As the media consistently report, the hero of “Pirates of the Caribbean”, Johnny Depp, plans to build a waterpark in the Bahamas. The park will have a pirate theming referring to the movie. Unlike some other Hollywood stars, Depp doesn’t want to (...) read more
The construction of the Saarland-Therme in Kleinblittersdorf, Germany, which costs more than 13 million Euros, has started. The vision of a thermal spa has been discussed within the community for around 20 years. Andreas Schauer will be operator (...) read more
After the acquisition of the Holiday Park by Plopsa at the end of October, now further details concerning future development perspectives emerge. In the center of 2011 stands without doubt the 40th anniversary of the park that welcomes around one (...) read more
Despite more than 15 million visitors at Disneyland Paris, the theme park didn’t manage to be in the black again. Quite the contrary: The results of the fiscal year 2010 reveal a significant loss of 39.9 million Euros for the park although the (...) read more
The Hersbrucker Frankenalb Therme has changed its name to “Fackelmann Therme” in mid-September. The new name giver, the Fackelmann company from Hersbruck, Germany produces household articles and bathroom furniture. The international company aims to (...) read more
„Krake“ (octopus) is the name of Germany’s first Dive Coaster which is currently being built by the Swiss company Bolliger & Mabillard (cf. our current EAP issue, Page 10ff) for the Heide-Park. The theme park in Northern Germany, which is part of (...) read more
Clostermann design received the „Global Connect Award“ from the German Industrie- und Handelskammer, Handwerk International and the Messe Stuttgart at the end of October. The Ettlingen-based company designs and builds sceneries and characters for (...) read more
What visitors and delegations repeatedly emphasized has now officially been confirmed: The first prize in the theme development category goes to “balancity”. More than four million visitors came to the German Pavilion during the 184 days of the EXPO (...) read more
Aviation, automobiles, shipping and railways are the topics planned to be represented in a new mobility adventure park for children and adults. The concept for this park that was already shown on the EXPO REAL in Munich was developed by (...) read more
The Dinosaur Park in Kleinwelka near Bautzen, Germany will see the construction start of an around 350-square meter large water playground area at the end of September. It will open for the 2011 season. Several different water play elements will be (...) read more
Since mid-September, the dinosaur park Jurassic Island in Traismauer, Austria has been closed because of bankruptcy proceedings. In the middle of the decade, the park project was supported by the state of Lower Austria with the “ecoplus” regional (...) read more
In mid-September a contract extension was signed for Euro Disney S.C.A. in the office of the French premier minister. The duration of the former agreement for the premises made available by the French state north of Paris was changed from 2017 to (...) read more
Many German and Austrian water parks and thermal spas recorded a high turnover this summer. Particularly the month of August pleased operators with a considerable increase. The weather conditions, which are typical for autumn, pushed the visitors (...) read more
At the beginning of the year the rooftop water playground Splash Park was inaugurated at Sembawang Shopping Mall in Singapore. Empex Watertoys together with children’s playgrounds provider Playpoint Singapore implemented this rather unusual water (...) read more
The family operated leisure park Drusillas Park in East Sussex, UK, recently opened its newest attraction: “Eden’s Eye”. This interactive maze developed by theming and design specialist Meticulous Ltd. from Leicester is exactly the right thing for (...) read more
As the IAAPA (International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions) recently announced, the IAAPA Attractions Expo will take place in Orlando’s Orange County Convention Center (OCCC) during the next ten years. Initially the trade fair was (...) read more
The name of the new attraction “Barnstormer” at Dollywood comes from the daring stunt pilots of the 1920s in the US who performed breathtaking tricks with their airplanes high above farms and fields. The guests of the around 4.3 million Euro (5.5 (...) read more
It’s getting serious: The new Therme Wien in Austria (we reported on that in EAP issue 3/2010) will open on September 27, 2010. The around 115 million Euro-project, operated by VAMED Group, will feature high-quality wellness offers with around 4,000 (...) read more
As recently announced, Andreas Veilstrup Andersen will replace Mats Wedin as CEO and President of the Liseberg Group, when Wedin retires with effect from February 1, 2011. Previously, Andersen worked for Tivoli Gardens and has led IAAPA’s European (...) read more
The idea isn’t new but at the same time more than obvious: Nintendo has created numerous characters over the years that are so familiar to kids like Disney’s Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck: “Mario” is just one of these characters, probably the (...) read more
