The historic site Land’s End, at the southest tip of England, in Cornwall, opened a 100-seat 4D effects theatre from Simworx at the end of March. The theatre replaces the previous attraction “Return to the Last Labyrinth” and has the typical 4D (...) read more
Ripley Entertainment Inc., famous for its curio collections, acquired four attractions located in the city center of Copenhagen: the franchised businesses of Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Odditorium and the Guiness World Records Museum, as well as (...) read more
Parques Reunidos is the new owner of Movie Park Germany in Bottrop. Palamon Capital Partners (PCP) have owned the Movie Park since 2004. Parques Reunidos is known as the operator of 68 parks and attractions in Europe and in the U.S. – amongst (...) read more
The 6th annual attraction operators’ conference organized by Vision XS will take place at Keble College Oxford, UK on 7 July 2010. Over 175 visitor attraction operators will participate in seminars, presentations and workshops. Main topics this (...) read more
„Wibit Sports Park“ is a new inflatable modular structure of the Wibit range. The new attraction consists of several combined modules and is designed for a bigger area on beaches and swimming lakes. The trampoline, the first inflatable water swing (...) read more
After the Turkish company Polin presented its RTM manufacturing process last year, WhiteWater West now offers the expansion of its line of patent-pending SilkTek slides after ten years of development. The LRTM (Light Resin Transfer Molding) (...) read more
After the success of “El Toro”, the wooden coaster much appreciated among roller coaster fans that opened last year, the ambitious park plans to install another roller coaster for 2011. According to first information, the attraction will rather be a (...) read more
Warsteiner, the German manufacturer of beer and beverages expands its brand name within the entertainment and theme park gastronomy: from March 26, 2010 on,Warsteiner beverages are available at Movie Park Germany in Bottrop-Kirchhellen. “With (...) read more
In January, the Disney Corporation and Siemens Water Technologies signed a ten-year agreement for the application and operation of water technologies at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida. The Siemens company, who had already provided a wide (...) read more
The popular theme park in Tennessee opened a new attraction in March for its 25th anniversary: “Adventure Mountain” is an around 8.100-square meter large adventure obstacle course. Geyser Gorge, Rocky Top Trail and Black Bear Cliff are the three (...) read more
The park operator Six Flags announced the closing of its park Kentucky Kingdom in Louisville, USA, in February. According to Six Flags, its proposals for a new lease arrangement to the Kentucky State Fair Board were not accepted and thus the park (...) read more
Just some weeks after the announcement of the opening of a Madame Tussauds attraction in Bangkok, Thailand for 2010, there is news from Europe: In early 2011, another wax figure attraction will open in Prater Park, Vienna. The figures of Merlin’s (...) read more
A museum on the premises of Charlie Chaplin’s property “Manoir de Ban” in Corsier-sur-Vevey in Switzerland where he spent the last 25 years of his life has been planned for nearly ten years. According to the media, the project was delayed because (...) read more
In the four Inntal communities Niederndorf and Ebbs (Austria) and Oberaudorf and Kiefersfelden (Germany) negotiations concerning the construction of a cross-frontier tourist attraction are under way: a 40-meter tall tower–like timber construction (...) read more
The opening of the new 600,000 square meter (150 acres) amusement park Rainbow MagicLand will take place in Valmontone, near Rome, in April 2011. The Italian companies Alfa Park and Rainbow develop the project whereas the 300 million Euros come from (...) read more
Long-lasting rumors about Merlin Entertainments Group’s research for an appropriate location for a Legoland in the US state of Florida now come to an end. The historical facility with theme- and water park as well as its historic botanical gardens (...) read more
Universal Parks and Resorts, actually operating four theme parks in Osaka, Japan, Los Angeles and Orlando in the USA and in 2010 also in Singapore (we reported in EAP issue 6/2009), signed, according to www.koreatimes.co.kr, an agreement with 14 (...) read more
In the skiing region Galsterberg in Austria, the children adventure land “Galstiland” in which visitors can discover Gauls and Romans has been opened this winter. As all of these regions are famous for their various ski offers, it is very (...) read more
The management of the facility that has been operating under the name of Waterworld Bergische Sonne since 2005 and that was built as Freizeit- und Erlebnisbad Bergische Sonne in 1992 filed for bankruptcy on December 23, 2009 with the local (...) read more
As reported yesterday, a veteran SeaWorld trainer was attacked and killed by a whale shortly before the beginning of the popular orca show in Orlando, FL. The show arena was immediately evacuated and all further shows cancelled. Jim Atchison, (...) read more
