During the past week (16 to 19 Nov 2021) the professionals of the leisure industry came together again at IAAPA Expo in Orlando. The International Association of Amusement Parks & Attractions (IAAPA) officially states a total 28,229 attendees who (...) read more
The IMG Worlds of Adventures (IMG Worlds) on Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road in Dubai is one the desert city’s major theme parks. With its entertainment offering, which is divided into five themed zones, the indoor amusement park aims to appeal (...) read more
In summer 2022, as part of Walt Disney World Resort’s 50th anniversary celebrations, the new “Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind“ roller coaster will debut at Disney’s EPCOT park as “one of the longest fully enclosed coasters in the world, (...) read more
The Adventureland amusement park, which opened in 1962 on Long Island (New York), will open a new family roller coaster of the type “Roller Ball S“ from Swiss manufacturer Ride Engineers Switzerland (RES) in spring 2022. Named “Fireball“, the (...) read more
The world’s first Peppa Pig™ Theme Park, which will be developed as a stand-alone park offering at LEGOLAND® Florida Resort (see EAP news 26 Feb 2021), will celebrate its official opening on February 24th, 2022. The new park will include six new (...) read more
In Southern-France, around a 40-minute-drive from Montpellier, a new Entertainment Center will be developed by Ubisoft and Storyland Studios as part of the Studios Occitanie Méditerranée. This was lately announced by the two companies. The Studios (...) read more
Walibi Rhône-Alpes, located near Lyon and operated by Compagnie des Alpes, has announced that visitors can look forward to the completion of the first construction phase of its new “Exotic Island” theme world during next year’s season. In early (...) read more
The development of LEGOLAND® destinations in Asia is proceeding rapidly. In August, Merlin Entertainments announced the construction start of LEGOLAND Resort Shenzhen, the world‘s largest LEGOLAND Resort ever built (see EAP news of 26 Aug 2021). (...) read more
Already last week IAAPA announced some winners of this year’s “Brass Ring Awards” (cf. EAP news of 8 Nov 2021). Meanwhile also the winners of the “Brass Ring Exhibitor Awards 2021” are known. This year‘s winners include the Dutch manufacturer (...) read more
UK-based design firm Katapult and Simworx, also based in the UK and a specialist for media-based rides, have collaborated on the development of a midway attraction concept for a branded “Ferrari Experience”, which was officially presented today. The (...) read more
The “ICON” double launch coaster opened at England’s Blackpool Pleasure Beach (BPB) in 2018 (see EAP 3/2018) and still the only coaster of its kind in the UK, will be getting a spectacular new feature for the coming season: starting next spring, (...) read more
The German manufacturer Gerstlauer Amusement Rides and its US partner company Ride Entertainment announced yesterday together with their customer the construction of a new roller coaster called “Palindrome”, which will be implemented at the Texas (...) read more
“Treasure Hunt: The Ride” is the name of a new attraction that will in future invite visitors to a new dark ride experience on the famous waterfront street Cannery Row in Monterey Bay, California. It is a joint project of the two US firms of Sally (...) read more
Established in 2014 by Romee Popelier as a design agency for ride manufacturers, the Netherlands-based company RP Rides, which today also offers an extensive product and services range for theme parks, showmen, design companies and leisure (...) read more
Mark Woodbury, Vice Chairman of Universal Parks & Resorts and President, Universal Creative, will become Chairman and Chief Executive Officer upon the retirement of current Chairman Tom Williams, effective March 16, 2022. Mark Woodbury will step (...) read more
From today until 13 February 2022, Europa-Park presents “Dinner-Show Special“ in the Europa-Park Arena. During the four-hour event, which combines artistry, live music and comedy, visitors can enjoy a four-course menu created by “house chef“, (...) read more
A collaboration between Cirque du Soleil, Walt Disney Animation Studios and Walt Disney Imagineering, the new, family-friendly show production “Drawn to Life”, which was originally scheduled to premiere in spring last year (cp. EAP news of 12 Dec (...) read more
In EAP issue 6/2021, we presented the details of the new “Hyper Ride” dark ride product development from Canadian provider Triotech. Now, together with the future operator, the company announced the project under which the first implementation of (...) read more
After several new products that the Italian manufacturing company Zamperla had promoted during its “Z-Funweeks“, the team today introduces two more rides into the market: the “Family Launch Coaster“ and the pendulum attraction “Zetta Swing“. The (...) read more
Headquartered in New York City and with a European office in London, RWS Entertainment Group, which specializes in the production of live entertainment, events and branded experiences for theme parks and cruise ships, among others, is acquiring (...) read more
