Today, on Thursday, June 18, the World Waterpark Association (WWA) organizes the „World’s Largest Swimming Lesson” for the sixth time already. The German Maya mare is one of the swimming pool facilities participating in this year’s world record (...) read more
Up to September 9, 2015 visitors of the Science Center „phaeno – The World of Phenomena” in Wolfsburg, Germany have the possibility to see the special exhibition “ausgeflippt”. In cooperation with the American Pacific Pinball Museum famous and (...) read more
Waterplay Solutions recently announced the appointment of Lisa Neilson as the company’s new managing director. Over the past seven years Neilson has cultivated diverse and detailed company knowledge, managing several departments of the Waterplay (...) read more
On May 29, 2015 Florida’s Kennedy Space Center visitor complex broke ground on its new interactive “Heroes and Legends” attraction designed to immerse guests in the stories of America’s pioneering space heroes. The new attraction will not only bring (...) read more
At the beginning of the summer holidays in North Rhine-Westphalia, the wellness and waterpark complex AquaMagis in Plettenberg will surprise its guests with a world’s first. Two so-called “standing slides” will be opened in only a few weeks. Instead (...) read more
Over the last few months, there have been rumors about Universal planning to build a new theme water park in Orlando. Now it’s official: At the end of May, Universal Orlando Resort announced to bring to life an entirely new water theme park (...) read more
The new 4-D dark ride “JUSTICE LEAGUE: Battle for Metropolis” was opened at Six Flags Over Texas (Arlington, Texas) on May 23, 2015 (cp. EAP, issue 1/2015). As JUSTICE LEAGUE Reserve Team, visitors join “Superman”, “Batman”, “Wonder Woman”, “Green (...) read more
Robert Löffelhardt, Managing Director of Phantasialand, and Peter Schönberger, Managing Director of Germany’s ice hockey club Kölner Haie (Cologne Sharks), recently signed an agreement for a new premium partnership. Accordingly, Phantasialand will (...) read more
Next year will see the opening of Orlando’s tallest, fastest and longest rollercoaster – according to SeaWorld Entertainment’s latest announcements. As of summer 2016, SeaWorld Orlando will be home to “Mako™”, a 200-foot-tall (around 61m) hyper (...) read more
As announced lately by the British simulation and 4-D attractions specialist Simworx, the company will supply an Immersive Tunnel attraction to Panorama Langkawi in Malaysia, a tourist attraction offering several experiences, including the 950 meter (...) read more
May 15, 2015 saw the official groundbreaking ceremony for the new aquarium “Poema del Mar”, the latest project of the Loro Parque Group and the Kiessling operator family in the port of Las Palmas. According to company president Wolfgang Kiessling, (...) read more
The international traveling exhibition “STAR WARS™ Identities” was opened at Odysseum in Cologne on May 22 (cp. EAP news from March 12, 2015). Following guest appearances in Paris and Lyon, Odysseum is now the German station as part of the European (...) read more
On May 23, 2015 the first-ever 4D Free Wing Coaster “BATMAN™: The Ride” debuted at Six Flags Fiesta Texas. Thrill-seekers can now fly through the air like Batman with a feeling of weightlessness as the gondolas of the rollercoaster rotate freely (...) read more
The new theme park resort project “London Paramount” (cp. EAP news from January 29, March 14 & March 19, 2015) is steadily taking shape. As announced recently, British architect Terry Farrells, who is well-known for the design of the MI6 building in (...) read more
Even bigger, more complex and richer in “miracles” – this is how the Swarovski Kristallwelten (Swarovski Crystal Worlds) in Wattens/Tyrol, Austria are described after extensive renovation and expansion measures, which were successfully completed on (...) read more
As announced recently, a new, state-of-the-art AVATAR™ global touring exhibition will be launched in the fall of 2016. Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products (Fox) has partnered with live events producer Global Experience Specialists, Inc. (GES) to (...) read more
In order to make its brands known outside of the gaming industry, the Japanese video game and game console developer Nintendo recently signed an agreement with Universal Parks & Resorts to bring the world of Nintendo to life at Universal theme (...) read more
England’s Alton Towers theme park resort opened up a new attraction in March, which is a real hit with younger guests. “The Octonauts Rollercoaster Adventure”, a custom-made Junior Coaster from Zamperla, was added to the “CBeebies Land” theme area (...) read more
On May 6, the start of construction of a new entrance building at Saurierpark Kleinwelka (near Bautzen) was heralded by a symbolic ground-breaking ceremony. As of 2016, visitors will enter the dinosaur park via the “MITOSEUM”, which is the name of (...) read more
Madrid’s Faunia animal park, which currently has over 12,000 animals of 184 species living throughout 14 hectares, has recently been fully acquired by Spanish operator group Parques Reunidos. The animal park had been operated by Parques Reunidos (...) read more
