Movie Park Germany recently opened its new “The Walking Dead Breakout” walk through, which revolves around the successful “The Walking Dead®” TV series of the US cable television channel AMC (cf. EAP news from March 8th, 2016). The new walk through (...) read more
The German Ravensburger Spieleland family theme park located at Lake Constance opened its new vacation village on July 1st this year to offer visitors the possibility of overnight-stays transforming their park stay into short holidays (c.f. “Park (...) read more
In due time for today’s U.S. Independence Day LEGOLAND® California Resort opened last week the tallest LEGO® building of the country so far – the One World Trade Center as its miniature model. The replica of the well-known skyscraper is located in (...) read more
Triotech, a Canada-based company specialized in the field of interactive and multi-sensory attractions, recently appointed Charles Sirois to its Board of Directors. The former President and CEO of BCE Mobile and Teleglobe has many years of (...) read more
Emaar Properties PJSC, one of the leading real estate companies in the United Arab Emirates, recently opened its new “Downtown Slide” in Dubai. The seven meter high steel slide is located on Burj Plaza with a direct view on the landmark buildings (...) read more
MNC Land, one of the leading property developer in Indonesia, recently signed a framework agreement with the state-owned company China Metallurgical Corporation (MCC) Group for the design and build of Indonesia’s first integrated theme park resort (...) read more
As the Swedish Gröna Lund theme park announced yesterday, visitors can look forward to the park’s new Sky Jump attraction in 2017. The 95 meter tower with the name “Ikaros” and manufactured by Intamin Amusement Rides will offer a completely new (...) read more
Merlin Entertainments, one of the world’s leading visitor attraction operators, has recently opened its new Gardaland Adventure Hotel at the Gardaland theme park complex in Italy to extend its accommodation offer. The new hotel counts 100 rooms and (...) read more
The animal park Tierpark Hellabrunn located in the German city of Munich recently announced the plans for its new “Mühlendorf” area, which will be built in the already existing children’s zoo area to enable guests to experience the local fauna. The (...) read more
Today opens the tunnel slide simply named “The Slide” at London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, which leads in twelve circles around the 115 meter observation tower ArcelorMittal Orbit (cf. EAP news from August 31st, 2016). According to the park, (...) read more
As Universal Orlando Resort already announced last year, its third venue will be the all-new “Volcano Bay” waterpark already under construction and adjacent to Universal’s Cabana Bay Beach Resort (cf. EAP news from June 4th, 2015). Last week (...) read more
Schlitterbahn Galveston Island’s newest ride, “MASSIV”, opened today as the world’s tallest water coaster measuring nearly 28 meters in height – on June 16th this year, it had been officially added to the Guiness World Records. The water coaster (...) read more
For the development of its new polar bear and penguin enclosure “Polarium”, Germany’s Rostock Zoo has commissioned the Hamburg-based working-group Pol-Position as the general planner for the construction as well as the experience architecture (...) read more
The British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions (BALPPA) has celebrated its annual summer meeting and at the same time its 80th anniversary at the German Europa-Park at the beginning of June this year. More than 70 members came (...) read more
Kalahari Resorts & Conventions’ owner-family Nelson announced this week that their fourth waterpark resort will open in the city of Round Rock, Texas. The expansion will mark the company’s first resort and convention center in the Southwest of the (...) read more
Sally Corporation, a specialist in the development of dark rides headquartered in Florida’s Jacksonville, will develop the interactive dark ride “Casper’s Birthday Blast” for Malaysia’s Movie Animation Park Studios (MAPS) in collaboration with the (...) read more
The Asian Attractions Expo 2016, organized by the IAAPA (International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions) in Shanghai this year, closed its doors today. Starting on June 14th, 11,500 visitors (from them 8,100 so-called buyers) from 79 (...) read more
The plans for Russia’s future major destination resort and theme park Magical World of Russia, which are a result of the cooperation between the Californian-based Moschanko Investment Group and the Goddard Group, have been officially approved by the (...) read more
The UK-based company Simworx, which has specialized in the development of media-based dynamic simulation attractions, announced in June this year the cooperation with Cartoon Network, one of the leading providers in the global children’s (...) read more
In Shanghai Disney Resort, the first Disney resort in Mainland China and the sixth Disney resort worldwide, a three-day opening celebration is starting today before opening the doors to visitors for the first time on Thursday (cf. EAP news from (...) read more
