(eap) The Portuguese outdoor water park Parque Aquático de Amarante in north-western Portugal, around 60 km from Porto, is not only celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, but also has two new water slides in its attraction portfolio. These (...) read more
(eap) Happy Valley Beijing amusement park, operated by the OCT Group, recently celebrated the expansion of its associated water park Playa Maya. The expansion includes six water slides and a water play structure from Canadian manufacturer ProSlide. (...) read more
(eap) In Tashkent, the capital of the Central Asian Republic of Uzbekistan, a leisure resort covering an area of almost 30 hectares is to be built with a water park as its centerpiece, hotels and shopping facilities. The Tourism and (...) read more
(eap) Tomorrow sees the start of the Karl May plays in Pullman City in Bavaria again. Despite the fire in January of this year, the western town has been able to continue with rehearsals and renovations on its large open-air stage alongside (...) read more
(eap) This coming Saturday (22 June), the outdoor water world O’Gliss Park, located in the west of France in the Vendée region, will start into this year’s summer season. Visitors can particularly look forward to the new large “Stingray” water (...) read more
(eap) Founded in 1999 by the Löwenthal family, Allgäu Skyline Park, located in Bavaria, Germany, is celebrating its 25th anniversary this weekend. The park now offers its guests more than 60 attractions on an area of over 35 hectares – since 2020, (...) read more
(eap) The Australian company Zero Latency VR, which develops and operates free-roam VR attractions, has recently introduced new, compact versions of its free-roam arena, which is now available in two more different size variants – 10 x 10 and 14 x 7 (...) read more
(eap) Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter and the charity Guide Dogs have entered into a year-long partnership committed to providing optimal accessibility for visually impaired and blind people. As part of the partnership, (...) read more
(eap) US-based Cedar Fair and Six Flags Entertainment Corporation today announced the senior management team that will lead the new company following the completion of the previously announced merger of the two publicly traded companies. Richard (...) read more
(eap) It has recently become possible to let axes fly “with permission” in Essen in Germany’s Ruhr region. In the AxeZone in Essen-Borbeck, visitors can try their hand at the trend sport of axe throwing. This leisure activity has already gone into (...) read more
(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
