Better, brighter, fresher … Sandcastle Waterpark in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), part of Palace Entertainment (a subsidiary of the Parques Reunidos group), is currently undergoing a major revamp for the upcoming season, which begins there on May (...) read more
Just about two weeks ago, Drayton Manor Resort, which is part of the Looping Group, announced its new themed area “Vikings Land”. To enhance the visitor experience not only with new attractions but also by adaptations to the administrative system, (...) read more
The RheinRiff, a 9,000-square-meter sports and event location, will open this December in Meerbusch (near Düsseldorf) as what the developing company RheinRiff GmbH says is going to be “the world’s largest indoor surfing hall.” The main attraction (...) read more
At Germany‘s Holiday Park, 3 April marks not only the start of the 2022 summer season, but also the beginning of construction works for a new water attraction, which is scheduled to open in spring 2023. A water playground with water slides and (...) read more
Yesterday, after about one and a half years of planning and development, the new YULLBE attraction “YULLBE WUNDERLAND“ in Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg in cooperation with the Europa-Park and MackNeXT – read our news from 1 March 2022. “We have (...) read more
Together with the City of Bremerhaven and the Städt. Grundstücksgesellschaft Bremerhaven (a city-owned organization for the brokerage of land, buildings and flats), the Bremerhaven Zoo recently presented a concept study which – with the “Biodom“ – (...) read more
Located about 20 minutes south of Oslo, the TusenFryd amusement park, which will celebrate its 35th anniversary next year and belongs to the Spanish operator group Parques Reunidos, has announced a multi-million investment plan for the next three (...) read more
The elephants of Hannover Adventure Zoo have moved into the expansion of their outdoor enclosure just in time for spring – the development is part of the zoo‘s “Masterplan 2025+“. The eye-catcher of the newly equipped enclosure is an (...) read more
After Jakob Wahl was officially appointed as new Executive Vice President and Chief Operations Officer of the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) in October 2021 (cf. EAP news of 20 Oct 2021), his leading position at (...) read more
The leisure and tourism industry has lost a pioneer and visionary. On 25 March 2022, Prof. Dr. Heinz Rico Scherrieb, who had already been living and working on Tenerife for several years, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly at the age of 73. In (...) read more
Dyson is primarily known for its bagless vacuum cleaners and hair dryers, but the UK-based company has meanwhile also added air purifiers for domestic use to its range of products. Now the supplier is presenting “Dyson Zone™”, a wearable air (...) read more
As announced last fall, LEGOLAND® Korea Resort will open on 5 May this year. The completion of the tenth LEGOLAND resort was celebrated with the official handover of keys to the operations team – Ray Dubois, Group Development Director for LEGOLAND (...) read more
Germany’s Taunus Wunderland theme park kicks off its season on April 2 and will offer visitors two new attractions. The first will be “The Wild T-Rex”, a ride offered by SBF Visa under the type name “Break Dance”, which will take guests on a (...) read more
After a brief foretaste last year, when Covid-19 restrictions put a premature damper on ride enjoyment, the wait is finally over for visitors to Busch Gardens Williamsburg (VA): on Friday, the theme park, which is part of the SeaWorld group, (...) read more
The planned mixed-use development Bilaj Al Jazayer Beachfront area on Bahrain’s Southwest coast is expected to grow into a popular tourist destination of the region in the coming years. For this reason, numerous restaurants and cafés, hotels, (...) read more
Dubai Entertainment Amusement & Leisure Show (DEAL) 2022 was kicked off today and will be held from 28-30 March at the World Trade Center Dubai. In various categories ranging from “Amusement Rides” and “Entertainment” to “Games & Devices”, “Gift & (...) read more
From July 1, visitors to the Plopsa Coo amusement park in Stavelot, Belgium, can expect a smurfy coaster attraction. As the Plopsa Group has now announced, the existing roller coaster “Halvar” (by Vekoma), which first went into operation in 1989, (...) read more
France’s Looping Group has announced that it takes over the Croatian Aquapark Istralandia, which since its inception in 2014 was run by the park’s founding family Kovačić and, according to official information, has been welcoming over 180,000 guests (...) read more
Following the opening of its first German location in Pulheim in 2018 (cf. EAP 2/19), the Finish indoor playground brand HopLop is further expanding in the country: It has announced that a second It will be part of the LOOP5 shopping center. “We are (...) read more
For two years, Germany’s amusement parks had to put up with only being able to open their gates to visitors halfway through the year and under strict conditions. This year, the motto is “full steam ahead” and so several parks across Germany start (...) read more
