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Located in Middlebury/CT, Quassy Amusement & Waterpark starts into its 109th season tomorrow with new attractions for its visitors. Younger park guests can already look forward to two new kiddie rides: “Skipper’s Clippers” pirate ships (from SBF (...) read more

After the successful realization of the “Kynren” evening spectacle in England (premiere in 2016, this year’s season begins on July 1st) and the announcement of a new theme park project for Moscow which is scheduled to open in 2020, the international (...) read more

Tomorrow sees the opening of a world new attraction at Switzerland’s Aquaparc in Le Bouveret, combining sliding fun with a VR experience. To develop this all-new experience, the French Looping Group – operator of the waterpark and eleven further (...) read more

Recently, the German start-up company VR Coaster and MackMedia were honored with the German Computer Game Award (G.: “Deutscher Computerspielpreis”) for their innovative Virtual Reality (VR) technology and the related “Coastiality” app (c.f. EAP (...) read more

Located in the Spanish city of Valencia, the Oceanogràfic Aquarium has replaced some of the existing seats in its “Mar Rojo” (Eng.: Red Sea) theater with new 4D seats, enhancing the experience for visitors. England’s Simworx has supplied the 4D (...) read more

The Swedish Kolmården zoo recently announced that Niclas Palmqvist has been appointed to the animal park’s new CEO, effective from September 1st this year. The 45 year-old joined Kolmården in 2012 – most recently, he was head of engineering and (...) read more

This coming Saturday (May 6th) marks the start of this year’s outdoor pool season in the German city of Karlsruhe. Visitors to Turmbergbad can already look forward to the new “RedblaXX” slide, a Body²Racer model from Aquarena. With a height of just (...) read more

Near the Polish city of Mszczonów, Park of Poland is currently under development to become the country’s largest entertainment and leisure destination within the next years – its first phase will debut an indoor waterpark named “Waterworld”, which (...) read more

Wet’n’Wild SplashTown Houston, which has been part of the Wet’n’Wild brand since 2014 (c.f. EAP news from March 19th, 2014), will inaugurate its new “Alien Chaser” water slide this month. The approx. 18 meter (six stories) high, combined tube, drop (...) read more

Until January 7th, 2018, visitors to the Zeitgeschichtliches Forum Leipzig can enjoy an exhibition about German history in movies (G.: “Inszeniert. Deutsche Geschichte im Spielfilm”), showcasing in seven different sections more than 500 objects such (...) read more

With today’s opening of the brand-new “Ikaros“ drop tower attraction at Sweden’s Gröna Lund (cp. EAP news from 29 June 16), the park offers its guests a new extra kick experience. Standing 95 meters tall, the tower provides passengers with a great (...) read more

The Dutch Avonturenpark Hellendoorn recently celebrated a fiery opening of its new „DrakenNest“ Mega Disk’O coaster from Italian supplier Zamperla. The ride has been transferred from the Spanish Isla Mágica park – which just like Avonturenpark forms (...) read more

As announced earlier this week, further details on Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi, which is currently under construction on Yas Island (cp. EAP news from 2 Mar 17), have been revealed by developer Miral Asset Management. Once open, the park will (...) read more

“When will we arrive?” is a frequent question parents hear from their children on the way to a theme park, in this case to LEGOLAND Florida Resort. To entertain young guests during the car ride, the park recently presented its new “Quest to (...) read more

The Dubai-based leisure and entertainment company DXB Entertainment, owner of the Dubai Parks & Resorts theme park complex, recently announced its intention to grow its LapitaTM hotel brand in the region. Following the opening of the first LapitaTM (...) read more

This year, the third annual “Theme Parks & Entertainment Development Forum”, organized by IQPC, will be held from 9th to 11th May at the Meydan Hotel in Dubai. Experts discuss the latest trends and strategies seen on the Arabian leisure market, a (...) read more

Following the opening of a Mattel Play! family entertainment center in Liverpool in the spring of 2016 (cp. EAP 3/16) and a few months later in Dubai (cp. EAP 3/17, to be published in early May), the American toy manufacturer will bring a new, (...) read more

In line with the continuing global trend of creating new edutainment offers, the Mexican KidZania label recently announced to open its first facilities in the USA in 2018 and 2019. Children aged 4-14 years can already look forward to entertaining (...) read more