Europa Park was due to open for the 2020 Theme Park Season on 28th March 2020. However, due to the global pandemic, Corona Virus, the park's opening has been postponed until at least 19th April. Rulantica also remains closed during this time. The event, Night Beat Angels, has also been sadly cancelled by the park. It is unclear if this event will be rescheduled for later this year or just return for the start of the 2021 season.
However, in light of all of this sad news, Europa Park continues to keep guests entertained on social media with exclusive sneak peeks of changes around the park. Ranging from the small details like a section of Atlantica Supersplash track being repainted, to the rebranding of Blue Fire, now sponsored by Nord Stream 2 and the construction of Pirates in Batavia.
In a series of videos on the parks Youtube Channel, the park is showing some of the changes around the park, publishing a video every Friday until the park reopens. In the first two videos on the parks Youtube channel, we can see a new animatronic has been installed in the Ghost Castle ride queue line. The old entrance for Blue Fire has been removed and a new one is currently being constructed. A section of gas pipe looks to be being installed at the entrance to the new Nord Stream 2 Dome Entrance. The rethemed dome looks to have a 21st centre look and feel. We would expect with everything going on this will be complete and finished in time for Summer. For the time being the entrance for Blue Fire can be found next to Wodan. New logos have also been fitted to each train and it appears that the rollercoaster could have been repainted during the closed season.
In the second video published by the park on Friday 3rd April. The park gave guests a sneak peek at the work going on around Pirates In Batavia. Work on the ride has rapidly progressed since we last saw it in October at the parks Traumatica event. In the video, we got a glimpse at the entrance portal for the ride and the area around it. Themed around the country Holland, the area looks amazing and we cant wait to see it in person when the park reopens. We also get another small glimpse at what the queue line for the ride will look like. In the video, it seems that the first section of the queue line you enter will be themed to a bar/lobby as seen in the promo video. Other small bits of work around the park include a new Magnum ice cream shop, complete with an ice cream selfie station.
Taken from Europa Park's website:
"Europa-Park is already prepared and ready to open any time: the shows are developed, the attractions are in the starting blocks and the gardens are beautiful as ever. We are looking forward to welcoming our guests as soon as possible.
Stay with us and more importantly, stay healthy.
Your Mack family"
Europa-Park Weekly - Folge 1 (28.03.2020)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSv51YLopz8
Europa-Park Weekly - Folge 2 (04.04.2020)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lfRXP49Rz0
