(eap) The Tropical Islands vacation resort near Berlin recently announced that its new “OHANA” hotel complex is set to open in April this year. The ground-breaking ceremony for the extension was held in early summer last year – the modular (...) read more
(eap) Wunderland Kalkar amusement park in Germany, which was taken over by DeFabrique Holding in 2022 (see news from 19.04.2023), recently announced its new attraction for this year’s season: “Kernie’s Village”, a new themed area based around the (...) read more
(eap) A Sparky’s Family Entertainment Center has opened last week at The Galleria Al Maryah Island shopping mall in Abu Dhabi. The FEC, which is operated by the Al Hokair Group, combines various play areas to cater to the preferences of visitors of (...) read more
(eap) Executive and architect Barbara Bouza, who joined Disney in summer 2020, is stepping down from her current position as President of the creative division Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI). “It is bittersweet as I wrap up my work as President of (...) read more
(eap) The Deutschlandmuseum in Berlin was recently honoured by the World Travel Awards (WTA) in the category of “Europe’s Leading New Tourist Attraction 2024” as the best new tourist attraction in Europe. “The award is further proof that we have (...) read more
(eap) Familypark, located on Lake Neusiedl in Austria, recently announced details about its new attraction. The park is getting a “Wild Swing” from the German manufacturer ART Engineering, which will be named “Azurgo”. In the spirit of its theming, (...) read more
(eap) Work on the new “Hyperia” roller coaster is in full swing at Thorpe Park in the UK. Last week, a 500-ton crane was used to place the final piece into the almost one-kilometre-long coaster track. More than 5.000 hours of work have been put into (...) read more
(eap) The “Applause Award”, which has been presented every two years since 1980 by the Swedish theme park Liseberg, was presented to Siam Park this year. It is the first time that a water park receives this prestigious recognition. “With an original (...) read more
(eap) The Swedish amusement park Gröna Lund recently submitted building permit applications for a park extension to be built on the adjacent parking lot. The site was home to the Stockholm Exhibition in 1897 and the former Nöjesfältet amusement (...) read more
(eap) Recently, The Walt Disney Company’s CEO Bob Iger confirmed the speculation that an Avatar land is to be created at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. In the “Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference Call” last Tuesday, Iger (...) read more
(eap) The Dollywood theme park in Pigeon Forge (Tennessee) starts into this year’s season today. While the park is only open to season passholders today, Dollywood will open its gates to everyone again as of tomorrow. With a total of 280 opening (...) read more
(eap) Internorga, the leading international trade fair for the hospitality and restaurant industry, kicks off today in Hamburg with new products, trends and concepts for the out-of-home market. Through Tuesday, March 12, trade visitors and experts (...) read more
(eap) A new central point of contact for new and present employees of the Europa-Park Resort was opened yesterday between Europa-Park and the Rulantica water world: the new “Welcome Center 75”, which is also connected to a modern café, is intended (...) read more
(eap) After Germany’s Serengeti-Park Hodenhagen was affected by serious flooding at the end of last year, the park is now looking forward to its nearing reopening. “Thanks to the efforts of the helpers from the THW, fire department, DLRG, farmers (...) read more
(eap) Star Wars fans at Disneyland Paris, Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando and Disneyland Resort in Anaheim will be able to discover new characters and stories in Disney’s first Star Wars flight simulator attractions, in which “Star Tours: The (...) read more
(eap) At this year’s FKF Convention at Europa-Park Resort in Rust on Sunday, March 3, 2024, the members of the Freundeskreis Kirmes und Freizeitparks e.V. (FKF e.V.) once again voted for the best European attraction novelties that opened in 2023. (...) read more
(eap) Last Saturday, SeaWorld San Antonio celebrated the opening of the world’s first Launched Flume Coaster: “Catapult Falls”. It is the first white water ride to feature an acceleration element, which was introduced by manufacturer Intamin in 2022 (...) read more
(eap) In 2021, Bron Launsby, entrepreneur and board member of the International Adventure and Trampoline Parks Association, and Gary Schmit, inventor of the “Slick Slide” (a dry slide based on innovative slide technology), co-founded the “Slick (...) read more
(eap) Universal Orlando Resort recently announced details about its coming new DreamWorks themed area at Universal Studios Florida. The new area will feature various family-friendly attractions based around popular DreamWorks characters from films (...) read more
(eap) As the attraction’s main character, “Mr. Krabs” had already made a guest appearance as a cheerful-looking animatronic at the Sally Dark Rides booth during last year’s IAAPA Expo, which stoked anticipation for “SpongeBob’s Crazy Carnival Ride”. (...) read more
