More than 45,000 spectators on ten consecutive evenings came to Berlin’s “Zentraler Festplatz” (central fairground) to see a mobile multi-media show event. “Aquanario”, a show consisting of water, fire, laser, lighting and firework effects, was (...) read more
In Denmark’s city of Randers, located within a three hour drive north of Kiel, a new leisure swimming pool facility with a 50-meter swimming pool, leisure offers as well as fitness studio, sauna and gastronomy is planned to be built until May 2014. (...) read more
Fårup Sommerland, which recorded 600,000 visitors this season, has already announced a new attraction for the coming year. “Orkanen”, meaning hurricane resp. tornado, is the name of the new Suspended Coaster from Vekoma which is scheduled to open at (...) read more
At the beginning of August, the listed Cedar Fair Entertainment Company had reported record results for its second quarter already – the net revenues for the fiscal second quarter increased to 357.6 million US Dollars (about 280.5 million Euros) (...) read more
At a height of 135 meters the London Eye has been the highest public viewing point in London so far from which visitors can also see Lord Norman Foster’s skyscraper “The Gherkin” (180 meters high). But since July a new bizarre building reaches into (...) read more
At the end of June Center Parcs Les Hauts de Bruyères in central France opened a new waterslide attraction at its Aqua Mundo waterpark. The 100 meter long “Tospy-Turvy” slide, supplied by ProSlide, starts in a height of nine meters. In single or (...) read more
The well-known characters "Wallace & Gromit" from the British animated short film series of the same name by Nick Park will enter Pleasure Beach Blackpool in 2013. The Wallace & Gromit-themed dark ride "Thrill-O-Matic", a family ride, which required (...) read more
Legoland Malaysia, the world’s sixth Lego Park, has been opened just in time last Saturday. Local as well as international visitors can spend a day full of family fun in Asia’s first Lego Park, which caters to families with children between the ages (...) read more
The “Flow Booster” is a new accessory from Canada-based provider of aquatic recreation equipment Waterplay Solutions from Kelowna. This new element is an underground system that boosts the flow of water of the company’s many water play features. The (...) read more
At the beginning of August Severn Lamb, the UK specialist for transport engineering systems, announced two new appointments. Greg Squires (pictured right), former Project Enginneering Manager at Severn Lamb, joined the company’s board of directors (...) read more
This summer saw the introduction of a new multi-media guide at Germany’s Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum(HNF) in Paderborn. The multi-media guide takes visitors on a tour of one or two hours through the museum presenting them 22 highlights of the history (...) read more
Canada-based waterslide and water attractions manufacturer WhiteWater West from Richmond (British Columbia) announced in August that Hopkins Rides has joined the WhiteWater family of companies. Since 1980, Hopkins Rides from Florida has manufactured (...) read more
Is it a rollercoaster? This was the question many visitors of the Olympic Games resp. the Olympic Park in the London district of Stratford asked themselves this summer. The 115 meter high observation tower, developed as a result of a design (...) read more
About twelve years ago, in 2000, when Leipzig Zoo saw itself confronted with declining visitor figures and enclosures that were no longer up to date, a strategic concept named „Zoo of the Future“ was initiated to renovate some of the zoo’s areas. (...) read more
The “StarFlyer” from Funtime known from Austria’s Vienna Prater has been spinning at the river banks of the Thames in South Bank’s “Priceless London Wonderground” since the end of July. The 60 meter high StarFlyer has been acquired by Mellor Group (...) read more
Attractions that are built for clients from all over the world at the production halls of ride manufacturer and supplier Mack Rides from Waldkirch are becoming higher and larger. Rollercoasters, water rides and carousels for amusement parks are (...) read more
Wet’n Wild Orlando, directly located on International Drive in Orlando, opened its newest attraction – a huge sandcastle-themed water playground named “Blastaway Beach™” – at the beginning of June. It’s the waterpark’s first new attraction in over (...) read more
Schloss Dankern, a vacation center in Germany, has many different recreational activities to offer for its day guests and overnight visitors. Only this past June, a new and wholly themed adventure golf course featuring a medieval castle theme has (...) read more
Silver Dollar City, located in Branson, Missouri and operated by Herschend Family Entertainment, announced this summer to open a new major attraction in the spring of 2013. The new 10 million US dollar (roughly 8.1 million Euros) attraction will be (...) read more
Germany’s Europa-Park in Rust, which welcomes more than four million visitors per year, has recently been elected best theme park in terms of service quality. The German ranking, done by ServiceValue GmbH, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main and (...) read more
