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
Aquify Systems, a leading provider of mechanical product solutions for water technology, and Herborner Pumpen (Herborner Pumps), one of Europe's leading manufacturers of commercial water pumps, have expanded their partnership. Aquify, already (...) read more
The adventure park Furuvik, operated by Parks & Resorts Scandinavia, announces a new roller coaster for the 2023 season: "Lightning" is the name of the new launch coaster. Lightning will be built by Vekoma and accelerates up to 75 km/h in three (...) read more
Willi Mack (born 24 Nov 1922), last member of the sixth "Mack generation" passed away on Sunday night at the blessed age of 99. In 1948, together with his brothers Hermann (†) and Franz Mack (†), he took over the responsibility in his father's (...) read more
Six years ago, the Dinosaur Park Altmühltal was launched in Denkendorf, Bavaria (see EAP 6/2016). There, where fossil finds of more than 900 animal and plant species were made – especially from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods – Michael Völker (...) read more
This week saw the opening of Alabama’s new indoor water park at the OWA leisure destination. Dubbed Tropic Falls, which is now also the name of the associated theme park after a successful rebranding, the new water world features not only a tropical (...) read more
For the Adventureland amusement park, located on Long Island, there was every reason to celebrate last Friday (24 June). Not only does the park celebrate its 60th anniversary, but it also opened its newest attraction, “Fireball” (see also EAP news (...) read more
As has just been announced, the competent Land and Environmental Appeal Court today has delivered its judgment, according to which the submitted development plan by Gröna Lund has now been approved. Thus the Stockholm amusement park has finally been (...) read more
Aqua Drolics, which specializes in the design and production of water play products for children’s pools and is based near Eindhoven (Netherlands), is expanding its portfolio by taking over BlowUps, a company based in Heijen (Netherlands) in North (...) read more
Cedar Fair, L.P. (NYSE: FUN), operator of 11 amusement parks, four second-gate outdoor water parks and resorts in North America, among others, announced that it has sold the land of its California’s Great America amusement park for approximately (...) read more
Opened in 2014 in Draper, Utah, Loveland Living Planet Aquarium is dedicated to inspiring people about biodiversity, conservation and animal welfare. More than 4,000 animals in 650 species have found a home here, where more than seven million (...) read more
For years, the family-owned company MEYER Entertainment has been known as operator and rental company of a 55-meter-high Ferris wheel. Since fall 2019, the wheel has been spinning in Oberhausen under the name “EYE55”. Also this season, the wheel, (...) read more
As Swedish operator group Parks and Resorts Scandinavia announced yesterday, Magnus Widell, CEO of Stockholm’s Gröna Lund since 2013, will pass on the management of the Tivoli park in September. After almost a decade at the helm of the park, Widell (...) read more
