The Plopsa Hotel, which is part of Plopsaland De Panne, can call itself a four-star superior hotel now. The themed hotel, which marks a milestone in the expansion of the Belgian theme park into a resort (see EAP 6/2020), was officially opened in May (...) read more
After TimeRide‘s first location opened in Cologne in the fall of 2017, the location has now been given a new virtual time travel experience. It goes to the year 1926, which was a special one for Cologne after the World War I and the occupation by (...) read more
After six years of construction the time has come for Universal Beijing Resort to start into its soft opening phase on September 1st. The newest and overall second resort of the Universal brand features the Universal Studios Beijing theme park, the (...) read more
After the Aqualud water park, located in northern France in Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, in the Pas-de-Calais department, about 30 kilometers from Boulogne-sur-Mer, remained completely closed due to the Corona pandemic in 2020 and also in 2021 to date, (...) read more
More than 20,000 building bricks– colourful and in LEGO® miniature format – were symbolically unloaded today on the site of the future LEGOLAND Resort in Shenzhen (Guangdong Province, China) to mark the start of construction. Over the next three (...) read more
About ten years ago, a new exhibition event on the British cult series “Doctor Who” celebrated its premiere in London (cf. EAP news of 2 Apr 2011). From 2012 to 2017, the “Doctor Who Experience” was on display as a permanent installation in Cardiff (...) read more
Around one year after launching the under water on adventure “Reef Rider“ for its StormTM coin-operated VR simulator (see EAP news of 12 Aug 2020), Canada’s Triotech has now further expanded its Storm content library with the new “Sugery Slope“ (...) read more
Last year, Germany’s first BattleKart facility was opened in Bispingen Lower Saxony (cf. EAP news of 3 Nov 2020), a leisure center that focuses on the interactive gaming experience. Now the Rhine metropolis Cologne can look forward to a similar (...) read more
Following the opening of the new“Texas Stingray“ coaster experience (Great Coasters International) at SeaWorld San Antonio last year (see EAP 6/2020), the park has already announced its next new thrill attraction named “Tidal Surge“, which will (...) read more
From 24 September to 7 November 2021, visitors can follow the “Dark Mark”, the symbol of Lord Voldemort and his Death Eaters, which can be discovered at various points during the Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter. In the (...) read more
Miami Seaquarium, a visitor aquarium that opened in 1955 and is currently operated by Palace Entertainment (the U.S. subsidiary of Spain’s Parques Reunidos group), is to be transferred to the portfolio of Mexican operator group The Dolphin Company (...) read more
Last fall, Montréal, Canada-based Connect&GO, a leading global provider of RFID solutions for access and payment as well as operating management systems in the leisure industry communicated its intention to further consolidate its market position by (...) read more
After the world’s third Slide Wheel installation developed by German manufacturing company Wiegand.Waterrides was opened in China this past spring (cp. EAP news of 17 May 2021), another attraction of this kind is currently coming to life in (...) read more
Initially introduced in 1999, the “FastPass” virtual queuing system, which enabled visitors to Disney parks to make ride reservations free of charge, is to be retired soon (this also includes the “FastPass+” and “Disney MaxPass” services). Instead, (...) read more
California-based international experience design and production firm Storyland Studios and the video game publisher Ubisoft, headquartered in Paris, announce their partnership to develop a new generation of tech-enabled, in-person themed (...) read more
From September 30th to October 2nd this year, the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) will hold its “TEA SATE” conference this year, which addresses both members and non-members from the EMEA region, at PortAventura World in Tarragona (Spain). (...) read more
At Zoo Dortmund, young visitors can no longer just curiously observe Sumatran orangutan “Walter”, who has been living in the zoo for 15 years now – Walter has also recently moved in the zoo made of wood in the shape of a new themed play structure (...) read more
The “Applause Award”, initiated in 1980 by Liseberg and traditionally presented by the park every two years during the IAAPA Expo in Orlando, was not awarded last year due to the operational restrictions caused by the pandemic and the cancellation (...) read more
The Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, founded by brothers Frederik and Gerrit Braun, is celebrating its 20th anniversary – on 16 August 2001, the model railway world – at that time with the three areas Knuffingen, Austria and Central Germany – opened (...) read more
Therme Group, headquartered in Vienna and represented by a further three international offices, has been selected to develop a thermal spa complex on Ontario Place, a small artificial group of islands that belongs to Toronto and was once an (...) read more
