(eap) Universal Destinations & Experiences, a unit of Comcast NBCUniversal, announced the appointment of Molly Murphy (photo) as President of Universal Creative, effective August 14, 2023. She joins Universal from Gensler, a global architecture, (...) read more
(eap) Last Saturday (8 July), France’s Cobac Parc, located between Rennes and Saint-Malo, was able to inaugurate its great novelty of the season: the “Tour Excalibur”. The 20-meter high attraction is a free fall tower equipped with twelve seats, (...) read more
(eap) Recently, five-time Oscar winner Sir Richard Taylor visited Europa-Park Rust in Germany. Taylor is known for his work on the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, for which he designed weapons, armor and prosthetics with his company Wētā Workshop. (...) read more
(eap) After SeaWorld® Yas Island Abu Dhabi (UAE), the very first SeaWorld theme park outside the USA with more than 15 rides and attractions, was officially launched in May, this was recently followed by the opening of the “Hypersphere 360° Ride” (...) read more
(eap) With the welcome message “Hello World!” followed by dazzling animated fireworks, the American flag and underwater scenes the visual show was kicked off on the world’s largest LED screen: the exterior of the MSG Sphere. The Sphere, which graces (...) read more
(eap) After a year and a half of construction, the first overnight guests were welcomed last weekend at Futuroscope’s newly opened “Ecolodgee” hotel (see EAP 3/2023). Ecolodgee is the park’s second themed hotel after the four-star “Station Cosmos” (...) read more
(eap) KRIEGER Architekten | Ingenieure GmbH has taken over the company blass architekten from Euskirchen and thus establishes a third location in Germany in addition to Velbert and Koblenz. KRIEGER Architekten specialize in the planning and (...) read more
(eap) With a big summer party, Karls Erlebnis-Dorf in Elstal (near Berlin) today celebrated the opening of the second section of the themed area “Karls Wetterwelt”, which opened in 2021 with its first attractions (see EAP 2/2021). Now this is (...) read more
(eap) Southwest London-based theme park resort Chessington World of Adventures (part of the Merlin Entertainments Group) recently submitted plans to build a themed indoor water park. With this development, the leisure destination, which already (...) read more
(eap) With the opening of its new attraction “Les Toucans” a few days ago, the Parc des Combes, located in Le Creusot in Burgundy, France, delights its guests. The novelty is a tower ride of the Italian manufacturer Technical Park of the model type (...) read more
(eap) The tragic roller coaster accident on 25 June at the Swedish amusement park Gröna Lund in Stockholm shook the amusement park industry last week. Since the accident, in which one person died, the park remained closed for the time being. In lieu (...) read more
(eap) A family-friendly water park called Adventure Cove recently opened in the Meridiana residential community in Iowa Colony, Texas. As a result, residents have gained a swimming facility in their immediate neighbourhood. They can enjoy a wave (...) read more
(eap) After a feasibility study was carried out by Puy du Fou International several months ago, plans for the creation of a Puy du Fou park in the Netherlands are now obviously coming into focus. In discussion is a possible location in the Dutch (...) read more
With various leisure attractions such as a summer toboggan run, the MountainCarts & Monster Scooter vehicles, a climbing maze, a wooden ball track and much more, the Erlebnisberg Altenberg leisure destination (near Dresden in Saxony) offers visitors (...) read more
(eap) The St. Ingbert water world das blau (in Germany’s Saarland region) has recently added a new slide highlight under the name “Magic Twice”. After an extensive planning and construction phase, the new competition double slide – which offers two (...) read more
(eap) At the Risk Factory experience center in the Dutch region of Limburg-Noord, students and senior citizens can learn in a fun way how to act in risk situations in the area of health and safety. “Learning by experiencing” is the credo of the Risk (...) read more
(eap) Starting next Friday (July 7), visitors to the Andechs Monastery Brewery in Bavaria will be able to experience a new, virtual reality-supported brewery tour through the tradition-steeped monastery brewery with “TimeRide GO! Kloster Andechs (...) read more
(eap) In 2024, the new Disney musical “Hercules” will celebrate its world premiere at Hamburg’s Stage Theater Neue Flora. For the first time, a Disney musical will premiere in the northern German metropolis and not, as is usually the case, in the (...) read more
(eap) Swarovski Kristallwelten and Circus-Theater Roncalli are celebrating their fifth anniversary together. From 21 July to 3 September, there will be a circus festival in the garden of the Swarovski Kristallwelten in Wattens (Tyrol, Austria). (...) read more
(eap) The Berlin Dungeon, part of the Merlin Entertainments Group, has been leading visitors into the abysses of Berlin’s past for years. Starting today and for a short time only (until September 3, 2023), guests can experience the new show “The (...) read more
