The Movie Park Germany is a theme park with real movie studios in Bottrop-Kirchhellen. It consists of 6 areas based on the topic "fascination film".
The park was opened in June 1996 as "Warner Bros. Movie World Germany" on the former territory of the amusement park "Traumlandpark", which had already replaced an earlier attraction called "Märchenwald". During the time from 1992 to 1993, a short lived theme park called "Bavaria Filmpark" existed in this location as well. The laying of the cornerstone was in May 1994.
At the end of 1999, Warner Bros. Movie World started a cooperation with Six Flags Inc. As part of this cooperation, Warner Bros. gave the license rights to Six Flags, who in turn managed the park under the name Warner Bros. Movie World as a licencee.
In 2004, the park was under the leadership of StarParks, a sub-group of Palamon Capital, leading to the name of the park being changed into "Movie Park Germany" in 2005, with the Warner brothers theming excluded out of the park, and replaced by newer themes from 20th Century Fox, MGM, and Nick. In 2010 Parques Reunidos bought the park from Palamon Capital, and it still operates under the name Movie Park Germany, and has the same old theme lands, rides and etc.
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