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
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
