For more than a week Tennessee’s “Great Smoky Mountains” national park has been affected by extensive wildfires – also the Dollywood Theme Park and the Dollywood DreamMore Resort are located close to the threatened area and had to reduce their (...) read more
Germany’s Zoo Osnabrueck plans to add a bat cave with leaf-nosed bats to its subterranean zoo area, which is scheduled to open by summer 2017 – construction works will begin by the end of this month. 15 animals are expected to habitat the 29 square (...) read more
Spreewelten Bad in the German town of Luebbenau (Brandenburg region) recently revealed further details on its planned conversion and expansion measures of the bathing complex itself and its penguin enclosure (we reported on this topic in EAP, (...) read more
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment recently presented its plans to change the existing food offer in its twelve amusement and water parks to be exclusively based on sustainably grown food and meat out of species-appropriate keeping in the future. The (...) read more
During this year’s IAAPA Expo, Michael Mack (CEO MackMedia) and Dong Gi Park – CEO of South Korea’s Lotte World theme park) – signed a strategic partnership to further develop virtual reality (VR) applications in theme parks. Lotte World, which is (...) read more
Hong Kong Disneyland, which opened its doors for visitors in 2005, this week presented a comprehensive development plan for its park area to be realized from 2018 through 2023. The plans include new themed areas, spectacular attractions and (...) read more
The Spanish operator group Parques Reunidos and the Canadian media company Lionsgate, now headquartered in Santa Monica/California, recently announced their strategic agreement to develop Lionsgate branded leisure centers in high-traffic shopping (...) read more
Last year, Berlin Zoo already announced the return of the Giant Panda to Germany – now, they presented the concept for a new 5,480 square meter panda plant, planned by dan pearlman Erlebnisarchitektur. Two separate outdoor areas, a visitor pavilion (...) read more
Following the participant records of this year’s trade fairs in Shanghai and Barcelona (c.f. EAP news from June 16th & September 26th, 2016), the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) closed its yearly IAAPA (...) read more
More and more amusement parks follow the current trend to add VR technology to their existing rollercoasters to create an entirely new ride experience on an “old” ride. Now the Italian Gardaland also announced to equip its popular “Magic Mountain” (...) read more
Starting tomorrow, 19th of November, the German Filmpark Babelsberg located close to Berlin stages the new “Merlin’s Magic Mirror” (G.: “Merlins Zauberspiegel”) dinner show at its “Prince Valiant” entertainment restaurant. A master of ceremony (...) read more
From season to season, amusement parks all over the world invest time and money in the creation of the appropriate ambience and decoration, which in autumn often includes food such as pumpkins and apples. But when it’s time to replace the old “look” (...) read more
As recently announced by Canada-based IMAX Corporation and IMAX China Holding, Inc., the first investment phase in the 50 million US Dollar fund to further develop Virtual Reality (VR) content is completed. Beside IMAX, several partner companies (...) read more
This year, the Dollywood Company will surprise its visitors with a new Christmas parade, which is celebrated under the motto of “Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love”. Vibrant floats, interactive characters and few other surprises will spread (...) read more
Géoparc de Percé, located close to Montréal on Canada’s east coast, offers a large edutainment offer for families, focused on geology and nature. Recently, the park added a new indoor playground for children to its line-up: a huge, three-dimensional (...) read more
Today sees the start of the conference program of this year’s IAAPA Expo at Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, for which numerous industry experts from all over the world have travelled to Florida. From tomorrow until Friday, 18th November (...) read more
Visitors to Dutch Efteling amusement park can already see the new “Palace of Fantasy” with its 20.8 meter high tower spire. The scaffoldings on the outer side of the building have already dismantled, meanwhile there is still intensive work going on (...) read more
Since the end of 2015, Universal Studios Florida is developing a new 3D attraction related to the popular “Tonight Show” presented by host Jimmy Fallon (c.f. EAP news from November 3rd, 2015): “Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon” is the (...) read more
The leisure industry mourns the death of its colleague and friend Al Weber, IAAPA Board member and CEO/President of Apex Park Group, who suddenly passed away this week. “We have lost a visionary, an advocate and a friend. Al was the embodiement of (...) read more
Sanad Capital, an Australian investment and development company related to Dubai-based Najibi Group, recently presented first plans for a larger project on Australia’s Sunshine Coast, which is said to become an “active lifestyle” destination. (...) read more
