As the Swedish Gröna Lund theme park announced yesterday, visitors can look forward to the park’s new Sky Jump attraction in 2017. The 95 meter tower with the name “Ikaros” and manufactured by Intamin Amusement Rides will offer a completely new (...) read more
Merlin Entertainments, one of the world’s leading visitor attraction operators, has recently opened its new Gardaland Adventure Hotel at the Gardaland theme park complex in Italy to extend its accommodation offer. The new hotel counts 100 rooms and (...) read more
The animal park Tierpark Hellabrunn located in the German city of Munich recently announced the plans for its new “Mühlendorf” area, which will be built in the already existing children’s zoo area to enable guests to experience the local fauna. The (...) read more
Today opens the tunnel slide simply named “The Slide” at London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, which leads in twelve circles around the 115 meter observation tower ArcelorMittal Orbit (cf. EAP news from August 31st, 2016). According to the park, (...) read more
As Universal Orlando Resort already announced last year, its third venue will be the all-new “Volcano Bay” waterpark already under construction and adjacent to Universal’s Cabana Bay Beach Resort (cf. EAP news from June 4th, 2015). Last week (...) read more
Schlitterbahn Galveston Island’s newest ride, “MASSIV”, opened today as the world’s tallest water coaster measuring nearly 28 meters in height – on June 16th this year, it had been officially added to the Guiness World Records. The water coaster (...) read more
For the development of its new polar bear and penguin enclosure “Polarium”, Germany’s Rostock Zoo has commissioned the Hamburg-based working-group Pol-Position as the general planner for the construction as well as the experience architecture (...) read more
The British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions (BALPPA) has celebrated its annual summer meeting and at the same time its 80th anniversary at the German Europa-Park at the beginning of June this year. More than 70 members came (...) read more
Kalahari Resorts & Conventions’ owner-family Nelson announced this week that their fourth waterpark resort will open in the city of Round Rock, Texas. The expansion will mark the company’s first resort and convention center in the Southwest of the (...) read more
Sally Corporation, a specialist in the development of dark rides headquartered in Florida’s Jacksonville, will develop the interactive dark ride “Casper’s Birthday Blast” for Malaysia’s Movie Animation Park Studios (MAPS) in collaboration with the (...) read more
The Asian Attractions Expo 2016, organized by the IAAPA (International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions) in Shanghai this year, closed its doors today. Starting on June 14th, 11,500 visitors (from them 8,100 so-called buyers) from 79 (...) read more
The plans for Russia’s future major destination resort and theme park Magical World of Russia, which are a result of the cooperation between the Californian-based Moschanko Investment Group and the Goddard Group, have been officially approved by the (...) read more
The UK-based company Simworx, which has specialized in the development of media-based dynamic simulation attractions, announced in June this year the cooperation with Cartoon Network, one of the leading providers in the global children’s (...) read more
In Shanghai Disney Resort, the first Disney resort in Mainland China and the sixth Disney resort worldwide, a three-day opening celebration is starting today before opening the doors to visitors for the first time on Thursday (cf. EAP news from (...) read more
The French company Compagnie des Alpes (CdA) announced on June 6th, 2016, that they are still searching for possible partnerships to reinforce the company’s international growth strategy. In particular it focuses on markets with a high growth (...) read more
The image capture company Picsolve has partnered with Alton Towers Resort to develop a special photo experience for the waiting area of the park’s new VR-attraction “Galactica”, so that visitors dip in the virtual space before starting the ride. As (...) read more
As announced on May 16th, 2016, Waterplay’s president Jill White has been ranked as one of Canada’s top 100 businesses led by female entrepreneurs. White ranked 52nd on the “18th Annual W100” list, which is the country’s largest recognition of (...) read more
On July 4th this year, Universal Studios Hollywood will open its new walk-through attraction “The Walking Dead – Battle for Survival” – based on the well-known television series of AMC channel. In addition to the successful “Halloween Horror (...) read more
Beginning on July 2nd this year, Disneyland Paris will present its new stage show “Mickey and the Wizard” (Fr.: “Mickey et le Magicien”) to visitors, which narrows the story of Mickey as a wizard apprentice discovering fascinating subjects that (...) read more
SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium plans to open the world’s first penguin experience in November this year, which will allow visitors to dip in the habitat of King and Gentoo Penguins. This new project is named “Penguin Island Expedition” and is inspired by (...) read more
