About two years ago Walt Disney World Resort, located in Buena Vista, Florida, announced the expansion of its Downtown Disney area including a name change (cf. EAP News from July 25, 2013). According to media reports the rebranding to Disney Springs (...) read more
Following the announcement that US-based attraction manufacturer S&S Worldwide will build a drop tower for motiongate™ Dubai amusement park (cf. EAP News from July 20, 2015), which is currently under construction and expected to open in October next (...) read more
Two German museums, Explorado Kindermuseum located in Duisburg and Cologne’s Odysseum Abenteuermuseum, both operated by Explorado Operations GmbH, have a good reason to celebrate: In this year’s “Germany’s Most Family-Friendly Companies” survey they (...) read more
This month the US magazine Amusement Today, specialized in international amusement and water park news and trends, awarded this year’s Golden Ticket Awards. The ceremony was held at Luna Park which is situated on New York’s peninsula Coney Island. (...) read more
This afternoon will see the opening of the new play and climbing facility “AVENTURA – Der SpielBerg in Medebach” at Center Parcs Hochsauerland, located in Germany. However, the attraction is not directly situated in the park but at the city of (...) read more
On time with the beginning of its summer season, Australia’s Jamberoo Action Park in New South Wales can be pleased about a special recognition – the park’s giant themed “Funnel Web Spider”, which was completed earlier this year as theming element (...) read more
Last summer, Ferrari World Abu Dhabi announced the introduction of seven new rides over a period of three years (cf. EAP News, July 16, 2014). For the creation of one of these attractions, which is expected to open next year, the Arabian theme park (...) read more
Visitors to Heide Park Resort, located near Soltau, can look forward to a new attraction: The amusement park recently announced the opening of a “How to Train Your Dragon” themed area, which is scheduled for May 2016. Heide Park Resort develops the (...) read more
The China-based entertainment and real estate company Dalian Wanda Group Co., Ltd. has reached an agreement to acquire 100 percent of the World Triathlon Corporation IRONMAN. The deal between Wanda Group and the former IRONMAN owner Providence (...) read more
Even though Chicago is famous for its “Chicago Style Blues”, there has never been a permanent space dedicated to its history and cultural heritage. This will change with the opening of the Chicago Blues Experience scheduled for 2017. The interactive (...) read more
As of this past July Germany’s ski hall Snow Dome Bispingen, located in Lüneburg Heath, is managed by Skihallen Service GmbH, a company owned by three investors: Hamburg’s gastronome Frank Blin, Austrian Alois Haider and Treugast Solutions Group led (...) read more
Germany’s aquantas GmbH, a consulting company in the leisure industry, has appointed a new Chief Executive Officer. André Weißenburger, who holds a degree in business administration, joined aquantas in 2010 after having worked for several (...) read more
Special events and theme days contribute to higher attendance figures and consequently to an increase in turnover at amusement parks. This is why park operators regularly organize such events and activities in order to attract more guests. One (...) read more
He was one of the greatest designers of the European theme park industry: Ton van de Ven, particularly well-known for his “Dreamflight” attraction in Efteling, passed away at the age of 71 on 16 September 2015. Born in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, (...) read more
Belgian-based WOW Company, developer and manufacturer of the “Wave Ball”, and Turkey’s water slide and water attractions manufacturer Polin Waterparks recently announced a new strategic alliance. The partnership will allow Polin to exclusively (...) read more
The Canadian provider of entertainment technology IMAX Corporation announced its latest IMAX® 3-D cinematic space adventure “A Beautiful Planet” will be released on April 29, 2016. The project is a co-production of IMAX Entertainment and The Walt (...) read more
Hamburg’s Miniatur Wunderland has recently been awarded by Guiness World Records: Offering its guests a track length of 15.4 kilometers it is the world’s largest model railway. Last week, Wunderland grew by 2.4 kilometers of track length when the (...) read more
The French Compagnie des Alpes (CdA) group, operator of 15 ski resorts and twelve theme parks worldwide, recently appointed Denis Hermesse as its new Financial Director. The 46-year-old commercial engineer took over the Finance, Risk and Information (...) read more
Since this month Austria’s Skydiver GmbH, operator of indoor skydiving centers, makes the dream of flying come true by opening its first Wind·O·Bona wind channel in Vienna. The tunnel, which is located in a separate building at the Prater side, (...) read more
Located in Benidorm, Valencia Terra Mitica has recently announced to open a brand-new theme hotel in 2016. “Grand Luxor Hotel” will be equipped with 346 rooms and be realized in two construction phases. The first phase will see the opening of 226 (...) read more
