Drew Hunter, who currently works as Vice President of Design at Florida-based Sally Corporation, has been recently awarded with a Lifetime Membership by the Dark Attraction and Funhouse Enthusiasts (DAFE) organization for its contributions to both (...) read more
Kings Island, a theme park located in the US state of Ohio, recently revealed first details on its “#KIProject2017” project, which has been announced in April this year. Visitors can look forward to “Mystic Timbers”, a new wooden coaster (...) read more
After a soft-opening phase last summer, the new Schlitterbahn Corpus Christi Waterpark in Texas has opened all its attractions for visitors this year. Part riverpark, part resort and part membership club, the fifth waterpark of Schlitterbahn in (...) read more
The Arab real estate investment company Meraas recently opened the region’s first indoor gaming park Hub Zero, which is located on Dubai’s City Walk. On an area of 15,000 square meters, gamers can immerse into the world of popular video games by (...) read more
The British Chessington World of Adventures Resort celebrates its 85th anniversary today. First opened as a zoo in 1931, it was founded by Reginald Goddard, a Flight Lieutenant in World War I, who was looking for an accommodation facility for his (...) read more
The German company faszinatour based in the Bavarian Allgaeu region and specialized in the field of outdoor activities celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Established in 1986, faszinatour initially started offering touristic outdoor (...) read more
The German Hansa-Park located in Sierksdorf close to the Baltic Sea coast has opened its new “Hanse-Flieger” swing fly attraction nearby the “Hanse-Karussell”. Decorated with Hanseatic motifs the eleven meter high wave swinger offers 42 seats in (...) read more
The German Lake Bernstein Resort (G.: BernsteinSee Resort) draws visitors with its new adventure golf course, which includes a gold washing station for children. Covering a hilly area of 3,000 square meters, the new 18 hole course provides fans with (...) read more
The British Drayton Manor Theme Park recently opened its new high ropes course, which consists of a Sky Trail® parcours for adults and a Sky Tykes® trail for younger climbing fans. The double level Sky Trail® is a nine pole high ropes course named (...) read more
Filmpark Babelsberg, in which German horror and fantasy movie classics like “Nosferatu”, “Dr. Mabuse” and “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” have been produced, has opened “Dock 8” as a new permanent scary attraction in its park area. In “Dock 8” (...) read more
The Chinese Happy Valley theme park in Shanghai, operated by OCT Group, invites its guests to enjoy a new exceptional multimedia show at its new landmark attraction “Lake of Illusions”. The new attraction consists of a tower located in a large water (...) read more
Whereas the “Tree Top Junior” rope course for kids already opened at the end of May this year, adult visitors can prepare now for their own thrilling climbing adventure on “Tree Top Adventure”, which has recently opened at the British Chessington (...) read more
The Canada-based company Empex Watertoys®, a manufacturer of water play facilities and equipment, develops new Splash Park installations for camping sites, hotels and cruise liners within Europe in a project-based cooperation with the Italian sales (...) read more
Universal Orlando Resort recently opened the new multidimensional attraction “Skull Island: Reign of Kong” in its Islands of Adventure theme park, which brings Peter Jackson’s giant gorilla King Kong to life (cf. EAP news from May 7th, 2015 & March (...) read more
Legoland Deutschland Resort recently announced its plans to open a new "LEGO® NINJAGO® World" interactive theme area in due time for the next year’s season starting on April 1st, 2017. The Lego parks in the Danish city of Billund and in the (...) read more
In due time for the 50th anniversary of the final soccer match between England and Germany in 1966, the German Football Museum (G.:“Deutsches Fußballmuseum”) presents the special exhibition “50 years Wembley – the Myth in Snapshots”. Starting on (...) read more
MackMedia, part of the Mack International Group, has developed the new “Coastiality” smart phone app, which provides visitors with thrilling virtual reality animations at home. The 360 degree videos show two animations of the “Alpenexpress” and (...) read more
The Welsh Folly Farm Adventure Park zoo and theme park recently announced its plans to build an own holiday village to offer accommodation for visitors. Its design should feature the three differentially themed areas “safari”, “fairground” and (...) read more
As the first of Spanish zoos, Terra Natura Benidorm offers visitors the opportunity to observe the park’s animals from another perspective in 3D short movies. In 360 degree images the animals are shown as close as possible in their environment, (...) read more
The German Europa Park in Rust inaugurates today its 14th themed area “Ireland – Children’s World”, which now has been completed after construction works began eight months ago. The park’s new “green island“ is located adjacent to the English-themed (...) read more
