Gothenburg has a new tourist attraction: the 60-meter tall ferris wheel “Göteborgshjulet” was opened in the inner city next to the opera building near the harbor. The attraction designed by Bussink was supplied by Wheels of Excellence – owned by (...) read more
We reported about the closing of Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom in our EAP newsletter of April 2010. According to the media, the former park owner, Ed Hart, hopes to rescue the park. Hart took the park over in 1990 and purchased it (with 200,000 (...) read more
According to the media, the Compagnie des Alpes Group (operator of Parc Astérix and Walibi parks) has planned to take over the French theme park Futuroscope in Poitiers. The Vienne department, which currently owns 70 percent of the park, would with (...) read more
Alec Tilley joined the US based company ProFun Management as Vice President. Tilley is a senior level business and operational planning executive with experience in international and US projects who has worked as a leader in consulting firms who (...) read more
According to „Sauerland News“, the foundation St. Elisabeth-Hospital from Ibbenbüren plans to build a bungalow park next to the popular theme park Fort Fun until 2011. The bungalows will be built on a 40,000-square meter large area for a total (...) read more
Josef Wund, builder and operator of the successful thermal spas in Erding and Bad Wörishofen, presented his plans to build a new bathing paradise in Sinsheim. It is assumed that the project requires an investment of 35 million Euros. 850.000 guests (...) read more
Erich Däniken obviously had many problems with his well-intended Mystery Park and he surely lost a lot. After the demise of his ambitious park there was a steady back and forth and also a lot of promising plans (we reported several times). For the (...) read more
According to an US authority for consumer protection, McDonald’s had to take back 12 million glasses with pictures of the Shrek movie contaminated with cadmium in the US. (eap) read more
Alexander Schreibeisen, the committed initiator and owner of the indoor park „Sensapolis“ died after a severe illness at an age of only 36 years. Only two years ago, at the end of June 2008, he had opened “his” Sensapolis with an investment of 30 (...) read more
The first Center Parcs facility (Moselle / Les Trois Forêts) of the new generation opened in France on June 4, 2010. The 435-hectare large holiday destination operated by Pierre & Vacances required an investment volume of 250 million Euros. (...) read more
The director of the Taiwanese TV action series „Black and White“ plans according to The China Post to open a Hollywood Universal Studios-like theme park in Kaohsiung, southern Taiwan. The around 156 million US dollar (five billion NT dollar) park (...) read more
The two Norwegian mythologists Haukur Halldorsson and Sverrir Sigurjonsson have created a model for a new mythology based theme park in Iceland. Visitors should be able to experience Iceland’s Viking ancestors with trolls, elves and giants. The (...) read more
President and owner of the American supplier Premier Rides Inc., Jim Seay, was elected to the National Aquarium’s Board of Directors. Seay shifted from the aerospace industry to the amusement industry and worked as an engineering and maintenance (...) read more
Wet’n’Wild Water World in Queensland, Australia will open four AquaLoops from WhiteWater West (licensed by Aquarena) in September 2010. The special thing about these installations is not only their quantity but also their arrangement. All four (...) read more
Macao, a Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China will see the opening of a five-star resort including wave pool in early 2011. Over 2,200 rooms in three different hotels (Banyan Tree Hotel and Resort, Hotel Okura and Galaxy (...) read more
It’s official now: the long anticipated opening date of the Ferrari World Abu Dhabi on Yas Island, a 25-square kilometer entertainment and recreation destination, will be October 28, 2010. The date was announced in a ceremony at the Spanish (...) read more
The ground-breaking ceremony for the new Arctic Sea facility at Hagenbecks Zoo in Hamburg took place in autumn last year. The over 8,000-square meter large facility will be equipped with innovative water technology and refrigeration engineering. (...) read more
Since April there’s been a new horse-show at the family park Bobbejaanland. Until the end of August, visitors can enjoy Zorro and his horse Tornado on his search for the masked lady Dona Esperança. The show lasts 25 to 30 minutes and the showman (...) read more
Since May 2010, visitors of the Prater in Vienna can enjoy an impressive flight with the 117-meter tall Star Flyer from the Austrian company Funtime. The new “Prater Tower” will be located at the new Schweizerhausplatz. The carousel has 12 double (...) read more
The new water slide “X-stream” opened at Tiki Pool at the Dutch amusement park Duinrell in the occasion of the park’s 75th anniversary at the beginning of May 2010. The 16.4-meter long slide from Van Egdom starts seven meters off the ground in a (...) read more
