About twelve years ago, in 2000, when Leipzig Zoo saw itself confronted with declining visitor figures and enclosures that were no longer up to date, a strategic concept named „Zoo of the Future“ was initiated to renovate some of the zoo’s areas. (...) read more
The “StarFlyer” from Funtime known from Austria’s Vienna Prater has been spinning at the river banks of the Thames in South Bank’s “Priceless London Wonderground” since the end of July. The 60 meter high StarFlyer has been acquired by Mellor Group (...) read more
Attractions that are built for clients from all over the world at the production halls of ride manufacturer and supplier Mack Rides from Waldkirch are becoming higher and larger. Rollercoasters, water rides and carousels for amusement parks are (...) read more
Wet’n Wild Orlando, directly located on International Drive in Orlando, opened its newest attraction – a huge sandcastle-themed water playground named “Blastaway Beach™” – at the beginning of June. It’s the waterpark’s first new attraction in over (...) read more
Schloss Dankern, a vacation center in Germany, has many different recreational activities to offer for its day guests and overnight visitors. Only this past June, a new and wholly themed adventure golf course featuring a medieval castle theme has (...) read more
Silver Dollar City, located in Branson, Missouri and operated by Herschend Family Entertainment, announced this summer to open a new major attraction in the spring of 2013. The new 10 million US dollar (roughly 8.1 million Euros) attraction will be (...) read more
Germany’s Europa-Park in Rust, which welcomes more than four million visitors per year, has recently been elected best theme park in terms of service quality. The German ranking, done by ServiceValue GmbH, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main and (...) read more
Leipzig Zoo’s new tropical hall “Gondwanaland”, opened in the middle of 2011 (cf. EAP 5/2011), celebrates its first anniversary this year. After nearly one year of operation, Burkhard Jung, mayor of the city of Leipzig, Volker Bremer, CEO of Leipzig (...) read more
The first “wing coaster” worldwide that opened at Gardaland, Italy in April 2011 (we reported on this in EAP 3/2011) obviously delighted the comic artist Fabrizio de Fabritiis so much that he created the first online comic inspired by this amusement (...) read more
Seven Peaks, operator of six recreational venues in Utah and Missouri, added more fun to three waterslides at its Provo Waterpark in Utah by enhancing the slide experience. The three slides “Free Fall”, “Jagged Edge” and “Sky Breaker” have been (...) read more
The Odysseum in Cologne, which was opened three years ago (cf. EAP 4/2009), welcomes about 200,000 visitors per year. For their fourth operating year the SMG Science Center Services Köln GmbH, operator of the German science center, has many (...) read more
The new 5-star-luxury-hotel “Hotel Boca”, designed by renowned architect Carlos Ott, was opened this spring in Argentina’s capital city of Buenos Aires. It is the first football themed hotel of the world and is dedicated to Argentina’s most famous (...) read more
Interactive water cannons and other water play equipment always provide much fun for kids, especially during the summer time. The Canadian manufacturer Water Park Toys, founded by Craig White (formerly with Waterplay Solutions Corp.) in Kelowna in (...) read more
Austria’s Sonnentherme in Lutzmannsburg has been back in operation again since July 7, 2012 after a construction period of only five months. The waterpark expanded its attraction line-up as announced in EAP 6/2011. Six new waterslides including one (...) read more
The science and theme park Danfoss Universe, opened in Nordborg in 2005 (cf. EAP 4/2005), added a new 4D motion theater to its attractions this season. The new “Stargazer 4D Motion Theater” from Simworx was installed in an existing building and is (...) read more
Having opened America’s first wing coaster “Wild Eagle” at Dollywood Theme Park earlier this year (cf. EAP news from April 13, 2012), Dolly Parton now announced the construction of Tennessee’s first water coaster, set to open in May 2013 at (...) read more
The beginning of the construction works of Adventure World Warsaw (AWW) in Poland (we reported in EAP 5/2011) will be officially celebrated today. According to the investor, the AWW will be the largest destination resort in Central-Eastern Europe. (...) read more
Sweden’s theme and theater park in Vimmerby has great plans for 2013. A completely new theme area dedicated to Astrid Lindgren’s books about Emil in Lönneberga and his adventures will be built on a 22,000 square meter large area and is scheduled to (...) read more
A new waterslide is currently being built at Europabad in Karlsruhe, Germany. The construction is scheduled to be finished by the end of July. The turbo slide with an “AquaRocket” free fall start is supplied by Aquarena / Hartwigsen. After a (...) read more
Electrosonic, the international audio-visual company founded in 1964, has recently qualified at Diamond-level in InfoComm International’s® “Certified Audiovisual Solutions Provider Program” (CAVSP). This certificate recognizes that 50 percent of the (...) read more
