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
Thierry Coup is the new Senior Vice President of Universal Creative’s Creative Studio, the planning and development division of Universal Parks and Resorts. With immediate effect, Coup is responsible for the creative developments of all new (...) read more
Dan Ohlmann, carpenter and interior designer always devoted to miniatures and special effects, founded the “Palais de la miniature” in Lyon in 1990, today known as “Musée Miniature et Cinéma” located in the old town of Lyon. The museum focuses on (...) read more
For the start of the season, Arthur, his lovely Minimoys and numerous fans of these enchanting mythical creatures scurried all over the Europa-Park and not without good reason. The famous French film director Luc Besson (“Arthur and the (...) read more
According to the media, the cable car company Doppelmayr and musical producer Stage Entertainment plan to connect Hamburg’s St. Pauli entertainment district with the site of the International Garden Show (IGS) in its Wilhelmsburg district. The (...) read more
The Canadian water ride manufacturer recently announced its new partnership with Rick Briggs and his newly founded company Interactive Entertainment Concepts LLC. As co-founder of Creative Kingdoms and former co-developer of the AquaQuest and (...) read more
In “Titanic – The Exhibition” guests of the Tivoli in Copenhagen can visit a spectacular exhibition until December 30, 2011 featuring the largest ship disaster of the world. 99 years ago, in the night from April 14 to 15, 1912 the luxury cruise (...) read more
Austria’s first science center located in Wels (we reported earlier in EAP issue 3/2010) opened on April 16, 2011. The new 3,000 square meter large facility implemented by Bremen, Germany’s planning company Petri & Tiemann offers a highly (...) read more
