German manufacturer Wiegand.Waterrides supplied the world’s first stainless steel 8-lane mat racer, to the recently opened water park in Xiangyang, China, which was developed by the OTC Group. The new attraction starts on a height of 15 meters and provides guests with 120 metres of sliding fun. Sliding through a ...
The Nederweert-based ETF Group has taken over the assets and employees of SOIOS B.V., a Dutch company which develops, produces and assembles electronically or solar energy powered road trains for person and freight transport. The trains, which are also suitable for their use in amusement parks and zoos, offer a capacity of 50 or 72 passengers, the pulling trains can ...
Intu Properties, the real estate and investment company headquartered in London which operates a number of shopping malls in the UK and Spain, goes into administration in order to avert imminent insolvency. The KPMG accounting organization was lined up as Intu’s administrator. One of the reasons for the economic imbalance is the ongoing development ...
Sweet treats are not only available at Movie Park Germany in the new Dunkin’ Donuts Store (read our article “Food Brands in the Park”, EAP 4/2020), but also in the revamped “Candy & Sweets” candy shop, which with its new American Diner style fits now seamlessly into the park’s overall theming. The colorful candy world offers visitors everything a sweet tooth could desire ...
On one side of the building walls of CopenHill – a power plant in Denmark‘s capital Copenhagen, which is also used as an urban mountain sports facility – an 80-metres-high and 10-metres-wide multi-pitch climbing wall is currently under construction, supplied by Walltopia. The highest climbing wall in the world ...
According to the current corona protection measures by the German government, public events will still be prohibited throughout the country through 31 October 2020. Therefore, numerous traditional folk festivals have been cancelled. Some German cities and municipalities have now decided to approve so-called ...
The Walt Disney Company just announced a complete make-over of its “Splash Mountain“ log flume rides at Disneyland Park California and Magic Kingdom Park in Florida. Where visitors have been immersed into the world of “Song of the South“, a Disney musical film from 1946, after the redesign of the attractions ...
Today, after around 24,500 working hours, Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg launches its new miniature funfair, which is located in the “Central Germany“ section. Just before the forced closure due to the corona pandemic, the main part of the 750,000 euros project had already been completed. “We are glad that we ...
Visitors to Brevard Zoo, which is located in Melbourne, Florida, now have the opportunity to enjoy a new AR experience, dedicated to one of natures spectacular – the seasonal flooding of the South American rainforest and how the Pacu fish plays a pivotal role in maintaining the health of the ecosystem. Falcon’s ...
Today the all-new Soaky Mountain Waterpark in Sevierville, Tennessee welcomes its first bathing guests and is launching its array of adventure pools as well as fun and thrilling water slides. Dave Andrews, general manager of Soaky Mountain Waterpark, comments: “We are so excited to be open to the public! ...
Today, Ireland’s Tayto Park announced approval on two new steel intertwining rollercoasters, which are scheduled to open in 2023. Construction works on the two Vekoma coasters – a Family Boomerang and an Inverted Coaster, which will be intertwined in their layouts – will start next year. The park is investing some 15 million Euros into the coaster double ...
The Six Flags Entertainment Corporation just announced the appointment of Sandeep Reddy as the company’s new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective as of July 1st 2020. Reddy will lead the main aspects of the company’s finacial strategy and operations, including budgeting and planning ...
The experienced tourism professional Stéphane Mockels (photo) was appointed new General Manager of Grupo Santa-María, the Spanish operating group with headquarters in Benidorm, and its associated leisure attractions Terra Mítica, Aqualandia and Mundomar as well as several hotels located in the Valencian seaside resort. Mockels completed studies in the field of ...
“Hullaballon“ is the new climbing game solution for groups developed by Finland-based Valo Motion. The group game which can be played by one to four players is an addition to the existing gaming portfolio for the “ValoClimb®“ climbing walls – gaming content is projected onto the ValoClimb surface via AR- ...
According to the latest government announcement, British theme & adventure parks, amusement arcades, zoos, aquariums, safari parks and wildlife centres are allowed to reopen as of 4 July – a number of leisure facilities has already announced their phased reopening.As one of the largest British theme parks ...
Zero Latency VR, the developer and operator of free-roam VR attractions headquartered in Australia, and France-based video game developer Ubisoft today announced their partnership to create a new free-roam VR gaming experience. Currently in development, this experience is slated for release in 2021, available exclusively at Zero Latency VR venues worldwide ...
Since 30 March, visitors have not been able to enjoy the magic at Disneyland Paris – yesterday the beloved theme park resort announced its phased reopening as of 15 July. The reopening is in line with guidance from French government and health authorities and has been discussed with union representatives from ...
After the first weeks in operation under corona conditions, today Southern Germany’s Erlebnispark Tripsdrill presented its new rollercoaster double “Volldampf” (Engl.: “Full Steam Ahead”) and “Hals-über-Kopf” (Eng.: “Head over Heels”; cf. cover story in EAP 2/2020), which will officially open for riders on Friday. “Volldampf” is a Family Boomerang ...
At its C-Mine headquarters in Genk, Belgium, show production design company Painting with Light has launched a new live Virtual Event Studio to offer slick streaming production and broadcast facilities, including full virtual audience interactivity. The project is a response to the increased demand for streamed, live and recorded events and content to ...
Today Dutch Efteling theme park will launch ist new “Max & Moritz“ family coaster, expanding its existing visitor offer by a new “Powered Coaster“ from Mack Rides. Dedicated to the two naughty schoolboys from the German rhyming story “Max & Moritz“ by Wilhelm Busch, the ride features two track layouts – “blue“ ...
Mon, 06 July 2020
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