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
As recently announced by Merlin Entertainments, the British operating group is working on the development of a new attraction concept based on adventure survivalist Bear Grylls, which will include adventure-based experiences such as high ropes (...) read more
Recently, Germany’s ZOOM Erlebniswelt in the city of Gelsenkirchen has inaugurated its new “HUAWEI Green Planet” Augmented Reality (AR) facility, located in the animal park’s “Asia” theme area, providing visitors with a virtual animal encounter in (...) read more
Valencia-based design and architecture company Amusement Logic has introduced a new concept for adventure and balance circuits called “Moebius Challenge”, suitable for guests of all ages. The layout of the course resembles a Moebius strip and is (...) read more
The historic Vierordtbad thermal bath in the German city of Karlsruhe – which was opened in 1873 and today is operated by Karlsruher Bäderbetriebe – has recently inaugurated its renovated outdoor area, which now serves as an open-air meditation (...) read more
Yesterday, Merlin Entertainments announced to have signed a new multi-territory partnership with the global record label and entertainment distribution company Entertainment One (eOne) to license the “Peppa Pig” IP brand exclusively for use in (...) read more
Just like the Dutch Royal Burgers’ Zoo, which since 2015 is enthusing its visitors with artful light installations in the dark season (cf. EAP news from February 21st, 2017), more and more European zoos and animal parks lure visitors with the (...) read more
The Valencian amusement park Terra Mítica, which is located close to Alicante, is getting its guests in the mood for the upcoming Halloween night on October 31st with a versatile and gruesome entertainment program. Under the motto “You will go (...) read more
In late 2016, Hong Kong Disneyland (HKDL) had officially presented its multi-year expansion plans including new theme areas, attractions and entertainment offerings, which are all scheduled to be developed starting in 2018 through 2023 (cf. EAP news (...) read more
Austria-based Sunkid GmbH has recently announced a new partnership with the US company Leisure Labs, which takes over the sales of the Sunkid amusement park rides and conveyor systems in the USA, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean with immediate (...) read more
SeaWorld’s Orlando-based Aquatica water park announced yesterday that it will open a new hybrid slide named “Ray Rush” in spring 2018. The planned new water adventure will combine three slide elements: In four-person rafts, bathing guests will be (...) read more
As officially announced by the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) this week, Amanda Thompson OBE, Managing Director of British Blackpool Pleasure Beach amusement park, has been elected Second Vice Chairman of the (...) read more
Following the rumors according to which Merlin Entertainments would be interested in purchasing the U.S. SeaWorld parks (operated by SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment) located in Orlando, San Diego and San Antonio (what according to current media (...) read more
Jörg Wund, Owner of Germany’s Therme Erding (Wund group of companies) and Marcus Maier, Manager of the Galaxy Erding slide park, have tested the so-called “Slide Wheel” – a new water slide model, which turns on its own axis similar to a Ferris Wheel (...) read more
Switzerland’s Zoo Zurich has recently been given the starting signal for the construction of its new “Lewa Savanna” project, which is scheduled to be accomplished by 2020 to accommodate popular African animal species such as giraffes, antelopes and (...) read more
On 2-3 November 2017, Germany’s Kulturinsel Einsiedel leisure park will host the 22nd edition of its annual “Creating Visitor Experiences” conference for “out-of-the-box thinkers” and experts of the leisure industry. The conference program will (...) read more
