Europa-Park is ending its 37th season with excellent results once again as visitor numbers exceeded four million.

As the new year gets off to a start, Europa-Park’s managing partners, Roland and Jürgen Mack, have also finally revealed the name of the new wooden rollercoaster: “WODAN -Timburcoaster”. This new high-tech rollercoaster is set to open at the start of the 2012 season on 31 March. “WODAN” was the name put forward shortly after Europa-Park’s official online call for ideas for a name for its new major attraction. It was a firm favourite among all those involved in the project right from the outset and was subsequently chosen from a final shortlist of potential names. The more than 1,000-metre long and over 40-metre high wooden rollercoaster is the most state-of-the-art rollercoaster of its kind worldwide.

In addition to its new wooden rollercoaster, which can be seen from miles around, Europa-Park will also be opening its fifth themed hotel, “Bell Rock”, in summer 2012. The theme park’s new rollercoaster and new hotel, with more than 1,000 beds, also represent the biggest ever investment in the history of the long-established family business. Roland Mack: “Our hotel resort has reached its capacity. After all, Europa-Park generates a total of more than 1.8 million overnight stays in the region every year.”

The 35 metre-high lighthouse of the park’s new on-site 4-star superior hotel “Bell Rock” is symbolic: Europa-Park is both one of the biggest driving forces for jobs and the economy in Baden-Württemberg (the new hotel alone is creating 260 new jobs) and an absolute beacon for tourism throughout the Switzerland, France and Germany border region.

With more than 5,000 guests, Europa-Park was also the venue for one of the biggest New Year parties in south-west Germany. More than 10,000 additional visitors also turned out to visit the park on the last day of the year.

Europa-Park’s is now closed for the season until March 31. The hotel resort, with its spa and wellness areas and restaurants, will, however, remain open and will also continue to be available out of season for conferences and corporate events, an area which has again seen high growth rates.

In the coming weeks, Europa-Park will host a number of major events, including the final of “Miss Germany”, which is taking place at Germany’s largest theme park for the tenth year now. In addition, the highly popular dinner show “Burlesque” will continue to run until February 4.

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