In 2018, Poland’s Energylandia amusement park had added a large slide tower (“Tropical Fun”) to its associated “Big Milk” waterpark (cf. EAP 2/2019), and in 2020 the last expansion “Exotic Island” was built in the form of a new funnel slide and a (...) read more
Even before the start of the 2022 season, Holiday Park Haßloch just announced a real bombshell for 2024 – the park, which belongs to the Plopsa Group, will develop an entirely new themed area dedicated to the Belgian electro-festival “Tomorrowland”. (...) read more
In search of adventure, individual tourists in particular are drawn to Australia year after year, for example to go on a round trip in a camper van and not only discover the country’s fascinating flora and fauna. Adventurous experiences such as (...) read more
The immersive, Star Wars-themed overnight offer “Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser“ at Walt Disney World Resort has been making the hearts of the fan community of the galactic film series beat faster since March, 1st (cf. EAP news of 25 May 2020). (...) read more
After a three-day soft opening phase from 17-20 March, the official opening of the second Lotte World park under the name Lotte World Adventure Busan will be celebrated on 31 March. Operating company Lotte World – which operates other visitor (...) read more
RWS Entertainment Group has announced that Ryan Saab, former Head of Casting Operations of cruise operator Royal Caribbean, will join the company as Senior Vice President Talent Casting & Recruitment. Saab, who has more than 20 years of experience (...) read more
The date is set and it’s certainly not an April Fool’s joke: On 1 April 2022, the Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg will open its new, 750-square meter large VR experience world, which was created in cooperation with the technology company MackNeXT (...) read more
For the upcoming season, when Ocean Park Hong Kong celebrates its 45th anniversary, the marine and theme park located on the south side of Hong Kong Island has planned not only its restructuring with a new arrangement of its different offerings and (...) read more
Attached to the 5,000-square-metre Gartencenter Holland, which was opened by owner Theo Roelofs as the second of a total of three specialist garden and plant centres in Berlin in 1999, the “Holland Park“ is currently being created as an adventure (...) read more
After the predator house, which opened in the 1970s, no longer suited current standards and the demands of animal welfare at Berlin Zoo, the decision was made to completely renovate the facility in 2018 and so, after four years of work, the new (...) read more
The US-American operating group SeaWorld Entertainment recently published its fourth quarter and fiscal year results, recording a positve trend: A total of 20.2 million guests have visited the associated parks – a decline of 10.7 percent, which (...) read more
The Jais Adventure Park, located in the Arab Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah on Jebel Jais (the highest mountain peak in the UAE), which especially offers adventure activities and experiences for visitors, has recently added a new attraction: Since (...) read more
With its two Plopsaqua aquatic facilities in De Panne (cf. EAP 3/2015) and Hannut-Landen (cf. EAP 1/2021), the Plopsa Group already successfully operates two themed water parks in Belgium. In Haßloch, Germany’s Rhineland-Palatinate region, the (...) read more
According to Pairi Daiza, the “biggest greenhouse in the world” is scheduled to open in 2024. The first construction work has now begun on the more than 100-million-euro project for the new area named “Sanctuary”, which will be covered by a (...) read more
Last December, a SAR 3.75 billion (approx. EUR 882 million, USD 998 million) building contract for the construction of Six Flags Qiddiya marked the official start of construction of the theme park, awarded to a joint venture consisting of Bouygues (...) read more
The Universe Park in Denmark, based in Nordborg, has expanded its Sky Trail® high ropes course, which was built in 2017 (cf. EAP News of 16 May 2017), in time for the upcoming season, due to the great popularity of the facility, so that even more (...) read more
Colorful and sweet, these are “Jolly Rancher“ hard candies in the tastes of blue raspberry, green apple, cherry, grape and watermelon by candy manufacturer The Hershey Company. This year, two new “Jolly Rancher“-themed attractions will be added to (...) read more
At Manchester Arndale, a major shopping center in Manchester in the northwest of England, a new multi-million-pound entertainment complex called Urban Playground (designed by Baranowitz + Kronenberg) was opened to the public earlier this month, (...) read more
Actually, “Ice Breaker” at SeaWorld Orlando (FL) was scheduled to go into operation already in the 2020 season, but the global pandemic delayed the progress of this project, too. We reported on the coaster, which was supplied by US manufacturer (...) read more
Today, Dubai celebrates the official opening of the Museum of the Future (MOTF), one of the city’s newest attractions and a masterpiece in the global museum landscape. The architecturally unique building – designed by Dubai architect Shaun Killa (of (...) read more
