Europe
The best theme parks in the world, chronically under-covered in English.
Efteling, Phantasialand, Europa-Park, Energylandia, PortAventura, Liseberg, Toverland and more. English-language theme park media is fixated on Florida while Europe quietly builds some of the finest rides and most convincing theming anywhere. When a European park announces something, we aim to be the best English-language source on it the same day.
Coverage
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Nigloland's Supersonic 1887: a 47 m Mack Shuttle Coaster Due in 2027
Nigloland's Supersonic 1887 is a €18m Mack Rides shuttle coaster due in 2027. What the verified figures say, what sources dispute, and how a shuttle launch works.
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Energylandia Confirms Rokan: a 62 m B&M Wing Coaster for 2027
Energylandia has confirmed Rokan, a 62 m (203 ft) B&M wing coaster for 2027. Here is what the numbers mean, and how the park's 'tallest in Europe' claim holds up.
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O'Fun Park's First Roller Coaster, Mine Discovery, Is a Zamperla Family Coaster Due in May 2027
O'Fun Park in the Vendée will open Mine Discovery, a 155 m Zamperla family coaster, in May 2027. What the figures say, where sources disagree, and why a gentle first coaster matters.
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Europa-Park's Euro-Mir Will Close in January 2027, to Be Replaced by a Mack Family Coaster
Europa-Park will retire Euro-Mir, its 1997 Mack spinning coaster, in January 2027. A space-themed family coaster from Mack Rides is due for 2028.
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Efteling's Ravenring Will Be the First Vekoma WaveCatcher, a Family Ride Where You Control the Swing
Efteling's Ravenring opens on 1 December as the first installation of Vekoma's WaveCatcher, a rotating flat ride with rider-controlled tilt. The specs, and what 'world's first' covers.
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Gröna Lund's Score! Will Be the First Ride to Use Vekoma's Radar-Guided DRX System
Gröna Lund's SEK 205m Score! dark ride opens in 2027 on Vekoma's DRX platform, which navigates by radar. What that means, and what 'world's first' really covers.
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Angry Octo Opens at Boudewijn Seapark: A 1995 Coaster on Its Fourth Park and Seventh Name
Boudewijn Seapark in Belgium has opened Angry Octo, a 1995 Pinfari coaster now on its fourth home and seventh name after Camelot, M&D's and Oakwood.
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Efteling's New SafeStrap Lets Riders Keep a Leg Prosthesis On for the Coaster
Efteling has launched SafeStrap, a TU Delft-developed strap that lets people with leg prostheses keep them secured through Baron 1898, Hooghmoed and its swing rides.
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Efteling Clears the Ground for Missie Luminar, Its €50 Million Suspended Launch Coaster
Efteling has begun clearing land for Missie Luminar, a €50m Vekoma suspended launch coaster due in 2029 — though it may not be the first of its kind to open.
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Energylandia Is Building a B&M Wing Coaster It Hasn't Announced
Construction photos show a Bolliger & Mabillard wing coaster taking shape at Poland's Energylandia, spotted by enthusiast trackers weeks before the park has said a word about it.
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Legoland Billund's Minifigure Speedway Stalls Mid-Circuit, Stranding 20 Riders for Nearly Three Hours
Minifigure Speedway at Legoland Billund stalled 10 metres up on 5 August, stranding 20 riders for nearly three hours until fire crews reached them.
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Djurs Sommerland Confirms Denmark's First Single-Rail Coaster, an Intamin Hot Racer for 2027
Djurs Sommerland has confirmed Midgårdsormen, an Intamin Hot Racer single-rail coaster for 2027 — Denmark's first, and only the second in Europe.
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Wiegand Opens Falcon Fly, a Self-Powered Suspended Coaster, Above Montenegro's Bay of Kotor
Wiegand's Falcon Fly has opened at Lovćen National Park, Montenegro — a joystick-controlled Wie-Flyer coaster with no lift hill, no chain and no track below the rider.
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Tivoli Gardens Built Hikari, Its Largest Ever Themed Area, Around a 22-Year-Old B&M Coaster
Tivoli's 2,000 m² Hikari district opens in August 2026 built around a rethemed Dæmonen. The engineering, the economics, and why the 2004 B&M stayed put.
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Dønnervind Opens at Freizeitpark Plohn: the First Multi-Launch Water Coaster
Mack Rides' Dønnervind has opened at Germany's Freizeitpark Plohn — a €11.5m LSM multi-launch water coaster, and a genuinely new category with one asterisk.
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Toverland Replaces Its Bobsled Ride With a Coaster-Track 'Swinging Bobsled' This Winter
Toverland is replacing its bobsled ride with a coaster-track 'swinging bobsled' from ETF Ride Systems — a genuine new hybrid, opening winter 2026.
