Today, SeaWorld Entertainment – operator of the world’s unique “Sesame Street” theme park – announced that the Langhorne/PA-based Sesame Place® family park will open its first wooden coaster in spring 2018. “Oscar’s Wacky TaxiTM” is the name of the (...) read more
As announced yesterday by British operating group Merlin Entertainments, LEGOLAND Malaysia Resort will upgrade its existing “Project X” test track coaster (a “Wild Mouse” model from German manufacturer Mack Rides) with Virtual Reality (VR) (...) read more
Austria’s Swarovski Kristallwelten park, which is located in Wattens, has recently inaugurated a new, versatile play landscape appealing to kids of all ages. In the course of a cooperation with Germany’s Ravensburger Freizeit und Promotion GmbH and (...) read more
In order to save resources in its administration when it comes to ticket sales, Movie Park Germany has recently decided to make use of the booking technology of Berlin-based provider bookingkit, one of the leading companies in the field of (...) read more
Five years after the opening of its “Darwineum” tropical hall, Germany’s Zoo Rostock now takes stock of the attraction, which is home to more than 2,000 animals of over 150 species (nearly twice as much as at its beginning). The animal park, which (...) read more
Recently, Har Kupers, COO of Vekoma Rides, was honored with the AIMS International Safety Award of the non-profit organization AIMS International, which had been awarded for the first time in 2016 (to Harold Hudson, cf. EAP news from October 21st, (...) read more
Some time ago, Europa-Park had already announced its plans to set a new milestone in the history of Germany’s largest amusement park by expanding the Europa-Park universe with the creation of its first own water world to be opened by the end of (...) read more
At last year’s IAAPA Expo in Orlando, Turkey-based Polin Waterparks presented its innovative “Splash Cabin” attraction, developed in cooperation with Lagotronics (cf. EAP, 1/17). The first model has been opened at Turkish Aquafantasy Waterpark in (...) read more
Philippines-based design and theming specialist Themebuilders has recently opened its first European office located in Venlo, Netherlands, to further strengthen its presence in the European market and to provide customers in this area with a direct, (...) read more
Yesterday, Dutch experience design and production agency Jora Vision announced the appointment of Dr. Pieter C.M. Cornelis (photo) as the company’s new Project Strategy Director. In his new role, Pieter Cornelis, who combines his work at Jora Vision (...) read more
Ohio-based Cedar Fair operating group, which focuses on regional amusement parks, water parks and active entertainment, Peanuts Worldwide (a subsidiary of DHX Media, Ltd.) and the family of Charles M. Schulz, creator of the Peanuts characters, have (...) read more
Munich-based online ticket provider Regiondo has recently announced the company’s restructuring towards the B2B business to provide leisure facilities with their cloud-based 360 degrees booking solution. Previously, Regiondo, which was founded as a (...) read more
In the summer of 2018, LEGOLAND California Resort will open the new “LEGO® City Deep Sea Adventure” underwater ride, representing the largest single investment from Merlin Entertainments into a Legoland park until to date. Similar to the existing (...) read more
Veterinarian Christine Richter (33) has recently assumed the responsibility as new zoo director of Germany’s Tierpark Jaderberg (Jaderpark), succeeding Bastian Lange, who took over the position in 2012 (cf. EAP news from February 22nd, 2012) and is (...) read more
Dubai’s IMG Worlds of Adventure indoor mega park (cf. EAP, 1/17), which opened on August 31st, 2016, recently celebrated its first anniversary. According to the park, which comprises four theme areas featuring exciting attractions and a wide (...) read more
If we were not in September, it would appear that today is 1 April. After all, the new idea of Rollercoasterrestaurant® inventor Michael Mack sounds like an April fool’s trick. After the busy entrepreneur had revolutionized the market a few years (...) read more
This past Tuesday, 5 September, Germany’s Ravensburger Spieleland amusement park welcomed its seven millionth guest since the park’s opening in 1998. Since then, the park, situated near Lake Constance, has become a popular destination for families. (...) read more
Germany’s robotics manufacturing company KUKA, which is part of Chinese Midea group of companies (cf. EAP news from October 10th, 2016), plans to invest more than 100 million Euro in the expansion and modernization of its Augsburg headquarters in (...) read more
For the distribution of its coin-operated simulator ride “Typhoon“, the Canadian supplier Triotech announced today to have signed an exclusive agreement with BANDAI NAMCO Amusement Europe Limited (BNAE). With immediate effect, Bandai Namco is (...) read more
Earlier this year we had already reported on the expansion plans of Dutch amusement park Toverland, which envisage the creation of a completely new theme area with a Wing Coaster and a magical boat tour as anchor attractions (cp. EAP news of 05 May (...) read more
