As the park recently announced, Germany’s Heide Park Resort will open a wing coaster for its 2014 season. Besides “Raptor”, opened in 2011 at Gardaland, and “The Swarm”, opened one year later at Thorpe Park, the new rollercoaster will be the third (...) read more
While visitors to Blackpool Pleasure Beach have been wowed by a newly created dark ride dedicated to the famous claymation characters of “Wallace & Gromit” for several months now (we reported in EAP issue 4/2013), the city of Bristol in South West (...) read more
While Wet’n’Wild Las Vegas, opened in May (cp. EAP 2/2013), has been equipped with attractions provided by Canadian manufacturer WhiteWater West, Village Roadshow’s Wet’n’Wild Sydney, currently under construction in Prospect, New South Wales, (...) read more
Hugo Lahme GmbH, based in Ennepetal, Germany, announced in early July that it had taken over one-third of the holdings in Bozen, Italy’s AngelEye Srl effective as of May 28th, 2013. AngelEye enjoys international acclaim for its expertise in the (...) read more
According to the media, the ‘largest freestanding building in the world’ was opened in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province in southwestern China, at the end of June. The New Century Global Center measures ‘only’ 100 meters in height but is 500 (...) read more
According to the information of Walt Disney World Resort, Downtown Disney in Orlando/FL will be transformed within a period of several years into Disney Springs, a unique destination with even more shopping, dining and entertainment offers. The (...) read more
Germany’s Zoo Osnabrück already opened the first section of its new “Angkor Wat” theme adventure area back in May of 2012, when it presented the new ape temple built to replace the former ape boulder which had passed its prime. A 40 meter long (...) read more
Despite the uncooperative weather late this past June, staff and visitors at Hamburg, Germany’s Hagenbeck Tierpark put a brave face on the rain and cold weather at the end of this past June to open the new “Persische Salzwüste” (‘Persian Salt (...) read more
The name says it all, because „Full Throttle“ is the name of the newest rollercoaster of SixFlags Magic Mountain in California. Opened at the end of June, the new coaster built by Premier Rides (cp. EAP 6/2012) features, at a height of 48 meters (...) read more
Rust, Germany’s Europa-Park recently received an overall score of 9 in the “Leisure Check” article featured in the latest issue of Germany’s stern magazine to take the top prize among 50 German amusement parks that were tested. The scale for the (...) read more
The second construction phase on the conference hall at Zoo Leipzig was kicked off late this past June with a special cornerstone laying ceremony. Together with Leipzig’s Mayor Burkhard Jung and architect Gerd Heise, the zoo’s director Dr. Jörg (...) read more
The Legoland park in Winter Haven, FL, opened its newest theme area on July 3. “The Lego World of Chima” (cp. EAP news from 8 April 2013), presented in cooperation with Cartoon Network, adds two million Lego bricks to the park which nearly features (...) read more
According to reports of Badische Zeitung, the French theme park Bioscope has now found a new operator. Originally opened in 2006 by Grévin & Cie, the theme park had been supported with aid money amounting to 20 million Euros from the region and the (...) read more
Shanghai Disney Resort in Pudong New District, China, is scheduled to open by the end of 2015. While the ground-breaking ceremony was already held two years ago, construction works on Shanghai Disneyland’s Enchanted Storybook Castle began last (...) read more
Brussels-based nWave Pictures Distribution launched their new 4D experience “The Good, The Bad and A Horse” on this year’s Asian Attractions Expo in Singapore. The 11-minute 4D film experience tells the story of a “brave young sheriff and his horse (...) read more
The first themed tourist destination in Aqaba, Jordan announced two years ago (cp. EAP news from 21 June 2011) takes shape now. Design details for The Red Sea Astrarium (TRSA) have been revealed on the occasion of the ground-breaking ceremony in (...) read more
As Sweden’s popular theatre and theme park announced today, Mikael Ahlerup, Managing Director of Astrid Lindgren’s World, will leave the company at the end of the year. After 10 years of successful leadership, Ahlerup will now take on new (...) read more
Fans of the popular animation series „The Simpson“ should not miss visiting Universal Studios Florida in Orlando this summer, because this is where a new theme area dedicated to the animated family will be opened soon. The theme area will be (...) read more
At the end of June, the industry was taken by surprise by the announcement of Efteling’s Supervisory Board of Directors that Bart de Boer – CEO and Chairman of Efteling since 2008 – will leave the Dutch theme park (which is ranked among the top 5 (...) read more
Rebuilt and opened in 2009, St. Gallen, Switzerland’s Tamina Therme will open a new sauna offer as of September 2013. ‘Sauna Nera”, a sauna house with a capacity of 60 guests, will add to the existing sauna area. A traditional, simple wooden (...) read more
