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19 Aug 2019
Located close to the city of Cincinnati (Ohio), Cedar Fair’s Kings Island amusement park has recently announced to build a new giga coaster, set to open in spring 2020 under the name of “Orion®”. The attraction will take riders on a thrilling (...) read more
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16 Aug 2019
This month, Austria’s Swarovski Kristallwelten (Engl.: Swarovski Crystal Worlds) welcomed its 15 millionth visitors. The “magical number” was cracked by a couple from Bangalore (India) who, when entering the experience world, was surprised by the (...) read more
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15 Aug 2019
The historic amusement park Tibidabo located on the eponymous 512-meter high mountain in the city of Barcelona can be reached by visitors via a funicular railway (amongst other means of transport), which has been connecting the Plaça del Doctor (...) read more
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15 Aug 2019
Copenhagen´s Tivoli amusement park recently redesigned their bumper cars. In the course of this renovation, the cars got a new design inspired by the 1920s Charleston-style. Furthermore, the cars are now more spacious and can reach a higher speed. (...) read more
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15 Aug 2019
As part of a new partnership with The London Resort, the large-scale leisure and entertainment complex planned to be constructed not far from the English capital, the Radisson Hotel Group plans to open a “Radisson Blu” hotel as part of the (...) read more
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14 Aug 2019
Giving itself a “birthday present” for its 60th anniversary next year, Branson/Missouri-based Silver Dollar City theme park just announced to build a new major attraction, set to provide splashing ride fun as of summer 2019. The novelty will be a (...) read more
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14 Aug 2019
The travel booking platform British Airways Holidays has stopped selling tickets for visitor attractions keeping and presenting “wild animals” as part of their guest entertainment offer. This decision was announced by the company last week, (...) read more
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14 Aug 2019
In collaboration with the NBA (National Basketball Association), Walt Disney Imagineering developed “NBA Experience” – a new immersive, interactive visitor attraction that opened earlier this week in Disney Springs at the location of the former (...) read more
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13 Aug 2019
Matthias Li (photo), CEO of Hong Kong’s Ocean Park, recently announced his plans to retire on 1st July 2020. After joining the park’s management team in 1994 as Finance Director and Corporate Secretary and being promoted to Deputy Chief Executive (...) read more
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13 Aug 2019
As the latest addition to the attractions line-up of Surfside Pier park, which is located on the boardwalk of the US coastal town Wildwood (New Jersey), a new Force 280 family coaster from German manufacturer Zierer was recently opened under the (...) read more
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12 Aug 2019
The Holiday World theme park, located in the US state of Indiana, recently announced a launched water coaster for its related waterpark Splashin´ Safari for 2020. “Cheetah Chase”, a slide of the type “RocketBLAST” by Canadian supplier ProSlide, (...) read more
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09 Aug 2019
Operated by the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, the leisure and entertainment complex OWA in Foley, Alabama will open its new eSports Center “Clash“ on 17 August this year. The modern gaming complex is a high-end video gaming facility located within (...) read more
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09 Aug 2019
US operating group SeaWorld Entertainment recently released the results for the first six months of its 2019 fiscal year, recording growth in both terms revenues and attendance. Compared to the same time period of fiscal year 2018 (cf. EAP News f. (...) read more
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08 Aug 2019
After Ireland’s Tayto Park opened the gates to its “The Viking Voyage“ water flume ride in 2017 (cf. EAP-News of 19 Jul 17), the rides wating area was redesigned with new and interactive elements.
Taking up the viking theme of the ride, (...) read more
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07 Aug 2019
After the Braunschweig/Germany-based manufacturer Simtec Systems had increased its production capacity by building a new 5,500 square meter production and assembly hall (“Simtec Manufactury”, cf. EAP News f. 26 April 18), which was completed in (...) read more
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06 Aug 2019
After several months of redesigning its “Bermuda Triangle” boat ride attraction – a water dark ride from Intamin opened in 1996 – Movie Park Germany celebrates the reopening of the popular visitor attraction today, which now operates under its new (...) read more
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05 Aug 2019
The Supervisory Board of Berliner Bäder-Betriebe (Engl.: “Berlin Bathing Operations”, BBB) recently appointed Dr. Johannes Kleinsorg as new Chairman of its Management Board effective from 1st September this year. The political economist and (...) read more
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02 Aug 2019
Yesterday, Bavaria’s Playmobil FunPark in Zirndorf announced its plans to open a new theme area in 2020, named “Mermaid´s Kingdom“. With construction works scheduled to begin this September, the previous sand- and mud-playground right next to the (...) read more
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02 Aug 2019
An all-new Universal theme park will take shape in Orlando, on a site south of Sand Lake Road and east of Universal Boulevard. This news were confirmed by Brian L. Roberts, Chairman & CEO of Comcast Corporation and Tom Williams, Chairman & CEO of (...) read more
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01 Aug 2019
Two days ago, the groundbreaking for Ticiland – a new amusement park scheduled to open in September 2020 – took place in Stein am Rhein, a Swiss community located west of Lake Constance and thus near the German border.
Behind the project are the (...) read more