News
|
11 Jun 2013
At the end of last week, the company Blueprint Entertainment and global operator group Merlin Entertainments signed a sale and purchase agreement for the management company of Ostend, Belgium’s visitor attraction “Earth Explorer”. The attraction, (...) read more
News
|
08 Jun 2013
Right at the entrance in the waiting line for the “Lost Valley”, the new theme area at South Korea’s Samsung Everland in Yongin City, visitors are already introduced to the story behind this recently opened area. Specially designed vehicles then (...) read more
News
|
07 Jun 2013
The “Paläon Forschungs- und Erlebniszentrum Schöninger Speere”, the ambitious research and discovery center which has recently been under construction in Schöningen, Germany (cp. EAP News from June 11th, 2012), is now set to open its doors to the (...) read more
Advertisement
News
|
06 Jun 2013
Blueprint Entertainment was founded in Budapest by Andreas Waschk (AWC AG) and Hungarian investment banker Mihaly (Mike) Boris back in October 2011 to develop and operate visitor attractions all over Europe. After completing its first projects and (...) read more
News
|
05 Jun 2013
In May, Abu Dhabi’s famous theme park Ferrari World Abu Dhabi announced that it is planning to extend its opening hours later on this year. Up until now the park has remained closed on Mondays, reducing visitation days to only six days a week. Now, (...) read more
News
|
04 Jun 2013
Toronto, Canada’s design company Forrec recently announced a strategic partnership with the Chinese company Tongji Architectural Design Group Ltd. (TJAD). Originally founded in 1958 by the Tongji University in Shanghai, the TJAD design institute is (...) read more
Advertisement
News
|
03 Jun 2013
The Xocomil Water Park in southwestern Guatemala recently opened a brand new water coaster in celebration of its 50th anniversary. The new Master Blaster attraction was supplied by WhiteWater West and transports passengers in their boats over a (...) read more
News
|
31 May 2013
Florida, SeaWorld Orlando’s new theme area “Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin” is open now. The new area is the largest expansion in the park’s history (we reported in EAP issue 1/2013). The little hero penguin Puck takes visitors on a trip into his (...) read more
News
|
30 May 2013
The new River Safari animal park in Singapore celebrated its soft opening last month. River Safari is the fourth facility operated by Wildlife Reserves Singapore, along with Jurong Bird Park, Night Safari and the Singapore Zoo. The new park occupies (...) read more
Advertisement
News
|
29 May 2013
Following a construction period of a mere 18 months, the “Norwegian Breakaway”, the twelfth ship in the fleet of US-based Norwegian Cruise Line (cp. EAP 4/2012), was officially handed over by Papenburg, Germany’s shipbuilder Meyer Werft to NCL at (...) read more
News
|
28 May 2013
Turkey’s slide manufacturing company Polin is proud to announce a new addition to its management team. Effective immediately, Volkan Sofuoglu takes over the newly created Technical Operations and After-Sales Department at Polin. Mr. Sofuoglu was (...) read more
News
|
27 May 2013
US operator group Six Flags Entertainment Corporation is already shining in the first quarter of this year with record-breaking numbers, despite the enormous extra burden created by Hurricane Irene. With total revenue of 88 million US dollars, the (...) read more
News
|
25 May 2013
Quality and safety are two of the most important criteria for the development, manufacture and operation of rollercoasters. Having all of the required processes executed by a single source is a huge advantage in ensuring the safety of the (...) read more
News
|
24 May 2013
In the last few weeks, visitors to France’s Futuroscope theme park have been able to enjoy their food and beverages at truly lofty heights! The park’s new “Aérobar” has been constructed between the “Kinémax” and “Cité du Numérique” attractions, and (...) read more
News
|
23 May 2013
As was recently announced by France’s Looping Group, the sale of the Isla Magica amusement park in Seville, Spain by Spanish bank La Caixa to the new French operators has now finally been concluded (we reported on this in EAP 2/2013). Laurent (...) read more
News
|
18 May 2013
Mid-May saw the opening of a preview tent at Europa-Park featuring its highly anticipated new attraction, “Arthur – in the Kingdom of the Invisibles”, scheduled to open at the beginning of the 2014 season (cp. EAP 2/2013). The Kingdom of the (...) read more
News
|
17 May 2013
The answer to the question of whether it is particularly cool or rather simply stupid to lie down on a specially designed skateboard and ride down a paved road at high speeds may vary according to the age and intellect of the interviewee … “Street (...) read more
News
|
16 May 2013
Odysseum and WDR Cologne (a German public-broadcasting institution) recently confirmed their cooperation starting this upcoming summer at Cologne’s science center Odysseum: the “Museum mit der Maus“, (Eng.: museum with the mouse) will be the new (...) read more
News
|
15 May 2013
‚Condor‘, the well-loved ride from the Huss company, was very popular within the 80s and 90s. Thirty rides were sold during that time. Now the manufacturer revives its classic ride and adds it again to its active portfolio of attractions. The ride (...) read more
News
|
14 May 2013
The Ilyas & Mustafa Galadari Group (IMG Group) has just announced more details about the next section of their IMG Theme Park in Dubai. ‘The Lost Valley’ will let visitors discover creatures of a bygone era. The newly reinvigorated ‘land of (...) read more