Area 51 – Top Secret, Dark ride at Movie Park Germany in Bottrop, Germany

Area 51 is a dark ride at Movie Park Germany in Bottrop that combines boat journeys with special effects and an alien research facility setting. The attraction takes passengers through shadowy corridors with scenes depicting a secret military installation filled with theatrical props and themed environments.

The ride opened in 1996 as Bermuda Triangle before undergoing major renovation in 2019 to become an Area 51 military facility attraction. This transformation brought updated special effects and a completely redesigned storyline.

Since 2019 the story casts visitors as civilians on a government tour of a Nevada facility where alien life and technology are said to be studied. The alien animatronics and robots of the earlier Bermuda Triangle scenes were replaced by this military-base narrative, and the volcano was repainted as a desert mountain.

Riders must be at least 120 cm tall; between 90 and 120 cm they may ride only when accompanied by an adult. The boats have four rows of three seats with lap bars spanning each row. The ride uses 13 boats, and extra boats from Ice Age Adventure have been added for capacity.

The boats are labelled "Research Probe" with numbers 1 to 13, and each is guided by four rollers underneath plus four side rollers in the channel. Because the boats have no drain, staff regularly vacuum out collected splash water with a wet vacuum cleaner.