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    Service Value GmbH – in cooperation with WELT AM SONNTAG and Goethe University Frankfurt – conducted a customer survey and recently published this year‘s results on family-friendly businesses in Germany. The German leisure parks are in front (...) read more

A few months after the opening of “Highlander” – a new, 120-meter high drop tower attraction for thrill seekers (cp. EAP 4/2019) – Germany’s Hansa-Park now announced its plans to open a new theme area in 2020, which will be dedicated to a younger (...) read more

After 34 years and a total of 6.5 million kilometers travelled, the bobsleigh coaster at Efteling theme park was closed down yesterday. The attraction was opened on 4 April 1985 as the park’s fourth ride with “a guarantee for thrill”. It will now (...) read more

Today sees the opening of the new FlyOver Iceland flying theatre attraction in Reykjavík, which is operated by Pursuit/Esja Attractions ehf. Based on a 6-DOF i-Ride system from Brogent, FlyOver Iceland provides guests with a virtual flying (...) read more

Slagharen Themepark & Resort, operated by Parques Reunidos, has recently appointed Dave Storm new General Manager of the company, effective 2nd September. The 39-year old takes over the position from Wouter Pops, who succeeded former park manager (...) read more

Today, the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando/Florida celebrates the official opening of “Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge“ at its related Disney’s Hollywood Studios. The all-new theme area, which opened at Disneyland Park in Anaheim/California in May (...) read more

Today, Six Flags Entertainment has announced new rides and attractions for its related theme & water parks, slated to debut in the 2020 season. Plans include the opening of new rollercoasters, family rides, slides and high-thrill (...) read more

With 560,000 visitors in the months of July and August, of which 340,000 came in August alone, France’s Futuroscope theme park is pleased with a highly successful summer season. The month of August brought an increase of visitors of more than ten (...) read more

Yesterday, the Qiddiya Investment Company (QIC) unveiled the park design concept for Six Flags Qiddiya, a high thrill theme park planned to be part of the future leisure and entertainment destination Qiddiya, which is under development at short (...) read more

Merlin Entertainments recently announced two new senior marketing appointments to lead the development of its global brands. Ash Tailor (photo, l.), who brings professional experience in retail and marketing from his former positions at companies (...) read more

During the annual Disney in-house exhibition “D23 Expo”, held in Anaheim/CA this past weekend, Bob Chapek (Chairman of Disney Parks, Experiences & Products) announced details of the planned investments in guest experiences for the coming years. An (...) read more

This year, Parque Warner Madrid, founded in 2002, surprised its visitors with a new evening show, which has been entertaining park guests for several weeks now and will continue to be featured on the show program until the end of September. Under (...) read more

Today saw the opening of the new “Sky Voyager” flying theater attraction at Australia’s Dreamworld park, in which visitors can experience a nearly six-minute, virtual flight above twelve different regions of the “red continent”. The i-ride from (...) read more

The polish amusement park Energylandia has expanded its coaster portfolio by one more highlight. “Zadra“ – the world‘s tallest wooden coaster – according to the park, will open today. The new coaster, which is constructed and designed by Rocky (...) read more

During a redesign period of about six months the aquascape team (Aquascaping: technique of designing aquarium landscapes) of  Hamburg’s Tierpark Hagenbeck has recently finished works on the new “Sumatra Stream Course“ in the old basin of “Amazonas (...) read more

Dream Bund is an all-new movie & theme park, which opened this past Saturday in the Chinese city of Hengdian (in Zhejiang province, about 300 kilometers south of Shanghai), offering both rides and attractions as well as movie sets for professional (...) read more

After the launch of the new “The LEGO Movie World” theme area with three major attractions at Legoland Florida Resort in March this year (cp. EAP 3/2019), Legoland Billund and Legoland California Resort have recently announced the expansion of (...) read more

Alterface recently announced the appointment of Gillian Basso as new Chief Information Officer. In his new role, Basso will be responsible for driving innovation across interactive attractions in the themed entertainment market. He obtained a Ph. (...) read more

Located close to the city of Cincinnati (Ohio), Cedar Fair’s Kings Island amusement park has recently announced to build a new giga coaster, set to open in spring 2020 under the name of “Orion®”. The attraction will take riders on a thrilling (...) read more