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
In Willingen – a smaller town located in the German Sauerland region –Fantastic Rooms were recently opened, a new 3D black light crazy golf facility, which is equipped with 18 lanes in three different theme areas. In “Universe”, “World of Fantasy” (...) read more
Recently, the 30-meter high wind tunnel of Jochen Schweizer’s new fun sport destination – Jochen Schweizer Arena –, which is scheduled to open on March 4th, 2017 in the south of Munich (c.f. EAP news from August 22nd, 2016), has illuminated its (...) read more
British photo provider Picsolve, which is headquartered in Derby/England, plans to expand its professional team by opening a new division for technical development, creating 25 new jobs in the city, which is one of England’s “tech cities”. Alan (...) read more
This past Saturday, Germany’s Nettebad Osnabrueck officially opened its new “Twist” funnel slide (c.f. EAP news from October 28th, 2016), after it has been successfully approved by German TÜV inspection at the second attempt. Due to its steep (...) read more
During the IAAPA Expo in Orlando this past November, Tampa’s Busch Gardens theme park (operated by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment) was honored with the “Applause Award”, which is presented every two years to a park, whose management, operations and (...) read more
Starting on December 19th, 2016 visitors to Miami Seaquarium can try out the new “Penguin Encounter” experience as part of the park’s “Penguin Holidays”. In addition to an interactive educational segment, the experience includes a penguin feeding (...) read more
Last Saturday, the Mall of Qatar – one of Doha’s new shopping complexes – started its soft opening phase. On a total area of 500,000 square meters, residents and tourists encounter a unique shopping and entertainment experience in the region with (...) read more
Today, US-based SeaWorld Entertainment and Miral, Abu Dhabi’s creator and operator of destinations, announced to jointly develop SeaWorld Abu Dhabi, a next-generation marine life themed park on Yas Island by 2020. The park will also include the (...) read more
Based on James Cameron’s popular “Avatar” movie, the new “AVATAR: Discover Pandora” exhibition opened last week at its first stop at Taiwan’s Xinyi Theatre in Taipei, where visitors can immerse into the foreign world of Pandora during the next three (...) read more
In November this year, DreamCraft Attractions, a joint venture between CAVU Designwerks and One Bit Labs (c.f. EAP news from October 21st, 2016), announced that Vernon McGugan – who looks back on 40 years of experience in the business – will become (...) read more
In due time for this month’s premiere of the new “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” movie, Disney’s Hollywood Studios will open new visitor experiences around the popular saga, partly based on the new movie. The daytime stage show “Star Wars: A Galaxy (...) read more
In 2015, Universal Parks & Resorts and Japan’s video game developer Nintendo singned a strategic partnership agreement on their future cooperation (c.f. EAP news from May 19th, 2015), so it was only a matter of time when the companies would announce (...) read more
Following the opening of Dubai’s new IMG Worlds of Adventure indoor mega park back in August this year (c.f. EAP news from August 31st, 2016), IMG Worlds, the entertainment arm of the Ilyas & Mustafa Galadari (IMG) Group, now announced the (...) read more
Hamburg’s Miniatur Wunderland – one of the most popular tourist attractions in Germany – has steadily increased its attendance figures since its opening some 15 years ago. Last Friday, the founders Gerrit and Frederik Braun welcomed their 15 (...) read more
The German company Simtec Systems GmbH, one of the leading providers of simulator systems, flying theaters and dark rides, and US-based Setpoint Inc. – with its focus on roller coasters, show action equipment and custom engineering of amusement (...) read more
For more than a week Tennessee’s “Great Smoky Mountains” national park has been affected by extensive wildfires – also the Dollywood Theme Park and the Dollywood DreamMore Resort are located close to the threatened area and had to reduce their (...) read more
