(eap) Last summer, “topless” bathing in public swimming pools in Germany was a much-discussed topic. According to the proponents, this is about equal rights for women in swimming pools – women should also be allowed to go topless in swimming pools (...) read more
(eap) Starting today, visitors to UK’s Blackpool Pleasure Beach amusement park can again take their rides on the popular “Valhalla” water dark ride, which had been closed for a comprehensive makeover since 2019. In collaboration with manufacturer (...) read more
(eap) The Paris-based Looping Group, which was founded in 2011 and now operates a total of 18 leisure, water and animal parks in eight European countries, is currently in final takeover negotiations with PAI Partners, as was announced by the private (...) read more
(eap) Since May 5, visitors to the South Korean amusement park Lotte World have been able to experience a new interactive walkthrough attraction based on the shooting game title “PUBG: Battlegrounds”. “PUBG: Battlegrounds World Agent” is the name of (...) read more
(eap) Recently, the results of USA TODAY’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards for the United States’ amusement and water park industry were released. Travel experts pre-selected 20 nominees in categories including food, lodging and destinations. From (...) read more
(eap) The French amusement and animal park Le PAL, based in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, has added a new attraction to its line-up: Since 29 April, guests have been able to experience an unforgettable journey through the world of the crazy “Too (...) read more
(eap) At the end of April, around 30 members of the ErfaFreizeitParks network (a private German network for leisure parks for the exchange of experiences initiated by Michael Möhring, möhrings foodservice-kompetenz) met at the Nordhorn Zoo and the (...) read more
(eap) The Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) organizes an annual conference for representatives of the leisure industry in China, Europe and America. This year, the European meeting was held from 3 to 6 May at Europa-Park in Rust, Germany. 140 (...) read more
(eap) Cigoland, a leisure park located in Alsace (in the municipality of Kintzheim), which already started into its season on 25 March, has two novelties up its sleeve for its visitors this summer. To draw attention to the theme of the forest and (...) read more
(eap) Nettebad, the public pool flagship of Stadtwerke Osnabrück (Germany), celebrates its 50th anniversary this month. Fittingly for the anniversary month, the 20 millionth guest visited the public pool, which opened on May 27, 1973. In 2005, after (...) read more
(eap) Next year, the English capital London will be enriched by a new immersive museum attraction: The Museum of Shakespeare is being created on the grounds of the remains of the 16th century Elizabethan theatre The Curtain Playhouse, whose (...) read more
(eap) Tomorrow, May 6, Adventureland Park, located in Altoona in the U.S. state of Iowa, kicks off this year’s season. The new rides “Flying Wiking” and “Draken Falls” announced for this year are still under construction and scheduled to open during (...) read more
(eap) For over 90 years, the Hamburg Planetarium in Hamburg’s municipal park has been offering unique audiovisually staged explanations of the fascinating connections between our Earth and the cosmos. In its Star Theater, visitors of a wide age (...) read more
(eap) For roller coaster enthusiasts and DC Universe fans, the wait will soon be over: as the Madrid-based Parque Warner just announced, the new launch coaster “Batman Gotham City Escape” will officially open to riders next week on 13 May. Supplied (...) read more
(eap) After four years of elaborate detail work on two continents with more than 50,000 working hours and almost two million Euro construction costs, the new Patagonia section in Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg was opened today. The 65-square-metre (...) read more
(eap) U.S. leisure park operator group Palace Entertainment (a subsidiary of Parques Reunidos) has announced that Bonnie Sherman Weber joins the company as chief operating officer, effective immediately. Weber has more than 30 years of experience in (...) read more
(eap) Germany’s Europa-Park invited the AWO Tanzgruppe (a welfare organization dance ballet) from Mannheim to perform on the Europa-Park stage “Teatro Popular” yesterday, 1 May. Thus, on Labour Day, the 14 elderly ladies of the ballet group (aged 60 (...) read more
(eap) Ravensburger Spieleland at Lake Constance, Germany, celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. As already reported in our Park Report 2023, the amusement park has some novelties in store for this occasion. One of them is the opening of a new (...) read more
Today is the day: after successful test days, the Yakari adventure world opens at Fort Fun Abenteuerland, which is based in the Sauerland region (Germany). For the first time, the family theme park is integrating an IP into its theme portfolio. Fans (...) read more
After almost five years at the helm of the WILDLANDS Adventure Zoo in Emmen, the Netherlands, which opened in 2016 (see also EAP 4/2016), interim director Erik van Engelen is leaving the company in June. The supervisory board has now appointed (...) read more
