Holiday Park Germany 2021 review

Holiday Park is located near Mannheim in Germany, it is approx 1 hour from Frankfurt Airport. The theme park is part of the Plopsa group who own Plopsapand De Panne in Belgium, and other venues. In recent years, Plopsa has had a heavy influence on the look and theme of the park which includes tidying up the park, rethemeing existing attractions and new additions.

During late summer of 2021 we made a visit to Holiday Park in Germany. This was our third ever visit to the park and we are pleased we returned. Since our last visit, the river rapids has had a big retheme, and a whole new family indoor area has been built, and their new outdoor land Wickieland has just recently opened.

Dino Splash is the rethemed River Rapids attraction. The whole ride and area has been given a refresh and is looking brand new. Lots of life-sized dinosaur statues including some of them as animatronics are spread around the area and interact with the ride making for a great pre-historic adventure. The actual physical attraction is one of the better and wetter river rapids we’ve experienced with many waves and water effects.

Holiday Indoor is the 5000m/square themed area which includes 7 family attractions. Tabaluga’s Rollercoaster is a family coaster and the main attraction in the area. The other rides include a carousel, giant slide, adventure playground and Mia’s Elv Flight which is a spinning attraction with swinging arms. Despite it being aimed at children, we were very impressed with the level of themeing, and enjoyed a ride on the rollercoaster.

Wickieland is a brand new area at holiday park which is very similar to Plopsalane De Panne’s version. It includes a giant Disk’o’coaster (Big Wave) and a Splash Battle attraction. Wickie Splash, the existing log flume attraction with multiple drops has been themed and incorporated into the area. The overall area looks very nice and is a welcome addition to the park.

There are many other attractions at Holiday Park ranging from thrill seekers to younger children. Expedition GeForce is the headline attraction, a thrilling coaster with plenty of airtime. SkyScream is a fast-paced coaster with multiple launches and a high inversion which we preferred on the front row. Lighthouse Tower is a huge star flyer attraction giving you spectacular views of the park. Frankensteins Castle is a ghost train attraction. And more!

The COVID restrictions at the time of our visit required masks to be worn in all indoor spaces, all queue lines and on all rides. Tickets should be purchased in advanced to guarantee entry. No proof of vaccination or test was needed, however due to changing conditions in each region of Germany this can change at short notice.

We had a great visit and it was nice to be back at the park. We were only there for half a day, and the park was busy with large queues for the main attractions, with the rollercoasters operating on one train, so having Express Pass was certainly useful allowing us to experience everything in the time we had.

We would like to thank Holiday Park for providing discounted park tickets on our visit. We purchased our own express pass which allows you to skip the queue of 9 attractions of your choice (from a selected list), with the exception of front row on Sky Scream or Expedition GeForce which uses 2 of the allowance each ride.

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