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
It’s done! Today, Hamburg’s Miniatur Wunderland will open its miniature version of the Elbphilarmonie as well as the new theme section “HafenCity” including ten selected buildings. The construction costs of the miniature version of the (...) read more
As we previously reported in EAP issue 2/2013, Swarovski Kristallwelten in Watten, Austria is expanding with new areas. The facility’s previous total space of 3.5 hectares will now be expanded to 7.5 hectares at a total investment price tag of 34 (...) read more
Last week, Germany’s tropical holiday world Tropical Islands in Brand (60 km south of Berlin) announced that Jan Janssen (pictured) is the new CEO of Tropical Island Holding GmbH and the Tropical Island Group with immediate effect. He succeeds (...) read more
The German Mehr! Entertainment company will continue to operate the exhibition “TOP SECRET – Die geheime Welt der Spionage”, opened in April 2012 at the Marina Oberhausen (cp. EAP news from 29 Feb 2012), until the end of this year (31 Dec 2013). As (...) read more
Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation (HFE) operates a total of 26 theme parks and leisure attractions in the USA including Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee and Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri. Now HFE is also the new owner of (...) read more
“RIO Rainforest Adventure” is the name of the adventure area opened late this past September at the San Diego Zoo in California. Taking its cue from the 2011 3D animated film “Rio” (produced by Blue Sky Studios in collaboration with Fox Animation), (...) read more
Legoland opened its first water park in Asia to the public this past October 21st. The new park features more than 20 water attractions and over 70 Lego models (cp. EAP news from 20 Sept 13). It can be visited as a stand-alone attraction or in (...) read more
Germany’s Eifelpark Gondorf near Bitburg, which had filed for bankruptcy by the end of 2012, was acquired by the family Alexander Goetzke/Nadine Löwenthal from Munich (pictured). The young family, who took over operations of the wildlife and (...) read more
On November 2nd, 2013 Snow Dome Bispingen celebrated its reopening at the facility’s premises, located directly on the A7 autobahn in Bispingen, Germany. As we previously reported, this indoor ski hall had to shut down operations completely late (...) read more
The European team of the IAAPA (International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions) was recently reinforced with a new team member. Nico Reynders (pictured) joined IAAPA Europe at the start of this past October as Junior Program Manager. (...) read more
SENIOR MANAGER, EUROPEAN OPERATIONS Closing Date for Applications: November 25, 2013 The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA), www.IAAPA.org, is seeking a Sr. Manager, European Operations. The Sr. Manager, European (...) read more
The IAAPA Attractions Expo held in Orlando truly lives up to its description as the world’s largest international trade show for the leisure and attractions industry: According to the organizers, this year’s expo, taking place from 18 to 22 November (...) read more
