News | 13 Mar 2024

Wunderland Kalkar Announces New Themed Area

(eap) Wunderland Kalkar amusement park in Germany, which was taken over by DeFabrique Holding in 2022 (see news from 19.04.2023), recently announced its new attraction for this year’s season: “Kernie’s Village”, a new themed area based around the (...) read more

News | 12 Mar 2024

Sparky’s FEC Opens at The Galleria Al Maryah Island

(eap) A Sparky’s Family Entertainment Center has opened last week at The Galleria Al Maryah Island shopping mall in Abu Dhabi. The FEC, which is operated by the Al Hokair Group, combines various play areas to cater to the preferences of visitors of (...) read more

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News | 12 Mar 2024

Deutschlandmuseum Receives World Travel Award

(eap) The Deutschlandmuseum in Berlin was recently honoured by the World Travel Awards (WTA) in the category of “Europe’s Leading New Tourist Attraction 2024” as the best new tourist attraction in Europe. “The award is further proof that we have (...) read more

News | 12 Mar 2024

Familypark Announces Details about New Attraction

(eap) Familypark, located on Lake Neusiedl in Austria, recently announced details about its new attraction. The park is getting a “Wild Swing” from the German manufacturer ART Engineering, which will be named “Azurgo”. In the spirit of its theming, (...) read more

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News | 11 Mar 2024

Hyperia’s Coaster Track Completed

(eap) Work on the new “Hyperia” roller coaster is in full swing at Thorpe Park in the UK. Last week, a 500-ton crane was used to place the final piece into the almost one-kilometre-long coaster track. More than 5.000 hours of work have been put into (...) read more

News | 11 Mar 2024

Siam Park Wins Liseberg Applause Award as First Water Park

(eap) The “Applause Award”, which has been presented every two years since 1980 by the Swedish theme park Liseberg, was presented to Siam Park this year. It is the first time that a water park receives this prestigious recognition. “With an original (...) read more

News | 11 Mar 2024

Gröna Lund Submits Applications for Park Expansion

(eap) The Swedish amusement park Gröna Lund recently submitted building permit applications for a park extension to be built on the adjacent parking lot. The site was home to the Stockholm Exhibition in 1897 and the former Nöjesfältet amusement (...) read more

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News | 08 Mar 2024

Avatar Land Coming to Disneyland Resort

(eap) Recently, The Walt Disney Company’s CEO Bob Iger confirmed the speculation that an Avatar land is to be created at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. In the “Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference Call” last Tuesday, Iger (...) read more

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News | 07 Mar 2024

Serengeti-Park Hodenhagen Ready for Anniversary Season

(eap) After Germany’s Serengeti-Park Hodenhagen was affected by serious flooding at the end of last year, the park is now looking forward to its nearing reopening. “Thanks to the efforts of the helpers from the THW, fire department, DLRG, farmers (...) read more

News | 06 Mar 2024

Disney’s Star Tours Attractions with New Adventures

(eap) Star Wars fans at Disneyland Paris, Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando and Disneyland Resort in Anaheim will be able to discover new characters and stories in Disney’s first Star Wars flight simulator attractions, in which “Star Tours: The (...) read more

News | 06 Mar 2024

These are the Winners of the 2024 FKF Awards

(eap) At this year’s FKF Convention at Europa-Park Resort in Rust on Sunday, March 3, 2024, the members of the Freundeskreis Kirmes und Freizeitparks e.V. (FKF e.V.) once again voted for the best European attraction novelties that opened in 2023. (...) read more

News | 06 Mar 2024

SeaWorld San Antonio Celebrates Opening of Catapult Falls

(eap) Last Saturday, SeaWorld San Antonio celebrated the opening of the world’s first Launched Flume Coaster: “Catapult Falls”. It is the first white water ride to feature an acceleration element, which was introduced by manufacturer Intamin in 2022 (...) read more

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