“The Little Prince” written by Antoine de Saint Exupéry is one of the most beautiful books of the world. This summer, a new theme park, the “Parc du Petit Prince”, which is dedicated to the story of the little blond boy, is to be opened in Alsace, (...) read more
During last year’s IAAPA Attractions Expo held in Orlando, three European theme park shows received a Brass Ring Award – two shows of Europa-Park in Rust, Germany and one new show of The Netherland’s Dolfinarium Harderwijk. The winners from Germany (...) read more
Also 2013 saw Osnabrück’s three swimming pool and bathing complexes Nettebad, Moskaubad and Schinkelbad reach a new visitor record of around 1.25 million guests, around 30,000 more than in the year before. This development is remarkable given the (...) read more
The Andalusian theme park Isla Mágica in Seville, which has been part of the Looping Group since April 2013, will be expanded by an aquatic zone this year. Five million Euros will be invested into this expansion by its operators. Dubbed “Agua (...) read more
After the takeover of Gondorf, Germany’s Eifelpark by Alexander Goetzke and Nadine Löwenthal (we reported on this in EAP news from 7 Nov 2013) last year, renovation and remodeling works are being carried out now throughout the park. The park’s new (...) read more
John Wood (Sally Corporation), often referred to as dark ride innovator, and the forefathers of the family entertainment center industry (FEC) Jim and John Huish, were recently inducted to the “IAAPA Hall of Fame”. The IAAPA Hall of Fame honors (...) read more
The last ten years the dinner show „Fantissima“ at Phantasialand has been offering excellent entertainment and has established itself as a first-rate entertainment offer. In each season, the show reinvents itself – Manuela Löffelhardt, artistic (...) read more
Today the new X-Force Sports Club at Osnabrück’s Nettebad will officially be inaugurated. As reported by us earlier (cp. EAP news from 18 April 2013), with this new premium fitness offer the swimming pool and sauna complex wants to provide its (...) read more
Germany’s Heide Park Resort just recently declared the year 2014 to be “the year of the demons”. Accordingly, the resort revealed the name of Germany’s first wing coaster, which is going into operation on March 29 at Heide Park. Under the name (...) read more
When on April 5, 2014 the 20th annual Thea Awards will be presented in Anaheim, California, the winners will already be on their way to the venue as the announcement of the winners took already place at the end of last year. This time there are (...) read more
At the end of 2013, the “European Health & Spa Awards” were presented in Vienna. According to the Agentur für Gesundheit & Wellness (roughly: agency for health & wellness) from Vienna, 2013 set a record in terms of both the number of participants as (...) read more
Thank You! At the end of the year it’s always time for a resumptive look back, thinking about all the exciting moments, say thank you and look ahead. The whole EAP team says goodbye until 7 January 2014 for the Christmas break to provide you with (...) read more
Located in Pratteln near Basel and opened in 2010, Switzerland’s aquabasilea waterpark can once again be pleased to be called “best public bathing complex”. Last November, Managing Director Melanie Hostettler had the opportunity to receive the (...) read more
As announced at the IAAPA Expo held in Orlando last November, SimEx-Iwerks Entertainment, specialist for 3-D and 4-D attractions, has finalized a licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Consumer Products for the development and distribution of (...) read more
The Dutch theme park Toverland recently welcomed its 600,000th visitor this year. With 100,000 more guests than in the last year the park currently enjoys the most successful season in its history. In contrast to the Dutch economy, Toverland grows (...) read more
The young Austrian Attraktion! GmbH (cp. EAP 6/2012) and Germany’s MetraLabs GmbH from Ilmenau recently founded a joint venture (We Robots GmbH) to develop their innovative robot generation “WeRobots”. They launched their new product at MAPIC 2013 (...) read more
Last month saw the opening of the new “Sensadrom” attraction at Germany’s indoor park Sensapolis in Sindelfingen (near Stuttgart). Sensadrom is a 300 meter long go-kart track featuring 22 state-of-the-art and environment-friendly electric go-karts (...) read more
British global leisure enterprise Merlin Entertainments is set to open Madame Tussauds Beijing next year in China’s capital city. This will be the 16th Madame Tussauds worldwide and the fourth one in China after Shanghai, Hong Kong and Wuhan. The (...) read more
As was announced in early October, non-state owned Chinese company Fosun International Limited and Kerzner International Holdings Limited, an international developer and operator of leisure destinations, casinos and luxury hotels, have agreed on the (...) read more
Just in time for the Christmas holidays, Futuroscope is set to initiate a soft opening phase for its new attraction, “La Machine à Voyager Dans le Temps” (Eng.: The Time Machine). This new 5D attraction replaces the former “Les Animaux du Futur” (...) read more
