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Movie Park Germany · Europe · typical hours 10 AM–6 PM
The one-minute version: be at the gate 30–45 minutes before opening and ride Star Trek: Operation Enterprise first. Waits peak from late morning to mid-afternoon — do shows and meals then. The final hour is often as quiet as rope drop. There is no headline evening show, so the final operating hour is usually the quietest time to ride.
Worth it on busy days: Speedy Pass earns its price on summer Saturdays and Halloween Horror Festival nights.
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| Day | Park hours (local time) |
|---|---|
| Wed 21 Oct | 10 AM – 6 PM |
| Thu 22 Oct | 10 AM – 10 PM |
| Fri 23 Oct | 10 AM – 10 PM |
| Sat 24 Oct | 10 AM – 10 PM |
| Sun 25 Oct | 10 AM – 9 PM |
| Mon 26 Oct | 10 AM – 6 PM |
| Tue 27 Oct | 10 AM – 6 PM |
From the park’s published schedule. Hours change, and evening events can close the park to day guests early — check with the park before you go.
Queues here follow a predictable daily shape. Lines are shortest in the first hour and the last, and peak 12 PM–2 PM — that is the window to spend on shows, meals or indoor attractions rather than headliners.
Typical shape of a Movie Park Germany day, shown as each hour's share of that day's own peak wait. Actual minutes vary by season and day of week — check today's live waits.
| Hour | Typical wait level |
|---|---|
| 10 AM | 40% of the day's peak |
| 11 AM | 75% of the day's peak |
| 12 PM | 97% of the day's peak |
| 1 PM | 99% of the day's peak |
| 2 PM | 87% of the day's peak |
| 3 PM | 64% of the day's peak |
| 4 PM | 40% of the day's peak |
| 5 PM | 28% of the day's peak |
Be at the gate 30–45 minutes before opening and ride in this order. Star Trek: Operation Enterprise is the headliner and the slowest line to clear.
The first hour is the cheapest capacity of the day — no pass, no fee, and typically the shortest waits you will see.
Red = busiest, green = quietest, grey = moderate.
Expect the year's longest waits during the North Rhine-Westphalia summer holiday and Halloween Horror Festival nights.
The best value for short lines is school-term weekdays in May, June and September.
Scores are the crowd forecast, 1 to 10, averaged over the stretch. Visiting in a busy stretch anyway? Be at the gate before opening, and ride the big ones in the first hour and the last. Every day is scored on the crowd calendar.
Worth it on busy days
Speedy Pass earns its price on summer Saturdays and Halloween Horror Festival nights. On a school-term weekday the park is manageable without it.
Maben Parks shows every wait live with a "vs typical" marker, and your magical fairy will run the numbers for your party and date — including telling you to keep your money when the answer is no.
Check today's waits before you buyPlanning ahead? The free Movie Park Germany crowd calendar scores every day for the next twelve months, 1 to 10 — no sign-up.
Median posted wait across the rides we track, on moderate days — the crowd level most visitors get. The shaded band is the middle half of readings at that hour.
Detected automatically from the live feed — each of these reported closed all day, every day, for at least three operating days. Observed through October 20, 2026.
| Attraction | Closed since | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Hell House | October 3, 2026 | 12 operating days |
| Hostel | October 3, 2026 | 12 operating days |
| Jason Universe | October 3, 2026 | 12 operating days |
| Madhouse – Insanity Lives Here | October 3, 2026 | 12 operating days |
| Project Ningyo | October 3, 2026 | 12 operating days |
| Secrets of St. Elmo | October 3, 2026 | 12 operating days |
| SpongeBob Splash Bash | October 3, 2026 | 12 operating days |
| Stormy Cruise | October 3, 2026 | 12 operating days |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: License to Drive | October 3, 2026 | 12 operating days |
| The Curse of Chupacabra | October 3, 2026 | 12 operating days |
| The Lost Temple | October 3, 2026 | 12 operating days |
| Unhallowed 2 Show | October 3, 2026 | 12 operating days |
| Area 51 - Top Secret | October 17, 2026 | 4 operating days |
Generated from wait-feed observations, not an operator announcement: a long closure usually means refurbishment, but we report what the feed shows rather than guessing why. Always check the operator's own page before travelling for one specific ride.
Every wait we have recorded here, grouped by how busy the day turned out to be. The bold figure is the middle half of what we saw — a quarter of the time it was shorter, a quarter of the time longer. Read it against today’s crowd level to know whether the number on the sign is good or bad.
| Ride | Lightlevel 1 | Mildlevel 2 | Moderatelevel 3 | Packedlevel 5 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Van Helsing’s Factory | 20–4130 typical | 45–6050 typical | 40–6045 typical | 70–11090 typical |
| The Bandit | 10–2015 typical | 20–4540 typical | 26–4540 typical | 50–8060 typical |
| Iron Claw | 10–1510 typical | 10–3020 typical | 20–3530 typical | 50–7560 typical |
| Star Trek™: Operation Enterprise | 5–1510 typical | 25–3530 typical | 16–3030 typical | 45–7050 typical |
| Movie Park Studio Tour | 5–2515 typical | 20–4530 typical | 20–4030 typical | 40–6050 typical |
| Ghost Chasers | 5–155 typical | 10–3020 typical | 20–3130 typical | 30–5040 typical |
| Area 51 - Top Secret | 5–55 typical | 5–205 typical | — | 10–4520 typical |
| Jimmy Neutron Atomic Flyer | 5–155 typical | — | 5–3020 typical | 15–4030 typical |
| Time Riders | 15–1515 typical | 15–2015 typical | 20–4030 typical | 20–4030 typical |
| Excalibur - Secrets of the Dark Forest | 5–55 typical | 5–2510 typical | 5–2510 typical | 5–3520 typical |
| NYC Transformer | 5–55 typical | 5–1510 typical | 5–1010 typical | 15–3125 typical |
| Journey to the Forbidden Chamber | 5–55 typical | 5–55 typical | 5–55 typical | 5–3015 typical |
| Crazy Surfer | 3–105 typical | 5–1510 typical | 5–1510 typical | 15–3025 typical |
| The High Fall | 5–55 typical | 5–1010 typical | 5–1510 typical | 15–3021 typical |
| Dora’s Big River Adventure | 5–55 typical | 5–155 typical | 5–3010 typical | 5–155 typical |
| Side-Kick | 3–55 typical | 5–55 typical | 5–55 typical | 10–3015 typical |
| Avatar Air Glider | 5–105 typical | 5–2515 typical | 10–2515 typical | 10–2520 typical |
| Backyardigans Mission to Mars | 5–155 typical | 10–2015 typical | 15–2015 typical | 15–2520 typical |
Minutes of posted standby wait, from our own recorded snapshots — up to 4 days per figure. Cells stay blank until a ride has enough observations at that crowd level to be worth printing. Posted waits are what the park displays, which is not always what you queue.
Aim to be at the gate 30–45 minutes before the posted opening time of 10 AM. The first hour consistently has the day's shortest waits, and arriving even 45 minutes late typically costs you two headliners.
5 PM–6 PM — the opening hour and the final hour of the operating day. Waits peak 12 PM–2 PM, so plan meals, shows and indoor attractions for that window.
Star Trek: Operation Enterprise, then Van Helsing’s Factory and The Lost Temple. Star Trek: Operation Enterprise is the headliner and the slowest line to clear.
May, June and September — school-term weekdays in May, June and September. Avoid July, August and October, when the North Rhine-Westphalia summer holiday and Halloween Horror Festival nights.
Speedy Pass earns its price on summer Saturdays and Halloween Horror Festival nights. On a school-term weekday the park is manageable without it.