Yesterday saw the opening of the new Silberstromers Fundora family indoor entertainment centre in the city of Schneeberg (Saxony). Covering a total area of some 3,600 square meters, the diverse activity offer includes a six-level adventure (...) read more
Near the Australian coastal city of Yeppoon/Central Queensland, a demo version of a new multi-break wave pool for surfers is currently under construction, which will feature four reefs for up to 2,400 waves per hour. The project is being (...) read more
Universal Orlando Resort has recently opened its all-new Aventura Hotel (Universal’s Aventura Hotel), which has 600 rooms and is the resort's first hotel to have a bar and grill on the rooftop. Connected to the Volcano Bay water park, which opened (...) read more
Visitors to Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo/California can now try out the park’s new “Skywarp” attraction dubbed “Harley Quinn Crazy Coaster”, which officially opened this week after a construction period of some 18 months (c.f. EAP News (...) read more
UK-based digital content provider Picsolve has recently expanded its international management team to be well positioned for further company growth, including the expansion into new regions, sectors and technologies. Brendan Hegarty (photo), who (...) read more
Since its opening in October 2013, Ripley's Aquarium of Canada has been enthusing visitors from all over the world. Last week, the aquarium was able to welcome its ten millionth visitor. Peter Doyle, General Manager of the aquarium, said: ”We always (...) read more
Germany’s Hansa-Park, which welcomed around 1.4 million guests in the 2017 season (cf. our park report in EAP, 2/18), recently announced a new thrill attraction for 2019 after this year’s opening of its new kiddie attraction "Barcos del (...) read more
Zoo Rostock recently added a new Viking boat to its forest playground. The ten meter long and two meter wide boat, which is made of plastic material, is designed as a picnic place and play area. The project was realized in cooperation with Euro (...) read more
In Dubai, off the coast where the “Jumeirah Beach Residence“ (JBR) complex is located, Meraas Holding is currently developing “Bluewaters Island”, an artificial luxury island. Once completed, this man-made island will not only house premium (...) read more
In the course of the reconstruction of its French theme area, which mainly includes the renovation of the old “Eurosat” to the new “CanCanCoaster”, Europa-Park opens a converted family attraction today. The former dinosaur ride “Universum der (...) read more
As the near Toronto located amusement park Canada´s Wonderland recently announced, the new theme area “Frontier Canada” will be expanded with the overall 17th rollercoaster in the park in 2019. The new Dive Coaster “Yukon Striker” from Bolliger & (...) read more
Knowsley Safari Park, near Liverpool, has recently developed the new “AR Safari by Knowsley” smartphone app in collaboration with Manchester-based Augmented Reality (AR) company Red Frog Digital – with the app, visitors can bring the animals in the (...) read more
007 ELEMENTS is the name of the new James Bond experience world, which recently opened in Sölden, in the Austrian Ötztal valley: Situated at 3,048 metres above sea level and built into the Gaislachkogl mountain, the new destination extends over (...) read more
The Legoland Windsor Resort near London recently opened the first-of-its-kind calming sensory room in a theme park, especially for guests with additional sensory needs. In cooperation with the British company Total Sensory the park now offers a (...) read more
Early August saw the opening of the new 37,000 square foot (about 3,500 square meter) large National Comedy Center in Jamestown in the US state of New York. A 50 million USD (about 43 Mio. EUR) facility, the cultural destination offers visitors the (...) read more
The VR technology specialists from VR Coaster and Holodeck VR have developed a new VR attraction in cooperation with MackMedia and the French film production company EuropaCorp featuring the theme of the science fiction movie “Valerian and the City (...) read more
In the biggest project in the history of Europa-Park, the construction of the new water world “Rulantica”, a further step in the construction site marks a move into the direction of opening the waterpark soon. The insertion of altogether five wooden (...) read more
Following the upwards trend of this year’s first quarter results (c.f. EAP news from May 9th, 2018), SeaWorld Entertainment recently presented its figures for Q2 2018, showing continued growth. Compared to the second quarter 2017, total revenues (...) read more
With the new B&M-Dive Coaster “Valkyria” at the Swedish theme park Liseberg, the theme area “Myths and Legends” has just been expanded by the addition of another new major attraction. The coaster, which had been under construction since September (...) read more
On the occasion of the Halloween season, Warner Bros. Studio Tour – The Making of Harry Potter near London will again be controlled by the Dark Arts, this year from 28th September to 10th November. The famous sets of the Harry Potter films, for (...) read more
