According to the latest government announcement, British theme & adventure parks, amusement arcades, zoos, aquariums, safari parks and wildlife centres are allowed to reopen as of 4 July – a number of leisure facilities has already announced their (...) read more
Zero Latency VR, the developer and operator of free-roam VR attractions headquartered in Australia, and France-based video game developer Ubisoft today announced their partnership to create a new free-roam VR gaming experience. Currently in (...) read more
Since 30 March, visitors have not been able to enjoy the magic at Disneyland Paris – yesterday the beloved theme park resort announced its phased reopening as of 15 July. The reopening is in line with guidance from French government and health (...) read more
After the first weeks in operation under corona conditions, today Southern Germany’s Erlebnispark Tripsdrill presented its new rollercoaster double “Volldampf” (Engl.: “Full Steam Ahead”) and “Hals-über-Kopf” (Eng.: “Head over Heels”; cf. cover (...) read more
At its C-Mine headquarters in Genk, Belgium, show production design company Painting with Light has launched a new live Virtual Event Studio to offer slick streaming production and broadcast facilities, including full virtual audience interactivity. (...) read more
Today Dutch Efteling theme park will launch ist new “Max & Moritz“ family coaster, expanding its existing visitor offer by a new “Powered Coaster“ from Mack Rides. Dedicated to the two naughty schoolboys from the German rhyming story “Max & Moritz“ (...) read more
Following a planning and construction phase of around one year, Northern Germany’s Jaderpark will open its new “On the Farm” theme area tomorrow. Highlight of the area, which includes new and pre-existing attractions, is a ten-meter high family drop (...) read more
Since Monday, annual pass holders have already been able to revisit Warminster-based Longleat Safari Park. As of today, the wildlife park including the drive through safari experience is open again to all guests. Like for most other leisure (...) read more
As one of the European countries most affected by the Corona pandemic, Spain had completely shut down large parts of its economy in March and people were under confinement for weeks in order to reduce the number of new infections. These (...) read more
All over Germany, thermal bathing facilities and indoor pools will reopen again for visitors after around three months of forced closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Lübbenau/Brandenburg-based Spreewelten Bad already opened its doors for visitors (...) read more
Based on extensive feedback from its customers, NürnbergMesse has decided, in close consultation with the Federal Association of Horticulture, Landscaping and Sports Facilities (G.: “Bundesverband Garten-, Landschafts- und Sportplatzbau”, BGL), not (...) read more
Lagotronics Projects – the Dutch specialists for interactive and immersive visitor experiences – just announced one of the biggest projects in their company‘s history. The company will develop a multi-level interactive VR experience for the Kaisa (...) read more
The family-friendly Marveld Recreatie holiday park, located in the Dutch Gelderland-region, offers its guests a range of entertainment and sports activities as well as an indoor and outdoor pool facility. The waterpark will now be enhanced with new (...) read more
As the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) has just announced, the IEE scheduled for 22-24 September in London will not take place this year. The industry association has decided to take this step after lengthy (...) read more
Italian ride manufacturer Zamperla recently revealed plans for a new product development, aimed at making a park visit even safer for visitors when it comes to protection against virus infections. To ensure social distancing is possible even during (...) read more
US-American Premier Rides roller coaster manufacturer and China’s Sunac Group donated thousands of face masks to the also Baltimore-based Living Classrooms Foundation whose mission is to help communities become safer, stronger and healthier by (...) read more
Known for its elaborate show productions, Puy du Fou theme park located in Les Epesses (Vendée department) opens its gates for visitors again as of today. The audience size for the shows has been drastically reduced, enabling visitors to socially (...) read more
Following the decision of Germany’s Schleswig-Holstein federal state to further loosen the regulation guidelines for public life as of June 8th, leisure parks are now also allowed to open again. Sierksdorf-based Hansa-Park will reopen its facility (...) read more
Just after three months of business operation, Europa-Park’s new indoor water world Rulantica, which was opened on November 28th, 2019 (cf. EAP 1/2020), had to close its gates again due to the corona pandemic. Now, again three months later, the Mack (...) read more
This past weekend, the Hunderfossen Eventyrpark – the family theme park located in Fåberg (near Lillehammer, Norway) – welcomed its first visitors in this year’s season, the start of which was postponed due to the global corona crisis. In compliance (...) read more
