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“Golden Galleon” is the new fun house which has recently been opened at Playland’s Castaway Cove in New Jersey, offering interactive family entertainment. Several boxes are equipped with obstacles and entertainment effects such as a sprinkler (...) read more

Visitors to LEGOLAND Windsor Resort can now discover the exciting world of the NINJAGO® brand, which comes up with its own themed area and the sixth installation of the “NINJAGO® The Ride” 4D dark ride equipped with Triotech’s hand gesture (...) read more

In due time for the 25th anniversary of Disneyland Paris, the popular “Pirates of the Caribbean” attraction sees a general make-over so it will shine in new glitter again on the day of its re-opening on July 24th. Johnny Depp could already enjoy an (...) read more

Tomorrow, Karls Erlebnis-Dorf Roevershagen, which is located close to the German Baltic Sea coast, will see the opening of 15 new attractions. This includes the new “strawberry promenade” with the “world’s largest strawberry bowl”, featuring a (...) read more

Waterplay Solutions recently announced that Melinda Pearson will take over as the company’s new Business Development Manager of its US-based sales team to guide Waterplay’s continued growth across key aquatic markets in the United States. Pearson (...) read more

Last year, Ohio’s Cedar Point introduced the “The Battle for Cedar Point” smartphone app, which has been created in cooperation with Holovis to offer visitors an even deeper immersion into the attractions’ stories (c.f. EAP, 6/16). The park has (...) read more

This Friday (June 2nd), the Odysseum science center in Cologne will launch its new interactive adventure exhibition “ICE AGE: On the trail of the mammoths” focusing on the climatic change and eco systems. Visitors can go onto a journey with their (...) read more

Main IP in the children’s areas of the two Six Flags-branded parks currently under construction in China will be cat “Garfield” from Jim Davis’ world-famous comic strip. Six Flags Entertainment Corporation and the real estate developer Riverside (...) read more

At SEA LIFE London visitors can try out a new photo point in the shape of a “Magic Mirror”, immersing them into an underwater world for their personal souvenir. Once visitors enter the submarine where the mirror and the camera are located, the (...) read more

After a construction period of three years, today will see the opening of the new “Pandora – The World of Avatar” theme area at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Orlando (c.f. EAP news from February 8th, 2017). Visitors can now discover the “Na’vi” world (...) read more

Since its opening on June 16th, 2016, Shanghai Disneyland has recently welcomed its ten millionth guest, in only eleven months of operation. The Shanghai destination is the sixth Disney resort worldwide and at the same time the first in mainland (...) read more

Starting today, visitors to Serengeti-Park Hodenhagen can marvel at large-scale replicas of insects such as bees, ants and earwigs on the park’s ground. The new “Bug Safari” aims at drawing guests’ attention to the important role of insects in (...) read more

Tomorrow, Karls Erlebnis-Dorf Elstal, which is located close to Berlin, starts with its “Splash!” (G.: “Plansch!”) outdoor swimming offer into the second season. Guests to Karls can already look forward to the 18 meter high, inflatable water slide (...) read more

Today, ten years ago, Germany’s Phantasialand opened its Suspended TopSpin “Talocan” in its “Mexico” themed area, immersing guests into the shady temple world of Tlaloc, the Aztecs’ God of rain and lightning (c.f. our cover story in EAP, 4/07). The (...) read more

The nonprofit organization Sesame Workshop, maker of the beloved Sesame Street® preschooler television series, recently announced to extend its 37-year partnership with SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. through to December 2031. This agreement allows (...) read more

As one of Denmark’s largest private investment projects in recent times, a 280 meter high tower and a leisure park, both dedicated to the famous Danish fairytale writer Hans Christian Andersen, are planned to be built in Nordhavn at the outskirts of (...) read more

Belgium’s Bellewaerde animal and amusement park today announced its highest investment to date: Within the next one and a half years a new indoor waterpark – Bellewaerde Aquapark – is to be built on an area of 3,000 square meters next to the park. (...) read more

Dubai Holding, which is majority-owned by Sheik Mohammed Rashid Al Maktoum (Ruler of the Emirate), announced this past Sunday to realize a new mega project in the metropolis of Dubai: “Marsa Al Arab” is a state-of-the-art entertainment and luxury (...) read more

This past Monday, Hong Kong Disneyland Resort (HKDL) opened its new “Disney Explorers Lodge” resort hotel, counting 750-rooms (c.f. EAP, 5/15 & EAP News from March 3rd, 2017). The storyline behind the new accommodation offer takes place in the grand (...) read more