The new Arctic theme area and enclosure at Hamburg, Germany’s Hagenbeck Zoo named “Eismeer” (Arctic Sea) has been under construction during the last 2 ½ years now (cf. EAP news from June 7, 2010). The planned opening in the spring of 2011 was (...) read more
Finland-based playground equipment manufacturer Lappset can look forward to building two Angry Birds Activity Parks in China. These projects mark the entry of the company’s Angry Birds concepts into the Chinese market. Since the end of last year, (...) read more
Hamburg-based tour operator Öger Tours has released a new slide catalog called “Öger Aqua” for this summer season featuring 38 family-friendly hotels in countries like Turkey, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco and the UAE. Sounds like nothing special, BUT the (...) read more
A female zookeeper was attacked and killed by a wolf pack at the Swedish Wildlife Park Kolmården, operated by Parks and Resorts Scandinavia, last Sunday morning. The woman, who was in her 30s, went in the wolves’ enclosure alone shortly after the (...) read more
The European Waterpark Association (EWA) visited, among other destinations, Germany’s Europa-Park in Rust during their summer meeting in Southern Germany taking place from June 14 to 16, 2012 (more details about the summer meeting in our magazine (...) read more
Tomorrow, the Emsland region-based Dankern Castle Vacation Center will celebrate the opening of its newest attraction, „Adventure Golf Dankern“. The new adventure golf course was built on an area of 3,000 square meters and was equipped with a (...) read more
Delmenhorst, Germany’s new thermal spa facility GraftTherme (operated by BAD Bäderbetriebsgesellschaft mbH, part of the SWD-Group Delmenhorst) was opened to the public at the end of August last year. According to the media, after the operation of (...) read more
A copy of the Austrian village Hallstatt has been inaugurated in the Chinese city of Boluo, belonging to the province of Guangdong in the South of China after a construction phase of only one year. A lake, a church, houses and other details have (...) read more
Beatlemania, a 1,300-square meter museum spread over five storeys in the former rooms of the Erotic Art Museum in Hamburg, has to close its doors soon. Around 150,000 visitors came to experience the history of the famous Beatles presented in (...) read more
Paläon is the name of a museum currently being developed in Schöningen near Braunschweig (Lower Saxony), holding its roofing ceremony today. The Forschungs- und Erlebniszentrum Schöninger Speere (roughly “Schöninger Spears Research and Discovery (...) read more
The adventures of “Captain Splash” and the waterpark mascot “Chango” from the new pirate theme area at Austria’s EurothermenResort Bad Schallerbach are now depicted in a children’s book. The book is suitable for children five years and above. The (...) read more
The newly founded Mack Media GmbH & Co. KG presents its first own production together with its distribution partner nWave from June 5 to 8, 2012 at the Asian Attractions Expo in Hong Kong. “The Secret of Balthasar Castle” is the name of the new (...) read more
In mid-2011, Movie Park Germany in Bottrop-Kirchhellen celebrated the opening of its newest indoor rollercoaster “Van Helsing’s Factory” (we reported in EAP 4/2011). Now the park revealed plans for the construction of another rollercoaster. The new, (...) read more
Dragons play an important role in the Chinese culture ever since. For Asian people they are a symbol of power and fortune. It is no wonder, then, that a major attraction of the new indoor waterpark, which is currently under construction as part of (...) read more
After the Merlin Entertainments Group acquired CentrOPark in the spring of the last year (we reported in EAP issue 3/2011), there were no news about an operation or investment strategy for the theme park directly located next to Germany’s largest (...) read more
To meet and shake hands with Mickey Mouse is probably a dream of many young as well as old Mickey Mouse fans. Since May, guests can meet Mickey Mouse at Disneyland Paris in Marne-la-Vallée on the occasion of the park’s 20th anniversary. Visitors (...) read more
Eftelings Märchenpark, as it was called back then, opened its gates for the very first time sixty years ago. What started with ten fairy tale scenes in 1952 turns out to be the third largest theme park in Europe today, welcoming around four million (...) read more
Carl-Otto Wenzel the international well known Leisure Consultant passed away in Hamburg, Germany, on May 28th 2012 at the age of 60. Carl-Otto Wenzel took over the executive of Wenzel Leisure Consultancy, which was founded by his father, in 1984 (...) read more
Many European amusement parks are adding the famous „Water Wars“ to their attraction line-up this season. This wet and cost-effective attraction can almost be integrated everywhere. Phil Pickersgill, Managing Director of Innovative Leisure (supplier (...) read more
On the upcoming weekend, California’s SeaWorld San Diego will launch a new breathtaking attraction. “Manta” – an LSM Launch Coaster from Mack Rides will take visitors on an 860 meter long ride track. “Ride the Ray and Feel the Rush!” is the motto of (...) read more
