Fifty years ago, on July 1, Florida’s space center was officially opened under the name of Launch Operation Center, later renamed Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in honor of the President. In celebration of the 50th anniversary, the KSC Visitor Complex (...) read more
Last week, the worldwide members of the IAAPA (International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions) Board of Directors came together at Europa-Park, Germany. Roland Mack, CEO of Europa-Park and 2012 Chairman of the IAAPA Board, took the (...) read more
US-based International Theme Park Services (ITPS) announced its withdrawal from the mixed-use leisure project owned by Turkish investor ORA Istanbul near Istanbul at the end of May. ITPS was responsible for the operation and management of Landora, a (...) read more
According to a recent announcement of IAAPA (International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions), the international association will see its President & CEO Chip Cleary (formerly Senior Vice President of Palace Entertainment’s water park (...) read more
Seven Peaks, owner and operator of six recreational venues in Utah and Missouri, announced the acquisition of Bluff Falls Water Park and Family Fun Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri at the beginning of this month. The venue was renamed Seven Peaks (...) read more
According to a recent announcement, the Japanese ride manufacturer Sansei Yusoki Co., Ltd., listed on the Osaka Stock Exchange, will invest in the US-based coaster manufacturer S&S Worldwide of Utah. According to this, Sansei will be acquiring 13 (...) read more
The new Arctic theme area and enclosure at Hamburg, Germany’s Hagenbeck Zoo named “Eismeer” (Arctic Sea) has been under construction during the last 2 ½ years now (cf. EAP news from June 7, 2010). The planned opening in the spring of 2011 was (...) read more
Finland-based playground equipment manufacturer Lappset can look forward to building two Angry Birds Activity Parks in China. These projects mark the entry of the company’s Angry Birds concepts into the Chinese market. Since the end of last year, (...) read more
Hamburg-based tour operator Öger Tours has released a new slide catalog called “Öger Aqua” for this summer season featuring 38 family-friendly hotels in countries like Turkey, Egypt, Tunisia, Morocco and the UAE. Sounds like nothing special, BUT the (...) read more
A female zookeeper was attacked and killed by a wolf pack at the Swedish Wildlife Park Kolmården, operated by Parks and Resorts Scandinavia, last Sunday morning. The woman, who was in her 30s, went in the wolves’ enclosure alone shortly after the (...) read more
The European Waterpark Association (EWA) visited, among other destinations, Germany’s Europa-Park in Rust during their summer meeting in Southern Germany taking place from June 14 to 16, 2012 (more details about the summer meeting in our magazine (...) read more
Tomorrow, the Emsland region-based Dankern Castle Vacation Center will celebrate the opening of its newest attraction, „Adventure Golf Dankern“. The new adventure golf course was built on an area of 3,000 square meters and was equipped with a (...) read more
Delmenhorst, Germany’s new thermal spa facility GraftTherme (operated by BAD Bäderbetriebsgesellschaft mbH, part of the SWD-Group Delmenhorst) was opened to the public at the end of August last year. According to the media, after the operation of (...) read more
A copy of the Austrian village Hallstatt has been inaugurated in the Chinese city of Boluo, belonging to the province of Guangdong in the South of China after a construction phase of only one year. A lake, a church, houses and other details have (...) read more
Beatlemania, a 1,300-square meter museum spread over five storeys in the former rooms of the Erotic Art Museum in Hamburg, has to close its doors soon. Around 150,000 visitors came to experience the history of the famous Beatles presented in (...) read more
Paläon is the name of a museum currently being developed in Schöningen near Braunschweig (Lower Saxony), holding its roofing ceremony today. The Forschungs- und Erlebniszentrum Schöninger Speere (roughly “Schöninger Spears Research and Discovery (...) read more
The adventures of “Captain Splash” and the waterpark mascot “Chango” from the new pirate theme area at Austria’s EurothermenResort Bad Schallerbach are now depicted in a children’s book. The book is suitable for children five years and above. The (...) read more
The newly founded Mack Media GmbH & Co. KG presents its first own production together with its distribution partner nWave from June 5 to 8, 2012 at the Asian Attractions Expo in Hong Kong. “The Secret of Balthasar Castle” is the name of the new (...) read more
In mid-2011, Movie Park Germany in Bottrop-Kirchhellen celebrated the opening of its newest indoor rollercoaster “Van Helsing’s Factory” (we reported in EAP 4/2011). Now the park revealed plans for the construction of another rollercoaster. The new, (...) read more
Dragons play an important role in the Chinese culture ever since. For Asian people they are a symbol of power and fortune. It is no wonder, then, that a major attraction of the new indoor waterpark, which is currently under construction as part of (...) read more
