Madame Freudenreich Curiosités

Europa-Park

Description

This ride is set in the French area of the park and is about the elderly lady Madame Freudenreich, who collects all kinds of special things. In her basement riders come across a series of friendly dinosaurs kept there by the lady.

"Madame Freudenreich Curiosités" is French for "Lady Freudenreich's Curiosities"

History

In 1994, Europa-Park opened Universum der Energie in the cellar of the enclosed roller coaster Eurosat. As the name might suggest, it was very much inspired on Universe of Energy at Disney's EPCOT Center, or at least the section featuring dinosaurs. The Omnimover system was bought back from the French theme park Mirapolis that went bankrupt in 1991.

Universum der Energie closed in 2017 for a revision. The ride system and most of the dinosaur animatronics, manufactured by Hofmann Figuren were kept. It reopened in the summer of 2018 as Madame Freudenreich Curiosités with a new story, queue line and an upgrade in scenes, including new animatronics by Sally Dark Rides.