Actually the new SuperLoop slide at Germany’s Nettebad in Osnabrück was scheduled to open before Christmas this year (we reported on this in EAP 6/2011). Due to a formal mistake, the official opening of the slide (product from ProSlide, (...) read more
The renovation of the sauna area at Germany’s Spreewelten bath (we reported in EAP 5/2011) also includes the installation of a new relaxation house. A former barn from a Spreewald village has been removed to Lübbenau and is being rebuilt there now. (...) read more
The popular video game Angry Birds, developed by computer game developer Rovio, will be integrated into the leisure park industry during the next year. The manufacturer of playground equipment Lappset and the Finnish developer Rovio Entertainment Oy (...) read more
Jeff Glinter joined the team of rides manufacturer Premier Rides in the position of Director of Engineering at the end of this year. He started his career in the automobile industry with General Motors, where he was involved in many different (...) read more
The world’s first Transformers theme park attraction based on Hasbro’s popular franchise made its debut in Sci-Fi City at Universal Studios Singapore this month. The 3-D attraction is also based on film producer and executive producer Michael Bay’s (...) read more
The German playground equipment manufacturer Kinderland Emsland Spielgeärte supplies playground equipment with a value of 950,000 Euros for a playground area for children of members of the US-army in Wiesbaden. A total of seven playgrounds are being (...) read more
The Dutch theme park Efteling will celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2012 presenting its newest attraction called „Aquanura“. According to the park, the 17 million Euro show will be the largest water show in Europe. US-based company WET Design (...) read more
The Leavesden Film Studios, about 30 kilometers north-west of Central London and since 2010 called Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden, are the home studio of movies like “GoldenEye”, “Sleepy Hollow” or “Inception”. Also all of the eight “Harry Potter” (...) read more
In May 2012, Legoland Billund will inaugurate the largest expansion in its history: the new, 12,500 square meter large themed-area “Polar Land” with real penguins. The new attraction required a total investment of 75 million kroner (about ten (...) read more
During their recent meeting in London, the IAAPA Board of Directors elected Gerardo Arteaga Third Vice Chairman. Arteaga, General Manager of Fantasilandia in Santiago, Chile, will be at the head of the association as its Chairman in 2015. As (...) read more
The Berlin-based specialists for attractions design flying saucer received this year’s red dot award in the category of communication design for their interactive periodic table of the elements. The award-winning exhibit is part of the chemical (...) read more
This summer saw the soft opening of the first part of China’s newest shopping and entertainment destination OCT Bay in Shenzhen, China. US-based architects Laguarda.Low developed the new 300,000 square meter large complex including retail, (...) read more
Since September a new electric train travels between the about five kilometers long Al Hoota Cave – one of the largest stalactite caves in the Arabian region – and the Al Hoota Visitor Centre at the foot of the Hajar Mountains. The custom designed (...) read more
“Parlamentarium” is the name of the new European Parliament visitor centre that was opened in October. According to its own account it is “the largest parliamentary visitor centre in Europe and the first to be fully operational in 23 languages”. (...) read more
The new indoor adventure world Fun Arena which opened near Hamburg this spring (please see our detailed report in EAP issue 3/2011) has completed its offer with the opening of a hotel at the beginning of October. Guests of the modern 57-room “Arena (...) read more
In Badung, on the Isand of Java, the amusement park called Kampung Gajah recently installed four of the well-known “Tubby” slides from Neveplast. Three straight slopes are 85 meter long each and were built, for the first time, with a width of three (...) read more
The Red Sea Astrarium (TRSA), a 184-acre large themed entertainment resort with an attraction inspired by the 2009 Star Trek movie, is scheduled for opening in 2014 in Aqaba. Rubicon Group Holding (RGH), a global entertainment organization (...) read more
The newest queuing system for waterparks developed by Lo-Q was already introduced to the market about one year ago (cf. EAP 2/2011). The Q-Band (previously Q-Credits) is a waterproof wristband with a special technology that enables waterpark guests (...) read more
Merlin Entertainments announced plans for the construction of a Legoland Discovery Center (LDC) with shop and café at Kansas City’s shopping and entertainment center Crown Center. The 15 million dollar (around 10 million Euro) attraction will be (...) read more
After having installed two extreme slides supplied by manufacturer Polin two years ago (cf. EAP issue 6/2009), the French waterpark on the Côte d’Azur again decided for a slide from this company. The new attraction is a hybrid version of Polin’s (...) read more
