California’s Disneyland Resort Anaheim plans to open a new “Four Diamond“ hotel in 2021, expanding the existing offer for overnight guests consisting of Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa, Disneyland Hotel and Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel. The (...) read more
Today, Orlando again turns into the stage for the IAAPA Attractions Expo, the world’s largest trade show for the international amusement and attractions industry. Around 1,100 exhibitors will present their latest product developments, new (...) read more
Located some 100 km north of Paris, the family theme park Parc Saint Paul will add a new major ride to its attractions portfolio next year. As of summer 2018, the all-new “Wood Express”, a wooden coaster from US-based The Gravity Group, will thrill (...) read more
Sally Corporation, the Florida-based dark ride specialist, has recently appointed David Bishop as the company’s new Chief Operating Officer to oversee all of Sally’s operations in Jacksonville and strategic initiatives across the globe. John Wood, (...) read more
Yesterday, Dr. Michael Quell, Managing Partner of the Aquapark Management GmbH, withdrew from his position as President of the European Waterpark Association (EWA), a role he had fulfilled for the past twelve years. The representatives of the member (...) read more
The European Waterpark Association (EWA) – with over 250 members the largest European association of recreational bathing complexes, thermal spas and water parks – has elected a new executive committee during its annual general meeting in the course (...) read more
Three US amusement parks – Denver/CO-based Elitch Gardens, Valleyfair in Minneapolis/MN and Largo’s Six Flags America in Maryland – have opened a new StarFlyer attraction from Austrian manufacturer Funtime this summer to send out their guests to a (...) read more
Another personnel announcement from Triotech: The Canada-based company announced that Gabi Salabi, Vice President Global Sales and Business Development since 2010, has been appointed as new Chief Commercial Officer. “Gabi has played a key role in (...) read more
Triotech, a Canadian provider of interactive, media-based attractions, has recently welcomed Nol van Genuchten (photo) in its team, appointing him new Vice President Creation. Van Genuchten, who had worked for Cirque du Soleil until 2006 and has (...) read more
Yesterday, Knuthenborg Safaripark in Maribo, located on the Baltic Sea island of Lolland, Denmark, announced the opening of a “Dinosaur Forest” (Danish: “Dinosaurskoven”) for next year, which will expand the park by more than 30,000 square meters. (...) read more
Victoria-based CAVU Designwerks, provider of media-based attractions, has recently presented its new “Turbo Racer“ product, combining a themed dark ride with a rollercoaster ride experience (please click here to watch the video). The motion-based (...) read more
From today until Friday, November 10th, Cologne will host the International Trade Fair for Amenity Areas, Sports and Pool Facilities (FSB) and the aquanale, the International Trade Fair for Sauna, Pool & Ambience, at Koelnmesse. At this year’s FSB, (...) read more
With future expansion projects in mind, Universal Orlando has bought a more than 40 hectare (101 acres) property at Orlando’s Sand Lake Road at a purchase price of approx. 23.6 million Euro (27.5 million US Dollar), according to recent media (...) read more
Plopsa’s Holiday Park in the German town of Hassloch was delighted to announce a new visitor record as per its last day of the season on October 31st. Following an attendance plus of around 30 percent during the first three “Fright Night” Halloween (...) read more
The Nickelodeon Universe indoor theme park, which will be located in the American Dream shopping and entertainment center currently under construction in Bergen County/New Jersey (developer: Triple Five, opening scheduled for 2019), has recently (...) read more
The Town of Goshen Planning Board has recently granted the building permit for the planned LEGOLAND® New York theme park, which along a 250-bedroom Lego-themed hotel is scheduled to be developed on a more than 200 hectare (500+ Acre) large site (...) read more
Located close to the LEGOLAND® park’s main entrance, Billund will see the opening of a new LEGO® Castle Hotel in the spring of 2019, offering 142 themed rooms in three different designs (wizards, knights & princesses). Besides giant Lego figures (...) read more
At this year’s Euro Attractions Show (EAS) in Berlin, Britain’s Frontgrid company presented its new Virtual Reality (VR) attraction ParadropVRTM, which was developed in cooperation with Simworx and which simulates a virtual, interactive paragliding (...) read more
This past Friday, motiongateTM Dubai, a movie-based theme park belonging to Dubai Parks and Resorts (cf. EAP, 6/16 & EAP news from September 28th, 2015), officially opened the “The World of the Hunger Games” theme area for park visitors. The new (...) read more
Bangkok-based WhiteWater Southeast Asia – a one-year old joint venture company from WhiteWater West and Vana Nava Company (cf. EAP news from August 24th, 2016) – has recently named industry veteran Tim Mow new Vice President of Development & (...) read more
