Starting on December 19th, 2016 visitors to Miami Seaquarium can try out the new “Penguin Encounter” experience as part of the park’s “Penguin Holidays”. In addition to an interactive educational segment, the experience includes a penguin feeding (...) read more
Last Saturday, the Mall of Qatar – one of Doha’s new shopping complexes – started its soft opening phase. On a total area of 500,000 square meters, residents and tourists encounter a unique shopping and entertainment experience in the region with (...) read more
Today, US-based SeaWorld Entertainment and Miral, Abu Dhabi’s creator and operator of destinations, announced to jointly develop SeaWorld Abu Dhabi, a next-generation marine life themed park on Yas Island by 2020. The park will also include the (...) read more
Based on James Cameron’s popular “Avatar” movie, the new “AVATAR: Discover Pandora” exhibition opened last week at its first stop at Taiwan’s Xinyi Theatre in Taipei, where visitors can immerse into the foreign world of Pandora during the next three (...) read more
In November this year, DreamCraft Attractions, a joint venture between CAVU Designwerks and One Bit Labs (c.f. EAP news from October 21st, 2016), announced that Vernon McGugan – who looks back on 40 years of experience in the business – will become (...) read more
In due time for this month’s premiere of the new “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” movie, Disney’s Hollywood Studios will open new visitor experiences around the popular saga, partly based on the new movie. The daytime stage show “Star Wars: A Galaxy (...) read more
In 2015, Universal Parks & Resorts and Japan’s video game developer Nintendo singned a strategic partnership agreement on their future cooperation (c.f. EAP news from May 19th, 2015), so it was only a matter of time when the companies would announce (...) read more
Following the opening of Dubai’s new IMG Worlds of Adventure indoor mega park back in August this year (c.f. EAP news from August 31st, 2016), IMG Worlds, the entertainment arm of the Ilyas & Mustafa Galadari (IMG) Group, now announced the (...) read more
Hamburg’s Miniatur Wunderland – one of the most popular tourist attractions in Germany – has steadily increased its attendance figures since its opening some 15 years ago. Last Friday, the founders Gerrit and Frederik Braun welcomed their 15 (...) read more
The German company Simtec Systems GmbH, one of the leading providers of simulator systems, flying theaters and dark rides, and US-based Setpoint Inc. – with its focus on roller coasters, show action equipment and custom engineering of amusement (...) read more
For more than a week Tennessee’s “Great Smoky Mountains” national park has been affected by extensive wildfires – also the Dollywood Theme Park and the Dollywood DreamMore Resort are located close to the threatened area and had to reduce their (...) read more
Germany’s Zoo Osnabrueck plans to add a bat cave with leaf-nosed bats to its subterranean zoo area, which is scheduled to open by summer 2017 – construction works will begin by the end of this month. 15 animals are expected to habitat the 29 square (...) read more
Spreewelten Bad in the German town of Luebbenau (Brandenburg region) recently revealed further details on its planned conversion and expansion measures of the bathing complex itself and its penguin enclosure (we reported on this topic in EAP, (...) read more
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment recently presented its plans to change the existing food offer in its twelve amusement and water parks to be exclusively based on sustainably grown food and meat out of species-appropriate keeping in the future. The (...) read more
During this year’s IAAPA Expo, Michael Mack (CEO MackMedia) and Dong Gi Park – CEO of South Korea’s Lotte World theme park) – signed a strategic partnership to further develop virtual reality (VR) applications in theme parks. Lotte World, which is (...) read more
Hong Kong Disneyland, which opened its doors for visitors in 2005, this week presented a comprehensive development plan for its park area to be realized from 2018 through 2023. The plans include new themed areas, spectacular attractions and (...) read more
The Spanish operator group Parques Reunidos and the Canadian media company Lionsgate, now headquartered in Santa Monica/California, recently announced their strategic agreement to develop Lionsgate branded leisure centers in high-traffic shopping (...) read more
Last year, Berlin Zoo already announced the return of the Giant Panda to Germany – now, they presented the concept for a new 5,480 square meter panda plant, planned by dan pearlman Erlebnisarchitektur. Two separate outdoor areas, a visitor pavilion (...) read more
Following the participant records of this year’s trade fairs in Shanghai and Barcelona (c.f. EAP news from June 16th & September 26th, 2016), the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) closed its yearly IAAPA (...) read more
More and more amusement parks follow the current trend to add VR technology to their existing rollercoasters to create an entirely new ride experience on an “old” ride. Now the Italian Gardaland also announced to equip its popular “Magic Mountain” (...) read more
