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Hansa-Park
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Movie Park Germany

Side-by-side queue times, ride counts and opening hours for Hansa-Park and Movie Park Germany, with a straight recommendation.

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02 · Right now

Both parks, this minute.

Live queue times at both parks. These fill in as soon as the page loads, and keep updating while you are here.

Hansa-Park and Movie Park Germany compared on live queue times
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These keep refreshing while this page is open. A closed park posts no waits, so its rows read as dashes rather than zeroes.

03 · Choosing

Which one is your day out.

Every line here is earned by one of the figures above - nothing is a generic sentence with a park name dropped into it.

Pick Hansa-Park if…

  • You want Hansa-Park's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

Pick Movie Park Germany if…

  • Van Helsing's Factory is on your list - it is Movie Park Germany's longest typical queue at about 30 minutes, so it is the one to do first
  • You want Movie Park Germany's own character - the rides, theming and atmosphere described below

04 · The parks

What each one is.

Hansa-Park

Hansa-Park sits on the Baltic coast at Sierksdorf, between Lübeck and Kiel in northern Germany, and is the country's only theme park by the sea. It is themed on the Hanseatic League of medieval trading towns, and its signature ride is The Oath of KÄRNAN, a 73 metre hypercoaster with a backwards drop inside its tower. Alongside it are the launched Escape of Novgorod, the classic Nessie looping coaster and a large family section with Crazy Mine and the Midgard Serpent.

The park's season runs from spring to the autumn holidays, and its busiest days come when Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein are on holiday together. Check the live queue times before you set off and use the crowd calendar to find a quieter weekday, when KÄRNAN is often a short wait.

Hansa-Park live queue times

Movie Park Germany

Movie Park Germany is a film-themed park in Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, originally opened as Warner Bros. Movie World Germany in 1996. It now runs with an independent mix of Paramount, Nickelodeon and other licences. Major rides include Star Trek: Operation Enterprise, MP Xpress, The Walking Dead, and the Van Helsing's Factory indoor coaster.

The park's peak periods align with German school holidays and the long-running Halloween Horror Fest event, which draws heavy crowds through October. Weekdays in June and September stay much quieter. Check live wait times for Star Trek and The Walking Dead on arrival, and use our crowd calendar to pick a lower-crowd day if you want to avoid the longest queues on headline rides.

Movie Park Germany live queue times

05 · Questions

Hansa-Park or Movie Park Germany?

Which is better, Hansa-Park or Movie Park Germany?

Neither is better across the board - it depends whether you are optimising for shorter queues or for the rides you actually want. This page puts live queue times, ride counts and opening hours side by side so you can judge on your own priorities.

Which has shorter queues, Hansa-Park or Movie Park Germany?

Queues change hour by hour. The typical figures above are the fair answer for planning; the live table answers today. Mid-week visits outside school holidays give the shortest queues at either park. See Hansa-Park best time to visit and Movie Park Germany best time to visit to pick a quiet day.

Can I visit Hansa-Park and Movie Park Germany in the same trip?

Yes - both parks are in Germany, so a two-park trip is realistic over a long weekend. Split the days so you start at whichever opens earliest and drive to the other in the evening.

How many rides does each park have?

See the tables above for ride counts - or jump to Hansa-Park and Movie Park Germany for the full ride lists.

Is Hansa-Park bigger than Movie Park Germany?

Park size is less useful than how many rides you can actually get on in a day - that comes down to queue times and opening hours. The comparison above shows ride counts and wait times for both.

Then pick
the quiet day.

Both parks have a crowd calendar with six weeks of forecast and the best day left to go.

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