(eap) Yesterday Germany’s Schwerin Zoo opened a new adventure playground. A themed play area in the style of treehouses has been created on the “festival meadow” between the farm and the meerkat enclosure. Five small treehouses and various climbing (...) read more
(eap) Back in late 2023, The Pokémon Company, Yomiuriland, and its parent company Yomiuri Shimbun announced the establishment of the joint venture PokéPark Kanto (see EAP News from 19 Dec 2023). Now, the companies have revealed further details about (...) read more
(eap) With “Einar's Fjord Cruise”, Hansa-Park in Sierksdorf has expanded its Land of the Vikings area with a new family-friendly attraction. The ride, a Kontiki L model manufactured by Zierer, continues the storyline centred around the fictional (...) read more
(eap) The U.S. climbing and leisure park Allegan Event, located in the state of Michigan, is currently expanding its outdoor area with a new attraction. The addition will be a Sky Tour® zipline installation from manufacturer RCI Adventure Products, (...) read more
(eap) The Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum (HNF) in Paderborn, Germany, is now offering visitors a new highlight: the humanoid robot “Ameca” has moved into the museum and seeks to impress with its human-like facial expressions, gestures, and complex (...) read more
(eap) The “Test Track” attraction at the EPCOT park of Walt Disney World in Florida is now once again open to visitors – in a revised design and once again under its original name “Test Track presented by General Motors.” The (...) read more
(eap) The immersive art expert company Wake The Tiger is planning to open a new location at Westfield London – according to the operator, it will become Europe’s largest immersive art experience. The new attraction, set to cover around 80,000 square (...) read more
(eap) The Val D’Europe shopping center in the Île-de-France region, located near Disneyland Paris, has been expanded to include a large-scale indoor leisure complex. In cooperation with the French operator Otium Leisure, the new FEC Imagi Park has (...) read more
(eap) Truth Traveler, a new, elaborately themed VR attraction, recently opened in Pigeon Forge (Tennessee), USA. The attraction takes visitors on a virtual biblical journey back in time, combining 4DVR technology from British manufacturer Simworx (...) read more
(eap) Currently closed to the public due to extensive renovation works, Marienburg Castle near Hanover (Germany) is now accessible in a new way: With the digital application “Time Travel around Marienburg”, visitors can virtually explore the (...) read more
(eap) As part of a joint press conference with the City of Euskirchen, the Thermengruppe Josef Wund presented the initial conceptual considerations for the planned expansion of Therme Euskirchen this Friday. In the presence of Mayor Sacha Reichelt (...) read more
(eap) On 17 July 1955, Disneyland in Anaheim opened its gates for the first time, laying the foundations for the theme park industry as we know it today. “To all who come to this happy place: Welcome! Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond (...) read more
(eap) The new enclosure for Amur tigers was officially opened yesterday at Wilhelma, Stuttgart’s zoological and botanical garden. Wilhelma Director Dr. Thomas Kölpin, the Chief Construction Director of Vermögen und Bau Stuttgart, Simon Schreiber, (...) read more
(eap) Paultons Park in the UK has invested 1.5 million pounds (around 1.7 million euros) in the installation of solar carports in its staff car park and additional solar roof panels on eleven existing buildings. The solar modules have been in (...) read more
(eap) Busch Gardens Tampa Bay in Florida (USA) has opened “Wild Oasis”, a new, family-friendly themed area. The area is based on a tropical rainforest environment and offers interactive play opportunities as well as animal encounters and a (...) read more
(eap) As one of the highlight attractions at the new HI SPACE indoor amusement park in Chongqing, China – located within the 489,000-square-metre Hi Chongqing shopping mall complex – an interactive roller coaster, a Spike racer, featuring the SPIKE® (...) read more
(eap) Located near the German city of Chemnitz, Augustusburg Castle was built in 1568 by Elector Augustus of Saxony and is today considered one of the most famous landmarks in the Ore Mountains. Among other things, it houses (...) read more
(eap) LEGOLAND® Florida Resort in Winter Haven has announced a new indoor roller coaster with a space theme, scheduled to open in early 2026. The fully enclosed family coaster, which is set to become “the most technologically advanced attraction” at (...) read more
(eap) The Dutch Wooddesign Amusement Rides family-run company, which has over 35 years of experience in traditional wood processing and the custom design of carousels and family attractions, has entered a new partnership for international sales: RP (...) read more
(eap) This season, Sweden’s Skara Sommarland in Axvall (Skara Municipality, Västra Götaland County) is attracting visitors with three new family rides in its Tivoli area. Among them is the “Pariser Hjulet,” a small six-metre-high (...) read more
