News about Mission Bermudes

Two days before the planned public opening, Futuroscope offered a technical look at Mission Bermudes. The video made clear why the attraction was being presented as a world-first. The boats appear to float freely on the water, but in reality they are guided with great precision by rails hidden below the surface. The hull is connected to an undercarriage through a hinged metal arm, allowing the vehicles to accelerate, slow down, rock and even travel backwards without losing control. At the same time, Mission Bermudes remains partly a coaster: the boats can also run on steel rail sections, with the vertical lift and plunge back into the water as visual highlights. For fans, this was exactly the kind of detail that fuelled the excitement. The news showed that the attraction is not only about a Bermuda Triangle story, but about a new ride principle that can make water attractions more mobile, surprising and cinematic.

On 5 June 2025 Futuroscope removed the last major uncertainty around Mission Bermudes: guests would be able to ride from Saturday 28 June. The opening date made the long build-up tangible and came with extra technical details. The track is 457 metres long and uses hovercraft-styled boats with eight seats. A 16-metre vertical lift is one of the main showpieces, after which the boats plunge into the water and reach a top speed of 60 kilometres per hour. The attraction had already been undergoing extensive testing, making the public opening feel close and concrete. For fans, this news meant the world-first ride was no longer just a future project, but a dated attraction with capacity, scenes and a defined layout. For visitors, the message was practical as well as exciting: Mission Bermudes would launch Futuroscope’s summer with a new mix of water, coaster energy and Bermuda Triangle mystery.

At the start of 2025 Futuroscope gave Mission Bermudes a clear promise for visitors: the world’s first rocking boat would open in June. The park presented the ride not only as a technical first, but as an adventurous expedition toward the Bermuda Triangle. Guests would search for missing explorers and encounter a chain of mysterious phenomena along the way, including mist, explosions and rapids. The ride duration was announced at around five minutes, ending with a 16-metre free fall in which the boats would reach more than 60 kilometres per hour. For fans this was a turning point. After years of plans, drawings and expectations, Mission Bermudes finally had a concrete public identity: not a gentle boat ride, but a dynamic water coaster with story and special effects. The announcement positioned the attraction as a statement of Futuroscope’s ambition to combine technology, spectacle and narrative more strongly.

The construction history of Mission Bermudes took a tragic turn in April 2024. A 23-year-old worker died at the site of the new water ride after falling more than five metres. Reports said he landed on a construction hatch, and emergency services were unable to revive him. Futuroscope stated that it was shocked and promised to cooperate with investigations into the precise circumstances. Both the labour inspectorate and public prosecutors opened inquiries. For future visitors, the incident did not directly define the ride experience, but it is an important and sensitive moment in the attraction’s history. Behind every major theme park premiere there is also a construction process involving people, risks and responsibility. The news showed that the development of the innovative rocking boat was not only a story of technology and spectacle, but also one of safety and the difficult reality of building complex attractions.

In early 2022 the ride concept behind Mission Bermudes became clear. Futuroscope had ordered a rocking boat from Mack Rides, a water attraction in which boats move through sharp turns and sudden changes of direction while swaying without capsizing. That turned Mission Bermudes from a promising project name into a concrete technical premiere. The Flume working title and planning documents showed guests boarding for an expedition into an unknown world, starting peacefully before gradually becoming more intense. For fans, the interesting part was the combination: Futuroscope was not choosing a classic log flume or rapid river, but a Mack-developed system that blends water, rails and controlled movement. The article also explained why the attraction fits the park so naturally. Mission Bermudes was being shaped as a story-driven adventure where physical effects, dynamic turns and mystery would create a fresh kind of water ride experience.

Futuroscope first put Mission Bermudes clearly on the map in 2020 as part of a 300 million euro investment plan. The park was not simply adding separate rides; it wanted to grow toward 2030 into a fuller resort with new attractions, hotels, restaurants and renewed classics. In that roadmap Mission Bermudes followed Chasseurs de Tornades and was scheduled to open in 2024. The first description pointed to an indoor and outdoor water ride with video, physical scenery and a boat journey toward the mysterious Bermuda Triangle. For fans, the striking point was that Futuroscope again chose a story-driven hybrid attraction, exactly the kind of project that separates the park from more conventional theme parks. In hindsight, this article marks the public starting point for Mission Bermudes: the ride system was not yet fully known, but the promise was already clear, a large-scale water adventure combining technology, scenery and expedition drama.