On May 2nd & 3rd, the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) held its annual European conference on future trends for amusement parks at Germany’s Europa-Park. Some 120 participants from 17 countries came together in Rust to discuss topics such as (...) read more
Canada-based CAVU Designwerks and England’s Force Engineering company, which is specialized in the development, design and production of Linear Induction Motors (LIMs), have signed a strategic partnership in order to sell the low-maintenance (...) read more
Last year, SeaWorld Orlando has announced its plans to build a “Sesame Street” theme area, following the announcement of SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. and Sesame Workshop to continue their partnership through to December 2031 (cf. EAP news from May (...) read more
Torrance/California-based MediaMation company – specialist for interactive technology and system integration, known for its patented “MX4D Motion EFX” technology for theaters and seats (cf. EAP, 1/18) – has recently signed new strategic partnerships (...) read more
Seeing the world from the perspective of wild dolphins – such an experience is offered with the new 4D short movie “Being Dolphin 4D”, produced by Adam Ellison, which was recently premiered at The National Aquarium in Baltimore/Maryland. The 4D film (...) read more
The course for the further development of China’s rapidly growing film industry is set: The Qingdao Movie Metropolis – a giant film production city, which is expected to host more than 500 national and international movie production companies within (...) read more
Polin Waterparks, founded in 1976 and primarily known for equipping water parks with water slides and water play structures, is repositioning itself. The company announced that it has reached a milestone in its history with the recent establishment (...) read more
Tomorrow will see the opening of the first monte mare hotel (c.f. our report in EAP, 5/17), which has been built adjacent to the existing wellness, sauna & fitness facility of the monte mare group in Andernach (cf. EAP, 6/15). The new offer for (...) read more
After Six Flags Entertainment Corporation had already registered record results for the 2017 business year (cp. EAP news f. 23 Feb 2018), the US operator group is now closing the first quarter of 2018 with record results: Compared to the same period (...) read more
German specialist for simulator and dark ride attractions Simtec Systems has expanded the company’s office building at its headquarters in Braunschweig. The size of office space was nearly doubled so that Simtec will be able to increase the number (...) read more
The US media group Comcast, which took over full ownership of NBCUniversal in 2011 and therefore also owns the subsidiary Universal Parks & Resorts, reported its first quarter 2018 results today. Accordingly, the company recorded a revenue growth of (...) read more
Following the addition of Commercial Director Carin van Berkel to Toverland’s management team last month (we reported on this in EAP 2/2018), the Dutch amusement park has now announced to expand their management team to include Teun Dielesen as new (...) read more
Based on the popular Ravensburger board game classic “The Crazy Labyrinth”, this coming Friday will see the opening of the world’s first Ravensburger escape room as the fourth play at the Geschlossene Gesellschaft escape game center in (...) read more
Germany’s Serengeti-Park located in Hodenhagen, Lower-Saxony had announced to extend its existing accommodation offer by the addition of 50 new jungle lodges for the current season (cp. EAP 2/2018). Yesterday, the new camping pod houses, which are (...) read more
The first location worldwide to open an “Aérobar“, where guests can enjoy food and drinks in lofty heights, was France’s Futuroscope theme park back in 2013 (cf. EAP news f. 24 May 2013). Since then, this unusual gastronomy concept developed by the (...) read more
The supervisory board of TroiKomm GmbH, operator of Germany’s AGGUA Troisdorf bathing and sauna complex near Cologne, has recently agreed on the modernization of the venue’s outdoor area. In a first step, plans for a new outdoor pool made of (...) read more
Good news for fans of the “Fast & Furious“ blockbuster movie franchise, featuring Vin Diesel amongst others: After a short soft opening phase, Universal Orlando Resort’s newest attraction, “Fast & Furious – Supercharged“ is now open at Universal (...) read more
Located in Changsha (Hunan Province) and opened in the 1990s, Chinese Window of the World theme park showcases 50 replicas of the world’s most famous tourist attractions and is one of the largest theme parks in central China. As announced recently, (...) read more
Two times already the Durch capital city of Amsterdam has been host to the Euro Attractions Show (EAS) in the past: In 2009, some 278 exhibitors presented their services during the three-day trade show event (cf. EAP, 6/09), in 2014 this number (...) read more
Tomorrow, Karls Erlebnis-Dorf in Elstal near Berlin will launch its first rollercoaster and a row of other new attractions. “K2” is the name of the new family ride, the theming of which is dedicated to the production of potato crisps, carrying (...) read more
