“World of Jumanji” will be the world’s first themed area in an amusement park based on the film franchise set to open at Chessington World of Adventures in spring 2023. This was announced today by the Merlin Entertainments (Merlin) operating group (...) read more
GaLaBau, the International Trade Fair for Gardening, Landscaping and Green Design, returns to the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg from 14 to 17 September this year and aims to attract the landscape gardening and open space design industry with current (...) read more
“We had an excellent quarter, with our world-class creative and business teams powering outstanding performance at our domestic theme parks, big increases in live-sports viewership, and significant subscriber growth at our streaming services. With (...) read more
A lot is going on at Germany’s Krefeld Zoo. After a major fire had destroyed the zoo’s great ape house on New Year’s Eve in 2019, in which more than 50 living creatures lost their lives, the zoo in North Rhine-Westphalia continues to work on the (...) read more
Following the pleasingly strong positive growth trend that the Orlando/FL-based SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. operating group was able to report at the end of its 2021 Financial Year (cf. EAP News of 25 Feb 2022), this development has continued in (...) read more
The European Waterpark Association e.V. (EWA) has collected the latest facts on the current situation of leisure pools and spas in the energy crisis. In a position paper that has just been published, the European association of waterparks, adventure (...) read more
In the “AquaWorld” theme area (one of the current seven park zones) in Rome’s Cinecittà World, visitors have been able to enjoy a perfect holiday feeling since this summer by lying comfortably on tubes and floating along the gentle current of the (...) read more
The Adventureland Resort in Altoona, Iowa, which was taken over by the operating group Palace Entertainment (the American subsidiary of Parques Reunidos) at the end of last year (c.f. EAP News of 22 Dec 2021), has announced two new Viking-themed (...) read more
Mirabilandia, founded near Ravenna in northern Italy in 1992, is considered one of the largest amusement parks in the country. On an area of 85 hectares, guests can discover a total of 46 attractions, shows, food outlets and shops spread over six (...) read more
The city of Boston (capital and with almost five million residents it its metropolitan area largest city of the US state of Massachusetts) recently got a new “sweet” attraction: in addition to the location in Dallas, Choco Town is now also available (...) read more
The House of Magic – an interactive, “magical” experience world inspired by the Ehrlich Brothers’ live shows – will open in the Expohalle at Westfield Centro in Oberhausen, Germany on 17th November this fall. A total of 19 individually designed (...) read more
In the Liebesbier restaurant located on the Maisel & Friends brewery premises in Bayreuth, Bavaria (which is also home to Maisel’s Beer Experience World), service robot “Bella” has been supporting the processes for a few weeks now, with the little (...) read more
British operator group Merlin Entertainments is continuing its successful partnership with the LEGO® Group to bring three next generation LEGO® Discovery Centers to three locations in the U.S. next year. Under the new name (previously, these indoor (...) read more
Next to Karls Erlebnis-Dorf in Elstal near Berlin, a “Bibi & Tina” theme park will be built by 2024, developed in cooperation between Karls Erdbeerhof and Germany’s Kiddinx publishing house on an area of 60,000 square meters. Here, visitors will be (...) read more
Dollywood Park, located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, announced on Friday a new great addition for next spring. Dolly Parton herself presented the latest plans for Dollywood Parks & Resorts, which, as well as Dollywood’s HeartSong Lodge & Resort (...) read more
The Global Village, located on Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road in Dubai, which is a multicultural leisure destination combining retail, restaurants, attractions and entertainment along a promenade, has announced 27 pavilions and a new concept for its (...) read more
Opened in December 1981, the “Dreamworld Express” at the Dreamworld theme park on Australia’s Gold Coast has carried millions of guests since its inauguration. Recently, it was time for an upgrade of the nostalgic train attraction. While the park (...) read more
OCT Group-owned and -operated Fabland Valley Resort in Xiangyang (Hubei Province), China, celebrated the opening of its new “Hive Break” walkthrough attraction (which was delayed due to the pandemic), located at the “Alien Port” in the park and (...) read more
Cenntro Electric Group Limited – a leading EV technology company with advanced, market-validated electric commercial vehicles, which has taken over a majority interest in Tropos Motors Europe earlier this year – announced that is had signed a (...) read more
The Six Flags Entertainment Corporation has announced the appointment of Chieh Huang as an independent director to its Board of Directors, effective August 1, 2022. At the same time, Denise M. Clark has resigned from the Board for personal reasons. (...) read more
