(eap) The Walibi Belgium (Compagnie des Alpes) theme park in Wavre, Belgium, opened its new “Dock World” theme area this past weekend together with its anchor attraction, the “Mecalodon” roller coaster. Just in time for the start of the season and (...) read more
(eap) The Schloss Beck amusement park in Bottrop (Germany) is opening a new water playground this summer. At a price tag of two million euros, this represents the largest single investment in an attraction in the park’s history. The new water (...) read more
(eap) The French Compagnie des Alpes (CdA) has announced the takeover of the BELANTIS theme park near Leipzig from the Spanish Parques Reunidos group by acquiring the entire capital of Event Park GmbH, the company that owns and operates the park. (...) read more
(eap) After the Plopsa Group recently announced a name change for the German Holiday Park to Plopsaland Deutschland, the group has now also revealed a new name for its Belgian destination Plopsa Coo Ardennes, which will be operated under the name (...) read more
(eap) Following the recent takeover of Magic Park Verden by the new owners Bastian Lampe and Tom Becker, the park is now being gradually realigned. Visitors can look forward to several new features when the park opens for the 2025 summer season this (...) read more
(eap) The Königswinter city council has proposed a new operator for the former Sea Life building. The Explorado Group, which is known for its exhibitions at the Odysseum in Cologne and its adventure museum at the Happy Franky leisure centre in (...) read more
(eap) With a selection of retail and gastronomy partners as well as a comprehensive range of experiences and entertainment, the soon-to-open Westfield Hamburg-Überseequartier is set to become a unique leisure destination in northern Germany. A KIBU (...) read more
(eap) Germany’s Taunus Wunderland starts its new season on April 5, just in time for the Hessian Easter vacations. After the “Arya’s Dragon Gorge” themed area, which opened in 2023, was expanded last summer to include the “Gobbies Energy Power (...) read more
(eap) The SAALEMAXX leisure and adventure pool in Rudolstadt (Thuringia, Germany) is getting a new management: Kristin Köferstein-Moritz and Alexander Stemplewitz will form a dual leadership team and take over the position from Susan Zetzmann, who (...) read more
(eap) An Action League attraction from Belgian supplier Alterface has now celebrated its opening at Suzhou Paradise Forest World in China, the first of its kind in the “Middle Kingdom”. In its related indoor entertainment zone “Candy World”, which (...) read more
(eap) The Science and Industry Museum in Manchester has recently opened a new hands-on exhibition entitled “Operation Ouch! Brains, Bogies and You”, the focus is on the human brain and its fascinating functions. The experiential exhibition is the (...) read more
(eap) Visitors to the Bavarian Inn Resort in Frankenmuth, Michigan (USA) can now discover the Bavarian Blast Waterpark – Michigan’s largest indoor water park. Covering some 170,000-square-feet (over 15,500-square-meters), it comprises 16 water (...) read more
(eap) This past weekend, the US amusement park Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey kicked off this year’s season and opened its latest coaster addition: “The Flash™: Vertical Velocity”, which is America’s first “Super (...) read more
(eap) Since its foundation as Märchenpark Haßloch in 1970 and its subsequent renaming as Holiday Park in 1973, the amusement park located in southern Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany) has reinvented itself several times and achieved national fame in (...) read more
(eap) Germany’s Ferienzentrum Schloss Dankern opens the gates to its amusement park from today. In sunny spring weather, guests can conquer the new outdoor playground “Fairy Forest” with six differently themed play towers (...) read more
(eap) Vienna Zoo will be the third zoo in Europe to exhibit Chinese pangolins in the future. Until now, this species, which is considered to be acutely threatened by extinction, could only be seen in Europe at Zoo Leipzig and Zoo (...) read more
(eap) After Therme Group shared its first concrete US project last week with Therme DC, which will be implemented in the capital Washington, D.C. (c.f. EAP news of 26 March 2025), Dallas, Texas, has now also been announced as one of ten US locations (...) read more
(eap) The longest Suspended Family Coaster installed by Vekoma Rides to date, with a track length of 569 meters, has completed its first rounds with guests at Aztlán Parque Urbano in Mexico City. “Serpentikha” is the name of the new ride, which is (...) read more
(eap) The city of Bellevue in the US state of Nebraska recently celebrated the ground-breaking for a major indoor water park project. The Bellevue Bay Indoor Water Park will be a year-round leisure attraction. Covering nearly 60,000 square-feet (...) read more
(eap) Zurich Zoo aims to play a pioneering role as a “zoo of the future”. The new “Panthera” habitat for tigers, lions and snow leopards, which was officially opened today and will be accessible to all zoo visitors from tomorrow, is intended to (...) read more
