On September 19, 2014, a 1,250 meter long and 20 meter high treetop trail was opened by Erlebnis AKADAEMIE AG at Sommerberg in Bad Wildbad in the northern Black Forest. The new attraction takes visitors along a barrier-free nature trail past several (...) read more
Based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, the planning company M2Leisure opened up a new office in the city of Shanghai, China recently. With this step the company wants to respond to the promising opportunities the Asian market, where resort, water park (...) read more
Opened one and a half years ago (cp. EAP 2/2013), Germany’s Thermen & Badewelt Sinsheim welcomed its one millionth guest on the 10th of September 2014. CEO Josef Wund (right) personally welcomed the guest, Svenja Fahrnbach, and her friend (middle). (...) read more
A new mirror maze adventure awaits visitors at the Hollywood Wax Museum Entertainment Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Opened 365 days per year, the new “Hannah’s Maze of Mirrors” contains a wide range of thematic chambers, special effects (...) read more
„Erlebniswelten – Echt inszeniert!“ (Roughly: Experience worlds genuinely staged!), this is the motto of this year’s symposium to take place from 16 to 17 October 2014 at Kulturinsel Einsiedel, located near Görlitz, Germany. The symposium’s program (...) read more
The city of Wolfsburg and GMF & Co. KG (operation and management of and consulting for thermal spa and bathing facilities) recently agreed to prolong their agreement for the commercial and technical management of the BadeLand bathing complex in (...) read more
Many people have the dream to travel around the world and experience the different climatic zones of the earth, but hardly anyone has the chance to do so in real-time. Germany’s Klimahaus® Bremerhaven 8° Ost has made this dream come true, at least (...) read more
Mike Anderson, well-known throughout the amusement and theme park industry as part of the Interlink team, passed away at the end of August. Anderson began his career in the industry somewhat by default after he was asked to build a monorail for the (...) read more
Merlin Entertainment’s activities on Singapore’s Sentosa Island are going full speed (cp. EAP news from 31 Jan 2014). On 25 October 2014, the new Madame Tussauds Singapore wax figure museum will be opened. Besides Singapore’s most popular (...) read more
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which is particularly known for its annual Academy Awards (“The Oscars”), is composed of more than 6,000 artists and professionals from the film industry. Both Oscar winners as well as Oscar (...) read more
This summer saw the opening of Legoland Florida’s newest expansion, DUPLO®Valley. Children aged two and five can enjoy farm-themed attractions including DUPLO Train, DUPLO Tractor and DUPLO Splash & Play. DUPLO Barn, an air-conditioned indoor play (...) read more
Misfortune and luck hit at the same time at California’s SixFlags Magic Mountain recently: The park’s 36-year-old double tracked wooden roller coaster “Colossus”, which had been closed four weeks ago for extensive renovations, suddenly burst into (...) read more
This summer, the first overnight guests stayed at the new holiday village of Plettenberg, Germany’s AquaMagis resort (cp. EAP 2/2014). The low-energy houses with wood frame construction are professionally marketed by the international provider of (...) read more
Following a two-year- shutdown period for renovation and modernization purposes, the Solymar Therme (formerly: Solymar) thermal spa and bathing complex in Bad Mergentheim, Germany started its trial operation phase at the end of this past August. (...) read more
The two companies Gantner Electronic GmbH and HKS Systeme GmbH from Germany have been working closely together for nine years now. During this time, the two companies have consistently developed their entry and cashier system, which is being used in (...) read more
Anyone who has always dreamed about designing a waterslide according to his or her preferences can currently take part in the designing process of a new slide at Germany’s Europabad Karlsruhe. “Green Viper” is the name of the new slide for the (...) read more
SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, operator of the three SeaWorld parks in San Diego (CA), Orlando (FL) and San Antonio (TX), has announced that it plans to build new, first-of-its-kind killer whale environments in all of its three SeaWorld parks. In (...) read more
Saarbrücken, Germany’s Erlebnisbad Calypsobathing facility recently announced that it will build a new unique attraction, which is due to open in December of this year. Guests of the bathing facility operated by vivamar Betriebsgesellschaft (...) read more
Especially in the summer, when temperatures are rising, water-based attractions are very popular with amusement park visitors. Also Familypark Neusiedlersee, located in St. Margarthen in the Burgenland region, is well aware of the attractiveness of (...) read more
Italy’s amusement rides manufacturerZamperla is hosting a maintenance education & training course, which is due to take place from October 13 to October 18, 2014 in Altavilla Vicentina, Italy, near Zamperla’s factory premises. The one-week seminar, (...) read more
