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In October 2012, the Casino Pier and Breakwater Beach leisure complex situated in Seaside Heights, New Jersey was hit by Hurricane Sandy. Nine month after the catastrophe, the park was accessible to visitors again but is still in the midst of its (...) read more

Since June, InterSPA Group’s first Wonnemar resort hotel is under construction in Wismar, Germany. The operator of Wonnemar health and adventure swimming pool complexes announced the hotel will be built in close proximity to Wonnemar Wismar and (...) read more

Following the opening of Dollywood’s DreamMore Resort™ located in the US state of Tennessee in July (cf. EAP News from July 29, 2015), Dollywood Company recently announced the addition of a new attraction to its theme park. In March 2016, “Lightning (...) read more

 In cooperation with the German-Belgian artist Carsten Höller Germany’s slide manufacturer Josef Wiegand GmbH & Co. KG created two identical slides. Until September both 39 meter long tube slides, which are part of Höller’s exhibition “Decision”, (...) read more

The German Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (VDFU) calls for a revision of the amendments recently made to the documentation duty with regard to minimum wages. The new legislation does not include seasonal workers which, according to (...) read more

US-based Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, headquartered in Sandusky, Ohio reports record results for the first half of 2015. Until the end of June, the owner and operator of eleven amusement parks, three outdoor water parks, one indoor water park (...) read more

Yesterday, August 5, a new visitor record was set at Dutch Toverland amusement park, located close to Venlo. In total, a number of 11,000 guests, including 3,000 German visitors, spent their day in the park. Around 4 pm, the park management decided (...) read more

Recently, accesso® Technology Group plc, provider of technology solutions to leisure, entertainment and cultural markets, announced the signing of a long-term agreement with the British Merlin Entertainments Group Ltd. The contract provides the (...) read more

In its last issue, the US-based Aquatics International Magazine announced the “Dream Design 2015” winners. The price is awarded to appealingly designed water parks and attractions. This year, Waterplay® Solutions’ spray pad at Splesj Water Park in (...) read more

According to media reports, the roof of Berlin’s former airport Tempelhof, which was closed in 2008, is to be redesigned and used for touristic purposes in the future. In this context, a 1.2 kilometer long boulevard including a history gallery, a (...) read more

Starting on August 13, visitors of SeaWorld San Diego, California, will have the possibility to see the new show “Dolphin Days”. After five years the new program will replace the previous show “Blue Horizons”. In the center of attention are (...) read more

Last week, US-based operator of family resorts, Great Wolf Resorts, Inc.®, announced its expansion to Colorado with the construction of Great Wolf Lodge Colorado Springs, which is expected to open in late 2016. Like in every of the chain’s resorts, (...) read more

This past Thursday, Holiday Park, located in Haßloch, Germany has welcomed its 2.5 millionth visitor since the park was taken over by the Belgian Plopsa Group in 2010. The Getting family was surprised when they were welcomed by Holiday Park’s CEO (...) read more

Now Universal Studio Hollywood’s visitors have the chance to get in close contact with dinosaurs. In the all-new experience “Raptors Encounter”, located adjacent to the “Jurassic Park” movie-inspired white water ride “Jurassic Park – The Ride”, the (...) read more

Last week the holiday resort Schloss Dankern, located in Western Germany, was certified by Lower Saxony’s ministry of economics with the quality certificate “KinderFerienLand Niedersachsen”. In order to be classified as child- and family-friendly, (...) read more

This past Monday, Dollywood’s DreamMore Resort™, located close to Great Smoky Mountains National Park, could welcome its first guests (cf. EAP News from June 16, 2014). In the year of Dollywood theme park’s 30th anniversary visitors can now make use (...) read more

In June, Germany’s waterpark AquaMagis, located in Plettenberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, scheduled the opening of its newest attractions, two “standing slides” delivered by Klarer, for July this year (cf. EAP News from June 5, 2015). Recently, the (...) read more

The online-based travel platform TripAdvisor recently published the results of this year’s “Traveler’s Choice Awards”, based on the ratings of millions of TripAdvisor users. In the “Most Popular Italian Amusement & Aquatic Parks” category Leolandia (...) read more