There were seven applicants to run the park; the company Spreepark Berlin GmbH received the contract.

[citation needed] Under the Spreepark GmbH, new attractions were added and visitor numbers reached 1.5 million per annum.

[citation needed] The asphalted surface around the Ferris wheel was taken up and converted into a water landscape.

Roller coasters, two game water courses, a stage, a Western town and an English village were later added to the park.

On 19 May 2004, he was sentenced to seven years in jail for attempting to smuggle 180 kg of cocaine with a value of £14 million from Peru to Germany in the masts of the Fliegender Teppich (Flying Carpet) ride.

Reports indicated that firefighters discovered two blazes 200 m apart that soon merged, suggesting that the fires might have been deliberately set.