News | 26 Nov 2015

USA: Cedar Point to Open Record Rollercoaster in 2016

As Cedar Point announced, “Valravn”, the Ohio-based amusement park’s new rollercoaster, will be the world’s tallest, fastest and longest dive coaster. Once opened in summer next year, the attraction will feature a track length of more than 3,400 (...) read more

News | 25 Nov 2015

USA: New SimEx-Iwerks 4-D Theatre Opened on Queen Mary

Last week, a SimEx-Iwerks Entertainment 121-seat 4-D theatre was opened on the famous historic cruise liner “Queen Mary”. The new attraction replaces the former theatre located in the aft section of the ship. Designed by SimEx-Iwerks in close (...) read more

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News | 25 Nov 2015

UK: Picsolve Announces Changes in Staff

The British image solutions partner for the leisure and entertainment industry Picsolve remains on its growth path. Following the announcement of the acquisition of Maxifoto (cf. EAP News from September 2, 2015), Picsolve has now published its plans (...) read more

News | 24 Nov 2015

Netherlands: Toverland Expands Winter Offer

As of this season the Dutch amusement park Toverland, located in the North of Limburg, wants to expand its winter attractions offer and therefore for the first time opens its second roofed themed area during the winter months. Apart from the “Land (...) read more

News | 23 Nov 2015

Bartholet Brings Porsche Design to Moscow

As the Swiss-based engineering company BMF recently announced, Bartholet Seilbahnen will realize a new project in Moscow. The Stadtbahn (Engl.: city railway), a 703-meter-long cableway including one mid-station, will transport its passengers from (...) read more

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News | 20 Nov 2015

Germany: 10th Anniversary – phaeno Celebrates

On the occasion of phaeno's tenth anniversary, the Wolfsburg-based science center, which was opened in 2005, has organized a number of special events and activities throughout the current year (cf. EAP News from January 27, 2015). This weekend the (...) read more

News | 20 Nov 2015

Input Realizes New Project in Mexico

Recently, Austria-based Input Projektentwicklungs GmbH, a company known for the development of individual and sustainable theme worlds and experience concepts in natural environments, has been entrusted with a new project in Mexico. Around the (...) read more

News | 19 Nov 2015

First Wet’n’Wild Water Park to Open in China

Mission Hills Group, a company in China’s fledgling hospitality, sports and leisure industry, is teaming up with Guangxi Investment Group to build China’s first Wet’n’Wild waterpark. Wet’n’Wild Haikou will be operated by the Australian Village (...) read more

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News | 18 Nov 2015

Michael Pharr Is Rethink’s First COO

Rethink Leisure & Entertainment, a California-based design agency specializing in themed entertainment, announced that Michael Pharr (photo) has joined Rethink as the company’s first-ever Chief Operating Officer. As of now, Pharr is in charge of (...) read more

News | 18 Nov 2015

Doppelmayr to Build 8-Kilometer Cableway in Vietnam

This past September construction works for a new major Doppelmayr Seilbahnen project started: As of the second quarter in 2017 an eight-kilometer 3S Doppelmayr cableway will connect the islands of Phú Quốc and Hòn Thom located in South Vietnam, (...) read more

News | 17 Nov 2015

IAAPA Attractions Expo 2015 Open to Visitors

Today, this year’s IAAPA Attractions Expo, the world’s largest trade show for the amusement park and attractions industry, starts in Orlando, Florida. Until Friday, November 20, more than 1,000 exhibiting companies, including 140 first-time (...) read more

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News | 17 Nov 2015

Philippines: Enchanted Kingdom to be Expanded

Enchanted Kingdom’s Chief Operating Officer, Cynthia Mamon, revealed the Philippine-based theme park’s plans to double its land area in order to expand its attractions portfolio. Thus, the park intents to increase the visitors’ length of stay and to (...) read more

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News | 12 Nov 2015

USA: SeaWorld Entertainment Announces Two New Partnerships

SeaWorld Entertainment’s President and CEO Joel Manby has recently given notice of the creation of two new partnerships, with Panasonic Enterprises Solution Company and Evans Hotel Group. Panasonic will become an official technology partner of (...) read more

News | 11 Nov 2015

Italy: Gold Award for German Pavilion at Expo 2015

On the last weekend of October the Paris-based Bureau International des Expositions (B.I.E.), the institution responsible for allocating world exhibitions, announced the “B.I.E. Awards” winners at “Expo 2015” in the Italian city of Milan. In three (...) read more

News | 10 Nov 2015

USA: Boat Ride through Pandora at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

In January 2014 the construction works for the new “AVATAR” themed area started at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Orlando, Florida (cf. EAP, issue 2/2014). Recently, Disney unveiled further details with regard to the family-friendly attractions the new (...) read more

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