Kennywood Amusement Park in Pennsylvania / USA plans to open a new launch coaster in May 2010. The new attraction, the seventh roller coaster of the park, will be installed at the current location of the “Turnpike”, a ride that is planned to be (...) read more
A dinosaur theme park with the topic “evolution of dinosaurs” is to be opened at the latest in spring 2011 at Rasnov, a small city near Brasov in Transylvania, in the centre of Romania. On 40.000 square metres of land on lease from local (...) read more
Chocolate fanatics from China can be looking forward to January 2010: According to China Daily, a chocolate theme park is due to be opened near the Water Cube Aquatics Centre and the Bird’s Nest stadium. Chocolate replicas of the Great Wall, the (...) read more
In the Natural World Heritage region of the Blue Mountains in Australia, the first luxury resort from the Emirates Group opened outside of Dubai this autumn: the Wolgan Valley Resort & Spa. Nature conservation and the protection of species also play (...) read more
The Merlin Entertainment Group plans the construction of a 15-million dollar Sea Life Aquarium at Phoenix / Arizona, USA. The 26,000-square feet facility will be one of three new Sea Life Aquariums scheduled to be opened in 2010 in the US. Twelve (...) read more
The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) announced in October that worldwide tourism is in danger of declining by up to six percent this year. At the same time, with an eight-percent drop in sales, Europe has suffered above-average repercussions (...) read more
Recently the Paderborn Heinz Nixdorf MuseumsForum (HNF) welcomed its 1.5 millionth visitor. The museum opened in October 1996 (its motto: “More than just the world’s biggest computer museum”) and now notes around 118,000 guests a year. With (...) read more
Southwest of Geneva in France’s Département Haute-Savoie is the peaceful town of Neydens, where the official grand opening of the new Vitam’Parc was held on the 19th of October after a good three years of construction. The 70-million euro (...) read more
JVPlay, developers from Prestons / Australia, are planning an indoor and outdoor water park with theme park, hotel rooms, a themed restaurant and conference facilities. The resort is to be set up at Camden, southwest of Sydney. The 24-hectare (...) read more
The Dubai-based company ANC Holdings has taken a majority stake in Amusement Whitewater, a regional leader in design, supply and execution of themed environments. AWW has been involved in important projects such as “The Lost City” in South-Africa, (...) read more
The first KidZania theme park was founded by the Mexican entrepreneur Xavier Lopez Ancona in Mexico City in 1999. The park’s concept is based on role-playing for kids from ages two to 12. KidZania is a replica of a designed city in which children (...) read more
Tentatively scheduled to start in 2012, passengers traveling via Eurostar along the historic route from Paris or Brussels to England will see an astonishing sight: A 50 meter-tall white horse will then be erected as a part of the residential (...) read more
In 1979 Rapids Water Park at Palm Beach / USA opened on an area of five acres and with only one ride – Old Yellar. Today the park has been increased in size up to 25 acres and by now offers 29 water slides to its guests. The most popular attractions (...) read more
According to a study commissioned by Salón Piscina Barcelona and information supplied by the trade organizations ASOFAP (Spanish Association for the Manufacture of Equipment, Chemical Products and Swimming Pool Designers) and ATEP (Spanish (...) read more
According to Chinese media, a Hello Kitty theme park is to be built in Huzhou, two hours away from Shanghai, in June 2013. During Zhejiang Investment & Trade Symposium, a foreign economic and trade event, an investment agreement with Sanrio, the (...) read more
At the end of April a derby between Gelsenkirchen and Dortmund took place as usual, but this time not in a football stadium. The DFB (German Football Confederacy) called a special congress in Duesseldorf to decide on a site for the new museum. (...) read more
According to Austrian media reports, the widow of Rolf Kauka, the originator of the “Fix & Foxi” comic book series, is now planning an authentic replica of the Fix & Foxi village in the Hermagor-Presseger Lake resort area. According to the reports (...) read more
Hollywood is planning to shoot a Lego film. There is talk of a film being shot completely in a Lego world. Producer Dan Lin will use both animation and real film as part of this creation. Filming preparations are already underway. (eap) read more
The “desert Louvre” is a museum complex on Saadiyat (“Happiness”) island, 500 metres off Abu Dhabi, scheduled to be completed in 2013. 400 million euros have to be paid by the capital of the UAE within a 30-year agreement between Abu Dhabi and (...) read more
More than 2,200 guests came to the Europa-Park Arena yesterday in order to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Roland Mack, founder and owner of the popular theme park. Well known guests from the sectors of politics, business and showbiz celebrated (...) read more
