Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Jeju Island attraction in South Korea opened at the end of last year. It’s Ripley’s 32nd odditorium attraction worldwide. The exterior of the building, which is located in the Jungmun Tourist Complex at Seogwipo city, is (...) read more
As announced in our last EAP newsletter, 2011 will see the introduction of a new Shamu show in all SeaWorld parks. “One Ocean” is the name of the show which replaces the old “Believe” show. Thrilling performances and actions of the majestic killer (...) read more
At the end of last year the media reported about the construction of a Christian-themed park in North Kentucky called “The Ark Encounter”. An enormous full-scale Noah’s Ark made of wood will be the park’s main attraction and at the same time the (...) read more
According to the media, the emirate Abu Dhabi has stepped in with 5.2 billion US dollar of support for Ferrari World Abu Dhabi’s investor Aldar Properties (see our opening report of the new theme park in EAP issue 1/11) through the purchase of (...) read more
There are strange things happening at Merlin’s Thorpe Park in Great Britain … Reportedly, the park’s staff saw with their own eyes that objects were moved by an invisible hand and had disappeared. Employees felt observed by “something” and reported (...) read more
There is a general consensus among media reports about the billion-project “The World” that is literally to sink if nothing happens soon. The excessively hailed idea to sell 300 artificial islands off the coast of Dubai to the super-riches from (...) read more
In the event of the Chinese New Year celebrations that started on February 3rd, 2011, The Bubble Theater at the City of Dreams in Macau presented a new special fortune edition of the Dragon’s Treasure show developed by Orlando-based Falcon’s (...) read more
The amusement ride manufacturer Larson International from Texas announced the purchase of Minnesota-based family-owned Sellner Manufacturing Company at the end of January. Founded in 1923, Sellner produced a number of rides and attractions, having (...) read more
The negotiations concerning the sale of seven leisure parks announced at the end of December by the Compagnie des Alpes Group are finished. Agreements are signed and the new owner, the H.I.G. Capital Consortium (consisting of H.I.G. Capital France (...) read more
The popularity of miniature parks is existent but not exuberant. They are often missing the essential “thrill” to entice children and teenagers as well. According to the “Aachener Zeitung”, the successful Toverland owner Jean Gelissen has created (...) read more
According to Orlando Sentinel, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment plans to launch a new killer-whale show in its three parks in Orlando, San Diego and San Antonio in spring 2011. The new, as-yet-unnamed show will replace the “Believe” show which is in (...) read more
The Ostseetherme (Baltic Sea Thermal Spa) has existed for almost 15 years and now hopes to receive funding from the state of Mecklenburg-Western-Pomerania to get started with the complex reconstruction of the facility for around 11.2 million (...) read more
In EAP issue 5/2010 we already represented the first of the new water park cinemas developed by 4D cinema technology specialist Kraftwerk in cooperation with Polin that is going to be installed in Austria. As the Turkish company announced recently, (...) read more
The industrial monument and Ruhr-Event-Center Gasometer in Oberhausen, Germany will see the installation of a 40-meter high replica of a Rain Forest tree. The tree’s branches will already be between eleven and 13 meter long, whereas the treetop will (...) read more
In October 2010, Lo-Q, the supplier of virtual queuing systems for theme parks, announced the appointment of Tom Burnet as Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect. Before, Burnet worked as Managing Director of the Serco company’s Defence (...) read more
Karen Staley has assumed her new office as IAAPA Europe Deputy Director on January 1, 2011. She replaces Andreas V. Andersen who is the new President and CEO of the Liseberg Group (more details on that in our current EAP magazine issue 1/11). Staley (...) read more
Palace Entertainment - US-based subsidiary of Parques Reunidos - recently took over Dutch Wonderland in Pennsylvania from Hershey Entertainment for a sum that has not been communicated. The theme park was opened in 1963 and purchased by Hershey in (...) read more
Backstage Connections is the name of Alterface’s new local sales and service partner in the United States. According to the Belgian company, Backstage Connections has a strong technical expertise in all matters related to the entertainment (...) read more
The “Motorsport-Magazine” recently speculated for the possibility to build a second Ferrari theme park in Valencia. Those rumors were probably motivated by conversations between Valencia’s mayor and the president of the Regional Assembly with (...) read more
The French operator Group Compagnie des Alpes (CDA) announced in mid-December their plans to sell seven of their leisure parks within Europe to the investment group H.I.G. Capital France and Laurent Bruloy. CDA intends to sell its controlling (...) read more
