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
‚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
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
Thanks to the new attractions in the pirate’s world Aquapulco and the new Cabrio Therme in the Tropicana at EurothermenResort Bad Schallerbach, Austria, the EurothermenResorts in Bad Schallerbach, Bad Ischl and Bad Hall were able to set a new (...) read more
Canada-based manufacturer of advanced interactive and immersive attractions, Triotech, has recently announced the appointment of Bob Harris as their new European Business Development Manager. Bob Harris will work for Triotech out of England, near (...) read more
On last year’s IAAPA show in Orlando, Water Wars launched their new product ‚Downpour Derby‘ originally conceived as a portable version. Now the company has revamped the game entirely changing all designs and made it a stationary game. Under the (...) read more
The secret about the new sauna attraction at Osnabrück’s Nettebad has finally been revealed. Visitors can look forward to the new ‘Meri-Sauna’ (Finnish for lake), a sauna that will be built on stilts featuring panorama windows. In a height of six (...) read more
The end of last year saw the opening of the new Emser Therme in Bad Ems near Koblenz as the youngest facility of the group of swimming pool complex and thermal spa facilities of the Kannewischer Collection. The complex, designed by 4a Architekten (...) read more
The annual Thea Awards were presented by the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) already for the 19th time. “And the winner is … Europa-Park“ was the announcement during the award ceremony in Anaheim in April. Germany’s Europa-Park won the “Thea (...) read more
Austria’s SunKid company– known as experts for their „moving carpet“, a conveyor system specially developed for skiing areas as well as elevators and summer sledding tracks, already expanded its portfolio during the last years taking a step towards (...) read more
Who needs a theme park when he already has a charade like the great Berlin airport project? While a classic theme park can be found in most of the world’s capitals and big cities, Berlin seems to do well without one … but this has not always been (...) read more
Dolfinarium, the marine mammal park located in the Netherlands, debuts its new dolphin show “Aqua Bella” this summer after the completion of extensive construction works. As part of the Compagnie des Alpes group, Dolfinarium invested millions to (...) read more
Ravensburger Spieleland near Lake Constance started into its 16th season on March 23, 2013. One of the new attractions which opened in the current season is the “Bunte SchokoHaus” (Eng. Chocolate House) in which visitors can learn everything about (...) read more
The theme hotel “Port Royal” at Germany’s Heide Park Resort in Soltau offers its guests a new multimedia experience during their stay. Three of the pirate themed rooms have now been equipped with multimedia effects. A bedtime story written by the (...) read more
The Australian billionaire Clive Palmer ordered 165 animated life-size dinosaurs to create a dinosaur park at Queensland’s Palmer Coolum Resort. According to the luxury resort’s web site, the construction works at the site are well underway and the (...) read more
Work on the construction of the new gym at Nettebad in Osnabrück , Germany is well underway (we reported on this in the EAP newsletter 1/2013). Now the opening date for the new fitness facility has been announced: the premium gym will open on an (...) read more
Following up our EAP newsletter 2/2013 report about the launch of Heide Park’s new live show “Madagascar Live! It’s Circus Time”, further theme parks delight their guests with a Madagascar live show now. Italy’s Gardaland has started into its 2013 (...) read more
The 1st of June 2013 will see the opening of a new indoor children’s play world in the city of Kornwestheim (Baden-Württemberg). The new attraction will be located at Kornwestheim’s Wette Center and encompass a 2,000 square meter large indoor area (...) read more
Legoland Florida, opened in 2011, is constantly investing in the expansion of its attraction. A Lego-themed waterpark was opened adjacent to the theme park only last year (cp. EAP 4/2012). This summer will see the opening of “The World of Chima”, a (...) read more
In our EAP issue 5/2012 we reported about the license agreement between Marvel Entertainment and the two entrepreneurs Ilyas and Mustafa Galadari for their indoor theme park project to be built at the City of Arabia in Dubai. Now the two brothers (...) read more
