Each year, the Vienna Prater amusement park, located in the center of Austria’s capital, welcomes around four million guests. In total, the Prater features 120 attractions and rides which are operated by 80 different showmen companies. There is no (...) read more
Since the beginning of this month, SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc., operator of eleven theme parks across the USA, has a new Chief Financial Officer. The company’s Board of Directors has appointed Peter J. Crage for this position, who replaces Interim (...) read more
As of now visitors to LEGOLAND® Malaysia Resort have the chance to enter the world of Ninjago™ with a new live show entitled “Ninjago and The Realm of Shadows”. Inspired by the TV series, the 20-minute adventure performed at the resort’s “LEGO City (...) read more
Following the opening of “Fast & Furious: Supercharged” at Universal Studios Hollywood this past June (cf. EAP News from March 31, 2015), visitors of Universal Orlando Resort can look forward to a high-speed adventure, too. The resort recently (...) read more
After a construction phase of around two years, August 16 saw the opening of the newest waterpark in France (cf. EAP, issue 1/2014) – Splashworld in Monteux (Provence region). Located at the foot of Mont Ventoux and around half an hour’s drive from (...) read more
Picsolve, a British independent image solutions partner for the leisure and entertainment industry, recently announced its acquisition of Maxifoto International B.V. Acquiring the Dutch specialist in ride and event photography headquartered in (...) read more
US-based Great Wolf Resorts Inc.®, operator of indoor waterpark resorts, announced Rúben A. Rodríguez as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer, effective September 22, 2015. Rodríguez, 52 years of age, has broad experience across several leading (...) read more
Some time ago, Germany’s waterpark Alpamare, located in Bavaria’s spa town Bad Tölz, announced it would have to permanently close its business due to failed negotiations of Jodquellen AG, owner and operator of Alpamare, with the municipality about (...) read more
Next spring, a 178 meter long slide will be attached to the ArcelorMittal Orbit located in London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park (cf. EAP News from September 12, 2012). The tower was designed by the British artist Anish Kapoor, who cooperates with (...) read more
Visitors and fans of Belgium’s Plopsaland De Panne can already look forward to next year – 2016 will see the opening of a brand-new wooden roller coaster. Supplied by Great Coasters International (GCI), the new attraction will feature a track length (...) read more
A new visitor record was recently set at France’s theme park Futoroscope, located in Chasseneuil-du-Poitou. With a total of 16,243 guests on Wednesday, August 12 the previous record, set at a weekend of May this year, was broken. In addition to (...) read more
The camping and caravan industry is currently booming in Australia. The number of people spending their holidays at camping facilities has been steadily growing over the last few years, with families as the most important target group. For operators (...) read more
In 2014, the Chimelong Ocean Kingdom theme park was opened in Guangzhou, China (cf. EAP, issue 04/2014). Recently, a new attraction has entered the Penguin Hotel which belongs to Ocean Kingdom Resort. Performed by 16 life-sized animatronic penguins (...) read more
On September 12, 1997, Berlin’s Labyrinth Kindermuseum, a children’s museum, was opened with the bubbles exhibition “Babbels”. This year, the museum located in the socio-cultural center Fabrik Osloer Straße celebrates its 18th birthday. On this (...) read more
One year ago, Germany’s Emotion Media Factory, known for its multimedia show installations, announced the creation of two shows for Romon U-Park, located in the south of Ningbo, China (cf. EAP, issue 5/2014). Meanwhile, the 20-minutes shows are (...) read more
Until August 23, visitors of PortAventura have the possibility to see Cirque du Soleil’s “Amaluna” show which Spain’s leisure resort hosts this summer (cf. EAP News from June 29, 2015). Up to now, more than 110,000 people attended the show, making (...) read more
According to an annual report tracking the attendance of theme parks released by Themed Entertainment Asscociation and AECOM, Lotte World has recorded an increase in attendance figures of 2.8 per cent from June last year to June this year. In total, (...) read more
In cooperation with Playland’s Castaway Cove’s owner Scott Simpson, the US-based ride manufacturer S&S Worldwide has developed a new roller coaster for New Jersey’s amusement park. The Triple Launch Coaster “Gale Force” will be targeted to families (...) read more
This past weekend, Edaville amusement park situated in Carver, Massachusetts saw the opening of the first Thomas Land theme park in the USA. Covering an area of 11.5 acres (around 47,000 square meters) within Edaville, the new attraction features (...) read more
This past weekend, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts’ Chairman Bob Chapek gave an overview of the newest attractions to join the Disney theme parks around the world. According to these plans, visitors of Florida’s and California’s theme parks will be (...) read more
