The Legoland Windsor Resort near London recently opened the first-of-its-kind calming sensory room in a theme park, especially for guests with additional sensory needs. In cooperation with the British company Total Sensory the park now offers a (...) read more
Early August saw the opening of the new 37,000 square foot (about 3,500 square meter) large National Comedy Center in Jamestown in the US state of New York. A 50 million USD (about 43 Mio. EUR) facility, the cultural destination offers visitors the (...) read more
The VR technology specialists from VR Coaster and Holodeck VR have developed a new VR attraction in cooperation with MackMedia and the French film production company EuropaCorp featuring the theme of the science fiction movie “Valerian and the City (...) read more
In the biggest project in the history of Europa-Park, the construction of the new water world “Rulantica”, a further step in the construction site marks a move into the direction of opening the waterpark soon. The insertion of altogether five wooden (...) read more
Following the upwards trend of this year’s first quarter results (c.f. EAP news from May 9th, 2018), SeaWorld Entertainment recently presented its figures for Q2 2018, showing continued growth. Compared to the second quarter 2017, total revenues (...) read more
With the new B&M-Dive Coaster “Valkyria” at the Swedish theme park Liseberg, the theme area “Myths and Legends” has just been expanded by the addition of another new major attraction. The coaster, which had been under construction since September (...) read more
On the occasion of the Halloween season, Warner Bros. Studio Tour – The Making of Harry Potter near London will again be controlled by the Dark Arts, this year from 28th September to 10th November. The famous sets of the Harry Potter films, for (...) read more
In May the mobile indoor adventure “The Marvel Experience” opened near Bangkok´s Mega Bangna shopping mall. In 2014/15 the attraction already had been hosted in some US cities, in each for about four months. The joint venture between Hero Ventures (...) read more
British tour operator Thomas Cook recently announced to stop its ticket sales for attractions that keep killer whales in captivity. This decision is based on animal welfare reasons and concerns the parks of the SeaWorld brand as well as Spain’s Loro (...) read more
Tennessee’s Dollywood amusement park has recently announced the development of a new theme area, which is set to be the largest capital investment in its 32-year park history. Scheduled to open in 2019, “Wildwood Grove” will feature eleven different (...) read more
California’s Disneyland Resort has reached an agreement with its largest labor unions for a minimum wage rate increase of 40 percent within two years, benefitting more than 9,700 cast members who profit immediately from the new minimum wage rate of (...) read more
In Löffingen, Germany’s Baden-Wuerttemberg region, a new zoo and amusement park will see the light of day today: Tatzmania is the name of the new park, which is located directly on the premises of former Schwarzwaldpark and will be operated under (...) read more
Located in Hershey/Pennsylvania, Hersheypark has announced plans to open a new interactive dark ride attraction in summer 2019, featuring the popular Hershey chocolate brand Reese’s. The attraction, which will be named “Reese’s Cupfusion”, will be (...) read more
In cooperation with the NASA Johnson Space Centre, Samsung Electronics America has launched a new, innovative Virtual Reality (VR) experience in 4D quality, enabling guests to experience a virtual moon mission. “A Moon for all Mankind” is the title (...) read more
Since December 2017, visitors to Karls Erlebnis-Dorf in Rövershagen, Germany, have been able to admire the 15th ice world “Die geheimnisvolle Stadt – 800 Jahre Rostock” (Engl.: “The mysterious town – 800 years of Rostock”) on the occasion of the (...) read more
“DreamWorks Trolls The Experience” is a new, approx. 1,100 square metre (12,000 square feet) large visitor attraction currently under development in New York City featuring the popular DreamWorks IP brand Trolls. Interactive musical experiences such (...) read more
21st Century Fox (21CF) and The Walt Disney Company (Disney) announced that stockholders of the two companies approved all proposals related to Disney’s planned acquisition of 21st Century Fox (cp. EAP news from December 15th, 2017). Last month, the (...) read more
In collaboration with KCA London – a consultancy agency specialized in exhibition concepts for museums and leisure attractions – British Paragon Creative company is currently designing a new interactive exhibition area with space theming for the (...) read more
Recently, Hong Kong Disneyland (HKDL) has revealed first details on its new Marvel-themed attraction “Ant-Man and The Wasp: Nano Battle”, which is set to open in 2019 in its “Tomorrowland” theme area. Located in the “SHIELD Science and Technology (...) read more
Recently, Texas-based Six Flags Entertainment Corp. has presented its half-year results for all company-related theme and water parks. As in 2017 (see our EAP news from April 26 & February 23rd, 2018), key figures show a continued positive (...) read more
