As the Canadian manufacturer of water play structures Vortex has announced, is Sylvain Dugas taking over the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO). Dugas is expected to efficiently optimize the company’s operations and organization, and will (...) read more
The patent, awarded to Disney Enterprise Inc. by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on 28 December 2021, covers a new simulation technology that Disney plans to use in the future, e.g. in the company‘s theme parks or film and television studios. (...) read more
At the beginning of December 2020, the Australian Luna Park in Sydney announced that it would invest around 30 million Australian dollars (approx. 18.4 million euros) in nine new attractions (cf. EAP news of 8 Dec 2020). One of the highlights: A new (...) read more
Stan J. Checketts hailed from Logan in the US state of Utah. When he heard of people jumping off bridges and cliffs on rubber bands in New Zealand, it sparked his entrepreneurial spirit. In 1994, Checketts founded S&S Sports, Inc. (now S&S Sansei (...) read more
The American amusement park sales and service provider Ride Entertainment, which represents manufacturers such as Gerstlauer, Lagotronics and Funtime in the USA, now offers "Kool Replay", a new video system for its "Skycoaster®" attraction. Kool (...) read more
In the Mexican tourist hotspot Cancun, the latest Ripley‘s Belive It or Not! Odditorium location has opened located in the La Isla mall, where Ripley Entertainment already operates two other visitor attractions with Ripley‘s Marvelous Mirror Maze (...) read more
From April 2022, guests at Ravensburger Spieleland will be able to experience a new overnight offer in the park’s own vacation village, as 19 wooden train carriages are being built in the typical look of the Swedish toy manufacturer BRIO, which is (...) read more
Singapore Exchange-listed global experience entertainment company Cityneon recently announced its partnership with Warner Bros. Themed Entertainment in order to develop two new touring, themed art experiences – one based on the “DC Universe” and the (...) read more
In the Czech capital Prague, the Plopsa Group recently opened what is now its second “Majaland“ indoor theme park, following the location in Kownaty, Poland, which was opened in 2018. The 15 attractions, including a roller coaster, a carousel, a (...) read more
Based on the model installation of the artificial surf facility URBNSURF Melbourne, in the Australian metropolis of Sydney, too, an all-new surf lagoon of this type named URBNSURF Sydney will be developed on a ground surface of 3.6 hectares within (...) read more
At Osnabrück Zoo all signs point to change – already in May this year, the ground-breaking ceremony for the new “Water Worlds“ area took place (cf. EAP news of 18 May 2021), followed by the opening of the new “Mapungubwe“ lion enclosure in July (cf. (...) read more
As was recently announced, the Shenzhen-headquartered Happy Valley Group has signed a strategic cooperation intention agreement with US-based SimEx-Iwerks Entertainment. The aim of the partnership is to introduce the manufacturer’s latest 4D cinema (...) read more
From July 26 to August 11, 2024, athletes from around the world will gather in Paris to compete in 46 different sport events at the 33rd Summer Olympics – exactly 100 years after the last Paris Olympics. The traditional opening ceremony in the (...) read more
In Bavaria’s nature experience park skywalk allgäu, which offers its visitors a 540-meters-long tree top path amongst other experience such as a barefoot path, a skill parcours and more on a surface of 60,000 square meters to its visitors, holds (...) read more
In late 2012, the “Megazipline” was opened at the Rappbode Dam in the Harz Mountains near Elbingerode, an approximately one-kilometer-long double rope slide that lets thrill-seekers fly across the water (see EAP news 19 Feb 2013). In the past years, (...) read more
The Aquiraz, Brazil-based water park Beach Park recently opened its newest waterslide attraction “Tobomusik“, which consists out of three tube slides from Turkish manufacturer Polin Waterparks, each 104, 110 and 114 metres long respectively. To (...) read more
A song that accompanies us every year at Christmas time begins with the lines: “It’s Christmas time, there’s no need to be afraid. At Christmas time, we let in light and we banish shade [...]” – A motto we all should live up to again this year. (...) read more
Recently, the indoor karting track TeamSport added a completely new VR experience to its offering at its Leicester location in the English East Midlands. In addition to the karting track and other entertainment offerings such as indoor crazy golf or (...) read more
Since mid-December, Singapore’s Sentosa Island has a new tourist offer. The latest attraction on the leisure island is called “SkyHelix” and offers an unparalleled bar experience at a lofty height. In more concrete terms, it is an installation of a (...) read more
The US operating group Palace Entertainment – a subsidiary of the Spanish Parques Reunidos group – yesterday announced its acquisition of Adventureland Resort in Altoona/Iowa. The amusement park was opened in 1974 by Jack Krantz (†) and has been run (...) read more
