Issue 4: July/August 2026

Issue 4: July/August 2026

Topic Overview (Excerpt):

  • Waterfly – The new themed area at The Land of Legends
  • Aquarabia Qiddiya City: superlatives at the desert water park
  • Interactive brand experience at Rotkäppchen Erlebniswelt
  • Valgard – The realm of Vikings at Paultons Park
  • Hooghmoed at Efteling: Small drop, big impact
  • “Vertical Drop” at Aquaparc Le Bouveret
  • Pirate’s Cove Waterpark completes modernization with new attractions
  • Aloha, Kilauea! Water Coaster debuts at Aquópolis Madrid
  • Just Opened!
  • Hansa-Park presents “Cornwall Coaster”
  • Holland-Park opens “Klompi” family coaster
  • Nouvelles de France: Jardin d'Acclimatation & Parc du Bocasse
  • Three new attractions at Walibi Rhône-Alpes
  • Parc Spirou présente: Naruto – Konoha Land
  • 60 years of OK Corral
  • 90 Years of BALPPA – Happy Anniversary!
  • Looking back: EWA Congress 2026 
  • Western Feeling: 25th SNELAC Meeting at OK Corral
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Special Feature
| The new themed area and water slide tower

The Land of Legends presents Waterfly

The new themed area and water slide tower
The Land of Legends opened in 2016 as Turkey’s largest theme park. Located not far from Antalya near Belek, in the heart of a tourist hotspot, the combined theme and water park is a popular excursion destination for holidaymakers. Since May of this year, another new attraction has been drawing visitors to the park’s water park area: adjacent to the dolphinarium, a new area called “Waterfly” has been created, featuring a nature-inspired design and a colourful insect world as its central theme. The new themed area combines exciting water attractions with a fascinating themed landscape ...
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Special Feature
| Saudi Arabia’s waterpark of superlatives

World-class: Aquarabia Qiddiya City

Saudi Arabia’s waterpark of superlatives
On 23 April, Aquarabia Qiddiya City opened around 45 kilometres from Riyadh. Following the theme park Six Flags Qiddiya City, which opened its gates on 31 December and features “Falcon’s Flight”, the world’s fastest, tallest and longest roller coaster, Aquarabia is the second park in this city dedicated entirely to entertainment. The USD 750 billion mega-project is part of Saudi Vision 2030 – the Gulf state’s master plan to diversify the country’s economy away from oil and towards alternative sources of revenue. Led by Qiddiya Investment Company, the development is intended primarily to boost the growing tourism and leisure sector ...
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Special Feature
| A “sparkling” and interactive visitor center

Rotkäppchen Brand Experience

A “sparkling” and interactive visitor center
The company Rotkäppchen-Mumm looks back on a long tradition. This year, the Rotkäppchen brand is celebrating the 170th anniversary of its famous sparkling wine from Freyburg in Saxony-Anhalt. Reason enough to pop the corks at the Rotkäppchen Erlebniswelt, which opened in May 2023. As a modern visitor attraction, it invites guests to embark on a journey of discovery through the company’s history. Up to 80,000 guests are welcomed here each year. In a 1,400-square-metre exhibition area, visitors can learn interesting facts about the brand and its various products at 50 mostly interactive stations ...
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Special Feature
| The all-new Vikings realm featuring three rides

Valgard: Vikings Conquer Paultons Park

The all-new Vikings realm featuring three rides
Creating an increasingly attractive excursion destination for families through continuous investment, including from its own resources, is also a goal that Paultons Park, still managed by the founding Mancey family, has set itself. In the past five years alone, the park has invested around EUR 23 million in optimising its offering. Today, the theme park in southern England covers an area of 57 hectares and features six themed areas with more than 80 rides and attractions. The new Viking area “Valgard: Realm of the Vikings” offers two roller coasters, a Wild Swing ride, as well as a restaurant and a play area for the youngest guests ...
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Special Feature
| Hooghmoed at Efteling & more “little” towers

Efteling: Small Drop, Big Impact

Hooghmoed at Efteling & more “little” towers
When the first chimney sweeps climbed into the new lift towers at Efteling in early May, freefall was no longer reserved only for the grown-ups and the daring. Directly next to the “Baron 1898” roller coaster, younger guests now have a freefall experience of their own. “Hooghmoed” is the name of the new family attraction with which the Dutch theme park is expanding the world surrounding its dive coaster. Hooghmoed thus serves as an example of an attraction format with great potential, which can fulfil very different functions in parks: it takes up a ride sensation that is clearly associated with courage and thrills in the theme park context and translates it into a form that remains accessible to younger guests ...
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Topic outlook for issue 5/2026

  • Dønnervind Saxony’s Freizeitpark Plohn turns 30 and opens the
    world’s first Launched Water Coaster.

  • Forest Farm The new adventure world at Germany's Schloss Dankern holiday centre in the Emsland region. 

  • Trade Show Preview What leisure professionals can expect at the
    upcoming trade fairs in London and Stuttgart.

  • How to: Scary Attractions What needs to be taken into account when
    implementing and operating Halloween attractions?

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