Ohio-based Cedar Fair Entertainment Company today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the land upon which its California’s Great America amusement park is located for approx. 133 million Euro (150 million US-Dollar). The operator (...) read more
Today sees the official opening of the new “Sesame Street” theme area at SeaWorld Orlando, which is located on the site of former “Shamu’s Happy Harbor” play area at the park’s southern end (cf. EAP News f. May 4th, 2018). Highlight of the new (...) read more
Merlin’s Alton Towers Resort, located in Staffordshire/England, started into the new season this past Saturday and launched the Alton Towers Dungeon as a new second gate attraction. The chamber of horrors is located on the site of the former (...) read more
The German version of the two-piece theatre production “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” will premiere on March 15, 2020 at the Mehr! Theater in Hamburg, Germany. The play written by “Harry Potter” novel author Joanne K. Rowling and script (...) read more
Opened in 1999 as the first Legoland park in North America with twelve rides and a “Miniland”, LEGOLAND® California, located in Carlsbad/CA, celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. Today, the park’s visitor offer includes more than 60 rides, (...) read more
Germany’s Tropical Islands (TI) tropical bathing complex located near Berlin celebrates its 15th anniversary this year and kicks off a “birthday event series” with the launch of a new light and laser show entitled “Marama – The Light of the (...) read more
During a press conference held yesterday in Pudong/Shanghai, Chinese Shimao Property Holdings Ltd. real estate developing group and Belgium’s International Merchandising Promotions and Services (IMPS) company, holder of the rights of the “The (...) read more
Yesterday, French Compagnie des Alpes (CdA) operating group announced the acquisition of a hundred percent of the shares in Austria’s Familypark in the tourist region of Neusiedl Lake at an enterprise value of 72.5 million Euro. The park, which (...) read more
England’s Chessington World of Adventures zoo and amusement park resort, which is operated by Merlin Entertainments, has recently launched a new walk through attraction for families, based on Julia Donaldson’s children’s book “Room on the Broom”. (...) read more
The Palma Aquarium, opened in Palma de Mallorca in 2007 and operated by the Coral World International Group, will launch a new immersive film experience for visitors this coming April, dubbed “Giants of the Ocean”. During a construction period of (...) read more
This spring, a number of Sea Life visitor aquariums in Germany and worldwide will launch a new Augmented Reality (AR) experience in form of a dome projection, showing media content around beluga whales. The new “Beluga Dome” attraction at Sea Life (...) read more
With a delay of almost two years, the Novo Cinemas multiplex cinema at the IMG Worlds of Adventure theme park in Dubai (see EAP, issue 1/2017), equipped with 12 screens and 2,100 seats, was recently opened to visitors. Described as the flagship (...) read more
In the Polish city of Mszczonów, which is located around one hour’s drive southwest of Warsaw, construction works for a new Deepspot pool facility are underway, which with a diving pool of 45 meters depth will be especially aimed at divers. As of (...) read more
Germany’s Platsch bathing facility, which is located in Ennepetal/North Rhine-Westphalia and features an indoor pool, an outdoor pool and a sauna area, is part of the regional sports and leisure landscape. Due to high operating costs and outdated (...) read more
Orlando/FL-based ITEC Entertainment, which is specialized in themed entertainment design, has recently announced the appointment of Charlie Wissig as new Creative Director to spearhead creative projects for the company’s clientele. Wissig has over (...) read more
Norway’s Kongeparken amusement park will invest a total of 3.1 million EUR (30 million NOK) in the construction of a new drop tower attraction, slated to open at the park as this year’s big novelty on June 13th. The 80-metre high tower, which will (...) read more
According to a recent decision of the administrative court of Cergy-Pontoise, the submitted PLU (= le plan local d’urbanisme) or land development plan, which includes, among other things, the creation of the multi-billion EuropaCity mega leisure (...) read more
Dutch Avonturenpark Hellendorn amusement park, which achieved an increase in visitor numbers between five to ten percent in 2018 (cf. our Park Report in EAP 2/19), has announced the addition of two new attractions to its visitor offer in the (...) read more
As announced during a press conference hold in Paris today, globally operating Puy du Fou theme park company will invest a total amount of 407 million Euros alone into its further expansion in France and Spain over the next five years. By 2030, (...) read more
More than 10,000 exhibiting companies from 181 countries and regions presented their services during this year’s ITB (Internationale Tourismus-Börse) in Berlin/Germany, which took place from March 6th to 10th. Around 113,500 professionals visited (...) read more
