“Today we’re making history with the debut of our record 20th coaster, the most at any theme park in the world. We are extremely proud to be the first theme park to accomplish this unprecedented and amazing feat as we add yet another world-class (...) read more
The Driburg Therme in North Rhine-Westfalia – owned by the town of Bad Driburg – had often made the headlines even before the pandemic. And in February, the local media reported on the city’s plans to build a spa hotel ... In April of this year, it (...) read more
The Mandoria indoor theme park near Łódź, Poland, which opened only a year ago and is therefore still very young, has already added a new themed land this week: “Arcades”, which covers an area of 10,000 square meters and features a total of five new (...) read more
With two new rides and other previously existing, upgraded and redesigned attractions, the new “Shipwreck Coast” theme area at Chessington World of Adventures (the animal & theme park resort located in the Greater London area and operated by Merlin (...) read more
PSX Inc., based in Covington/Louisiana and specialized (amongst other services) in AV systems, lighting and show control for theme parks, museums and others, is welcoming Judd Nissen (photo) as new Senior Project Director to its management team. (...) read more
Located near the town of Skegness at the East coast of England, the Fantasy Island leisure park is presenting a new dark ride attraction this season: “Harrington Flint’s Island Adventures”. Designed by the Mellors Group (the park’s operator), the (...) read more
As of this month, in addition to the film tour, a 4D cinema and the Filmstadt Atelier, virtual worlds can also be experienced at Bavaria Filmstadt in the new “Hologate Arena” from Munich-based VR systems provider Hologate, which was implemented in (...) read more
As ICON Experiences – the advisory and management services company for the entertainment industry based in National Harbor/Maryland – recently announced, Randy Josselyn (photo) has taken over the position as Vice President, Experiences to improve (...) read more
With the “Deep in Africa – Adventure Trail”, Phantasialand now offers a unique adventure tour in the heart of the jungle. More precisely in the middle of the African themed world and right next to the garden of the Matamba Hotel, Phantasialand has (...) read more
The Boda Borg brand of team adventure worlds, which was founded in Sweden back in the mid-1990s and since then has been offering exciting quests and missions for teams of three to five people of almost all age groups, is now coming to Germany: the (...) read more
For several years now, attractions in the “Wunderwald” area (formerly “Magic Forest”) of Toverland have been gradually renewed. In the past months, the popular water ride “Expedition Zork” was overworked very thoroughly and is hardly recognizable (...) read more
Visitors to the Soaky Mountain waterpark (in Sevierville, Tennessee) can now experience even more splashing water fun, provided by the new and recently opened “New Edge” water coaster. The world’s first “Duelling Master Blaster” from Canadian (...) read more
This past weekend, South Korea’s Ocean Adventure water park opened a new major attraction in the form of a hybrid giant slide by wiegand.waterrides that combines the main elements of “Big Bang” (a tapered, U-shaped half pipe) and “Lotus” (an element (...) read more
Located in the province of Burgenland, near of Lake Neusiedl, Familypark is one of Austria's most popular leisure attractions. Tomorrow – exactly three months after the start of this year’s season on 9 April – the “Beaver Castle”, a new major (...) read more
After more than a year of construction, Osnabrück Zoo is now celebrating the opening of its new “Water Worlds” animal experience area, which is now home to California sea lions, seals, Humboldt penguins and pink pelicans. A Nordic coastal landscape (...) read more
In the mountains of Colorado at Glenwood Caverns Adventure Park the probably highest Euro-Fighter by Gerstlauer Amusement Rides (in partnership with Ride Entertainment) will officially open on 9 July. “Defiance” – the name of the spectacular coaster (...) read more
Less than a year after the collapse of the sports pool roof at AquariUM Schwedt, the Stadtwerke Schwedt (municipal utilities) group of companies, as operator of the pool complex, has already made lots of efforts to rebuild the sports pool, to which (...) read more
The Holland Park in the greater Berlin area was opened in April, offering a wide variety of attractions and delights for visitors of all ages. A play and climbing hall as well as various playgrounds and the 21-metre high tower house with six (...) read more
Disney recently announced a new attraction called "Tiana's Bayou Adventure" for late 2024. At both the Magic Kingdom in Florida and Disneyland Park in California, the new attraction will immerse guests in a unique way to the world of Tiana, the (...) read more
Momentum Leisure, part of Amsterdam-based Momentum Capital, began building a theme park portfolio in Poland more than ten years ago. All theme parks in Poland operated by Momentum Leisure are part of a joint venture with Studio 100 subsidiary Plopsa (...) read more
