The Department of Culture and Tourism Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) has recently named German tourism professional Detlef Haner (photo) new Regional Promotion Europe & Americas Section Manager. With this newly created position, DCT Abu Dhabi seeks to (...) read more
After the launch of the world’s first LEGO®-themed virtual reality coaster experience at LEGOLAND Malaysia Resort last year (cf. EAP news from September 20th, 2017), LEGOLAND Florida Resort has also recently opened “The Great LEGO® Race” VR (...) read more
In due time for the start of this year’s outdoor season, Switzerland’s Conny-Land amusement park has renewed its existing “Dino-Attack” dark ride (from Zamperla), which now features a modern technical interactive system and a new storyline. Under (...) read more
Germany’s Elbauenpark in Magdeburg will launch a new attraction in due time for this year’s Easter holidays: Starting this weekend, visitors to the recreation park will be able to glide over flood plain landscape east of the Elbe river on a 430 (...) read more
Tomorrow, Germany’s Freizeitpark Traumland auf der Bärenhöhle (located in the Swabian Alb region) will start into this year’s season launching three new kiddie attractions for its little guests: “Häschen hüpf!” (Engl.: “Bunny Hop”, a Bounce Spin (...) read more
Today, Zoo Zurich has officially inaugurated its new Australia facility, which replaces the former Africa-themed building now characterized by a dry bush landscape with red soil, rough rocks and a sparse vegetation (cf. our park report in EAP, (...) read more
After a successful winter season at its FORT FUN L.A.B.S. indoor playground (see also our report in EAP, 3/16) with an increase in attendance of 16 percent, Germany’s FORT FUN Abenteuerland, which was taken over by Looping Group in 2017 (c.f. EAP (...) read more
Visitors to California’s Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park can enjoy a new Virtual Reality (VR) experience with the park’s existing freefall tower attraction. Dubbed “DC Super Heroes Drop of Doom VR”, the new experience, which was launched (...) read more
England’s LEGOLAND Windsor Resort, located around an hour’s drive away from London, enthuses its little guests with a range of new attractions this year: “LEGO Reef” is a digital aquarium (from Figment Productions), which allows kids to digitally (...) read more
South Korea’s new Jeju Shinhwa World – an integrated leisure and entertainment resort on Jeju island, developed and operated by Landing International Development Limited (cf. EAP news from March 2nd, 2015) – was officially inaugurated last week, (...) read more
Until April 29th this year, visitors to Universal Studios Singapore can discover “TrollsTopia”, a range of experiences based on the “Trolls” animated musical film from directors Mike Mitchell and Walt Dohrn and produced by DreamWorks Animation. The (...) read more
Finland’s Linnanmäki amusement park, which is located close to the city centre of Helsinki, has recently unveiled its plans to open a new rollercoaster in 2019. “Taiga” will be the name of the new ride, a launch coaster model from Intamin. The 52 (...) read more
Germany’s first upcycling hotel, named “Alles Paletti“ (Engl.: “Everything’s Alright”), has opened today at Karls Erlebnis-Dorf in Rövershagen (located close to the Baltic Sea), welcoming its first overnight guests (cf. our report in EAP, 6/17). The (...) read more
Tomorrow will see the official opening of Blackpool Zoo’s brand-new elephant house dubbed “Elephant Base Camp“, a project which had been in the planning pipeline for several years and was recently completed after several months of construction. (...) read more
Ever since, knight shows with horses have been part of the entertainment program at Bavaria’s Erlebnispark Schloss Thurn. This year, visitors can look forward to a new show program staged by the Arturius horse stunt team. With its western and knight (...) read more
“Dracula” is the nickname of the largest and heaviest Pterosaurian species in the world known until to date. Parts of the skeleton of such a giant animal were excavated in the Romanian region of Transylvania. The reconstructed skeleton, which (...) read more
Today, Dutch Wildlands Adventure Zoo has announced that its new “Tweestryd” family coaster (a Family Duel Racer model from Dutch manufacturer Vekoma, c.f. EAP news from February 6th, 2018) will be officially inaugurated next week on March 29th, in (...) read more
Germany’s LEGOLAND Discovery Centre Oberhausen has unveiled its new “LEGO City Builder” interactive play zone this week, in which young guests and their parents can put themselves in the shoes of an architect to create fancy buildings out of (...) read more
As announced earlier this week, Global City Holdings group and Hotel Professionals Management Group have signed a contract for the development of a four-star hotel that will be built as part of the Park of Poland leisure complex, currently under (...) read more
The world’s first LEGOLAND celebrates its 50th anniversary – on this occasion, the park, which is located in the Danish town of Billund, will kick off the upcoming season with a special event this coming Saturday, including the official opening of (...) read more
