Yesterday, Bavaria’s Playmobil FunPark in Zirndorf announced its plans to open a new theme area in 2020, named “Mermaid´s Kingdom“. With construction works scheduled to begin this September, the previous sand- and mud-playground right next to the (...) read more
An all-new Universal theme park will take shape in Orlando, on a site south of Sand Lake Road and east of Universal Boulevard. This news were confirmed by Brian L. Roberts, Chairman & CEO of Comcast Corporation and Tom Williams, Chairman & CEO of (...) read more
Two days ago, the groundbreaking for Ticiland – a new amusement park scheduled to open in September 2020 – took place in Stein am Rhein, a Swiss community located west of Lake Constance and thus near the German border. Behind the project are the (...) read more
Today, 175 years ago, the gates of Zoo Berlin opened for the first time. The animal park was founded as a royal menagerie and over the years it has developed into one of the most popular and species-rich zoos in Germany. Traces of history can (...) read more
Busch Gardens Williamsburg, operated by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, yesterday announced the construction of a new multi-launch coaster in its “Festa Italia” area, scheduled to open in spring 2020 under the name of “Pantheon®”. The new ride (...) read more
The online travel platform TripAdvisor invites its users on an annual basis to participate in the “Travellers’ Choice Awards” ranking by voting for their favorite travel and leisure destinations. Recently, TripAdvisor presented the results for (...) read more
“Giants on the Quayside” is a large-scale project developed by the World Wheel Company Newcastle for an over 32,000-sqm site on the banks of the River Tyne in Newcastle, comprising a 140 meter-high observation wheel and a surrounding leisure (...) read more
England’s family amusement park Paultons Park, located around a 20 minutes’ drive away from Southampton, has recently announced its plans to open a new theme area under the name of “Tornado Springs” in May 2020, immersing visitors into a Midwest (...) read more
Yesterday, The VOID and Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) announced their partnership to bring more than 25 permanent immersive virtual reality experiences to URW shopping centers in the United States and Europe by 2022. The first installations are (...) read more
Set to become the signature attraction of its new “Chocolate Town” theme area, which is currently under construction (cf. EAP News f. 17 Jan 19), Pennsylvania’s Hersheypark recently revealed details on the “Candymonium” rollercoaster, scheduled to (...) read more
Germany-based Huss Park Attractions recently welcomed Lars Hartmann (photo) in its head office sales team in the position of International Sales Manager. Based in Bremen, his new role is to promote the Huss product range in new overseas (...) read more
IAAPA Expo Europe (formerly: Euro Attractions Show) will take place from 17th to 19th September at Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, France. More than 600 exhibitors will present their latest product developments and services for leisure (...) read more
Germany´s Dinosaurier-Park Münchenhagen has recently added a new shark model to its existing collection of dinosaur replicas. The 13.9 meter long and around 1.5 tons heavy model represents the “Carcharocles megalodon”, the largest prehistoric (...) read more
Dutch Efteling theme park has just expanded its accommodation offer by adding twelve new holiday homes for groups, which are located in the Efteling Bosrijk vacation park. Most of the new prefabricated houses were inaugurated during the past (...) read more
Based on the ride concept of the existing “Soarin’” flying theater attractions at other Disney parks (Disney California Adventure, Epcot & Shanghai Disney Resort), Japan’s Tokyo DisneySea®, which is operated by the Oriental Land Company, today (...) read more
After a construction period of eight months, Germany’s Europa-Park celebrates the reopening of its Scandinavian theme area today. While the renovated “Fjord Rafting” water attraction already started operation at the beginning of this year’s (...) read more
A new visitor aquarium with four large tanks was recently opened in Langenthal (Canton of Berne) as a supplementary attraction to an existing leisure and business park, which includes a hotel, an event gastronomy, a bowling center and an (...) read more
France’s Nigloland amusement park plans to open a new family coaster in spring 2020, named “Noisette Express!”. Construction works for the new attraction, which will be manufactured by Art Engineering and set up in the park’s “Merveilleux” theme (...) read more
Simworx, the British specialist for simulator attractions, has recently welcomed Mark Whittaker (photo) in its team, who joined as new sales manager for the FEC and LBE sectors. Previously, the experienced industry expert served as sales manager (...) read more
For the gardens of Austria´s Swarovski Kristallwelten, Spanish designer Jaime Hayon recently designed a nostalgic carousel decorated with 15 million crystals, which are illuminated in warm light tones on twelve roof- and 16 wall-panels. The 6.5 (...) read more
