Halloween at Phantasialand
Autumn season with elaborate horror decor and separately ticketed scare nights.
Phantasialand
Theme park · Europe
🇩🇪 Brühl, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Impossibly dense theming on a tiny footprint, with three world-class coasters.
Overall score8.3
Opened
1967
Size
70 acres (28 ha)
Rides
19 attractions
Avg. visit
7 hours
Ticket range
$44–$90 USD
Events & shows
Wintertraum
Winter season transforming the park with festive lighting, Christmas decor and seasonal shows.
Visual Archive
Phantasialand in Brühl packs an extraordinary amount into roughly 70 acres. Its themed areas — Klugheim, Rookburgh, Mystery and Deep in Africa — are vertically stacked and among the most atmospheric in Europe.
Taron, Black Mamba and the flying coaster F.L.
Y. are all regularly ranked in the world's best, and the on-site Charles Lindbergh and Matamba hotels support long stays.
The trade-off is a small ride count and heavy congestion on peak days.
Plan Your Visit
Hours & tickets
- Operating hours
- Typically 9am-6pm, extended to 8pm in summer and during the winter season
- Seasonal closures
- Closed for a few weeks in November between the summer and winter seasons
- Queue-skip pass
- No paid queue-skip; hotel guests get early park entry instead
- How long to stay
- Full day
- Multi-day tickets
- 2-day tickets available and included with on-site hotel packages at a discount.
- Season pass
- Annual or season pass from about $180 USD.
Getting there
- Nearest airport
- Cologne/Bonn (CGN), ~25 km; Düsseldorf (DUS), ~70 km
- Public transit
- Train to Brühl station, then free shuttle bus to the park entrance
- Parking
- On-site parking available. Around $9 USD per day.
- Staying over
- Four on-site themed hotels: Ling Bao, Matamba, Charles Lindbergh and the luxury Hotel Charles Lindbergh/PhantAsia area
Accessibility
- Accessibility
- Accessible but hilly in places, with lifts and alternate routes around the steeper themed areas such as Klugheim and Mystery. Wheelchair rental available; several intense coasters have transfer requirements.
Good to know
- Who it suits
- Best for teens and adults given the intense coaster line-up, though Wuze Town and Klugheim have some gentler options
- Best time to visit
- Weekdays in May, June or September; the compact site gets very congested at weekends
- Dining
- Unusually good themed restaurants for a European park, including Uhrwerk and the hotel restaurants
- Outside food
- Outside food and drink are not permitted.
- Weather cover
- Very good wet-weather park — Winja's, Maus au Chocolat, Chiapas' station areas and much of Klugheim and Rookburgh are sheltered or indoors.
- Baby care
- Baby changing and nursing rooms available in the main service areas.
- Rentals on site
- Stroller / pushchair hire and Lockers available on site.
- Currency & payment
- EUR; cards and contactless accepted, cash still useful at small stands.
- Official app
- Phantasialand app (iOS/Android): live wait times, map and show schedules.
Archival records
World's first launched flying roller coaster (F.L.Y.)
World's longest multi-launch roller coaster (Taron)