“Varieté der Tropen 2012” (literally: “Vaudeville Show of the Tropics 2012”) is the name of the new show at Germany’s Tropical Islands holiday world. During the show, a magician takes visitors on an apparent journey of the artists into paradise (...) read more
New Jersey’s Six Flags Hurricane Harbor waterpark, belonging to Six Flags Great Adventure, will see the first installation of the “King Cobra” waterslide in the US. The waterslide made by Polin has been launched by the end of 2010 and since has been (...) read more
In EAP issue 1/2012 we reported on the waterpark that is being built on Yas Island. Now it’s official: the waterpark will be called “Yas Waterworld Aqua Park”. More than 40 attractions, including spectacular waterslides and rides will be on offer at (...) read more
Tyrol, Austria’s new Alpentherme Ehrenberg thermal spa was opened in last December after a construction period of two years. The total investment amount is 16.7 million Euros, financed by the municipality of Reutte, Tourismusverband Naturparkregion (...) read more
Germany’s science center experimenta, opened about two years ago, welcomed 174,415 visitors during their second year of operation (from Nov. 14, 2010 to Nov. 13, 2011). Since experimenta’s opening on Nov. 14, 2009 up to the end of 2011, a total of (...) read more
The start into the new business year was successful for the Disney company: Primarily the Disney parks and Disney cruise lines generated a profit during the first quarter (Oct. to Dec. 2011) of the new fiscal year. Disney achieved an increase in (...) read more
According to an announcement earlier this month, the miniature park Mini-Europe and the waterpark Océade as well as other of Bruparck’s attractions like the cinema Kinépolis or The Village will have to close on August 31, 2013. This decision was (...) read more
For more than one year, Wolfsburg AG and projekt Region Braunschweig GmbH have been committed to promoting a sustainable economic development within a regional alliance to better position the Wolfsburg region in national competition. The aim of this (...) read more
Germany’s Nürburgring and its operators have been mainly associated with negative headlines for the last three years. A theme park was opened adjacent to the race track in 2009, but its announced rollercoaster has not been in operation for technical (...) read more
The largest World Horticultural Expo Floriade will take place from April 5 to October 7, 2012 in Venlo, near the border between the Netherlands and Germany. More than 40 countries will present their outstanding gardens and pavilions on a 66 hectare (...) read more
After extensive investigations have been initiated by the police against the buyer of Fort Fun Abenteuerland (we reported on January 30, 2012), the former owner of Fort Fun, Compagnie des Alpes (CdA), revoked share transfer for the sale of Fort Fun (...) read more
The British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions (BALPPA) celebrated its 75th anniversary on January 24, 2012. Roland Mack, President of IAAPA (International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions) and CEO of Europa-Park in (...) read more
On January 5, 2012 we reported about the takeover of Germany’s amusement park Fort Fun and Grévin Deutschland GmbH by One World Holding GmbH & Co. KG owned by the Baden-Württemberg family business Ziegler. North Rhine-Westphalia (Hochsauerlandkreis) (...) read more
The US-based company Adventure Golf Services (AGS), which has more than 30 years of experience in creating adventure golf venues, recently announced its cooperation with the Dutch theming company Jora Vision. “Our goal is to align core competencies (...) read more
The planning for a new visitor center at the Krombacher Brauerei (brewery) in the North Rhine-Westphalia region began about two years ago. The new “Krombacher Erlebniswelt” (“Krombacher Experience World”) was finally opened this January. While the (...) read more
The two companies Simtec Systems GmbH and Simtec simulation technology GmbH moved into their new buildings at the Hermann-Blenk-Straße in Braunschweig, Germany in last November. The 2,000-square meter large, two-storied building was built on an (...) read more
Amanda Thompson, Managing Director of Pleasure Beach Blackpool, has been awarded the "Order of the British Empire" (OBE) for her services to tourism in the Queen's New Year's Honors list. As one of the few female Managing Directors within the (...) read more
As announced earlier this year, One World Holding GmbH & Co. KG took over operations of Bestwig, Germany's Fort Fun Abenteuerland and Grévin Deutschland GmbH on December 23, 2011. The amusment park, which has belonged to the French operator group (...) read more
„The Wizarding World of Harry Potter“, already known from Universal’s Islands of Adventure theme park (opening: 2010) in Orlando, will also be opened at Universal Studios Hollywood in California. Warner Bros. Entertainment and Universal Parks & (...) read more
Today Nettebad Osnabrück's "Sloop" slide has finally been opened after some days of delay (we reported in the EAP newsletter Dec 2011). Europe's first SuperLoop slide has been inaugurated by Osnabrück's municipal utility's chairman Manfred Hülsmann, (...) read more
