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
Once upon a time … and it lives happily ever after … fairy tales are not only a cultural value but they are also part of our lives – who does not remember his or her carefree childhood full of fairy tales and stories? Just in time for the first (...) read more
The Italian amusement ride manufacturer I.E. Park / Soli can look back on a successful year 2011 in which they were able to supply their first loop coaster. This new attraction has been installed at the Infinity Mall in Mumbai, India and was opened (...) read more
Germany’s Zoo Safaripark Stukenbrock, located next to Bielefeld, will get two new attractions this summer. One of them is a high ropes course that will be installed five meters above the 6,000 square meter large cheetah enclosure and opened in June. (...) read more
After months of delay, the higher administrative court of Bavaria now ruled that the indoor waterpark Kristall Palm Beach in Stein near Nuremberg can restart the construction of their new waterslide tower “Future World” with eight new waterslides in (...) read more
Californian-based The Goddard Group, specializing in project development and design, announced one their latest projects in April. Located between the cities of Shenyang and Fushun in the northeast of China, a completely new city called “Shenfu New (...) read more
Safe and fun water attractions can be a good investment in your facility and help increase attendance figures as well as revenue. Canada-based Vortex is one of the water attraction manufacturers who offer cost-effective aquatic play solutions to add (...) read more
As announced at the end of last week, Apollo Global Management’s acquisition of North America’s family of indoor waterpark resorts, Great Wolf Resorts, was completed successfully. We reported on this issue on our web page (news from 23 April 2012) (...) read more
