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From April 17-27, 2014, Germany’s Freizeitpark Plohn (Saxony) starts into the new season with a great spring festival. An “Easter egg hunt” and many small surprises throughout the park await visitors these days. Moreover, visitors familiar with the (...) read more

Thanks to the good weather in late March/early April, some amusement parks in Germany decided to bring forward their season opening spontaneously and receive their guests earlier than planned. For instance, Allgäu Skyline Park (Bad Wörishofen) (...) read more

Simon Palmer has recently been promoted to the position of Waterpark Sales Manager, Europe and Africa within the Canadian company WhiteWater West. Born in the UK, Simon Palmer has over 20 years of valuable experience and an impressive background in (...) read more

Harry Potter fans can look forward to this coming October when Harry Potter will visit Cologne! In fact, “Harry Potter™: The Exhibition” will be launched at the Odysseum Science Center as of October 3, 2014. The international touring exhibition, (...) read more

Following Merlin Entertainments’ acquisition of Istanbul’s Turkuazoo Aquarium last September (we reported on this in the EAP news from Sept 27, 2013), the visitor attraction operator recently announced that it had reached an agreement with Multi (...) read more

Following a planning and construction phase of virtually two and a half years, Phantasialand opened its brand-new attraction „Chiapas” on March 30. Named after the Mexican state of Chiapas the new log flume ride featuring a steep descent at an angle (...) read more

The classic Disney parks attraction “It’s a Small World” that premiered as a tribute to peace and hope at the 1964 New York World’s Fair celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. In 1963 Walt Disney was asked to design and create four pavilions for (...) read more

The “Raving Rabbids”, the crazy small rabbits created by French computer game producer and publisher Ubisoft, are currently on the rise. They recently have taken over France’s Futuroscope theme park (we reported on this in EAP, issue 2/2014) and are (...) read more

At the end of last year Genting Malaysia Berhad presented its five billion MYR (around 1.1 billion EUR) Genting Integrated Tourism Plan, which will see a major 10-year master plan for development, expansion, enhancement and refurbishment of hotels, (...) read more

Launched in North America in 2002 as an international touring production, Cirque du Soleil’s (CdS) “Varekai” show returned to Montreal, Quebec in December of last year for its re-launch as an arena show. For the new format, the CdS production team (...) read more

When SplashTown in Houston/TX reopens on May 2, 2014, it will have undergone a multimillion dollar renovation and be featuring a new name: Wet’n’Wild SplashTown. In November 2013, the real estate investment trust CNL Lifestyle Properties acquired (...) read more

US-based Sally Corporation, known for the development and manufacturing of dark ride attractions (cp. EAP, issue 2/2014), welcomed two new members to the company’s board of directors recently: Tom Wages, veteran of the parks and attractions industry (...) read more

Visitors to Wet’n Wild Orlando can look forward to a new attraction this summer! The new “Aqua Drag Racer” will be six stories (nearly 20 meters) tall and have four lanes through which guests will rush in a head-to-head competition. “The new Aqua (...) read more

Located in the northeast of France, the privately operated zoo of Amnéville (Lorraine) plans to open a new “Tiger World” in April of 2015. The new show arena will feature around 1,800 seats and will be completely themed with lush greenery, rocks, (...) read more

According to a recent study of the independent polling firm meinungsraum.at from Vienna, for which more than 5,500 daily guests of all thermal spa and bathing complexes in Austria were surveyed within a period of twelve months, EurothermenResort Bad (...) read more

Now it’s official! Following intensive negotiations, all assets of the historic Nuerburgring have now been sold as was revealed during a press conference held in Koblenz yesterday. The race track was sold to Capricorn Group, an automotive supplier (...) read more

Since the beginning of this year it has been official that Germany’s Fackelmann Therme in Hersbruck (near Nuremberg) is able to continue to trade under its company name until 2019. The early extension of the agreement granting the option for another (...) read more

The season’s opening of Heide Park Resort scheduled for the end of March will also see the opening of „Flight of the Demons“, Germany’s first wing coaster (cp. EAP 6/2013 and EAP news from 13 January 2014). But meanwhile the demons have also (...) read more