(eap) The “Land of Lights” festival is returning to two parks of the British Gulliver’s theme park group this winter. Already last year, light installations by Zigong Lantern Group, music, entertainment and street food delighted visitors to (...) read more
(eap) The cruise industry continues to boom: after the globally operating cruise company Carnival Corporation recently ordered three new ships from the Italian Fincantieri shipyard for Carnival Cruise Line, which will be delivered from 2029 and form (...) read more
(eap) From 11th October to 3rd November, Alton Towers (operated by Merlin Entertainments) will once again celebrate its Halloween season event “Scarefest”. This year’s event will feature two new attractions. The first is “Compound”, a live action (...) read more
(eap) Sandbox VR, headquartered in San Francisco (California), recently opened its 50th virtual reality (VR) gaming location worldwide on Australia’s Gold Coast. And there are further expansion plans also in Germany: in addition to the existing (...) read more
(eap) Hersheypark, based in the US state of Pennsylvania, has announced that it will open a new high-thrill attraction in summer 2025: “Twizzlers Twisted Gravity” will be the name of the ride, which is a pendulum with two gondolas from manufacturer (...) read more
(eap) Royal Caribbean International recently announced details of the second ship in the “Icon Class”. It will be named “Star of the Seas” and is scheduled to set sail for the first time in a year – on August 31, 2025. Like its predecessor, the (...) read more
(eap) Only a short time after the celebrations on the occasion of its 15th anniversary (c.f. EAP News of 12 July 2024), the Klimahaus Bremerhaven edutainment center welcomed the seven millionth guest since opening in summer 2009. With (...) read more
(eap) The Belgian Adventure Valley Durbuy recently opened a new interactive experience called “Dino Mission”. This expands the existing portfolio which includes various climbing facilities, playgrounds, a skywalk, a zipline and a labyrinth in the (...) read more
(eap) After just over three years of construction, the opening ceremony for the new Moselbad in Koblenz, Germany took place this past Saturday (24 August). The mayor of the city, David Langner, the responsible architect Dipl. Ing. Jan-Philip (...) read more
(eap) Following the successful opening event of O2 SURFTOWN MUC with over 14,000 surf enthusiasts from all over the world, surfers can now not only ride the waves (produced by the Endless Surf system from WhiteWater in a 10,000 square meter pool) in (...) read more
(eap) Universal Orlando Resort has shared details about the coming new Universal Helios Grand Hotel, a Loews Hotel – another themed hotel under development, that will offer direct access to the future new Universal Epic Universe theme park. This (...) read more
(eap) The Optical Museum in Jena is to become an edutainment centre that will re-open its doors in 2027 under the new name of German Optical Museum (D.O.M.) and make various phenomena in the physical disciplines of optics and photonics tangible for (...) read more
(eap) The US operator group Great Wolf Resorts, Inc. had moved forward the opening date originally planned for autumn this year for its latest holiday resort destination in Webster, Texas (greater Houston area). The new destination, officially named (...) read more
(eap) In September, the new multi-media concert experience “Planet Earth III – Live in Concert” by BBC Studios (in cooperation with FKP Scorpio) will tour through Germany. Following the previous Live in Concert tours with the program titles of “Our (...) read more
(eap) This past weekend, the French Parc Astérix theme park officially received the “FKF Award” presented by the Freundeskreis Kirmes und Freizeitparks e.V. (FKF) for its “Toutatis” multiple launch-coaster. The more than 1,800 active members (from (...) read more
(eap) The Club Deutscher Drehorgelfreunde e.V. has presented Europa-Park in Rust with its “52er Ruth” club organ from 1931, which has now found a worthy place in the “Europa-Park Arena” opposite the historic “Eden Palladium” carousel. The company (...) read more
(eap) Construction work at the Swiss Säntispark leisure center (located about a 15 minutes’ drive from St. Gallen) is progressing according to plan: two new water slides and a slide experience enhanced with Virtual Reality options are to become (...) read more
(eap) At the Hyundai Motorstudio mobility theme park in Goyang, South Korea (not far from the capital Seoul), a new 4D ride invites visitors to take a journey into futuristic worlds. The former 4D cinema has been replaced by a 6-DOF (...) read more
(eap) At France’s Complexe Aquatique Sceneo, located in St. Omer in the north of the country, bathing guests can discover two new water slides. During recent renovation works, the complex’ former indoor fiberglass water slide was (...) read more
(eap) Ticketpay, a provider of ticketing solutions based in Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany), welcomes Christoph Immel (photo) to the company’s management team in the newly created position of Vice President Leisure Ticketing. As an (...) read more
