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An exciting journey through the human body awaits visitors at the French theme park Futuroscope. According to the storyline of the new “Virus Attack” attraction, guests are following a flying miniature drone through the body of a woman who was (...) read more

AVP/ Creative Director Jan Sherman (le.) retires from the US-based dark ride and animatronics design and manufacturing company Sally Corporation from Jacksonville (FL) after 32 years. John Wood, Chairman and CEO of Sally Corp. comments, “Over the (...) read more

 „Wildfire“ is the name of the new wooden roller coaster which will rip through the woods of Sweden’s Kolmården Zoo as of spring 2016. The coaster’s 1.3 kilometer long track will feature three inversions and twelve airtime hills, and trains will (...) read more

Plettenberg, Germany’s AquaMagis adventure and wellness bathing complex is on track to expand further. As reported in EAP issue 2/2014, the bathing facility is well underway to become a resort featuring a leisure and adventure pool facility, a sauna (...) read more

After a construction phase of eleven months, Germany’s Zoo Osnabrück officially opened its new tiger temple garden enclosure on 7 April 2014. The total investment for the new enclosure, which represents the second major construction phase at the zoo (...) read more

From April 17-27, 2014, Germany’s Freizeitpark Plohn (Saxony) starts into the new season with a great spring festival. An “Easter egg hunt” and many small surprises throughout the park await visitors these days. Moreover, visitors familiar with the (...) read more

Thanks to the good weather in late March/early April, some amusement parks in Germany decided to bring forward their season opening spontaneously and receive their guests earlier than planned. For instance, Allgäu Skyline Park (Bad Wörishofen) (...) read more

Simon Palmer has recently been promoted to the position of Waterpark Sales Manager, Europe and Africa within the Canadian company WhiteWater West. Born in the UK, Simon Palmer has over 20 years of valuable experience and an impressive background in (...) read more

Harry Potter fans can look forward to this coming October when Harry Potter will visit Cologne! In fact, “Harry Potter™: The Exhibition” will be launched at the Odysseum Science Center as of October 3, 2014. The international touring exhibition, (...) read more

Following Merlin Entertainments’ acquisition of Istanbul’s Turkuazoo Aquarium last September (we reported on this in the EAP news from Sept 27, 2013), the visitor attraction operator recently announced that it had reached an agreement with Multi (...) read more

Following a planning and construction phase of virtually two and a half years, Phantasialand opened its brand-new attraction „Chiapas” on March 30. Named after the Mexican state of Chiapas the new log flume ride featuring a steep descent at an angle (...) read more

The classic Disney parks attraction “It’s a Small World” that premiered as a tribute to peace and hope at the 1964 New York World’s Fair celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. In 1963 Walt Disney was asked to design and create four pavilions for (...) read more

The “Raving Rabbids”, the crazy small rabbits created by French computer game producer and publisher Ubisoft, are currently on the rise. They recently have taken over France’s Futuroscope theme park (we reported on this in EAP, issue 2/2014) and are (...) read more

At the end of last year Genting Malaysia Berhad presented its five billion MYR (around 1.1 billion EUR) Genting Integrated Tourism Plan, which will see a major 10-year master plan for development, expansion, enhancement and refurbishment of hotels, (...) read more

Launched in North America in 2002 as an international touring production, Cirque du Soleil’s (CdS) “Varekai” show returned to Montreal, Quebec in December of last year for its re-launch as an arena show. For the new format, the CdS production team (...) read more

When SplashTown in Houston/TX reopens on May 2, 2014, it will have undergone a multimillion dollar renovation and be featuring a new name: Wet’n’Wild SplashTown. In November 2013, the real estate investment trust CNL Lifestyle Properties acquired (...) read more

US-based Sally Corporation, known for the development and manufacturing of dark ride attractions (cp. EAP, issue 2/2014), welcomed two new members to the company’s board of directors recently: Tom Wages, veteran of the parks and attractions industry (...) read more