Located between Buffalo and Rochester, New York’s water & theme park resort Darien Lake will add two new attractions this coming season. The resort’s water park Splashtown will open up “Brain Drain”, a new free fall waterslide attraction featuring (...) read more
The official opening of Merlin’s The Orlando Eye is set for May 4, 2015 (cp. EAP 1/2015). Some riders will get exclusive access to the nearly 122 meter tall observation wheel and enjoy a ride in one of the 30 passenger capsules ahead of the grand (...) read more
Thorpe Park Resort near Chertsey in Surrey, England will expand its leisure offer next season by adding a special jungle maze attraction. “I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here!” is the reality TV show that is lending its name to the new experience (...) read more
This year, Austria’s OÖ. Thermenholding, which is operating the three thermal spa facilities in Bad Hall, Bad Ischl and Bad Schallerbach, celebrates its 10th anniversary. Additionally, the company can praise itself with a new turnover record of 56.8 (...) read more
In mid-February, Landing Jeju International Development Co., Ltd. (LJDC), a joint venture of Genting Singapore PLC and Landing International Development Limited, celebrated the groundbreaking of Resorts World™ Jeju in South Korea. Resorts World Jeju (...) read more
As the Spanish newspaper El País recently reported on the web, the Chinese Dalian Wanda Group plans to build the largest indoor waterpark of Europe in Madrid’s Campamento district. Plans of China’s largest commercial real estate company call for the (...) read more
Ocean Park Hong Kong is preparing itself for the future: As announced at the beginning of this month, the theme park plans to offer its guests park-wide, unlimited, free high-speed Wi-Fi. For the expansion of its Wi-Fi network and the introduction (...) read more
Fort Worth, Texas-based The DreamVision Company, a privately owned entertainment and media enterprise, recently announced plans for the construction of two multi-billion dollar theme parks. The parks are being developed in partnership with Bryan (...) read more
In spring 2014, Parque Zoológico de Barcelona presented its latest expansion plans to the public, which were to be carried out as part of the zoo’s strategy plan 2012-2020. Having realized a larger outdoor area for hippos and a new enclosure for the (...) read more
Just a few weeks ago SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. had announced Jim Atchison’s resignation as CEO and President as well as further restructuring measures to be carried out across its theme parks (we reported on this in EAP online news from 14 Jan (...) read more
This summer will see the opening of new attractions at Germany’s Snow Dome Bispingen, which was reopened after renovation works in autumn 2013 (cf. EAP news from 7 Nov 2013). “Families are our main target group,” sums up CEO José Fernandes. In (...) read more
On February 5, Thomas O. Staggs has been named Chief Operating Officer (COO) of The Walt Disney Company as it was announced by Robert A. Iger, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer lately. As chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Staggs already (...) read more
Waterslide and water attractions manufacturer Polin Waterparks has launched a new logo at the beginning of this week. According to the motto “Experience the Experience”, the new logo represents a bird’s eye view of a spiraling water slide created (...) read more
As of May this year, visitors to London’s Madame Tussauds attraction will be able to discover a brand-new Star Wars experience, as was announced by the Merlin Entertainments attraction yesterday. Created in close collaboration with Disney and (...) read more
After the Aqualibi indoor waterpark in Belgium had closed its doors due to annual maintenance work in January, visitors were surprised when the park reopened on January 24 with a brand new water slide attraction. As the name suggests, “Flash” is a (...) read more
On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, PortAventura theme park resort (near Barcelona) will open its first five-star hotel shortly after the start of the 2015 season this spring. The new hotel “Mansión de Lucy”, which used to be part of Hotel (...) read more
As of this March, visitors to Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter will be able to discover an all-new theme area. The more than 1,800 square meter large expansion will feature a recreation of Platform 9 3/4 and the original (...) read more
A two billion GBP (around 2.6 billion EUR) “London Paramount” entertainment resort is scheduled for an Easter 2020 opening in north Kent near London. The theme park project supported by Hollywood studio Paramount Pictures and promoted by London (...) read more
Spring 2018 is expected to see the opening of a new amusement park coming to Calais in northern France: Heroïc Land. This was communicated by the mayor of Calais, Natacha Bouchart, also chairman of the economic development agency Calais Promotion, (...) read more
Opened in 2005, Wolfburg’s phaeno celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. On the occasion of this anniversary, there will be new exhibitions and news to discover at phaeno throughout the whole year: new exciting exhibition areas, numerous (...) read more
