showing off the latest changes taking place.
(1/18/11) Amusement Today reports that Europa Park ended the 2010 season with their all time attendance record, having served well over 4 million guests.
Late 2011 - 4D Theater / The Secret of Balthasar Castle - (11/11/11) The name of the film to be shown in the park’s new 4D Theater this winter is The Secret of Balthasar Castle. The new attraction will open on Nov. 26.
(10/27/11) Europa Park will premier a new 4D Theater film based on the park’s mascots for this holiday season, starting November 26th. You can find a few more details, images and even the trailer for the 4D film posted to RollerCoasterRevoltuion.
 2012 - WODAN Timburcoaster - (1/23/12) Great new pictures of Wodan have been posted to Theme Park Review this week. Check out the pictures to see just how damn close Wodan is coming to Blue Fire and Atlantica Supersplash. Trust me… some day I will get to Europa Park. It’s such a fantastic looking park and Wodan just looks incredible.
(1/9/12) A large construction WODAN construction update from Europa Park can be found over at Theme Park Review this week. I’ve got to say that WODAN looks better and better every time I see it… really makes me wish I could travel to Germany to ride it, as well as visit the rest of Europa Park. I’ve been wanting to visit Europa Park for a number of years now… so maybe some day…
Speaking of WODAN… Europa Park has also announced the final name for the coaster as, “WODAN Timburcoaster” according to this press release from the park.
(1/2/12) A new construction update from Europa Park’s Wodan was posted to YouTube this past week.
(12/19/11) RCPro has posted a new photo update from Europa Park showing off the park’s unique winter offerings as well as a look at Wodan.
(12/9/11) A reader noted one little fact about the new “Wodan” name for Europa Park’s new coaster. While there is the obvious play on the word, “Wooden” being used here, Wodan is also the name of a major Anglo-Saxon diety… which pretty much served as the Germanic counterpart to the Norse diety Oden.
(12/8/11) New construction pictures of the GCI wooden coaster going up at Europa Park can be found at RollerCoasterRevolution this week. The park has also released the new name for the ride… WODAN. Yeah… Wodan: Timbur Coaster. Hmm…Wodan? Is it me or does it sound more like one of Godzilla’s fellow monsters? Got to say I liked Mythos as a name much better… but in the end, the coaster looks very cool regardless.
(11/7/11) A ton of new Mythos construction shots have been posted to CoasterFriends.de this week. Amazing pictures from all angles… check it out.
(10/24/11) RCRevolution has posted a few new pictures of Mythos this week.
(10/18/11) A few crazy new pictures of Mythos over at Europa Park can be found at Coaster Community.
(10/3/11) New construction pictures of the Mythos coaster project can be found at RollerCoasterRevolution.
(9/27/11) A coaster fan has created their own virtual version of Europa Park’s Mythos project. Keep in mind, this was just created by a fan, without the use of any actual blueprints from the ride, so there are bound to be many differences between this and the real thing, but it will give you a good general idea of what kind of ride you can expect.
(9/22/11) Over sixty new pictures from the Mythos site can be found at CoasterFriends this week. Just scroll down and you can’t miss them.
(9/19/11) New pictures from Europa Park’s construction on the giant wooden coaster (the Mythos project) have been added as thing has gone vertical in a big way. Check it out over at RC Revolution.
(8/24/11) Some new pictures of the Mythos project from Europa park can be found at TheParks.IT this week. This includes an animation as well as a look at the scale model showing off how it will interact with two of the other park’s rides: the Atlantica SuperSplash ride and the popular Blue Fire coaster.
(8/15/11) Apparently the new wooden coaster at Europa Park wont be called Mythos… that’s just a temporary name until they are ready to announce the official name.
(8/12/11) New pictures from the Mythos construction site have been posted to CoasterFriends this week.
(8/9/11) Some fantastic looking concept art showing off what the station of Mythos may look like when finished has been posted to Theme Park Review. This could be the most incredible looking wooden coaster station and queue ever!
(7/29/11) A few new pictures of the Mythos site at Europa Park have been posted to CoasterFriends this week.
(7/27/11) New GCI coaster construction pictures from Europa Park for Mythos can be found at Airtimers this week.
(6/29/11) A few new pictures from the Mythos wooden coaster construction site can be found at CoasterFriends.de this week.
(6/20/11) Europa Park confirmed over the weekend that in 2012 they will be building a new GCI wooden roller coaster to be called Mythos. Mythos will stand 35 meters (114 ft) tall, 1050 meters (3445 ft) in length and hit a top speed of 100 kph (62 mph). Mythos will be located in the park’s Iceland area.
2012 - Bell Rock Hotel - (11/7/11) New construction pictures of the Bell Rock hotel under construction have been posted to CoasterFriends.de this week.
(6/20/11) Europa Park will open a new hotel in 2012 called the Bell Rock. The hotel will feature 12 suites, a 35 meter tall lighthouse and 225 regular rooms. You can see a model of it over at The Parks.it.
(12/8/09) I’ve been sent a rumor claiming that Europa-Park is eyeballing a site next to the Colloseo hotel for some kind of new expansion project. One rumor seemed to indicate that they might be looking at building a waterpark as well as a new hotel. Anyone know more?
2013 - New Family Ride - (12/1/11) According to RollerCoasterRevolution, Europa Park has already confirmed that their plans for 2013 will be a new children’s area themed to the Arthur & The Invisibles films as part of a colloboration with director, Luc Besson. The area is said to have a carousel, kiddie drop tower and an indoor family roller coaster.
(11/18/11) A new Europa Park will be opening a new “family ride” from Mack in 2013, according to a Mack Rides rep at IAAPA, as seen in an interview done by Theme Park Review.
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