British Merlin Entertainments operating group plans to extend its existing line-up of Virtual Reality experiences at its related attractions. Since last year, visitors to LEGOLAND® Discovery Centre in Boston/MA (amongst other destinations) have (...) read more
“Fury” will be the name of the new, fire-themed triple launch coaster, slated to open this summer in Belgium’s Bobbejaanland (cf. EAP News from Feb 27th 2018). The new attraction, which will be supplied by German manufacturer Gerstlauer, will tower (...) read more
Cedar Fair Entertainment Company recently reported the results of its 2018 fiscal year, showing a continued company growth. With a total of 1.35 billion US Dollar (approx. 1.2 billion Euro), the operating group achieved an increase of two percent (...) read more
Indonesia’s Trans Studio group, operator of several shopping malls (TransMart), indoor play parks (KidCity) and two indoor amusement parks (the Trans Studio Parks in Makassar and Bandung), plans to open two new indoor amusement parks in Cibubur (...) read more
Boosting further anticipation of Bellewaerde Aquapark – the new indoor water world which is currently under construction next to Belgium’s Bellewaerde animal and amusement park (cf. EAP News from May 19th, 2017) – first details of the water park’s (...) read more
Since 2014, Germany’s ODM Stadtmöbel GmbH (ODM Street Furniture), which is specialized in high-quality equipment made of stainless steel and bright metal – has been forming part of the family-run NUSSER Group, the manufacturer of wooden street (...) read more
As part of the FICO Eataly World – a food “theme park”, which was opened in Bologna at the end of 2017 by Italian consumer goods group Eataly – a new indoor FEC is currently being developed as an additional play and entertainment offering to launch (...) read more
This April will see the European premiere of Cirque du Soleil’s “Paramour” musical production, which was frequently performed on NYC’s Broadway from 2016 to 2017, at Stage Theater Neue Flora in Hamburg/Germany, realized in cooperation with the (...) read more
The three US leisure destinations Darien Lake (NY), Wet & Wild Splashtown (TX) and Wet & Wild Phoenix (AZ), which were acquired last year by the Six Flags group from former owner EPR Properties (cf. EAP News from May 24th, 2018), will now be (...) read more
Dutch Efteling theme park has announced a complete make-over of its “De Oude Tufferbaan” vintage cars attraction, opened in 1984, at a scheduled investment volume of 1.8 million Euros. As of mid-April this year, visitors to the park will be able to (...) read more
With more than 60 participants from 14 countries, new networking contacts and best practice examples, IAAPA EMEA – the European office of the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions – takes a positive stock of its “Winter Forum” (...) read more
Opened in 2017, The Park at OWA in Foley/Alabama (cf. EAP News from July 21st, 2017) has recently announced to add a new attraction to its existing visitor offer this summer: The interactive dark ride – still nameless, the park is currently (...) read more
The World of Wine is the name of a new large-scale visitor attraction that is currently under development in Vila Nova de Gaia, centre of Portuguese port wine production and close to the city of Porto. Initiated by The Fladgate Partnership wine (...) read more
On the site of the former Futurist Theater in the English seaside resort of Scarborough – a theater and cinema complex that was closed in 2014 and demolished last year – a new leisure complex dubbed “Scarborough Flamingo Land Coast” may take shape (...) read more
Dubai’s DXB Entertainments PJSC has officially confirmed this week that the development of Six Flags Dubai, which was announced as part of the Dubai Parks & Resorts complex in 2016 (cf. EAP News from May 19th, 2016), is not proceeding at this (...) read more
New Jersey’s Hurricane Harbor water park, belonging to Six Flags Great Adventure, has recently announced to add a new activity pool with a related lounge deck and dining location to its existing guest offer. The new area with the name “Calypso (...) read more
Zero Latency, the Melbourne/Australia-based provider and operator of free-roam VR attractions, has recently started a partnership with US tech companies Microsoft, HP and Intel to collaborate on the creation of the next generation of Zero Latency (...) read more
SeaWorld Entertainment has appointed Gustavo Antorcha (photo) the group’s new CEO, effective February 18th this year. Previously, Antorcha served as Chief Operating Officer of Carnival Cruise Lines, before that he was a Partner and Managing (...) read more
Merlin Entertainments and Picsolve, provider of digital content capture systems, have recently extended their partnership for the London-based midway attractions Madame Tussauds, the Coca-Cola London Eye and the London Dungeon for five more years. (...) read more
Off the coast of the island state of Bahrain on the Persian Gulf, an “underwater theme park” is currently being created on an area of some 100,000 square meters, which – according to the Bahrain News Agency – is implemented by the Bahrain Tourism (...) read more
