The Dutch theme park Efteling will offer its guests even more fun and action at their outdoor arena as of April 30. The park show “Raveleijn”, started in 2011 (cp. EAP 3/2011), will be restaged in collaboration with the French theme park Puy du Fou. (...) read more
A statue of the brothers Grimm was unveiled at Efteling, Europe’s third largest amusement park, last Thursday on the occasion of the celebrations of the 200th anniversary of Grimm fairy tales. The statue, a donation of the deutsche Brüder (...) read more
The newest of the Dungeon attractions operated by Merlin Entertainments was opened last Friday, on the 15th of March 2013, at Spandauer Straße in Berlin. More than 700 years of the city’s darkest history are shown at the new Berlin Dungeon, the (...) read more
According to a recent press statement of Adventure World Warsaw (AWW) and Royal Imtech N.V., previous general contractor of AWW, both companies have reached an out of court settlement that is final and binding. According to the statement, the (...) read more
Legoland Carlifornia Resort in Carlsbad will open the nation’s first Legoland Theme Hotel on April 5, 2013. The three-storey building will feature 250 rooms immersing guests in the creative Lego worlds of pirates, adventurers or kingdoms. Guests can (...) read more
As of this summer, the newly opened Schlitterbahn Beach Resort and Indoor Waterpark will be connected with Schlitterbahn Beach Waterpark, both located in South Padre Island (TX), through an underground Transportainment® system. A new themed water (...) read more
Right at the start of the 2013 season on March 23, Heide Park Resort in Soltau will surprise its guests with a new live show. The new show “Madagascar LIVE – It’s Circus Time” of Germany’s amusement park will feature some of the popular characters (...) read more
An around 60 meter high giant wheel started operations in a historic place in Bangkok (Thailand) by the end of last year. The giant wheel named “Asiatique Sky” was supplied by Dutch Wheels and installed at Bangkok’s latest leisure venue, “Asiatique (...) read more
Since the end of January the German slides manufacturer Wiegand Maelzer has been holding the distribution rights for the 5D theatres for waterparks brought to the market by Kraftwerk. A prototype of this new attraction had been installed by (...) read more
With an average of 360,000 overnight guests per year, Ostsee Resort Damp is one of the largest leisure operators in Schleswig-Holstein. This year the healthcare and tourism location Damp celebrates its 40th anniversary. The Helios Kliniken Group now (...) read more
Museum Ravensburger, which had been reopened in 2010 after a renovation (cp. EAP 4/2010), welcomed around 33,500 children and adults in 2012. This means a 25 percent increase in the number of visitors compared to 2011. What is really interesting (...) read more
Loro Parque was opened on the 17th of December 1972 in the north of Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands, by Wolfgang Kiessling. Initially conceived as a paradise for parrots, the park has developed into a very popular destination with a variety of (...) read more
Two weeks ago the groundbreaking ceremony for a new Schlitterbahn Waterpark took place near Corpus Christi, a coastal city in the south of the US state of Texas. Schlitterbahn Beach Country in Corpus Christi will feature Schlitterbahn’s signature (...) read more
Yesterday at approximately 2 p.m., the track for Cedar Point’s new rollercoaster “GateKeeper” was completed. The around 1.3 kilometer long track was closed by connecting the last of the 102 pieces. “This project has truly been a collaborative (...) read more
The American animation studio DreamWorks Animation (DWA) recently announced to have signed a licensing agreement with REGIONS GC, a Russian vertically integrated holding, to develop several indoor theme parks in Russia. Together they aim to create (...) read more
According to the media, the longest zip line of Europe will be opened on the edge of the Snowdonia National Park in north Wales in March. “The Big Zipper”, a 1,600 meter long zip line, will transport brave visitors around 153 meters above the ground (...) read more
About two dozen luxury resorts and day spas are located in Orlando alone. Also Disney has long since recognized this trend and has just opened “Senses”, a Disney-owned-and-operated spa at its Grand Floridian Resort. A statement issued says that “the (...) read more
Schlitterbahn Kansas City, the youngest of the Schlitterbahn waterparks, is going to open a mega waterslide this coming summer. “Meg-a-Blaster” will combine the Master Blaster™-technology with drop elements of a speed slide. Further details have not (...) read more
At the end of last year Germany’s longest zip line with a length of 1,000 meters was opened at the Rappbodetalsperre (Rappbode Dam) near Elbingerode. Thrill-seekers can reach speeds up to 80 km/h while flying through the air over tree tops and the (...) read more
Scenographic expert, interior designer and product designer Mauro Testerini (in the middle of the photo) took over the management of the Steiner Sarnen Schweiz company at the beginning of this year. The Swiss company is dedicated to the design, (...) read more
