Madame Tussauds, a so-called midway attraction operated by Merlin Entertainments, will surprise visitors to its New York and London locations with a larger-than-life animatronic head of giant ape “Kong”. In due time for the release of the new “KONG: (...) read more
As an add-on to the special exhibition “The Girl and the Sea”, which can be seen at Switzerland’s Spielzeug Welten Museum in Basel until April 2nd this year, pedestrians can already catch a first glimpse of the exhibition from outside the (...) read more
Today sees the opening of the first multiple adventure world from German entrepreneur Jochen Schweizer, which is located in the Bavarian town of Taufkirchen, near to Munich (please see also our report in EAP, 1/17). Jochen Schweizer Arena is the (...) read more
Texas’ Space Center Houston recently opened “Mission Mars”, an interactive exhibition about the so-called “red planet”, which offers visitors the possibility to peer inside a NASA “Orion” spacecraft research model and to learn more about the (...) read more
Hong Kong Disneyland Resort (HKDL) recently presented its figures for the past financial year 2016: According to the annual report, the park welcomed a total of 6.1 million guests in the 2016 season (2015: 6.8 million), of which 39 percent were (...) read more
Recently, Miral Asset Management, a real-estate development company headquartered in Abu Dhabi, announced 29 attractions – rides, shows and entertainment offers for the new Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi indoor theme park, which is currently under (...) read more
Yesterday, Comcast NBCUniversal announced its plans to completely overtake Universal Studios Japan (USJ) located in the city of Osaka – the transaction is scheduled to close before the end of April this year. The acquisition includes the purchase of (...) read more
California’s The Producers Group (TPG) welcomes industry veteran and former Ocean Park Hong Kong CEO Tom Mehrmann as new member of its board of advisors. Mehrmann left Ocean Park in the summer of 2016 (c.f. EAP news from October 30th, 2015) and (...) read more
Australia’s Wet’n’Wild Gold Coast waterpark, which is operated by Village Roadshow, recently expanded its sliding and bathing offer by adding a new “dry” attraction, promising adrenaline and adventure for guests. “Wet’n’Wild Buggy” is the name of (...) read more
Germany’s KristallTurm company, which is headquartered in the Bavarian town of Lenggries, recently added two new elements to expand its high ropes course portfolio – “ZipCorner” and a stainless steel slide can now be added to the ice crystal-shaped (...) read more
In the upcoming season, starting in April, Sweden’s Gröna Lund theme park will surprise its visitors with an all-new attraction: “IKAROS“ is the name of the new spectacular ride that will certainly make guests‘ hands sweat. And even before the new (...) read more
US operator Six Flags Entertainment Corporation and the tourism and real estate development company Riverside Investment Group recently signed definitive agreements to build two more Six Flags-branded parks – a theme park and a water park – in (...) read more
Yesterday, SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. reported first preliminary results of the past 2016 financial year. According to the report, total revenues are expected to be 1.344 billion US Dollar (approx. 1.272 billion Euros) generated in all belonging (...) read more
US Cedar Fair operating group once again reached new records in its financial year results in the past 2016 season, already for the seventh year in a row. With full-year net revenues of 1.29 billion US Dollar (approx. 1.22 billion Euros) the company (...) read more
According to a current report from EHI Retail Institute (a scientific institute specialized in retail market research) German shopping center installations have developed from stars to cash cows, as shows their relative market share. Following the (...) read more
To attract more visitors to the Royal Burgers’ Zoo in the Dutch city of Arnhem during the cold winter months, the zoo has added the cheerful colors of “Burgers’ Light”. Over one hundred animal figures now illuminate the walkways running along the (...) read more
Public Services Osnabrück (G.: Stadtwerke Osnabrück) recently presented their results of this past 2016 season, showing stable visitor numbers for all three bathing complexes Nettebad, Moskaubad and Schinkelbad – all together, they registered a (...) read more
During a press conference, Robert Dahl, CEO and owner of Germany’s Karls Erlebnis-Dörfer, today announced comprehensive expansion plans for Karls Erlebnis-Dorf Elstal, which is located close to Berlin: Starting in 2019, construction works will begin (...) read more
Following the success of already 14 ice worlds hosted at Germany’s Karls Erlebnis-Dorf Rövershagen (c.f. EAP 1/14), visitors to Karls Erlebnis-Dorf Elstal, which is located close to the city Berlin, can discover the second ice world under the theme (...) read more
Walltopia, a Bulgarian manufacturer of climbing walls (Walltopia Climbing) and “active sport” courses (Walltopia Adventure) as well as of other attractions such as the “Rollglider” rollercoaster zipline, recently founded its new Walltopia Adventure (...) read more
