News about Die 3 Mausketiere

A few days after the opening, Looopings showed how much detail Phantasialand had built around Die 3 Mausketiere. The former Schauspielhaus was not simply refreshed, but transformed into the Residenz Theater, with an atmosphere inspired by a 1920s Berlin cinema. The lobby features old newspaper clippings, photographs, film cans and a grand piano, pulling guests into the attraction before the film even begins. For fans, many of the strongest touches are hidden in those details. The queue includes the skeleton of Captain Lucky, a nod to predecessor Pirates in 4D. There are also cakes from Gustav Lehmann, the baker from Maus au Chocolat, and a bottle referring to Galaxy, the flight simulator later known as Race for Atlantis. In that way, Phantasialand connects the new attraction to several layers of park history. At the same time, Die 3 Mausketiere is firmly modern in technical terms. Kraftwerk Living Technologies supplied the advanced 4D setup, using motion seats, LED instead of projection and special effects such as light, fog and water. The result is not just a new theater film, but a carefully themed continuation of Berlin.

On 1 October 2025, Die 3 Mausketiere stopped being a future project and became an open attraction. Phantasialand launched the new 4D film experience without prior warning inside the newly designed Residenz Theater. The story places a fantasy version of Berlin in danger, with three mouse heroes, Lottie, Otto and Herbert, facing a gang of rats. That ties the attraction to Maus au Chocolat, while shifting the format from interactive shooting to a cinematic adventure. The technical package received just as much attention. Guests sit in motion seats that respond to the film, supported by special effects. Phantasialand highlighted the use of an LED screen instead of projection, high-resolution 3D imagery, sound coming directly from the screen and 360-degree surround audio. The park also introduced curved Panoview 3D glasses and Premium SFX Motion seats, which Looopings described as a European first. The film was produced by Fractal Picture and directed by Arish Fyzee, with music recorded by the Filmorchester Babelsberg. For visitors, the result is an accessible year-round family attraction, with a 90-centimetre minimum height and adult accompaniment required for children between 90 and 120 centimetres.

At the end of September 2025, the project inside the former Schauspielhaus finally gained a clear identity. Looopings reported that the mice from Maus au Chocolat would return in Die 3 Mausketiere, a new 4D film experience also framed as The 3 Mouseketeers. That made the link with the interactive dark ride in Berlin concrete: this was not merely a refreshed cinema, but an expansion of an existing Phantasialand story world. The timing mattered. Pirates in 4D had disappeared earlier in the year, and the Schauspielhaus had been transformed into the Residenz Theater. Posters at the venue presented the newcomer as a 4D world premiere for the whole family. They promised guests a fast-paced mission and showed the main characters from the film for the first time. For fans, the article connected several clues: the earlier trademark filing, the theater conversion and the return of the mouse theme. Official information was still limited, but the direction was clear. Phantasialand was creating a film attraction that stayed close to Maus au Chocolat while giving the old 4D theater a new identity.

At the start of the 2025 season, Phantasialand made clear that a long chapter in its show history had come to an end. Pirates in 4D, shown in the Schauspielhaus in the Berlin themed area since 1999, disappeared after more than 25 years. The slapstick film with Leslie Nielsen as Captain Lucky had travelled widely: besides Brühl, it had also been screened at parks such as Thorpe Park, Hansa-Park, Mirabilandia and the Dolfinarium. For visitors, the closure meant that the 465-seat theater would remain shut for the time being. Yet this was not a quiet retirement. A large construction banner on the building promised a new world premiere: a next-generation 4D experience. That message made it clear that Phantasialand was not simply removing an old film, but preparing the venue for a technical and creative reset. Die 3 Mausketiere was not named in the article yet, but this moment became an important turning point in the attraction's history. The old cinema was being reshaped for a new role in the Berlin area.

Before Phantasialand said anything official about a new attraction, a revealing trademark filing appeared at the EUIPO. The park registered the name Die Drei Mausketiere, along with the variant Die 3 Mausketiere. The application was filed on 27 March 2025 by Linkens & Rambau, Phantasialand's regular legal partner, with Phantasialand Schmidt-Löffelhardt GmbH & Co. KG listed as owner. For theme park fans, it was exactly the kind of detail that sparks immediate attention. The title plays on Die Drei Musketiere, replacing Musketiere with Mausketiere: mouse musketeers. That made a connection with Maus au Chocolat feel natural, as the interactive dark ride had been sending guests into a Berlin bakery to fight off mice since 2011. At the time, Phantasialand had not announced a project and the park was still closed ahead of its 5 April season start. That silence made the trademark more intriguing. In hindsight, the filing became an early marker on the road to Die 3 Mausketiere, the 4D experience that would extend the mouse storyline into the Residenz Theater.