(eap) Yesterday, The Walt Disney Company announced that Robert “Bob” A. Iger, who resumed his longtime role as CEO of the group late last year, has agreed to the unanimous request of the Board of Directors to extend his contract through Dec. 31, (...) read more
(eap) The family thrill roller coaster announced for 2024 and currently under construction at the Drayton Manor Resort in England (see EAP 2/2023) will be implemented by Liechtenstein-based manufacturer Intamin Amusement Rides. The roller coaster is (...) read more
(eap) Former Center Parcs Europe CEO and M2 Leisure co-owner Mark Haak Wegmann (photo), who most recently served as managing director of the leisure and entertainment division of the Majid Al Futtaim (MAF) Group in Dubai, has now assumed the (...) read more
(eap) According to plans drawn up by the city council’s sports committee Augsburg’s Spickelbad will be rebuilt at a cost of almost 40 million euros. An investigation by the structural engineering office has shown that the Spickelbad is not worth (...) read more
(eap) At the Isla Mágica amusement park in Seville, Spain, guests can now take to the skies. This is possible thanks to a new large tethered balloon from the French company Aerophile. Guests can float in the new “Nao Vigía” balloon above the park at (...) read more
(eap) Castle Taggenbrunn in Carinthia, Austria – owned by the entrepreneurial Riedl family since 2011 and opened to the public in 2019 after extensive renovations as part of the Taggenbrunn Festival – now offers its guests spectacular views and (...) read more
(eap) International cruise line brand Royal Caribbean is looking to further strengthen its sustainability efforts. As part of its catalog of measures, in the future initially two of the group’s coming new ships – the “Icon of the Seas” and the (...) read more
(eap) Universal Destinations & Experiences, a unit of Comcast NBCUniversal, announced the appointment of Molly Murphy (photo) as President of Universal Creative, effective August 14, 2023. She joins Universal from Gensler, a global architecture, (...) read more
(eap) Last Saturday (8 July), France’s Cobac Parc, located between Rennes and Saint-Malo, was able to inaugurate its great novelty of the season: the “Tour Excalibur”. The 20-meter high attraction is a free fall tower equipped with twelve seats, (...) read more
(eap) Recently, five-time Oscar winner Sir Richard Taylor visited Europa-Park Rust in Germany. Taylor is known for his work on the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, for which he designed weapons, armor and prosthetics with his company Wētā Workshop. (...) read more
(eap) After SeaWorld® Yas Island Abu Dhabi (UAE), the very first SeaWorld theme park outside the USA with more than 15 rides and attractions, was officially launched in May, this was recently followed by the opening of the “Hypersphere 360° Ride” (...) read more
(eap) With the welcome message “Hello World!” followed by dazzling animated fireworks, the American flag and underwater scenes the visual show was kicked off on the world’s largest LED screen: the exterior of the MSG Sphere. The Sphere, which graces (...) read more
(eap) After a year and a half of construction, the first overnight guests were welcomed last weekend at Futuroscope’s newly opened “Ecolodgee” hotel (see EAP 3/2023). Ecolodgee is the park’s second themed hotel after the four-star “Station Cosmos” (...) read more
(eap) KRIEGER Architekten | Ingenieure GmbH has taken over the company blass architekten from Euskirchen and thus establishes a third location in Germany in addition to Velbert and Koblenz. KRIEGER Architekten specialize in the planning and (...) read more
(eap) With a big summer party, Karls Erlebnis-Dorf in Elstal (near Berlin) today celebrated the opening of the second section of the themed area “Karls Wetterwelt”, which opened in 2021 with its first attractions (see EAP 2/2021). Now this is (...) read more
(eap) Southwest London-based theme park resort Chessington World of Adventures (part of the Merlin Entertainments Group) recently submitted plans to build a themed indoor water park. With this development, the leisure destination, which already (...) read more
(eap) With the opening of its new attraction “Les Toucans” a few days ago, the Parc des Combes, located in Le Creusot in Burgundy, France, delights its guests. The novelty is a tower ride of the Italian manufacturer Technical Park of the model type (...) read more
(eap) The tragic roller coaster accident on 25 June at the Swedish amusement park Gröna Lund in Stockholm shook the amusement park industry last week. Since the accident, in which one person died, the park remained closed for the time being. In lieu (...) read more
(eap) A family-friendly water park called Adventure Cove recently opened in the Meridiana residential community in Iowa Colony, Texas. As a result, residents have gained a swimming facility in their immediate neighbourhood. They can enjoy a wave (...) read more
(eap) After a feasibility study was carried out by Puy du Fou International several months ago, plans for the creation of a Puy du Fou park in the Netherlands are now obviously coming into focus. In discussion is a possible location in the Dutch (...) read more
