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Ride details

Josefina’s Magical Imperial Journey

MACK Rides boat ride through Empress Josefina's Austrian palace garden, with 12-passenger boats.

Josefina's Magical Imperial Journey is a long, gentle boat ride through Austrian palace gardens. Water, fountains, rose arches and the fictional Empress Josefina set the tone, while the richly decorated new boats steal the scene. There is no fixed minimum height: children under 4 feet can ride with an accompanying adult.

Normal 1 min
Average 4 min
Highest measurement 222 min Measured at 01-06 10:00
Type Ride
Category Boat ride
Open 1 min
RCDB

Coaster profile

Classification

Design Boat
Scale gentle
Official opening 2022
Official accompaniment rule under 120 cm with adult
Official age under 6 years with adult
Pregnant guests suitable
ACE character Empress Josefina

Tracks

Ride duration 8:00

Trains

Arrangement Scenic boats with 12 riders per boat.
Riders per train 12
Capacity per hour 1,670

Notes

The listed minimum height of 0 feet means there is no standalone height requirement, but guests under 4 feet still need an accompanying adult. Europa-Park lists an 8-minute ride time, a 2022 opening, MACK Rides, 12 riders per boat and 1,670 riders per hour.

Theming

An imperial Austrian palace garden built around Empress Josefina, with fountains, rose arches, decorative station details and yomis appearing throughout the garden.

Data

Wait statistics

Based on available measurements and historical wait-time data.

Now 1 min
Normal 1 min
Average 4 min
Highest measurement 222 min Measured at 01-06 10:00
Measurements 159593
Outage measurements 134
Avg. outage duration 18 min
Often busy 13:00 5 min average
Often quiet 09:00 1 min average
Reliability High 4739 measurements, 9 hour blocks
Distribution

Boxplots

Spread of wait times, outage duration, and the number of outages per day based on available historical data.

Wait times

159593 measurements

0 min 100 min 200 min 300 min
Min
0 min
Q1
1 min
Median
1 min
Q3
5 min
Max
222 min

Typical wait time: around 1 min.

It usually falls between 1 min and 5 min.

See more than 5 min? It is probably busier than usual — consider a quieter moment.

Less than 1 min? You are in luck: that does not happen often.

Outage duration

49 outages

0 min 20 min 40 min 60 min 80 min
Min
5 min
Q1
5 min
Median
5 min
Q3
15 min
Max
72 min

Outages usually last about 5 min.

Some are over quickly (sometimes within 5 min), others take longer (up to 15 min). That varies per outage.

Already longer than 15 min? The attraction may stay closed a while longer.

Outages per day

30 days

0 1 2 3 4
Min
1
Q1
1
Median
2
Q3
2
Max
4

On days with outages, we see an average of 2 per day.

That usually falls between 1 and 2.

On quiet days it was 1, on busy days up to 4.

Historical

Wait-time build-up

Today compared with historical wait times by hour.

Today Expected Historical
Horizontal axis hours, vertical axis queue minutes. 0 min 5 min 10 min 15 min 20 min 09:00 11:00 13:00 15:00 17:00 18:00