France-based Looping Group has taken over British Drayton Manor theme park in the context of a pre-pack administration process – due to the global Corona crisis the popular leisure destination, which is located in the Midlands region, has fallen (...) read more
For the Booster Bike coaster at Toverland theme park, Dutch manufacturer Vekoma recently supplied a new train in order to further maximize the riding fun on the steel attraction. The new train’s bikes received a nearly identical design to those of (...) read more
After around 35 years in the miniature golf industry, US-American manufacturer Adventure Golf Services re-names itself. The company, now operating as Adventure Golf & Sports (AGS), also changed its slogan to “Innovative Design ● Ultimate (...) read more
Canadian retractable roof specialist OpenAire and kinetic engineering company SCX Special Projects have partnered to create solutions that will transform outdoor areas into flexible venues. OpenAire’s roof constructions will be connected to SCX’s (...) read more
“The Great Humbug Adventure“ dark ride experience at Santa’s Village (Jefferson, New Hampshire), where Christmas lasts all year long, received a digital makeover right in time for the attraction’s 20th anniversary. In cooperation with Sally Dark (...) read more
At the latest when the leaves fall from the trees in autumn, many facilities such as zoos, theme parks and hotel complexes have to do more cleaning work. In order to allow for a thorough but time efficient cleaning sequence, Germany’s Tropos Motors (...) read more
The educative “Mission to Mars” virtual reality game play, which was developed by German company SPREE Interactive in cooperation with Pixomondo and ProSiebenSat.1 (cf. EAP News of 2 Dec 2019), will be available as of 6th August at its first (...) read more
As of today, Europa-Park’s “Pirates in Batavia“ family dark ride experience is back and open to visitors – only 26 months after the disastrous fire, which destroyed the beloved ride completely. During the eight-minute ride in the redesigned (...) read more
Located in the south of Vancouver Island, a new tourist attraction called Malahat Skywalk is currently under development. The walkway will be a 650 metres long wooden pathway through an Arbutus forest leading to a spiral lookout. On a platform 40 (...) read more
Canadian water slide manufacturer WhiteWater West recently announced the inauguration of its first ever installed “Orbiter“ water slide type. The slide celebrated its premier under the name “Turtle Shuttle“ at OCT’s Adventure Bay in Xiangyang, (...) read more
Germany’s provider of local history-based virtual reality experiences TimeRide expands its existing VR experience in Cologne in cooperation with KölnTourismus GmbH (Cologne tourism service). During a new 90 minutes-long guided tour through Cologne, (...) read more
Rainbow’s End theme park located in New Zealand’s port city of Auckland, has just opened a new immersive dark ride experience just in time for the country’s school vacation period. In the 28-seat “Spectra XD Theater“ supplied by Triotech, visitors (...) read more
In spring 2015, Germany’s Hannover Adventure Zoo initiated its “masterplan 2025+“ which includes the construction of a new heated indoor and an additional outdoor enclosure for elephants. Now, the zoo has announced the winner of the architectural (...) read more
Just in time for the reopening of Disneyland Paris on July, 15th the resort‘s “PanoraMagique“ large-scale helium balloon at Disney® Village received a newly designed envelop. It took fifty workers of French company Aerophile six hours to install the (...) read more
The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) just announced a new online event to expand its current web offerings. During the new “IAAPA Virtual Conference: EMEA and APAC“, taking place from 22nd to 24th September 2020, (...) read more
The Messe Stuttgart (Stuttgart exhibition & congress center) just announced the postponement of the interbad trade fair – the International Trade Fair for Swimming Pools, Sauna and Spas – which was originally scheduled for coming September to next (...) read more
Canadian media-based attractions specialist Triotech installed an “XD Theater“ for Singapore Discovery Centre (SDC) in 2008 and now produced two new movies for the multi-sensory and immersive cinema experience in cooperation with the educational (...) read more
Phantasialand, located in Bruehl (near Cologne, Germany) has announced to extend this year’s summer season by three weeks until 20 November 2020, which will then seamlessly go over into the park’s winter opening time (“Winter Dream”) until 24 (...) read more
In 2013, the former prison island Yassıada located in the sea of Marmara (Turkey) was renamed “Island of Democracy and Freedom“. Thematically influenced by the island’s history, the new Democracy & Freedom Museum was developed as a visitor (...) read more
During this week, the British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions (BALPPA) demonstrated for the reopening of indoor FEC’s on Parlimant Square in London. BALLPA claims in a survey that most FEC’s are already facing permanent closure (...) read more
