(eap) Construction recently began on a new surf resort called “DSRT Surf“ at Desert Willow Golf Resort in Palm Desert, California. The centrepiece of the resort, developed by Desert Wave Ventures and BeachStreet Development & Operations, will be a (...) read more
(eap) After successful exhibitions in Rome, Paris, Milan, Madrid, Naples, London and Atlanta, the Balloon Museum art exhibition format, launched in 2020, has now also arrived in Germany. Visitors can discover the “EmotionAir” exhibition program in (...) read more
(eap) Hamburg’s chocolate museum, the Chocoversum, takes visitors on a 90-minute tour packed with lots of information and delights about cocoa and chocolate. The highlight of the museum is the “chocolate workshop”, which was reopened last week after (...) read more
(eap) “DreamWorks Land”, a new family-friendly themed area at Universal Studios Florida, opened today, immersing guests in the worlds of some of their favourite animated films. The colourful new area features a variety of kid-friendly rides, (...) read more
(eap) After around eleven years in responsible positions at Canadian water attraction manufacturer WhiteWater West, Chief Experience Officer Franceen Gonzales takes on a new function at LEGOLAND Florida Resort in Winter Haven. She will assume the (...) read more
(eap) The British charity Punchdrunk Enrichment, which is known for its immersive theatre shows and pedagogical offers, has a new location in London’s Wembley Park in Brent since May 2023. After various projects have already been carried out there, (...) read more
(eap) Germany’s Thermengruppe Josef Wund and the globally operating Therme Group have now submitted all the necessary planning application documents for the jointly developed mega-project Thermenwelt Bad Vilbel (close to Frankfurt, Hesse) to the (...) read more
(eap) Today marks the opening of the new “Moo Lagoon” water play structure at Story Land theme park in Glen, New Hampshire (USA). The opening ceremony will begin at 10 a.m. local time with a ribbon cutting ceremony featuring popular Story Land (...) read more
(eap) In the Australian alpine resort of Thredbo (located in the south of New South Wales), the continent’s first “Alpine Coaster 2.0” – supplied by German manufacturer Josef Wiegand – is now enriching the year-round visitor offer. In (...) read more
(eap) Visitors to Italy’s Gardaland theme park can now experience the long-announced attraction novelty “Wolf Legend”. With a ride height of 25 metres, the family-friendly Drop & Twist Tower (from SBF) lets guests hurtle into the wide-open mouth of (...) read more
(eap) A delegation from the Shanghai Shendi Group, majority owner of the Shanghai Disney Resort, which opened in 2016, recently visited Germany’s Europa-Park Resort. The six-member group of experts led by Yang Jinsong, Chairman of the Board of the (...) read more
(eap) After Europa-Park opened its new Croatian themed area with the extraordinary Stryker coaster “Voltron Nevera powered by Rimac” at the end of April this year (read also our cover story in EAP 3/24), the new area has now been complemented by a (...) read more
(eap) Visitors to Abu Dhabi’s The Galleria Al Maryah Island shopping centre can now combine their shopping trip with an augmented reality (AR) experience. “G-Quest” is the name of the AR application that visitors can activate on their smartphone by (...) read more
(eap) The Belgian Plopsa Group is planning to build its own year-round water park modelled on the existing Plopsaqua pools in Belgium near the Holiday Park it manages in Hassloch. An important next step in realizing this plans was taken last Friday (...) read more
(eap) On January 1 last year, the citizens of Bremen (Germany) said goodbye to the old Westbad public pool in Bremen’s Walle district after almost 50 years. Last Friday, June 7, a milestone in the new pool construction project of the Bremer Bäder (...) read more
(eap) The Aquabella leisure pool in Mutterstadt, Germany, opened a new multimedia slide experience this week after the previous slide was closed and refurbished since mid-March this year after more than 20 years in operation. The RR1200 tube slide (...) read more
(eap) After the Multiple Launched Family Coaster “FirleFranz” from Gerstlauer has been making its laps at Bayern-Park since last year (see EAP 4/2023), the family coaster has now been officially inaugurated. FirleFranz, thematically inspired by park (...) read more
(eap) With a total investment volume of around 1.9 billion euros (320 billion yen), this is the most comprehensive expansion of the Tokyo DisneySea theme park since it opened in 2001: the new “Fantasy Springs” area – also referred to by the park as (...) read more
(eap) The plans presented two years ago by the Belgian Plopsa Group to build a Plopsaqua water park in Mechelen (located in the province of Antwerp) was delayed right at the start of the development phase due to the revision of the comprehensive (...) read more
(eap) The two companies BoldMove Nation and E&S Rides, who recently announced their collaborative partnership (c.f. EAP News of 9 May 2024), introduced their first jointly developed product. The new development called “Spinfinity Coaster” combines (...) read more
