(eap) At Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, the animal and theme park in Florida operated by United Parks & Resorts, the new “Phoenix Rising” roller coaster opened this past weekend. The attraction is an Inverted Family Coaster from Swiss manufacturer (...) read more
(eap) At the beginning of November last year, the new 65-metre-high Harzturm tower in Torfhaus in the Upper Harz Mountains (Germany) was officially opened by Stephan Weil, Minister President of Lower Saxony (we reported in EAP 1/2024). Due to (...) read more
(eap) Visitors to Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, Germany can now take part in an escape game with family, work colleagues or friends. The modern “scavenger hunt” immerses participants in the history of the sports car manufacturer, but also in the (...) read more
(eap) This season, a new water slide was installed in a spectacular way at the Freibad Saanen outdoor pool in the canton of Bern in Switzerland: A helicopter was used to transport the new slide and a steel staircase to the (...) read more
(eap) The Dutch company Lagotronics Projects, which is particularly well known in the leisure industry for its audio-visual and interactive attractions, celebrates its 45th anniversary this year. Founded in 1979 as Lagotronics by Carlo Görtjes, the (...) read more
(eap) The community of Parrish in Manatee County, Florida, is getting a community park later this year that will be located along Ft. Harmer Road near Parrish Community High School. The Parrish Civic Association and Manatee County have been working (...) read more
(eap) Today, the new giga-liner of the American shipping company Royal Caribbean International sets sail from Port Canaveral (Orlando, Florida) for the first time. The sixth ship in the “Oasis” class is 362 meters long and 64 meters wide and was (...) read more
(eap) Since this season, the Strandbad Rorschach public outdoor pool on Lake Constance in the Swiss canton of St. Gallen is offering a new tube slide from Klarer Freizeitanlagen. With a length of around 78 meters (256 feet), the slide features open (...) read more
(eap) By joining forces with the Media Solutions Center (MSC) and its members – the High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS) and the Hochschule der Medien (HdM; Media University) – MACK One aims to drive forward pioneering (...) read more
(eap) From today, Cologne residents and tourists can visit the city’s first axe throwing bar at the Steinberger Hotel. The increasingly popular axe throwing sport can be tried out here under expert guidance in a safe environment covering almost 300 (...) read more
(eap) Wibit Sports (Wibit), one of the leisure and attractions market‘s leading providers of inflatable water parks, is announcing a further change on its management level. On August 1 this year, Tarak Charfi will take over sales responsibility for (...) read more
(eap) Aquarena, based in Germany, and one of the world’s leading manufacturers of waterslides and water attractions, announces the acquisition of ArtStudio Stritzel with its division for the design, creation and production of large-scale decorations (...) read more
(eap) Liseberg’s Board of Directors has now formally decided to rebuild the indoor water park Oceana. After the water world was destroyed by a fire in February (see EAP news of 12 Feb 2024), it has been cleared in recent months so that (...) read more
(eap) Yesterday, the iconic “Country Bear Musical Jamboree” attraction reopened at Magic Kingdom Park in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Country Bear Jamboree was one of the last attractions that Disney founder Walt Disney himself helped to create over (...) read more
(eap) The Erlebnispark Schloss Thurn in the Bavarian town of Heroldsbach, Germany, located between the highways A3 and A73, will be offering its first overnight accommodation from next year. From May 2025, the new GlampingPark will offer 170 pitches (...) read more
(eap) Plopsaland De Panne on the West Flemish coast near the French border has recently launched a new musical. The fairytale production “Snow White” will be performed exclusively in the Studio 100 Theater and can be visited throughout the (...) read more
(eap) A new water playground has opened at LEGOLAND® Deutschland Resort in the „Land der Piraten“ (Engl.: “Land of Pirates”) themed area. Right next to the attraction „Käpt’n Nicks Piratenschlacht“ (Engl.: “Captain Nick’s Pirate Battle”), little (...) read more
(eap) Since this season, visitors to the Hansa-Park theme park in Sierksdorf on the Baltic Sea have been able to discover the “Lost Trails of Roanoke” between “Beautiful Britain” and “New Lübeck” in the “Adventureland” themed area. This is an (...) read more
(eap) Palace Entertainment, the amusement park operator with several parks in the USA and Australia, has appointed Ricky Spicuzza as General Manager of Kennywood Park and Sandcastle Water Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Spicuzza’s career at (...) read more
(eap) The “Robins Horn” adventure playground was recently opened in Romanshorn on the Swiss side of Lake Constance. After eight years of planning and six months of construction, it is now open to families and children on the (...) read more
