Tripsdrill accessibility: tickets, rides and getting there

How access works: tickets by card mark, no queue scheme

The park welcomes guests with disabilities and gives them a special tariff. Its pages do not describe a ride pass, return time, priority entrance or any other way of shortening or moving a wait. What the ride guide does say is that the entrances to rides are mostly step-free, but sometimes only through the exit or only through the entrance, and in rare cases not at all. When you enter through an exit you wait behind any doors or safety areas until the operator tells you what to do. The guide states there is no right to immediate access and no free choice of seat.

Why we class this as tickets only. The park describes nothing that moves a visitor to a different queue or gives a return time. Entering through an exit is described as a boarding route for access, not as a queue benefit, and the park expressly denies a right to immediate entry. So assume the normal wait unless staff say otherwise on the day.

The park also lists reduced prices for the two-day pass (€48.50 for age 12 and over), the annual pass (€119 for age 12 and over) and, from 24 October to 1 November 2026, an afternoon pass valid from 14:00 (€34 for age 12 and over, €34 for a companion). We did not compare these with the standard prices; check the park's price page. The reduced tickets are sold only at the ticket desk, not online.

Documents and eligibility

The only document the park names is the German severe-disability card (Schwerbehindertenausweis), shown at the ticket desk. The reduced rate applies to entries of 80 GdB or more; the marks on the card (B, Bl, H) matter for free entry and companion tickets. The pages we read do not mention a UK document (such as PIP evidence, a Blue Badge or the Access Card), the EU Disability Card or any other foreign proof, and do not say how a visitor without a German card is treated.

Our reading: this means "not named", not "refused". A visitor with a non-German document should ask the park in writing, before travelling, what it would accept and what price applies. The park lists service@tripsdrill.de and +49 7135 999 333 as its guest service. See also our guide to UK documents abroad.

Travelling with companions

The park gives the reduced day-pass price to companions of guests whose card has entry B or H (B means entitlement to take a companion, H means helplessness). It does not state a maximum number of companions or a group size, nor whether companions of guests without B or H also pay less; ask. Companion tickets are sold only at the ticket desk.

For rides, a companion who helps must be at least 16 and fully able to walk, see and hear. The park says the companion may need to lift the guest into the ride seat, because operators do not do this, and may need to pass on information to staff about the disability if the guest has to be helped out. For guests with a visual impairment a companion is required on rides.

The park's pages do not describe a limit on repeat rides, and no return-time system exists to limit them.

Rides: boarding and restrictions

The park says that with its safety inspector (TÜV) not every ride can be used by guests with physical limitations, because forces, speed and restraint vary and a guided exit may be needed. Staff judge each time whether seats, restraints and the evacuation method let you ride safely, and can refuse. If your limitation is not visible, tell staff. Conditions can change without notice, for example in bad weather or for technical reasons. Rules posted at each ride still apply.

The ride table

The park's guide table gives each ride a one-line description, how its entrance can be reached, and which kinds of limitation can ride. Examples as published:

• Not step-free: Badewannen-Fahrt, Hochzeitsreise (carriages, vintage cars and horses), Schmetterlingsflug, Seifenkisten-Rennen, Suppenschüssel-Fahrt, Waschzuber-Rafting and Wiegen-Hochbahn.
• Step-free by the entrance only: for example Donnerbalken, Heißer Ofen, Höhenflug, Spritztour für Seefahrer, Tausendfüßler and Volldampf.
• Step-free by the exit only: Hals-über-Kopf, Karacho, Mammut, Mühlbach-Fahrt and Weinkübelfahrt.
• Step-free: for example Enten-Wasserfahrt, G'sengte Sau, Gugelhupf-Gaudi-Tour, Kaffeetassen-Fahrt, Maibaum, Murmelturm, Schlappen-Tour, Luftikus and Wirbelpilz. Wilde Gautsche has a separate entrance for wheelchair users.

Some rides carry an asterisk meaning that a guest who cannot walk must be lifted into the seat by a companion. The table also has a grid by type of limitation (lower body paralysed, upper body paralysed, complete paralysis, wheelchair, visual impairment and others), marked as can ride, can ride in part with a companion who gives active help, or cannot ride. Read that grid in the 2026 guide leaflet (PDF, German) (opens a new tab) rather than relying on our summary.

Wheelchair users and people who cannot walk

Guests who can walk a little and use a wheelchair for distance may use some rides if they can walk in and out from where the chair is left, and get in and out of the ride themselves. Guests who cannot walk by themselves need, on some rides, controlled movement of the upper body from the lower back up and enough muscle strength to cope with the forces and keep a stable seated position for the whole ride. Transfer into the seat may need the companion. A few selected rides can be used even with complete paralysis.

Prostheses

Guests who can walk by themselves with a prosthesis may use most rides, but some are blocked by steep stairs, ladders or the restraint. The prosthesis must sit firmly on the body; a hand prosthesis must be firmly attached to any safety bar or handle. On some rides the minimum is a natural leg at least to the knee, and the bar must then be fixed to the natural leg. Some prostheses may need to be taken off for the ride. Crutches, white canes and prostheses may need to be put aside by the guest.

Visual impairment

Guests with a visual impairment may ride only with a companion who is at least 16 and fully able to walk, see and hear, can follow staff instructions, and can manage an evacuation that may involve narrow walkways, steep stairs or a lift platform. An evacuation can take longer because specially trained staff do it, and may use rescue harnesses.

Height, pregnancy, heart and medical limits

The park lists age, height, heart and spine problems, and physical, sensory and cognitive limitations as reasons rides can be restricted. Specific heights are on signs at each ride, which we have not read. Pregnancy rules, medical devices on rides and oxygen are not covered on the pages we read.

Baby-Switch

Not a disability measure, but listed in the park's FAQ: parents with a small child can take turns on seven big rides, and the second parent uses the exit with one other person. The same "no right to immediate access, wait behind the doors" wording applies.

Toilets, changing, rest and equipment

• Toilette für alle: one, at the back of the Sägewerk play area (park plan 108), with a changing and care bed and an electric hoist, so adults can be changed. You can use your own Euro key, or a key is kept at the Mammut-Schenke snack stand (105). The park's map legend also shows ordinary accessible toilets; we did not map their locations. This is the park's description of a "Toilette für alle"; we have not checked it against Changing Places specifications (room size, hoist type, bed length).
• First aid: the first-aid room is just inside the main entrance (park plan 2); staff call paramedics by radio. Defibrillators are at the ticket desks.
• Quiet spaces and sensory information: no quiet room, sensory guide or noise information is described on the pages we read. Baby changing rooms and a nursing room are marked on the map.
• Lockers: coin lockers at the main entrance (€1).
• Wheelchair hire and scooters: not mentioned on any page we read. The park bans bikes, scooters and similar wheeled items; the rules named do not mention wheelchairs, mobility scooters or powered chairs, so ask. Small hand carts (Bollerwagen) are allowed.
• Assistance dogs: the park lets dogs in on a lead, with a hygiene set at €1 from the entrance, but not on rides or in marked areas, and not in the Wildparadies. Assistance dogs are not mentioned separately. Ask the park.
• Medication, oxygen and allergies: not covered on the pages we read.
• Wildparadies: the park says its paths are only partly suitable for wheelchair users without a companion.

Arriving by car and public transport

Parking. The park says it has about 4,000 free car parking places, and one of its pages says designated disabled places are directly at the entrance. It does not give a count and does not say which permits it accepts, so a UK Blue Badge or EU parking card is not addressed. Ten electric-car charging points (not fast chargers) are at the left of the main car park, near the main entrance.

Public transport. The park lists the bus stop Tripsdrill Erlebnispark, Cleebronn. Bus line 666 runs Brackenheim to Tripsdrill, and line 567 (weekdays) or 572 (weekends and holidays) runs from Bietigheim-Bissingen. It points to the DB Navigator and regional timetables and warns that times vary by season and weekday. It says the stop "Abzweigung Tripsdrill" has no entry and no footpath to the main gate. We did not find any statement about low-floor buses, ramps or the walk from the stop to the gate. Groups must register in advance for reduced entry when arriving by local public transport.

Between the park and the Wildparadies. In peak season a small shuttle, the Schnaufender Trullaner, runs for a small fee; its accessibility is not stated.

For wider journey planning see the journey guide.

Where to stay

The park has a Natur-Resort of tree houses and shepherd wagons. Its disability page says most tree houses are reached by stairs. Two, Habichtswarte (2 to 4 people) and Lärchennest (5 to 6 people), have step-free access to the living space. There is a toilet and shower suited to wheelchair users at the entrance of the bath house. The shepherd wagons are not suitable for wheelchair users. Door widths, bed heights and bathroom layout inside the tree houses are not given, so ask before booking.

A flexible shape for the day

This is planning advice, not an official recommendation.

1. Before you leave, read the ride table and ask the park about documents, and about a companion if you need to be lifted into seats.
2. On arrival, buy the reduced ticket at the ticket desk with your card, and ask there about a Euro key, wheelchair hire and the Toilette für alle.
3. Start with rides the table lists as step-free, then judge distances before adding rides that are reached only by an exit or an entrance.
4. For a ride reached by the exit, expect to wait behind the doors for the operator; allow extra time.

Nearby alternatives

We have not yet researched official accessibility information for other outings near Cleebronn, so we make no recommendation here. Browse our collection of nearby and regional ideas for other places.

Questions still worth asking

• Which documents are accepted from visitors outside Germany, and what price applies without a German card?
• Does a companion of a guest without the entry B or H pay a reduced price, and is there a limit on the number of companions?
• Can a Blue Badge or other foreign parking permit be used in the disabled bays?
• Can the park hire wheelchairs or mobility scooters, and may you bring a powered chair?
• Is there a quiet room, sensory information, or a place to charge a powered chair?
• Are assistance dogs allowed, and on which rides or in which areas?
• How do pregnancy, medication, oxygen and allergies work on rides and in restaurants?
• Are the buses low-floor, and how far is the walk from the stop to the gate?
• What are the gradients and walking distances for a manual wheelchair?

Official sources

All dated 2 October 2026, in German.

• Tripsdrill: regulations and special tariffs for people with disabilities (opens a new tab)
• Tripsdrill: guide for visitors with a physical disability, with ride table (opens a new tab)
• Tripsdrill: guide leaflet for people with disabilities, 2026 (PDF) (opens a new tab)
• Tripsdrill: park plan and good to know (opens a new tab)
• Tripsdrill: getting here (opens a new tab)
• Tripsdrill Natur-Resort: information for people with disabilities (opens a new tab)
• Tripsdrill Wildparadies: regulations and special tariffs (opens a new tab)

Park policies and website pages can change. Where the park gives conflicting information, ask it to confirm which instruction applies to your visit.

Related pages

• Which access scheme suits you? Tickets only versus queue arrangements
• Using UK documents abroad
• Europa-Park accessibility guide (Germany)
• Phantasialand accessibility guide (Germany)
• Hansa-Park accessibility guide (Germany)
• Sensory and quieter days across the parks
• Ravensburger Spieleland: how access works
• All parks in Germany
• Medication, allergies and oxygen
• Assistance dogs at theme parks
• Wheelchair and scooter hire at parks
• Changing Places and adult changing at theme parks
• Plan a day by need: autism, mobility, hearing, sight and more
• Explore all parks