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California’s SeaWorld San Diego recently opened its new “Ocean Explorer” theme area featuring five new family attractions, three aquariums and the new “DeepSEEVR: Orca 360” Virtual Reality (VR) experience, which is located in the park’s so-called (...) read more

Under its Sunparks and Pierre & Vacances brands, Groupe Pierre & Vacances Center Parcs plans to develop five new year-round destinations for short vacations in China, seeing the increasing demand for such facilities close to Chinese megacities. The (...) read more

DXB Entertainments (DXBE) – a spin-off company of real estate developer Meraas – has presented its first half 2017 financial results (January 1st until June 30th, 2017). According to DXBE, its Dubai Parks and Resorts theme park complex, which was (...) read more

Germany’s Hannover Adventure Zoo today opens its new “Afi Mountain” theme area featuring a “Drill forest” and a walk-in aviary, which replaces the old wading bird enclosure and connects the existing “Gorilla Mountain” with the “Kibongo” chimpanzees’ (...) read more

After a construction period of around three years, Euro Disney S.C.A. and Pierre & Vacances-Center Parcs today open their new, ecological vacation destination Villages Nature® Paris (cp. EAP news from June 7th, 2017). This new tourism destination (...) read more

Tomorrow will see the opening of a new splash fun area for kids named “Pirates’ World” at Germany’s Bayern-Park (cf. park report in EAP, 2/17). On an area of more than 500 square meters, the little guests can enjoy 14 different water play elements (...) read more

At Bavaria’s Schloss Thurn amusement park, guests can enjoy a special evening event this summer: The “Knight Tournament at Night” is a combination of a theater piece and a knight tournament, performed by a team of 35 showmen, a “dragon” and eight (...) read more

Back in 2012, the steel and glass steeple The Shard was opened as London’s highest building and visitor attraction (height: 310 meters, cp. EAP-News from September 22nd, 2012), now its belonging observation platform named “The View of The Shard” has (...) read more

As recently announced by Disney, Disney Cruise Line plans to launch a seventh ocean liner after two more ships, which will set sails in 2021 and 2023 (cp. EAP news from March 9th, 2016), had already been announced last year. Both cruise ships are (...) read more

British ride manufacturer Garmendale Engineering recently announced that Kelvin Ensor has been appointed as new General Manager of the company, having worked with Garmendale for many years as both supplier and client in the automotive and (...) read more

“Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire” is the name of a new hyper reality experience set to open this year at Disney Springs in Orlando, as announced today by Lucasfilm, ILMxLAB (the “immersive entertainment” arm of the media group, belonging to the (...) read more

This past March, Finland’s Särkänniemi Theme Park had announced to build a triple launch coaster as its largest investment into a new attraction until to date (cf. EAP, 2/17). Recently, the new coaster named “Hype” has been opened, attracting lots (...) read more

October 2017 will see the opening of “National Geographic Encounter: Ocean Odyssey” in Times Square in NYC, for which Orlando-based Falcon’s Creative Group will deliver the show design. On an area of some 5,574 square meters (60,000 square feet), (...) read more

Once a year in Viena, the Agency for Health and Wellness (G.: “Agentur für Gesundheit und Wellness”) hands out the “European Health & Spa Awards” for outstanding spa and health offerings. Applicants are rated in a two-stage procedure, first by (...) read more

As officially confirmed by Six Flags Entertainment Corp, Jim Reid-Anderson has been re-appointed Chairman, President and CEO of Six Flags effective immediately, replacing John M. Duffey who has retired from the company. Reid-Anderson formerly served (...) read more

In late 2016, Canadian Triotech company had introduced its new “Fear of the Walking Dead” walkthrough concept (c.f. EAP news from January 2nd, 2017), soon the first related project will be inaugurated in Las Vegas/Nevada: Fremont Street Experience – (...) read more

Renovation and expansion measures undertaken by Spreewelten GmbH in relation to the Spreewelten Bad Lübbenau bathin complex and the construction of a new aparthotel (cf. EAP, 3/16) are well underway: this month saw the groundbreaking of the new (...) read more

Disney Imagineer Martin “Marty” Sklar passed away in his Hollywood Hills home at the age of 83 this past Thursday. The amusement industry loses a visionary, whose working life’s heritage is impressive: during 54 years spent at The Walt Disney (...) read more