Holiday Park, Amusement park in Haßloch, Germany.
Plopsaland Deutschland, still known as Holiday Park, is an amusement park in Haßloch, part park and part woodland, covering 400,000 m². Its rides include the steel coaster Expedition GeForce, whose yellow front car climbs a steep red lattice track on grey cylindrical supports, plus water rides such as Dino Splash and the Tanzende Fontänen fountain. The 5,000 m² Holiday Indoor hall holds seven attractions.
The Schneider family bought the Märchenwald Haßloch in 1970 and reopened it in 1971 with a Liliputaner town, a dolphin show and a Wild Mouse coaster; it was renamed Holiday Park in 1973. Under the family, Germany's first Free Fall Tower and first Rapid River opened, and the site grew from 70,000 to 400,000 m². Plopsa took over in November 2010, and on 28 June 2025 the park became Plopsaland Deutschland.
The park's mascot was originally Holly the Parrot; after Plopsa's takeover, characters from Studio 100 such as Maya the Bee, Vic the Viking, Heidi, Mia and Tabaluga replaced him, though Holly returned in 2016 for the park's 45th anniversary. The busiest days are the four Halloween Fright Nights, which drew a post-takeover record of 21,300 visitors on 31 October 2017.
The park lies in Haßloch, south of Rheinland-Pfalz, and is reached through a renewed entrance area built where the Tanzender Pavillon and Ballon Race once stood; the car park was refurbished by 2016. Part of the grounds is woodland, so allow time to walk between the themed areas. The busiest days are the four Halloween Fright Nights, which drew a record 21,300 visitors on 31 October 2017.
The park's best-attended days are the four Halloween Fright Nights; on 31 October 2017 it recorded 21,300 visitors, a record since Plopsa took over. The American professor Richard Rodriguez rode Expedition GeForce during the coaster marathons of 2002 and 2003, and a monument to the "King of Rollercoaster" stands beside the track.
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