The Board of Commissioners of the Rockford Park District – a civil society founded in 1909 that today owns and operates 179 (sports-)parks and leisure facilities in Illinois, has recently approved a lease agreement allowing the Six Flags (...) read more
A new family coaster is set to enthuse visitors to Dutch Efteling theme park from the start of the 2020 season – the new attraction, which will feature a “Max and Moritz” theme, will arise on the site of the existing, outdated bobsleigh coaster with (...) read more
Yesterday, the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) has named Hal McEvoy new President and CEO of the association with immediate effect. After the resignation of his predecessor Paul Noland in February this year, (...) read more
In an official statement Parques Reunidos has published last week, the Spanish operating group announces that Fernando Eiroa (photo) has stepped down from his position as the company’s CEO, member of the Board and all other functions he held with (...) read more
Germany’s Waikiki Thermen- & Erlebniswelt (Spa & Adventure World) in Thuringia will still remain open to bathers for the time being – the upcoming renovation works at the bathing complex, which were originally scheduled to start at the beginning of (...) read more
As announced during an official press conference today, the Banque Populaire Auvergne Rhône Alpes (BPAURA) will make a significant financial contribution to France’s Vulcania theme park by means of an equity investment. In order to help to promote (...) read more
The new “Manitoba” theme area at Germany’s Zoo Osnabrueck, which is dedicated to the animals of the central Canadian Manitoba region, has recently been completed and will officially open to guests this weekend (cf. our park report in EAP, (...) read more
Germany’s Kulturinsel Einsiedel adventure park has invited interested professionals to the 23rd conference for leisure attractions, which will take place on November 1st & 2nd 2018 at the park’s venues in Zentendorf/Saxony. “Experience Worlds for (...) read more
The board of directors of the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) has recently elected Ken Whiting (photo) second vice chairman for the term of 2019. A member of the IAAPA board of directors since 2017, Whiting is (...) read more
After a construction period of almost two years, yesterday the new Center Parcs Park Allgäu went into operation, as the sixth and at the same time largest Center Parcs holiday park in Germany (read also our report in EAP, 1/18). On a total area of (...) read more
In the course of its autumn holiday program “Dino’s at the Zoo”, visitors to Dutch Royal Burgers’ Zoo can marvel at more than 50 animated giant dinosaurs, including a nine meter-high T-Rex and a twelve meter-long Brachiosaurus amongst other (...) read more
This past Saturday saw the grand opening of Plopsa Group’s new Majaland theme park in Kownaty/Poland, featuring 25 different attractions around popular Studio 100 characters such as Maja, the Bee, Wickie and Heidi. As part of the new Holiday Park (...) read more
This upcoming Thursday (October 4th) will see the opening of SeaWorld Orlando’s new river rapids attraction, dubbed “Infinity Falls” (c.f. EAP, 1/18 & EAP news from April 19th, 2017). The ride, which was supplied by Intamin and reaches over 20 (...) read more
According to preliminary estimates of IAAPA (International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions), this year’s Euro Attractions Show, which just came to an end yesterday afternoon and took place from 23 to 25 September at the RAI Convention (...) read more
With the release of “Steamboat Willie”, 1928 marks the debut of Mickey Mouse in Walt Disney’s first animated short film with fully synchronized sound. To celebrate the popular character’s 90th anniversary this year, Disneyland Paris will kick off (...) read more
Brussels/Belgium-based nWave Pictures, provider of film content for 4D cinemas and simulator attractions (amongst others), has acquired the exclusive worldwide distribution rights to the immersive giant screen documentary film “Feathered Dinosaurs”, (...) read more
During the World Conference on Virtual Reality Industry, which will take place from October 19th to 21st in the Chinese metropolis of Nanchang, Germany’s TimeRide GmbH start-up company will present a replica of its stationary TimeRide VR Cöln (...) read more
Today sees the kick-off of the Euro Attractions Show (EAS) 2018, organized by the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) and this year taking place at RAI Amsterdam Convention Centre in The Netherlands. From today until (...) read more
France’s Aqualand Fréjus water park, which is located near the city of Cannes and operated by Spanish Aspro Group, has recently added the new “Storm Racer” slide to its attractions line-up, which is the first installation of this slide type from (...) read more
From today, visitors to Germany’s Zoo Rostock can explore the new “Polarium” theme world, which after a planning and construction period of over two years has been officially inaugurated yesterday with guests from local economy and politics (cf. EAP (...) read more
