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76-1030: Uffe Savery and Morten Friis met in 1977 while attending the Tivoli Garden Boys' Guard, and later, during their time at the Royal Danish Conservatory of Music , formed an experimental duo, called Safri Duo, whose name originated from the first letters of their respective surnames. Several albums were recorded and released through Chandos Records , on which the duo performed pieces by both famous classical (e.g. Bach , Mendelssohn , Ravel , whose works were arranged by Savery and Friis for two marimbas , or for marimba and vibraphone ) and contemporary composers (a.o. Reich , Nørgård , Ter Veldhuis ). Their performances of, especially, Ter Veldhuis' Goldrush , Ravel's Alborada del gracioso and Anders Koppel 's Toccata for vibraphone and marimba are often labelled as small milestones by fellow percussionists, as well as other musicians or people related to

152-451: A music label . The park is divided into 20 thematic areas, 17 of which are European countries/regions and are designed to be authentically featuring the respective region (2023). They are intended to give visitors the feeling of being able to discover several European countries within one day. The first themed area was Italy in 1982. The Swiss mountain village of Grimentz served as the structural model for area Switzerland . Chocoland

228-510: A "Stryker Coaster" - a roller coaster that allows direction changes in a tight radius - set to be arranged around a replica of the Wardenclyffe Tower . Initially scheduled to open in 2023, it was postponed to 2024 due to supply difficulties. On 19 June 2023, a fire broke out in a control room. It was believed to be caused by corroded wiring. The fire caused the park to be evacuated and drew 450 firefighters and emergency personnel to

304-536: A camping site, a tepee village, a cinema and a conference center. According to the AECOM Theme Index 2020, Europa-Park is ranked 19th out of the 25 most visited theme parks in the world and is the third most visited theme park in Europe after Disneyland Paris and Efteling , as well as the most visited seasonal theme park in the world. The park received 5.4 million visitors in 2022. Alongside Rulantica,

380-538: A gallery. The offer is complemented by smaller conference rooms, which are connected by a common foyer. The larger halls at the park are the Europa-Park Dome , a tent-shaped hall with a round floor plan and a size of 1,250 square metres (13,500 sq ft), and the Ballroom Berlin , a room that can be divided in the middle and has a total area of eight hundred square meters. Access is from outside

456-500: A looping plane ride where the rider pilots the ride, able to control the plane. This ride had extremely low capacity and suffered significant downtime. The ride was removed in 2021. A Zamperla Air Race ride, Aquila, opened on 11 April 2013. It is a giant swing and spinner with centrifugal powers up to 4 g, named after the constellation of the Eagle. The newest attractions include Fatamorgana and Tik Tak. Fatamorgana opened in 2016. This

532-558: A media dark ride by Tacumeon Rides , a newly founded sister company of Mack Rides that specializes in marketing media-based attractions. After several years of construction, Europa-Park's water park Rulantica was completed in October 2019, and was opened on 28 November 2019. Until then, the total cost was estimated at EUR 180 million. After initial speculations, the park is located near the Europa-Park, but operates separately from

608-577: A primitive scenic railway . After dark, colored lamps illuminated the gardens. On certain evenings, specially designed fireworks could be seen reflected in Tivoli's lake, a remnant of the moat surrounding the city fortifications. Composer Hans Christian Lumbye (b. 1810 – d. 1874) was Tivoli's musical director from 1843 to 1872. Lumbye was inspired by Viennese waltz composers such as the Strauss family ( Johann Strauss I and his sons), and became known as

684-490: A turnover of close to EUR 300 million and more than 3,000 employees. In 2012, the water park project Rulantica was initiated. Two years later, the Rulantica brand was registered by Europa-Park GmbH & Co Mack KG. In 2017, Europa-Park opened the attraction Voletarium, the biggest flight motion simulator theater in Europe. The flying theater features a queue line with multiple pre-show elements culminating in

760-524: Is affiliated with Tivoli Gardens only by name, but close cooperation does take place. Besides the rides, Tivoli Gardens also serve as a venue for various performing arts & as an active part of the cultural scene in Copenhagen. Tivoli Concert Hall is a classical concert hall featuring concerts with some of the largest names in international classical music. The Pantomime Theatre is an open-air theatre designed by Vilhelm Dahlerup , also known for

836-414: Is also home to the restaurant Ammolite - The Lighthouse . Under Peter Hagen-Wiest, it has been awarded two Michelin stars. Source: The Europa-Park Camp-Resort consists of a tipi village and caravanning. In the tipi village, there are tipi tents, log cabins and covered wagons as overnight accommodation. They are arranged in a small western village around a lake, where the "Silverlake Saloon" restaurant

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912-650: Is an amusement park and pleasure garden in Copenhagen , Denmark. The park opened on 15 August 1843 and is the third-oldest operating amusement park in the world, after Dyrehavsbakken in nearby Klampenborg , also in Denmark, and Wurstelprater in Vienna, Austria. With 4.6 million visitors in 2017, Tivoli is the most visited amusement park in Scandinavia and second-most popular seasonal amusement park in

988-471: Is called Poseidon , a water roller coaster. The Blue Fire Megacoaster is the first launched roller coaster in the Europa-Park, including a linear motor start and rollover elements, namely one looping, two corkscrews and one heartline roll. This roller coaster accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 2.5 seconds, reaches a maximum velocity of 110 km/h (68 mph), is 38 metres (125 ft) high and 1,056 metres (3,465 ft) long. In 2012,

1064-460: Is imagination left in the world". In Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian and Swedish, the word tivoli has become synonymous with any amusement park. The park is best known for its wooden roller coaster , Rutschebanen, or as some people call it, Bjergbanen ( The Mountain Coaster ), built in 1914. It is one of the world's oldest wooden roller coasters that is still operating today. An operator controls

1140-473: Is located. At Europa-Park Caravanning, visitors have 200 pitches for caravans, motorhomes and tents at their disposal. In addition to numerous smaller halls in the hotels and rooms that are otherwise used by the public, Europa-Park has its own event center next to the main entrance. In 2017, the Europa-Park Arena , a hall with three thousand square meters, was opened, which among other things has

1216-497: Is mentioned in various books, such as Number the Stars by Lois Lowry, and was also used prominently in the 1961 science fiction film Reptilicus . Tivoli's founder, Georg Carstensen (b. 1812 – d. 1857), obtained a five-year charter to create Tivoli by telling King Christian VIII that " when the people are amusing themselves, they do not think about politics ". The monarch granted Carstensen use of roughly 15 acres (61,000 m ) of

1292-597: Is over 100 litres (22 imp gal; 26 US gal). Also a free show was added over the years which is shown twice every evening; since 2022 it includes The Traumatica Circus: Dystopia , and the Vampire's Club . In 2022, Traumatica received a Scare Award for the best European event from the Dutch Scare Network for the second time. Located in the Greek themed area in 2006 and from 2007 to 2011 in

1368-515: Is spectacularly themed. In addition, there is a Halloween Fest in October and Christmas Holidays in December. During the summer the park has fireworks shows each Saturday. In 2022 the firework season runs from June 4 to September 24, and the firework will take place on the roof of The Concert Hall to the tones of The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini. There is one on-site hotel at the park: Hotel Nimb. The Tivoli Hotel & Congress Centre

1444-572: Is the party opening song every night. In 2003 the new album 3.0 was released. It featured Clark Anderson as vocalist on several of the tracks, including "All the People in the World", "Agogo Mosse" and "Laarbasses". The single "Rise" became a huge success and later they released a new version called "Rise (Leave Me Alone)" which featured Clark Anderson on vocals. In 2004 they released a remix album of 3.0 called 3.5 – International Version . It included

1520-413: Is the world's first Condor 2GH, which offers two separate seating arrangements, one milder version with two-seater gondolas, and a thrilling version in which riders are slung around at high speed while seated in a ring and facing away from the center. Tik Tak opened in 2018 and is the first permanent installation of a Mondial Shake R5. This model is slightly less aggressive than the traveling model and

1596-598: The Adventure Land featured potentially offensive portrayals of African people as "tribal" (with white characters featured as colonial rulers and safari hunters). However, no major changes were made to the attraction until 2021, only minor changes such as changing the name of the Colonial Food Station to Adventure Food Station . The reason given for the delay was the Covid pandemic. In January 2022, it

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1672-526: The Copenhagen Jazz Festival , Tivoli Gardens is one of the many Copenhagen localities that serve as venues for concerts. Europa-Park Europa-Park is a theme park in Rust, Baden-Württemberg , Germany. Covering a total area of 95 hectares , twenty themed areas offer around a hundred attractions, including shows and fourteen roller coasters . The park also includes six hotels,

1748-518: The Ladies Only Festival takes place on one weekend between the months of January and March, when the park is closed for a winter break. On this occasion, the festival connects elements of fitness, dance, health, beauty and wellness. Every year, around 1,400 participants from German-speaking countries attend more than 150 workshops. Miss Germany Pageant: Since 2002, the official election of Miss Germany has taken place every spring in

1824-478: The Spanish Arena , like medieval knight games; and in the ice stadium, like Paddington on Ice . In 2022, the park presented the show ACE – The Adventure Begins in the ice stadium. Since 2008, the park collaborated with DJ Bobo on different occasions. In 2001, Europa-Park opened for its first winter season. During the winter season, the rides at Europa-Park are in operation as usual. In addition to

1900-520: The "Strauss of the North". Many of his compositions are specifically inspired by the gardens, including "Salute to the Ticket Holders of Tivoli", "Carnival Joys" and "A Festive Night at Tivoli". The Tivoli Symphony Orchestra still performs many of his works. In 1874, a Chinese-style Pantomimeteatret (pantomime theatre) took the place of an older smaller theatre. The audience stands in the open,

1976-632: The 2014 season, Europa-Park premiered their independently produced Halloween musical, Spook Me!. The show was performed in the Teatro baroque theatre, several times during the Halloween celebrations between 2014 and 2017. From 2007 onwards, the park together with Marc Terenzi hosted the Horror Nights for the first time. The project started with the Hell's Inn hotel . The horror house stood in

2052-728: The Europa-Park Dome. Dinner Theater: The Europa-Park offers a variety of dinner events on several nights of the year after the amusement park closes. For example, the Dinner Show, the Baden Medieval Banquet as well as the Dinner & Movie. Science Days: Every year the Europa-Park hosts the Science Days. The Science Days are mainly aimed at schoolchildren and teachers, but also at anyone between

2128-415: The Halloween season lasting all October. In the last week of the season, the park organizes a Halloween festival, with fireworks every evening and a special Halloween show program. Specials are the daily Halloween parade with over several dozen artists at noon and the evening parade of night ghosts and goblins. Numerous attractions, shows, and food and beverage facilities adopt a Halloween theme as well. In

2204-484: The Halloween show Mysteria , offering live music, artistic performances, pyrotechnics, and lighting effects. During off years, 30-minute concerts by the Swiss DJ BoBo took the place of the show. Starting in 2011, the show was set in a ghostly castle with the title Mysteria: Castillo Mystico . In 2017, the show was replaced by the fountain and fire show Hellfire Fountains , offered multiple times every evening in

2280-485: The Scandinavian themed area, in the show Tortuga - Forgotten Pirates, live scare actors awaited visitors in dark corridors. The show was replaced by The Villa . Designed as a Victorian dream house from the 19th century, the creepy maze in the Greek themed area awaited visitors with special effects in addition to numerous live scares. Every other year from 2011 through 2016, the park's festival grounds were home to

2356-495: The additional 4D effects. Channels, such as BR , Sat.1 , SWR , ZDF , Nickelodeon and Prosieben , produce shows in the park. Each year since the summer of 1995, SWR has been airing its show called Immer wieder sonntags , which has been hosted by Stefan Mross since 2005. The production was moved to the nearby water park Rulantica in 2022. The six hotels and the Europa-Park Camp Resort are combined in

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2432-485: The ages of 9 and 99 who is interested in discovering the world of STEM . CloudFest: Formerly known as WebHostingDays, CloudFest is an annual conference in March about cloud computing aimed at commercial organizations . CloudFest 2022 had 150 exhibitors, 250 speakers, and was attended by 7,200 visitors. Europa-Park regularly hosts events on special occasions. Since 1998, especially Halloween has been celebrated, with

2508-547: The design of the Royal Danish Theatre . It is a toy-like historicist built in Chinese style and noted for its mechanical front curtain that takes five men to operate and unfolds like a peacock's tail . As indicated by the name, it is primarily a scene for pantomime theatre in the classical Italian commedia dell'arte tradition, which is performed daily with a live pit orchestra . Besides this original function,

2584-457: The exception of a few hot spots, the fire was mostly extinguished and the park reopened the very next morning. Only the destroyed Pirates of Batavia ride, a restaurant, a theatre, a few shops, the fjørd ride, as well as the neighboring attraction Koffiekopjes , remained closed for refurbishment. On 6 June 2018, the Offenburg police stated that the fire broke out due to a technical failure in

2660-583: The first wooden rollercoaster Wodan - Timburcoaster opened. A special feature of this roller coaster is that it crosses paths with the Blue Fire Megacoaster and the Atlantic Supersplash water coaster. The range of rides is supplemented by several water rides, carousels, and themed rides. The latter are rides with a boat in a water channel or a wagon on a track, which transport the visitors into strange worlds and sceneries with

2736-454: The fjørd water ride. The Scandinavian village area and Pirates Batavia ride were both rebuilt based on their original designs with certain additions and modernizations, and reopened in July 2020. Further, in 2019 the new dark ride Snorri Tours was established in this area, which has taken the water world of Rulantica and its mascot Snorri as its theme. Snorri Tours was the prototype of

2812-473: The former classic line of the duo. A reissue added a second remix-only CD and the single "Sweet Freedom" recorded with Michael McDonald was released on 30 September 2002 (also "Everything" appeared in this CD Single as a B-Side). Two more tracks from Episode II were released as singles, " Samb-Adagio " and "Baya Baya". The Bongo Song became the anthem of the world-famous Coco Bongo super club in Cancún, where it

2888-536: The fortified glacis outside Vesterport (the West Gate) for an annual rent. Until the 1850s Tivoli was outside the city, accessible from the city only through the Vesterport. From its beginning Tivoli included a variety of attractions: buildings in the exotic style of an imaginary Orient: a theatre, band stands, restaurants and cafés, flower gardens, and mechanical amusement rides such as a merry-go-round and

2964-707: The garden's buildings and monuments at special occasions and represents the gardens at various events. It is composed of a Corps of drums , a military-styled marching band and an honor guard platoon. During the warmer summer months, Tivoli also features a live music series dubbed Fredagsrock ( Friday Rock ), which in the past has featured Roxette , the Smashing Pumpkins , Sting , the Beach Boys , Pet Shop Boys , Kanye West and 5 Seconds of Summer , and also popular Danish acts such as TV-2 , Nephew, Hanne Boel , Raveonettes and Thomas Helmig . During

3040-399: The help of computer-controlled animated puppets (so-called animatronics ) or media based content. In detail, the park offers: Kraftwerk Living Technologies Europa-Park hosts dozens of events throughout the summer season and several events during the winter season. Midsommar event: During this event, the park organizes activities to celebrate the summer solstice, which take place around

3116-533: The interval of the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 held in Copenhagen . "The Bongo Song" was featured prominently during the 2002 Commonwealth Games held in Manchester , England as well as the soundtrack of FIFA Football 2003 . The album, named Episode II , hit the market on 4 June 2001, nine tracks long, all featured the same percussion-electronica combination, except "Adagio" that kept

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3192-557: The lake of the Nordic-themed water world Rulantica and the hotel Krønasår . Euro Dance Festival : Since 2008, between February and March, the Euro Dance Festival takes place for several days. Participants attend a combination of dancing classes and shows and a trade fair caters for the needs of both beginners and professionals, including dance instructors and choreographers. Ladies Only Festival: Since 2014

3268-497: The last week of the season. Every day there are also numerous shows with more than 300 international artists. Prominent shows take place in the revolving theatre multimedia show. Once introduced as "Das lila Geheimnis" (translated: The Purple Secret ) about the creation of Milka chocolate, the attraction later showed "Wunder dieser Welt" (translated: Wonder of this World) and after that the show "Zeitreise" (translated: Time travel ), which presented Europa-Park's past. In 2010, for

3344-606: The latter. Rulantica contains the actual water park with more than 30 slides and attractions, the Krønasår hotel, the Hyggedal sauna and relax area, as well as car parks . The park includes 13 themed areas with a total square footage of 4 hectares (9.9 acres) of which more than 3.26 hectares (8.1 acres) are indoors. In 2019, before the COVID-19-pandemic , the Europa-Park had over 5.7 million people visiting. Due to

3420-564: The main ride section: a film showcasing European landmarks which lasts for 4 minutes and 30 seconds. On 26 May 2018, a fire broke out in a building complex near to the park's Holland and Scandinavia areas. Despite the efforts of the fire department, the building was destroyed, along with parts of the neighboring Scandinavia section. According to the operators, the incident resulted in tens of millions of Euros in property damage. No visitors or employees were injured, but seven firefighters suffered minor injuries during firefighting operations. With

3496-467: The management. It counted 250,000 visitors in the first year; 700,000 in the second; and passed the million mark in 1978. In 1982, the first country-themed section opened featuring Italy . Like most of the original themed areas at Europa-Park, it was designed by Ulrich Damrau. Later, the Alpenexpress "Enzian" and Schweizer Bobbahn rides opened in 1984 and 1985, respectively. The European theme

3572-593: The manufacturer Mack Rides . In 2018 and 2019, Rulantica - The Musical was shown in the Teatro baroque theatre, located in the Italian themed area, where, previously, the Halloween musical Spook Me! took place. Both musicals were composed by Hendrik Schwarzer; the ensemble included Ornella De Santis, who played the female lead in each case. Since 1999, the annual dinner show "Cirque d'Europe", which changes theme every year, takes place here in winter as well. In 2020, Peter Valance presented his show It's Magic! in

3648-954: The middle of Europa-Park's French themed area next to the Magic Cinema 4D. At the time, 60 monsters were roaming the hotel and the streets of the area. The Horror Nights have been replaced by the Traumatica - Festival of Fear . It takes place in the evenings, partly in the Greek-themed area and partly outside of the theme park's territory. Visitors are taken into a post-apocalyptic world in which five different groups fight for dominance. The group members are played by live actors and are set up in haunted houses with special effects as their main quarters, which can be attended by visitors. The show includes 5 horror mazes with over 200 performers. Whereas in 2007, under 30 litres (6.6 imp gal; 7.9 US gal) of film blood were used, today it

3724-565: The new version of "Rise" and several other tracks with Clark Anderson as vocalist and remixes of the already known tracks. They also played in the concert of Jean Michel Jarre (AERO Concert) on his famous track Rendez vous 4. Safri Duo's latest album Origins was released on 17 November 2008. Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2021-12-21) Tivoli Gardens Tivoli Gardens , also known simply as Tivoli ( Danish pronunciation: [ˈtsʰiwoli] ),

3800-469: The next years. In 2022, the resort, including Rulantica, surpassed the threshold of 6 million visitors for the first time. In November of the same year, the new restaurant experience Eatrenalin opened. Further, construction work began on the new Croatia themed area. Its main attraction, Voltron Nevera , was announced be a further development of the Big Dipper ride model from Mack Rides , dubbed

3876-469: The pandemic the park had to shut down operations temporarily. As a result, the park registered significant declines in visitors in 2020 and 2021. On average, in 2020 and 2021, around 2.75 million visitors were counted. In addition, the pandemic strained the staff situation. As a result, the park had to cap the number of daily visitors temporarily in 2022. In 2017, Europa-Park acknowledged allegations of racial and cultural insensitivities; some attractions in

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3952-421: The park are Roland Mack , his brother Jürgen Mack and Roland Mack's sons Thomas Mack and Michael Mack . In the fiscal year 2020/2021, the operating company generated revenues of EUR 149.665 million and employed around 4'500 people (2022). Further, with the subsidiary Mack Media & Brands GmbH & Co KG Europa-Park ventures beyond the theme park business and produces films , video games and operates

4028-508: The park led to an increase in the demand for overnight accommodation. In its first year, the hotel was booked to 87% of its capacity. In 1999, it was followed by the construction of the hotel Castillo Alcazar . By 2001, the number of visitors had risen to 3.1 million. The same year, Europa-Park was the first theme park in Germany operating in winter as well, with 180,000 visitors in that season. In order to strengthen its own brand and initiate

4104-401: The park was back in operation after a few weeks. Tivoli is always evolving without abandoning its original charm or traditions. Georg Carstensen said in 1844: "Tivoli will never, so to speak, be finished", a sentiment echoed just over a century later when Walt Disney said of his own Tivoli-inspired theme park , " Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there

4180-431: The park's business activities in digital formats, Michael Mack founded MackMedia in 2002. The company shoots image and advertising films, produces music videos, games and special films. After a continuous increase of visitors the following years, in 2011, the park counted 4.5 million visitors, and by 2012 the park encompassed an area of 90 hectares (220 acres), featuring eleven roller-coasters, five themed hotels with

4256-535: The resort had over six million visitors. Also that year, the Golden Ticket Award jury of the US magazine Amusement Today voted Europa-Park the "best theme park in the world" for the eighth year in a row. In 1958, Franz Mack (1921–2010) took over the family firm, Mack GmbH & Co. KG (now Mack Rides ), together with his brothers. Along with his son Roland (born 1949), he visited the US in 1972 and

4332-476: The ride by braking so that it does not gain too much speed during descent of the hills. It is an ACE Coaster Classic. Another roller coaster, The Demon ( Dæmonen ), features an Immelmann loop , a vertical loop , and a zero-G roll all during the ride time of just one minute and forty six seconds. An old roller coaster, The Snake ( Slangen ), was removed to have enough space for The Demon. In 2017, Tivoli Gardens added an optional virtual reality experience to

4408-485: The ride, simulating a flight through ancient China, along with encounters with dragons and demons. The Demon is situated next to the concert hall. A well-known swing ride , The Star Flyer , opened in Tivoli in 2006. 260 feet (80 metres) high and built by the Austria-based Australian company Funtime , it offers panoramic views of the city. On 1 May 2009, Tivoli Gardens opened the new ride Vertigo,

4484-471: The rides, the focus is on the shows. In winter, the park opens an ice rink, a skibob track, the Big Wheel Bellevue and adds festive decor. The park is also home to an annual Christmas market. Since 2002, the park has been hosting an annual Weihnachtsmann-Treffen ( translated: Santa Claus Convention ). During winter, most outdoor and/or water rides are closed. The circus revue is the flagship of

4560-548: The roller coaster Silver Star , which was planned by the Swiss engineering office Bolliger & Mabillard and constructed in cooperation with Mercedes-Benz . The roller coaster Euro-Mir has rotatable gondolas, so the ride is temporarily backwards. The ride in Eurosat CanCan Coaster takes place in a big sphere which is designed with special effects that create the illusion of a night flight over Paris ; it

4636-526: The scene. The blaze was brought under control with only two firefighters lightly injured, and the park reopened the next day. On 26 April 2024, Voltron Nevera opened to the public. This roller coaster is located in the Croatian area, which is the 17th themed zone of the park. Europa-Park is operated by Europa-Park GmbH & Co Mack KG . The Mack family has been producing roller coasters and attractions for eight generations since 1880. Managing directors of

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4712-401: The so-called Europa-Park Hotel-Resort . Hotel operations are taking on an increasingly important role in park operations. With its hotels and an expansion of the offers, the park has developed into a tourist destination for visitors who stay for several days. It is no longer - like other parks - solely dependent on day visitors and the weather or on individual target groups. Further, Europa-Park

4788-595: The stage being inside the building. The theatre's "curtain" is a mechanical peacock's tail. From the very beginning, the theatre was the home of Italian pantomimes, introduced in Denmark by the Italian Giuseppe Casorti . This tradition, dependent on the Italian Commedia dell'Arte , has been kept alive; it portrays the characters Cassander (the old father), Columbine (his beautiful daughter), Harlequin (her lover), and, especially popular with

4864-643: The theater . Opened in 2000, the Globe Theater in Europa-Park's English themed area is a largely accurate smaller replica of the famous London Globe Theatre of William Shakespeare ´s time. In the Globe Theatre in the English themed area, amongst others, the show Times Three - the Acrobatic Show attracts visitors during the summer season. In addition, other productions are hosted in

4940-500: The theatre leads a second life as a venue for ballet and modern dance , performing works by choreographers such as August Bournonville , Dinna Bjørn , Louise Midjord and Paul James Rooney . The Tivoli Youth Guard is a formation of boys and girls aged 8–16 dressed in uniforms reminiscent of those of the Royal Danish Guard complete with bearskins . It was founded in 1844 and gives concerts, makes parades, stands guard at

5016-527: The theme park's 35th anniversary, the revolving theatre was redesigned as the Historama with insights into the creation of Europa-Park. This theme was maintained until 2017, before the revolving theatre became part of the Journey to Rulantica as part of an exhibition on the new Europa-Park water park. In 2022, plans wer revealed to replace the current revolving theatre by a new type of Gameplay Theatre from

5092-436: The theme park's winter season. It includes professional productions on the ground and in the air. In keeping with the cold season, there is an ice show as well, with figure skaters performing acrobatics and choreographies. The park's 4D cinema screens different 15-minute short films, the latest being Happy Family Next Level (2022). In the evenings after the park closes, current cinema films are shown, often complemented by

5168-708: The world after Europa-Park . Tivoli is also the fifth-most visited amusement park in Europe, behind Disneyland Park , Europa-Park , Walt Disney Studios Park and Efteling . It is located in downtown Copenhagen, next to the Central rail station . The amusement park was first called "Tivoli & Vauxhall"; "Tivoli" alluding to the Jardin de Tivoli in Paris (which in its turn had been named after Tivoli near Rome, Italy), and "Vauxhall" alluding to Vauxhall Gardens in London. It

5244-613: The world of classical music. Earlier in 2000, a track named "The Bongo Song" started appearing on clubs' playlists. Produced by Michael Parsberg , it soon got airtime on MTV Europe . The mix between tribal drums over trance proved to be a success, and it ended the year as one of the best selling singles in Europe in 2000 as well as featuring prominently in the opening ceremony of the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. This resulted in Safri Duo guesting along with Danish pop group Aqua during

5320-405: The youngest spectators, the stupid servant Pierrot . The absence of spoken dialogue is an advantage, for Tivoli is now an international tourist attraction. In the late 19th and early 20th century, Tivoli also hosted human exhibitions . In 1943, Nazi sympathisers burnt many of Tivoli's buildings, including the concert hall, to the ground. Temporary buildings were constructed in their place and

5396-509: Was a themed area with no direct connection to the country. In 2010 it was abandoned and the attractions added to the English area. Other themed areas with no connection to a country are Adventure Land (1978), Grimm's Fairytale Forest (redesigned in 2012) and Kingdom of the Minimoys (2014). The theme park offers a mixture of rides, themed areas and parks. One of the main attractions is

5472-613: Was announced that the Jungle Rafts ride would be closed until the start of the 2023 season, to be completely renovated and rethemed as a new part of the Austria area. In March 2022, the Jungle Rafts ride reopened under the new name Josefina’s Magical Imperial Journey (now themed to the adjacent Austrian-themed area), with all references to colonial Africa removed. The final reconstruction will take place in several phases in

5548-560: Was deemed unsuitable because of flooding hazard, and the project moved some 30 kilometres (19 mi) further north, where the Macks bought the park of the Balthasar castle in Rust. An adjacent fairy-tale park was acquired as an additional site. The park opened on 12 July 1975 with an area of 16 hectares. Initially, the park was managed by Franz Mack. Later his sons Roland and Jürgen joined

5624-483: Was inspired by the style of Moulin Rouge . Euro-Mir and Eurosat are among the few roller coasters in the world that have a drum lift to move the coaster cars upwards. The ascent in a drum lift runs on spirally laid rails, in the middle of which there is a rotating body. At the bottom of the ride, the rotating body connects itself with a gripper arm to the coaster car, transports it upwards, and disconnects again. Another ride

5700-605: Was inspired to open a theme park in Germany as an exhibition site for his company's built amusement rides, including flat rides, dark rides, log flumes, tow boat rides and roller coasters. 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 held in Breisach in 1950, in which 95.6% of voters were in favor of European unification . The Breisach site

5776-464: Was pursued further with the opening of the sections Holland (1984), England (1988), France (1990), Scandinavia (1992), Spain (1994) and the German Alley (1996). In 1991, for the first time the park counted over 2 million visitors. With El Andaluz in 1995, the first hotel in a German theme park was opened. An increase in the length of stay resulting from growing number of attractions in

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