News | 10 Jan 2013

Premier Rides with New Sales Manager

Pete Barto is the new sales manager at US-based rollercoaster and park attraction supplier Premier Rides. Jim Seay, President of Premier Rides, said, “We are excited to have Pete on board. The combination of Pete’s sales expertise and extensive (...) read more

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News | 08 Jan 2013

Legoland Deutschland Invests on a Large Scale

Right on time for the start of the next season, Germany’s Legoland Deutschland in Günzburg will open a new interactive indoor attraction on March 23, 2013. Along with the new Knight’s Castle hotel that will open in Legoland’s Holiday Village, it (...) read more

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News | 27 Dec 2012

Germany: Osnabrücker Bäder Hope to Reach Annual Record

Soon the year is over … until then, the Stadtwerke Osnabrück, responsible for the operation of three swimming pool complexes in Osnabrück /Germany, hope to reach a new annual visitor record. At Nettebad, the one million mark could already be reached (...) read more

News | 24 Dec 2012

Phantasialand / Germany: Expansion Plans Approved …

At the beginning of November, Phantasialand in Brühl, Germany presented its plans for a park expansion reduced from initial 30 to 19 hectares (cp. EAP news from Nov 9, 2012). Now the plans have been approved by the regional council. The final (...) read more

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News | 18 Dec 2012

Madame Tussauds Coming to Prague

Merlin Entertainments recently announced to open a new Madame Tussauds attraction in Prague in late 2013 / spring 2014. With the opening of a Madame Tussauds in Vienna in 2011 and the new Berlin Dungeon due to open next year, Merlin takes another (...) read more

News | 07 Dec 2012

Double Launch Coaster for Djurs Sommerland

The Danish amusement park Djurs Sommerland will open Europe’s first double launch coaster for the 2013 season in May next year. Not only the two launch sections will be a highlight of the new ride supplied by Intamin, also the special cars of the (...) read more

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News | 06 Dec 2012

Lo-Q Acquires Ticketing Solution Company accesso LLC

Lo-Q, provider of virtual queuing systems, yesterday announced the acquisition of US-based ticketing and e-Commerce company accesso LLC for a total consideration of 13.7 million GBP (around 16.9 million EUR). accesso has been offering ticketing (...) read more

News | 28 Nov 2012

Cologne / Germany: New Sauna Area Rounds Off Lentpark

Germany’s Lentpark in Cologne, a combination of elevated skating rink, skating rink and swimming pool facility opened in 2011, opened its new sauna area in November 2012. The new sauna section offers four different sauna cabins on a 1,000 square (...) read more

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News | 26 Nov 2012

Third Aquatica Water Park to Be Opened in California

As was announced last week by SeaWorld, the opening of another SeaWorld water park in the US is planned for spring 2013. The third Aquatica water park (the other ones are located in Orlando, Florida and San Antonio, Texas) will be opened south of (...) read more

News | 22 Nov 2012

An Observation Wheel for Hong Kong

Again another mega city announced the construction of an observation wheel. After New York, Moscow and Las Vegas (cp. EAP 5/2012), this time it’s Hong Kong that may add an observation wheel to its attractions. In an official tender notice, published (...) read more

News | 19 Nov 2012

Fritz Kinzler Died (†)

On 12 November 2012, showman Fritz Kinzler passed away at the age of 77 in Stuttgart, Germany. Born in 1935 as one of five children of the carney couple Robert and Johanna Kinzler, Fritz Kinzler had been enthusiastic about fairs ever since. His (...) read more

News | 19 Nov 2012

Bye, Bye Ken! Dollywood President, Ken Bell, Retires

After more than a quarter century as the head of the company, Ken Bell is retiring from his role as President of The Dollywood Company with effect of December 2012. Dolly Parton’s theme park as well as Dollywood’s Splash Country waterpark evolved to (...) read more

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