The Japanese Studio Ghibli film studio, which produced world-famous anime classics such as „My Neighbor Totoro“ and the Oscar-winning film „Spirited Away“, has now opened its first theme park in Japan. Since 1st November, Ghibli fans have been able (...) read more
A few days ago, Thorpe Park, located west of London in Chertsey (county of Surrey), received news about the approval of the building application for its “Project Exodus” roller coaster novelty by the responsible Runnymede Borough Council, so that (...) read more
As was recently announced, January 2023 will see the start of an extensive refreshment program for the “Titanic Experience” exhibition at the Titanic Belfast museum in the Northern Irish captial. Several million British Pounds will be invested into (...) read more
Recently, Brad Thomas, President of Silver Dollar City Attractions, announced that the US company will make a historic investment totaling 30 million US dollars to implement several new infrastructure measures at the Branson/Missouri theme park over (...) read more
The Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) non-profit organization, which among other events and assets operates the Playland Amusement Park in Vancouver, Canada, has announced the purchase of what it says will be “the fastest launch coaster in Canada”, (...) read more
The international design and realization company Scruffy Dog Creative Group, based in London and Barcelona, has announced the hiring of two new employees in senior positions. Started in the film and TV industry, the company now specializes mainly on (...) read more
The annual meeting of the Zoo Association of Germany’s federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV) is taking place today at Rostock Zoo. Founded in 2001, the “Landeszooverband MV“, which counts twenty institutions as its members, represents the (...) read more
The Dubai-based Bollywood Parks theme park is known for its unique theming based on the Bollywood‘s film industry. Featuring six differently themed areas with a total of 17 family-friendly rides and attractions, various live shows as well as dining (...) read more
Already now Hersheypark is creating some anticipation for its guests for the 2023 season: Starting next summer, the amusement park located in the US state of Pennsylvania will present “Wildcat’s Revenge”, a new hybrid coaster attraction that will be (...) read more
Robert Dahl, founder and CEO of Karls, has acquired a plot of land in the district of Cuxhaven and is planning to build the first Karls Erlebnis-Dorf in Lower Saxony there. This would mark the ninth Karls location, following the four existing (...) read more
The succession for Hal McEvoy, current President and CEO of the International Association of Amusement Parks & Attractions (IAAPA), has just been decided on: Jakob Wahl, currently serving as Executive Vice President & COO of the association at its (...) read more
Shortly before the start of this year’s IAAPA Expo in Orlando (FL), which will take place at the Orange County Convention Center from 15 to 18 November, the International Association of Amusement Parks & Attractions (IAAPA) has announced its new (...) read more
Headquartered in Istanbul/Turkey, design and theming specialist Outdoor Factory has announced its new exclusive partnership with the US creative studio L3DFX, which aims to deliver cohesive turnkey solutions to clients worldwide in theme parks, (...) read more
The organizations and companies DCT Abu Dhabi, Aldar, Miral, twofour54, Abu Dhabi Motorsport, Flash Entertainment and Yas Island are collaborating on a “Yas Island Metaverse“ to be completed in 2023 and to transfer the island and its attractions to (...) read more
Since 2001, the “Science Days“ have taken place every fall at Europa-Park Rust. The three-day long event, which took place this year from October 20 to 22, is organized by Science & Technologie gGmbH in cooperation with the Europa-Park. This year, (...) read more
Effective today, Dominique Marcel (67) has prematurely resigned from his position as a member and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Compagnie des Alpes (CdA) at his own request. The decision was taken in the context of his retirement and a (...) read more
October 15 marked the grand opening of the new Bolder Adventure Park at EpicCentral Grand Prairie. EpicCentral is a huge leisure complex in the Texas city of Grand Prairie that continues to grow. In addition to the large Epic Waters (cf. EAP 3/2018) (...) read more
On this Halloween day, Efteling has revealed some first concrete details about its new “spooky” theme area currently under development, which is scheduled for completion in 2024 and will be called “Huyverwoud”. “Danse Macabre”, the future main (...) read more
The opening of the “Fantasy Springs” themed port currently under construction as part of a large-scale expansion project at the Tokyo DisneySea theme park in Japan will be postponed until spring 2024, as has now been announced by the Tokyo Disney (...) read more
Member companies of the European Waterpark Association e.V. (EWA) once again had the opportunity this year to apply for the popular “EWA Awards”, which are presented by the European association of thermal spas and water parks for a particularly (...) read more
