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Futuroscope
Score6.0
🇫🇷FranceTheme parkEurope
Chasseneuil-du-Poitou, France
A French park focused on cinema, science and big-screen experiences.
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Best for ValueOpened
1987
Size
133 acres (54 ha)
Rides
40 attractions
Avg. visit
7 hours
Ticket range
$54–$65 USD
Futuroscope overview
Futuroscope at a glance
A French park focused on cinema, science and big-screen experiences.
Futuroscope is France's second-most visited theme park and the only major European park built entirely around multimedia, science and immersive cinema. Attractions range from the Objectif Mars launch coaster and the flying-theatre Arenes de l'Extreme to Chasseurs de Tornades and the Danse avec les Robots arm ride choreographed by Kuka industrial robots.
Evening closes with La Cle des Songes, a lake-side water, laser and projection show, and the park's architecture of mirrored crystals remains an attraction in itself.
Our editor's recommendation
Worth a day, but build it into a wider trip rather than flying in for it. It ranks #50 of the 50 parks we score, at 6.0/10 with 40 rides and attractions and a typical visit of about 7 hours. Tickets run $54–$65 a day. The strongest reasons to go are its value for money. The honest catch: tickets are expensive for what you get, and queues average around 22 minutes. Best time to visit: Summer.
Futuroscope highlights
Rides & attractions at Futuroscope
These are the top attractions at Futuroscope — 10 rides and experiences hand-picked and verified by our editorial team, including 5 signature rides you shouldn't miss. Use the filter bar below to narrow the line-up by rider height, zone, category or thrill level.
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Plan your visit to Futuroscope
- Operating hours
- Typically 10am-8pm, with the evening show extending closing on selected dates
- Typical gate times
- Usually 09:45 to 23:00 on peak summer dates.
- Operating calendar
- Opens on published calendar days across most of the year; hours vary and the evening show extends the day in summer.
- Extended hours
- The night-time show La Clé des Songes runs after dark, extending the visit beyond ride closing.
- Seasonal closures
- Closed most of January and early February; reduced days in low season
- Queue-skip pass
- Pass Premium gives priority access to the main attractions. From about $20 USD.
- How long to stay
- 2 days recommended with the night show
- Multi-day tickets
- Flexible-date 1-day and 2-day tickets sold, from about €65 per adult (2-day around €89).
- Season pass
- Annual or season pass from about $95 USD.
Futuroscope map
Official park mapFuturoscope events & shows
La Machine a Voyager dans le Temps
Futuroscope's large-scale outdoor night show combining water, projections, lasers and drones on the lake.
Futuroscope reviews & ratings
Amusement Park Ranker overall score
6.0
An aggregate of 3 public review platforms, each normalized to a 0–10 scale and weighted by review volume.
Futuroscope wait times
- Typical day
22
- Crowd & wait score
3.1
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