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
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
In the autumn of the last year, Great Wolf Resorts, a large family of indoor waterpark resorts in North America, announced the promotion of Timothy D. Black as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Black has more than 18 years of (...) read more
While the construction of Saarland’s Center Parcs Park Bostalsee in Germany is well underway (please read our detailed report in our upcoming magazine issue EAP 1/2013), the responsible parties involved in the development of another holiday park (...) read more
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
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
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
Yesterday saw the groundbreaking ceremony for one of the two new waterparks currently being built in Las Vegas. The waterpark planned to be opened in Henderson (cp. EAP 2/2012) is now called Cowabunga Bay Waterpark Las Vegas. The 23 million US (...) read more
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
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
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
Flying Saucer and BASF will be awarded „German Design Award 2013“. Berlin-based attraction design company Flying Saucer receives this renowned prize in the category of “Audiovisual, Digital and Interactive Media” for the interactive periodic table (...) read more
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
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
Roland Mack (CEO Europa-Park), outgoing chairman of the board of directors of IAAPA (International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions), draws a positive balance at the end of his one year term as president of the international (...) read more
Copenhagen’s Tivoli has just announced the construction of a 1,200 square meter large new theme area for 2013. The new area is planned to be opened for the next season’s beginning in April and feature topics like galaxies, planets and stars. Around (...) read more
It is said to become the biggest project after the construction of the Olympic Park in London and rival Disneyland Resort Paris. According to British media reports the site’s developer, London Resort Company Holdings (LRCH), has been granted a (...) read more
Thomas Glisin operates the “Bobbolino” indoor play complex in the city of Rath near Dusseldorf, Germany. Now Glisin has his sights set on the disused property of Neurath’s wave pool, where he plans to build a play park based on the highly successful (...) read more
Some five kilometers away from Hundertwasser-Therme in Bad Blumau, Austria, plans are moving forward to build a massive, 260,000 square meter greenhouse operation for growing tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers. The costs for the ambitious agricultural (...) read more
In 2013, Borken, Germany is set to receive Germany’s very first senior citizen amusement park at the site of a former brown coal firing station that was shut down in 1988. Much of the park’s focus will be on a sort of “Journey Down Memory Lane”, (...) read more
