Heide Park Resort Tickets & Visitor Guide

Heide Park Resort in Soltau is northern Germany’s biggest theme park and the region’s only serious coaster collection — Colossos, one of Europe’s tallest and fastest wooden coasters, plus Germany’s first dive coaster (Krake) and first wing coaster (Flug der Dämonen), all in one place on the Lüneburg Heath between Hamburg and Hanover. In 2026 the park runs a Colossos 25th-anniversary season, so expect the big woodie front and centre.

The thing to understand before you go is the pricing spread: the same entry costs €37 booked online for a specific date and €64 walked up to the gate. Merlin (the park’s owner, of Legoland and Alton Towers) prices this way on purpose. Here’s how to be on the right side of it.

Quick Summary

Quick fact	Detail
Tickets from	€37 online with a fixed date; €64 at the gate; ~€52 for a flexible-date ticket — [source: official Heide Park website]
Opening hours	10:00–18:00 most days, to 19:00 in peak summer; season 28 March – 31 October 2026
Advance booking	Effectively required — the gate premium is €27
Time needed	One full day covers all the headline coasters

Ticket Types Compared

Heide Park’s ticket shop looks busy, but the real choice is between three things.

Dated online day ticket

Pick a date, pay €37 and up depending on demand. This is the price everything else should be measured against. GetYourGuide lists the same day ticket from €37 too (rated 4.6/5 from ~1,400 reviews), sometimes with slightly friendlier cancellation terms — compare both for your date.

• Best for: anyone who knows when they’re going. That’s most people.
• Skip if: your date could move — the cheap tier is locked to the day.

Flexible-date ticket

Around €52 online, valid for a visit when you choose. You’re paying roughly €15 for flexibility.

• Best for: weather-watchers — Heide Park is mostly outdoors and a rainy day there is grim.
• Skip if: you’d only reschedule in extremes. The dated ticket plus a free-cancellation partner listing often does the same job cheaper.

Gate ticket

€64, bought at the entrance. It exists so that everything else looks good.

• Best for: nobody, honestly — even in the car park, buying online on your phone is cheaper.
• Skip if: you have any internet connection at all.

There’s no paid queue-skip system comparable to the big resort parks’ offerings on most visits — the crowd tactics below matter more here than at parks where you can buy your way out of lines.

Timing Is Everything

Heide Park’s crowds track northern German school calendars and the weather.

• Quietest: Tuesday–Thursday in April–June (outside Lower Saxony and Hamburg school holidays) and September–October weekdays.
• Busiest: July–August, all Saturdays, and Halloween-season weekends in October, when scare events pull big evening crowds.
• Daily tactic: turnstiles open about 30 minutes before the rides start at 10:00. Be through them at rope drop and go straight to Colossos, then Krake — both build 45-minute-plus queues by noon on busy days.
• Best photo time: late afternoon across the lake, when the sun is behind you and the white loops of the coasters light up over the water.

The park is exposed heathland: hot in a July heatwave, cold in October. Dress for it — comfort determines how long you last more than anything on the map does.

One more calendar note: October runs to a Halloween rhythm. The park leans hard into scare-season theming through the month, and the final weekends before the 31 October season close draw event crowds that have nothing to do with the weather. If you want a quiet coaster day, take a plain weekday in September; if you want the Halloween atmosphere, book the October weekend early and accept the queues as part of the deal.

How to Save

• Book the dated ticket online. €37 vs €64 at the gate — the single biggest saving in this guide.
• Children under 90 cm are free. Above that height, kids pay like everyone else, so a tape measure at home beats an argument at the gate.
• Pre-book parking online: €7 per day for cars, €10 for motorhomes; the park warns that on-site purchase is the exception, not the rule.
• Watch the offer pages. Heide Park runs regular short-break and ticket promotions (2-for-1 style deals appear through German retail partners several times a season).
• Doing two days? Look at the resort’s hotel-plus-ticket bundles with the Abenteuerhotel or Holiday Camp — the per-day maths often beats two separate peak tickets.
• Groups and school classes get their own reduced rates through the park’s group booking pages — worth it from about 15 people, but it needs arranging ahead, not at the gate.

How to Get There

Heide Park sits just outside Soltau, roughly halfway between Hamburg and Hanover.

• By car: A7 motorway, exit Soltau-Ost, then signposted. About an hour from Hamburg, a bit more from Hanover or Bremen.
• By train + bus: rail to Soltau (Han), then bus 150 to the park entrance.
• The walker’s option: get off at Wolterdingen (Han) — from there it’s about a 20-minute walk to the resort, often faster than waiting for the Soltau bus.
• From Hamburg direct: seasonal coach services (the Heide-Park Express and bus 6920 from the central bus station) run straight to the park on operating days.

The Coasters Worth Your Queue

Colossos – Kampf der Giganten is the reason coaster fans make the trip: a 60-metre wooden giant hitting around 120 km/h, rebuilt and rethemed in 2019 and celebrating 25 years in 2026. Ride it first thing — it’s the park’s signature and its queue behaves accordingly.

Krake, Germany’s first dive coaster, holds you face-down over a vertical drop before releasing; short, brutal, re-rideable. Flug der Dämonen, Germany’s first wing coaster, seats you beside the track rather than on it and is the most disorienting thing in the park. Scream, the gyro drop tower, is the best view in Lower Saxony for about four seconds. Round out the credits with the launched Desert Race, the classic Big Loop, and the rougher legacy coasters if your spine allows.

Families are better served than the thrill line-up suggests: Peppa Pig Land anchors the small-kid end (opened 2018, and the reason the under-90 cm free entry matters), while gentler boat and transport rides fill the middle of the park. Height limits are the family constraint here more than at gentler parks — check the ride minimums on the official site against your kids before promising anyone Colossos.

A realistic one-day plan: Colossos and Krake before 11:00, family rides and shows through the midday peak, Flug der Dämonen and Scream after 16:00 when day-trippers start leaving. If you’re overnighting, the Abenteuerhotel and the Holiday Camp sit at the edge of the park — themed, family-oriented, and mainly worth it as part of a two-day bundle rather than as hotels in their own right.

Where the Data Comes From

Prices, dates and opening hours in this guide come from the official Heide Park website and partner listings (GetYourGuide), checked on the date shown below. Heide Park prices day tickets dynamically and adjusts hours through the season, so confirm the calendar and final price for your date on the booking page.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much are Heide Park tickets?

Dated online day tickets start at €37; the walk-up gate price is €64. A flexible-date ticket costs around €52. Book a specific date online for the biggest saving.

When is Heide Park open in 2026?

The 2026 season runs from 28 March to 31 October. Gates usually open 10:00–18:00, extending to 19:00 on peak summer days. Turnstiles at the main entrance open about 30 minutes before the rides.

Do children get into Heide Park free?

Children under 90 cm tall enter free. Everyone else pays the standard ticket price, so measure before you book rather than guessing by age.

What are Heide Park's best rides?

Colossos (a 60 m wooden coaster hitting around 120 km/h), the dive coaster Krake, wing coaster Flug der Dämonen and the Scream gyro drop tower are the headliners. Ride Colossos and Krake before midday.

How do I get to Heide Park by train?

Take a train to Soltau (Han) and catch bus 150 to the park, or get off at Wolterdingen and walk about 20 minutes. From Hamburg there are also direct seasonal buses.

Is Heide Park parking free?

No — parking costs €7 per day for cars (€10 for motorhomes), and the park wants you to book a dated parking ticket online in advance.

Is one day enough for Heide Park?

Yes. With 30+ attractions and an early start on a quiet day, you can ride every major coaster once and favourites twice. On peak Saturdays, expect to miss a few.

Guide last updated: 2026-08-18. Facts are sourced from the official Heide Park Resort website and our ticketing partners; always double-check before you travel.