During the World Conference on Virtual Reality Industry, which will take place from October 19th to 21st in the Chinese metropolis of Nanchang, Germany’s TimeRide GmbH start-up company will present a replica of its stationary TimeRide VR Cöln (...) read more
Today sees the kick-off of the Euro Attractions Show (EAS) 2018, organized by the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) and this year taking place at RAI Amsterdam Convention Centre in The Netherlands. From today until (...) read more
France’s Aqualand Fréjus water park, which is located near the city of Cannes and operated by Spanish Aspro Group, has recently added the new “Storm Racer” slide to its attractions line-up, which is the first installation of this slide type from (...) read more
From today, visitors to Germany’s Zoo Rostock can explore the new “Polarium” theme world, which after a planning and construction period of over two years has been officially inaugurated yesterday with guests from local economy and politics (cf. EAP (...) read more
Dutch Efteling theme park today announced its plans to add another fairytale story of the Brothers Grimm to its fairytale forest, the scenery of which is scheduled to be finished in autumn 2019. “The Six Swans” will be the theme area’s 30th (...) read more
The new “Fly Over China” flying theatre attraction recently went into operation at Beijing’s Shijingshan Amusement Park, offering park guests to enjoy a virtual flight experience of eleven minutes gliding above Chinese cities and landscapes. The (...) read more
Visitors to Fort Fun Abenteuerland, a Western theme park located in Germany’s Sauerland region, can look forward to the opening of a new theme area in spring 2019, dubbed “Indian Valley”. Its main attraction will be “Thunderbirds”, an Air Race 8.2 (...) read more
Cineplex Inc., a leading entertainment company with headquarters in Toronto/Canada, and Seattle/Washington-based VRstudios Inc., provider of turnkey, location-based Virtual Reality (VR) solutions, have recently announced their strategic partnership, (...) read more
Following the release of the newest sequel of the action computer game “Assassin’s Creed“ from publisher Ubisoft, Canada’s Triotech company has now launched the new Virtual Reality (VR) experience “Assassin’s Creed®: The Temple of Anubis” for its VR (...) read more
Today, Dutch Wildlands Adventure Zoo in Emmen has officially announced that its Director, Frankwin van Beers (photo), will leave the company. For almost nine years, van Beers has been at the helm of the zoo, previously known under its former name (...) read more
Those who benefitted most from the extraordinary warm summer days all throughout Europe this year are the outdoor pools and bathing facilities with outdoor areas. Germany’s KölnBäder GmbH, operator of recreational swimming pools in Cologne including (...) read more
The Walt Disney Company has recently welcomed Michael Froman, Vice Chairman & President of Strategic Growth at Mastercard Inc., as a new member to its Board of Directors. Froman – who served as a US Trade Representative from 2013 to 2017, (...) read more
Yesterday saw the official opening of the new Equilaland horse show & entertainment park in Munich/Germany, developed by Apassionata World GmbH. Guests were welcomed with a colorful parade with over 60 show horses to the new leisure destination, (...) read more
After less than one year of reconstruction, this past Wednesday saw the official opening of the completely renovated indoor rollercoaster ride “Eurosat” in the French theme area of Europa-Park, which now bears the name “Eurosat – CanCan Coaster”. (...) read more
“Sea Jellies Illuminated” is the title of a new animal presentation at Sea World Marine Park – located on the Australian Gold Coast and operated by Village Roadshow Theme Parks –, showcasing local jellyfish species in illuminated water tanks. The (...) read more
Located on Australia’s Gold Coast, Paradise Country will welcome “Shaun the Sheep“ to its attraction portfolio from the end of this year. In collaboration with operating group Village Roadshow Theme Parks, British animation studio Aardman will bring (...) read more
Yesterday, the animal and amusement park Busch Gardens Tampa Bay, located in Florida, announced to open a triple-launch coaster called “Tigris“ next spring. The new rollercoaster will be built in the “Stanleyville” theme area, in the former home of (...) read more
In late 2017, Abu Dhabi-based developing company Miral had already announced the digital transformation of its related theme parks and attractions located on Yas Islands, in order to provide guests with a seamlessly connected visitor experience (cf. (...) read more
During the upcoming Euro Attractions Show in Amsterdam, Jacksonville/Florida-based dark ride specialist Sally Corporation and British film production company Aardman Animations will present their new “Shaun the Sheep” dark ride concept, based on the (...) read more
This summer, the outdoor swimming pool in Uetze, a town in Lower Saxony/Germany, was reopened as a new natural adventure pool after the facility had been equipped with a biological water filter for chemical-free bathing water during a refurbishment (...) read more
