The new roller coaster “Shambhala” costing over 25 million Euros is currently being built at the Spanish theme park PortAventura. According to the park, the 76 meter high mega coaster from Bolliger & Mabillard will strengthen the park’s position in (...) read more
With the sale of Slagharen attractions park to the Spanish group Parques Reunidos, another successfully operated European amusement park is handed over to a corporate group. The Dutch theme park is located near to the German border and today (...) read more
Five of France’s waterparks operated by Aspro Group will expand their offer of water attractions this summer. Aqualand Fréjus, located on the French Riviera, will open a brand-new “King Cobra” waterslide, the first of its kind in France. The (...) read more
The 2012 season, which starts this Saturday at Drayton Manor Theme Park, required the refurbishment of some attractions at this park. Manufacturer of leisure transport systems, Severn Lamb, carried out refurbishment works on the park’s Buffalo (...) read more
Lotte Group, operator of one of the world’s largest indoor theme parks, plans to open a new 22 million dollar (about 16.7 million euro) waterpark in Kimhae, near Busan. The custom-designed Polynesian-themed waterpark is expected to be completed in (...) read more
According to an American survey conducted by Harris Interactive® and released by the Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums at the beginning of February, 97 percent of more than 1,000 adults agree that marine life parks, aquariums and zoos (...) read more
Thrill It Fun Center, a new Family Entertainment Center (FEC) opened at The Outlets at Orange this year, has a lot of attractions for its guests on offer. In order to not only attract young children but teenagers and adults alike, owner Eric Barnes (...) read more
Just a few weeks ago, the French operator group Compagnie des Alpes (CdA) revoked the sale of Germany’s amusement park Fort Fun, after extensive investigations had been initiated by the police due to fraud against the buyer (we reported on this on (...) read more
Two of the Texan waterparks belonging to the waterpark chain Hawaiian Falls will open new water slides this summer. The Hawaiian Falls location at Roanoke will add the world’s first “Double BowlsEye™” from SplashTacular. This bowl slide enables two (...) read more
In December 2011, Ukraine’s largest indoor Family Entertainment Center (FEC) “Funtura” was opened at Donetsk City Mall. The new indoor facility is located on a 10,000 square meter large area and features more than 25 rides and attractions: a 1,000 (...) read more
The world’s first 4-D theme park was opened at KINTEX, Korea International Exhibition Center, near Seoul at the end of 2011 (we reported about this concept in EAP issue 5/2011). The Korean company d’strict, based in Seoul and New York, is (...) read more
Germany’s Mehr! Entertainment GmbH – responsible for the production and marketing of musicals and shows like Starlight Express in Bochum – will open its first exhibition this spring. “TOP SECRET – die geheime Welt der Spionage” will be held in (...) read more
The two companies Dollywood and Gaylord Entertainment, both based in Tennessee, USA, announced that they have entered into a memorandum of understanding for a 50/50 joint venture to develop an around 46 hectare large family entertainment zone (...) read more
Germany’s Stadtwerke Osnabrück (Public Services Osnabrück) announced a positive annual balance for their three swimming pool facilities Schinkelbad, Moskaubad and Nettebad. 1,031,989 guests were recorded to have visited the three bathing facilities, (...) read more
As announced by Lo-Q at the beginning of the year, its patented Q-bot system will be installed at Legoland Deutschland for the park’s opening at the end of March. Two other European theme parks also operated by Merlin Entertainments have already (...) read more
Adlabs Entertainment Ltd., a company that is creating a new theme park in India, entered an agreement with US-based theme park attractions developer Premier Rides. The manufacturer will supply attractions to India that will have state-of-the-art (...) read more
Bastian Lange (34) assumed the office as zoo director at Germany’s Jaderberg Zoo (Lower Saxony) and replaced Dr. Dieter Minnemann who retired at an age of 66. Dieter Minnemann developed the once run-down zoo by renovating the facility and expanding (...) read more
Cruden, designer and manufacturer of professional, interactive and motion-based racing simulators, moved into their new global headquarters in Amsterdam. The new facility that is located near the Amsterdam Ring Road (A10) and 15 minutes from (...) read more
The “Galaxy World Macau” mega resort opened in May 2011 has recently been awarded the “World’s Best Casino / Integrated Resort of the Year” at the International Gaming Awards ceremonies in London. Hong Kong-based Galaxy Entertainment Group operates (...) read more
The new theme park Landora was opened near Istanbul in October 2011. Valerio Mazzoli, a well-known Italian designer in the leisure industry who decided to move to Orlando / Florida with his company “Valerio Mazzoli Studios” more about three years (...) read more
