We recall: Mystery Park, inspired and initiated by Erich von Däniken in Interlaken, Switzerland, had closed its doors in mid-November 2006 due to massive payment difficulties. In December 2007, Stefan Lindner’s and Peter Stähli’s company “New (...) read more
On the 3rd of July, the theme park „Weltentor“ - Middle Ages and fantasy as central theme - should have been opened in Ronneburg (Thuringia). However, three weeks before the scheduled opening, an application for bankruptcy was filed at the (...) read more
Alton Towers – 2.5 million visitors each year – planned building a third hotel as the British media reported some weeks ago. In an announcement on its long term development strategy, the company stated that there would be no plans for a third hotel (...) read more
Once again, wild safaris and shows with birds of prey are on the daily agenda at the tradition-rich park in Sauerland. Back to the roots, so to speak. The toboggan run called “Fichtenflitzer” (literally “spruce racer”) is basically the only thing (...) read more
The Schwabenpark, which attracts around 200,000 visitors a year, is planning on constructing a rollercoaster according to media reports. A permit has already been procured for the building plans says the deputy manager, Thomas Hudelmaier, and the (...) read more
The financially ridden north German bird park Vogelpark Walsrode has been saved – at least for the meantime. The Belgian garden centre operator Floralux wants to do some garden work to spruce up the park visually, and plans on making the (...) read more
The park belonging to the Merlin Group is opening a new half-pipe slide for the 2009 season. The rafting pipe is a 10-meter high classic Sidewinder from Aqua Leisure. The new attraction is a combination wet and dry raft ride that propels riders from (...) read more
The 66-year-old architect of the Vals thermal spa, Peter Zumthor, received the 2009 Pritzker Award of 100,000 USD, which is held in the architectural industry as the “Nobel Prize”. Zumthor had accomplished a masterpiece with the Vals spa, which (...) read more
Since early April, the regional station NRW.TV has been the first German TV station to air episodes of the Dutch television series “The Fairytale Tree”. The children’s films produced by Efteling have already received great ratings on television in (...) read more
According to reports in the Spanish media, Terra Mitica noted roughly ten percent less visitors last year than it did in 2007. All together, 1.01 million people passed through the park’s gates last year. Terra Mitica is therefore now faced with (...) read more
Phantasialand’s former mascots were replaced at the start of the season by figures from the themed area. Meanwhile, the “Arte Lumina” show is also replacing the previous, very successful “Arachnomé” show in the winter garden. (eap) read more
Last year 220,000 people from the Netherlands visited the Movie Park – that’s more than 20 percent of all visitors, as the “WAZ” announced shortly after the start of the season. Movie Park GM Wouter Dekkers, a Dutchman himself, knows best how to (...) read more
As mentioned a number of times in past issues of our newsletter, the NYSE had been threatening to delist the Six Flags stock for months already. Since September, the company’s market capitalisation had fallen significantly below the volume (...) read more
The private operator of the water park “Lagune” in Cottbus has registered for insolvency due to inability to pay on Ash Wednesday. However the bath operation is still continuing to run. Last year instead of the predicted 180,000 visitors, only (...) read more
At the beginning of March work began on two new Disney cruise liners at the Meyer shipyard in Papenburg. The two ocean liners should be completed in 2011 and 2012. “When we built up our business in 1998, we recognised straightaway that there was a (...) read more
The Park which cost $400 million to set up, and was opened in March 2008 only to become insolvent 5 months later, will be sold to FPI MB Entertainment for $25 million. The unknown company is a newly founded joint venture between Freestyle Park (...) read more
After a two year delay and much toing and froing, the rollercoaster from the Russian manufacturer Pax will finally be delivered and constructed. The delay in delivery was caused by controversies which the manufacturer had to fight out with their (...) read more
Years of hard work have paid off: Ole Bested Hensing, manager of the “Tropical Islands”, is pleased with the unexpected influx of visitors and a successfully completed business year. For the business year that ended at the end of January an (...) read more
The well-known Dutch amusement park Efteling plans on staying open all year round in the future. Apart from an ice skating rink, numerous other attractions suitable for the different seasons are in preparation. The family amusement park Efteling (...) read more
The town of Salzburg planned a new facility in the area of Liefering (we have already reported in the print edition), instead of the traditional “Paracelsusbad” in the town centre. €50 million should have been invested in the new and attractive (...) read more
