The water park and pool industry mourns the passing of Dr. phil. Harald Frisch, who died on 14 February 2020 at the age of 82 in the circle of his family. As a founding member and first president of the European Waterpark Association (EWA), Harald (...) read more
Disney’s fairytale castles such as the “Cinderella Castle” at Magic Kingdom or at Tokyo Disneyland and the “Sleeping Beauty Castle” at Disneyland Paris are among the most popular photo motifs for guests during a park visit. In the course of the 70th (...) read more
On 9 March 2000, the 135-metre-high London Eye officially opened its pods for the first time to visitors. This year, the popular attraction, which is operated by Merlin Entertainments, is celebrating ist 20th anniversary and will therefore enable (...) read more
Jubail Island in Abu Dhabi is located halfway between Yas Island and Saadiyat and is known for its mangrove forests. Recently, the Jubail Mangrove Park was opened here as a new nature experience park, allowing visitors to discover the flora and (...) read more
The new “Max and Moritz“ family coaster at Netherland’s Efteling theme park, which is scheduled to open this spring, is highly anticipated by visitors (cf. EAP news 9 Oct 2018). But this will not be the only place where the two rascals from the (...) read more
Yesterday, Oliver Sternagel (CEO of Karlsruher Bäder) and Mayor Martin Lenz presented the annual results of the ten related indoor and outdoor pools which belong to the portfolio of Karlsruher Bäder. In 2019, a total of around 1.64 million visitors (...) read more
The Ravensburger Museum, which is located in Southern Germany and opened its doors to visitors for the first time in 2010, registered its highest attendance since opening in the past season. The family-friendly museum, which offers interactive (...) read more
Chessington World of Adventures Resort, located in Chessington/UK, provides family-fun with the combination of a zoo and leisure park experience. In March 2020 the Merlin Entertainments-operated park will open its new “Rainforest“ theme area. (...) read more
Germany’s Rostock Zoo is home to 4,200 animals from 430 different species. With about 650,000 visitors in 2019, it is among the most popular leisure destinations at the German Baltic coast. In the future, the zoological garden will continue to (...) read more
Netherland’s Toverland looks back on a successful park season 2019 with a new record of 862,000 visitors, which is a plus of 50,000 guests in comparison to the previous season. In 2018, the park saw a major expansion with the opening of the “Avalon“ (...) read more
Finland’s Valo Motion company, provider of interactive sporting experience, creator of the “ValoClimb®“ climbing wall at “ValoJump“ trampoline set-up, aims at combining exercise and fitness with the gaming. After the launch of the first two-player (...) read more
Following the cooperation agreement announced by the companies of Triotech (headquartered in Montréal, Canada) and France’s CL Corporation (based in Rennes) in fall last year (cf. EAP 6/2019), Triotech recently reported the acquisition of the French (...) read more
Netherland’s KLM Airline celebrated its 100th anniversary last year. On this occasion, Den Haag-based Madurodam miniature world decided to create the new visitor attraction “The Flying Dutchman“, which is an original KLM aircraft of the type (...) read more
Spain’s Terra Mítica theme park, owned by Grupo Santa-María and located on Costa Blanca, just announced the expansion of its existing accommodation capacities by the building of a new luxury bungalow complex. Construction works on the new “Grand (...) read more
The German Association of Amusement Parks & Attractions (G.: Verband der Deutschen Freizeitparks & -unternehmen e.V.; VDFU) elected a new committee during its annual general meeting held on February 5th at Europa-Park in Rust. Klaus-Michael Machens, (...) read more
In August 2019, the Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg, Germany already gave an outlook to comprehensive expansion plans for the model building experience (cf. EAP 5/2019). The Braun-brothers Gerrit and Frederik, the founders oft he miniature world, (...) read more
Since 1990, the Allgemeine Hotel- und Gastronomie-Zeitung (ahgz / Eng.: “General Paper for Hotels and Gastronomy“) has been honoring the “best hotelier of the year“ in Germany. This year, Thomas, Michael and Ann-Kathrin Mack, shareholders of the (...) read more
The two Netherland-based companies ETF Ride Systems (ETF) and Jora Vision just presented the concept of new “Pirate Mania“ mini dark ride system, which is especially made for Family Entertainment Centers. Both providers created a pirate-themed ride, (...) read more
Since the opening of Madame Tussauds Vienna in April 2011, Queen Elisabeth II. is one of the main charackters presented in the wax figure exhibition. Yesterday, the Merlin Entertainments MIdway attraction opened the redesigned Queen-area. „Her (...) read more
Today, Karls Erlebnis-Dorf in Elstal near Berlin opens its new “Marmalade Land“ with an enlarged marmalade manufactory, the new “Dahlis Freak Bar” and two new rides. During a construction period of six months the entrance area of the park saw a (...) read more
