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
Germany’s Phantasialand in Brühl has been negotiating with local authorities about expansion areas for years. Yesterday the park presented a new plan for a possible expansion until 2015. The new plan envisages new investments and restructurings on a (...) read more
Built in 1896 and suffering from financial troubles for years, the struggling amusement park in the heart of the Hungarian capital city definitely closed at the start of November. The last move by its municipal administration owners was only their (...) read more
John McReynolds has been elected third vice chairman of the IAAPA Board of Directors. His career in the amusement industry began in 1995 when McReynolds joined the team of Universal Orlando as government relations manager. In 2007 he was promoted to (...) read more
The Guinness Book of World Records is always popular, and the most idiotic records attain significant media attention creating publicity, publicity, publicity! What recently happened in front of 8,000 visitors at French amusement park Futuroscope (...) read more
The spa at Bad Radkersburg, Austria is located in actual sight of the Austrian-Slovenian border and is currently entwined in a tricky situation: Only some 300 meters away from the spa facility just on the Slovenian side of the border, Slovenian (...) read more
It has recently been announced that the EU has long been a sponsor of an amusement park planned for Morocco, already having invested more than one million Euros. French vacation park concern Pierre & Vacances Center Parcs is the primary shareholder (...) read more
Last week, the must-attend event for the industries of waterparks, swimming pools, saunas and spas, the interbad 2012, was held in Stuttgart, Germany. The international trade show took place from 9 to 12 October 2012 at Messe Stuttgart. Over 500 (...) read more
Andreas Veilstrup Andersen, president and CEO of Liseberg, launches a new roller coaster for 2014 - longer and faster than any other coaster in the park. Projekt Helix – that’s the name of the new one – will be the park's biggest investment ever. (...) read more
