Universal Studios Hollywood started with Karen Irwin as new President and Chief Operating Officer into the new year. Karen, who had been overseeing merchandising and partnership deals at the mother company Universal Parks & Resorts in Orlando since (...) read more
US-based S&S-Sansei Technologies and the British Holovis company joined forces to offer a new “Immersive Elevator MediaCoaster” as an advanced dark ride concept. The attraction starts with the creative narrative flowing through a themed media and (...) read more
Today, SeaWorld San Diego announced to open a new thrilling rollercoaster in 2018 – a “Sky Rocket II” model from US manufacturer Premier Rides with the name “Electric Eel”. At a height of 45.7 meters and its maximal speed of nearly 100 km/h, it will (...) read more
Today, the members of the German Showman Association (G.: “Deutscher Schausteller Bund e.V.”) come together in the city of Bonn to discuss union-political issues and future perspectives of the world’s largest showman association in section meetings, (...) read more
Since January 1st, 2017 – or rather with the beginning of the season on April 8th – Germany’s Freizeit-Land Geiselwind amusement park runs under a new owner’s flag. At the beginning of this year, the Showman Matthias Mölter from the German city of (...) read more
Today saw the opening of the “Iron Man Experience” 3-D motion simulator, which is the first Marvel-themed ride at a Disney park, at Hong Kong Disneyland (HKDL). Visitors to the park can explore the “Stark Expo” located in HKDL’s “Tomorrowland” theme (...) read more
According to Spanish media reports, two of Parques Reunidos’ main shareholders – the international private equity manager Arle Capital and Britain’s Smithfield Capital, which is specialized in company liquidations – sold ten percent of the capital (...) read more
On May 13th this year, London’s Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A Museum) will open a special exhibition on Pink Floyd – one of Britain’s most popular rock bands – to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of the band’s first “Arnold Layne” (...) read more
The Dutch Efteling theme park recently added a new themed suite to its hotel, featuring the popular “fairytale tree” of the park’s fairytale forest area. The suite offers room for up to five guests and is equipped with numerous wooden elements and (...) read more
WhiteWater West – one of the leading companies within the field of water attractions and headquartered in Canada – recently announced the hiring of Nathan Jones as new Global Head of Attractions Business Development. He has spent the last three (...) read more
The new Xtreme Action Park located in Fort Lauderdale/Florida, which opened recently on the grounds of previous Xtreme Indoor Karting, already draws a high number of national visitors. Thanks to its diverse attractions, ranging from a 1,858 square (...) read more
As of October 2017, Appleton Estate, a rum distillery based on the Caribbean island of Jamaica, will offer a new rum experience named “Appleton Estate Rum Tour” to its guests. The project includes approx. 2,137 square meters (23,000 square feet) of (...) read more
MUTmanagement GmbH, a consultancy and training company headquartered in the German cities of Dresden and Paderborn, is starting into 2017 with Christine Possler as new Managing Partner, who will support the company’s management alongside Julia (...) read more
The Canadian Triotech company recently presented its new concept for a media-based walk through attraction named “Fear of the Walking Dead Survival”, a spin-off of “The Walking Dead”. Partnering with US AMC television channel, with this new (...) read more
Gateway Ticketing, a Pennsylvania-based ticketing software specialist, recently announced its strategic cooperation with Digonex, a provider of innovative solutions for dynamic attraction pricing. Thanks to this partnership, Gateway clients can (...) read more
This month the British city of Chelmsford saw the opening of a new Jump Street park, which offers a large range of different jumping attractions to its visitors. On a total area of approx. 5,100 square meters (55,000 square feet), jumpers can find (...) read more
Lagotronics Projects – a Dutch specialist in dark rides, headquartered in Noorderpoort – is proud of its first project in a US theme park. Lake Compounce’s “Ghost Hunt” dark ride attraction will receive an upgrade in 2017 with a new gaming system (...) read more
Recently, Merlin Entertainments opened its 21st Madame Tussauds wax figure museum in the Turkish city of Istanbul, which complements the existing Merlin midway attractions LEGOLAND® Discovery Center and SEA LIFE. Visitors to Madame Tussauds can see (...) read more
Designed to be the first stop upon entering the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex (KSCVC), “Heroes & Legends feat. the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame presented by Boeing” is the new visitor experience on Cape Canaveral, which uses the early years of (...) read more
Following the opening of Dubai’s IMG World of Adventure this summer, mid-December saw the complete opening of Dubai Parks and Resorts. The 2.9 million square meter (30.6 million square feet) large theme park complex features LEGOLAND® Dubai, (...) read more
