Following the opening of an onsite hotel in May last year (cf. EAP News from January 20, 2015), US media report that Legoland Florida, located in the city of Winter Haven, has submitted plans for the construction of a new resort outside the park (...) read more
The beginning of February saw the opening of the new “Nickelodeon Lost Lagoon” themed area, an expansion of Sunway Lagoon’s water park. The project is the result of a joint initiative between Sunway Group, owner of Sunway Lagoon, and Viacom (...) read more
The Austrian company Sunkid, headquartered in Imst, recently celebrated a special anniversary: Its 3,000th mobile passenger transportation system, the "moving carpet", was opened in the French municipality of Les Arcs. To date, Sunkid’s conveyor (...) read more
On time with the US film release of “Kung Fu Panda 3™” on January 29, Madame Tussauds Orlando unveiled the wax figure of “Po” the panda, one of the popular film’s main characters. More than seven square meters of synthetic black and four square (...) read more
In December, the Texas-based Schlitterbahn Waterpark Galveston Island announced its plans for the opening of a new major attraction on the occasion of its tenth anniversary this year (cf. EAP News from December 16, 2015). Recently, the waterpark (...) read more
At the end of 2014, the Horror Labyrinth NRW, which is – according to its own statement – Germany's largest horror maze, moved from the city of Kiel to Bottrop (cf. EAP, issue 5/2014). Shortly before the start of its second season at the new (...) read more
At the beginning of March, Walt Disney Animation Studios’ latest animated film “Zootopia” will be released in cinemas all over the world. As IMAX Corporation and The Walt Disney Studios recently announced, the adventure will also be available in (...) read more
Following the ground-breaking ceremony for China’s first Six Flags park in January (cf. EAP News from January 21, 2016), the US-based Six Flags Entertainment Corporation recently announced its plans for the opening of a water park in the Mexican (...) read more
Visitors to Alton Towers can look forward to an exciting season 2016: The British amusement park announced that in addition to the flying coaster “Galactica” (cf. EAP News from January 13, 2016) it will open a new restaurant this year, which is (...) read more
Spain-based Parques Reunidos Group, which currently operates 55 leisure parks across twelve countries, recently announced that Fernando Eiroa has taken over the position of Chief Executive Officer of the group with effect from February 1, 2016. (...) read more
Following a construction period of one and a half years, January 2013 saw the opening of Yas Waterworld Abu Dhabi, which is operated by Farah Leisure Parks Management (cf. EAP, issue 2/2013). On the occasion of its third anniversary, the waterpark (...) read more
Following an excellent 2015 annual balance with more than 425,000 visitors, AquaMagis has successfully started into the new year. The Plettenberg-based (North Rhine Westphalia) wellness and waterpark complex was honored with two new distinctions, (...) read more
According to US media reports, the indoor waterpark operator Great Wolf Resorts has purchased a 23 million US dollar (around 21 million euros) property from Garrison Orlando Land LLC last week to build Florida's first Great Wolf facility. The (...) read more
France’s Parc Astérix has recently appointed a new management team, consisting of Nicolas Kremer, Guy Vassel and Sébastien Retailleau. As the amusement park announced, Nicolas Kremer will assume the role of managing director, which was previously (...) read more
Yesterday, the mid-market investment company Ergon Capital Partners, based in Brussels, announced that it has reached an agreement with private equity fund H.I.G. Capital for the acquisition of Looping Group. The transaction is expected to close in (...) read more
Spain's leisure resort PortAventura, consisting of a theme park, a water park, several themed hotels and restaurants, a convention center, a beach club as well as three golf courses, now presents itself under the new brand PortAventura World Parks & (...) read more
Recently, a new Giant Wheel from Mondial was opened at Paris’ Place de la Concorde. Featuring a height of 70 meters, it is without a doubt one of the world’s tallest transportable wheels. Only the R80XL transportable wheel, built by the ride (...) read more
Since April 2009, more than 3.5 million guests have visited “Harry Potter™: The Exhibition” in cities all over the world. As Warner Bros. Consumer Products and Global Experience Specialists (GES), the touring exhibition's developers, announced last (...) read more
According to media reports, the Spanish operator group Aspro Ocio acquired France’s Walygator Parc, located close to the city of Metz in the Lorraine area, via its Luxembourg-based subsidiary Continental Leisure Projects (CLP) in mid-January. (...) read more
Following the announcement that the “Chicago Blues Experience” museum will be opened at Chicago’s Navy Pier (Illinois) in 2017 (cf. EAP News from September 21, 2015), construction works for another new attraction have recently started at the popular (...) read more
