(eap) The International Association of Amusement Parks & Attractions (IAAPA) announced the addition of three industry professionals to its leadership team and one internal promotion. Christy Spahn (photo: top, l.), previously working with the US (...) read more
(eap) This year, the “Golden Ticket Awards (GTA)” were presented for the 25th time. Launched in 1998 by US Amusement Today magazine, the “Best of the Best” in the amusement industry are elected annually. This year, the awards ceremony was held at (...) read more
(eap) The southern European islands of Malta are getting a new immersive edutainment attraction that will bring the islands’ history to life. The experience, which is being developed by the experience design company of Sarner International and is (...) read more
(eap) Merlin Entertainments and Chinese technology company Tencent recently announced their partnership for the Chinese market. The cooperation is said to initially focus on the emerging LEGOLAND® Resorts in Shenzhen, Shanghai and Sichuan. By (...) read more
(eap) Disney’s annual “Destination D23” fan event took place this past weekend, with Disney Parks, Experiences and Products Chairman Josh D’Amaro announcing news on current and future projects at Disney parks worldwide. First and foremost were (...) read more
(eap) BillyBird® Park Hemelrijk, located in the Dutch province of Noord-Brabant and opened there 36 years ago, is an attractive, nature-oriented destination at a bathing lake with various indoor and outdoor play facilities, especially for families (...) read more
(eap) Next year, the Walibi Rhône-Alpes (WRA) theme park near Lyon will celebrate its 45th anniversary. To mark this special occasion, the park wants to surprise its guests in spring 2024 with a new thrill roller coaster: “Mahuka” will be the name (...) read more
(eap) Merlin Entertainments announces the launch of a new “Engineering Academy” this year. Set to debut initially in the UK, the program will serve the “Theme Park Engineers of tomorrow”. The three-year training program will start with a cohort of (...) read more
(eap) A surf park with a campsite, gastronomy, sports and leisure offerings is planned to be built on an area of around nine hectares at Lake Elfrath in Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The private company Elakari intends to invest around (...) read more
(eap) US-based Ballast Technologies (Ballast VR), which specializes in virtual reality solutions, is now an exclusive partner of Crystal Lagoons® as a “Preferred Vendor”. The collaboration between the two companies is based on a preferred vendor (...) read more
(eap) This summer, the family company Ricola opened an experience store centered around its well-known herbal candies, which are exported to 45 countries worldwide. The new store can be visited in the “hometown” of the herbal sweets: Laufen in (...) read more
(eap) Back in the spring, we reported on the start of the 30-million-euro expansion project at the Aqualibi water park in Belgium, which is being realized in two stages and will include completely new water slides as well as other measures to (...) read more
(eap) U.S. theme park Lake Compounce (Connecticut), operated by Palace Entertainment (part of Parques Reunidos), announced that the 96-year-old wooden roller coaster “Wildcat” will be overhauled and put back into operation in 2024. In the (...) read more
(eap) The “Monte Baranci” mountain in the Dolomite region 3 Zinnen in South Tyrol, Italy promises family fun in winter as well as in summer. While there is the possibility of going skiing or tobogganing in the colder months, in summer there is a (...) read more
(eap) This winter, the event series “Movie Park’s Hollywood Christmas” will make its debut at Movie Park Germany near Bottrop-Kirchhellen, Germany. From December 1, 2023, to January 7, 2024, the park will extend its season on 24 select days, (...) read more
(eap) On November 12, 2023, the new Fabrik der Fäden (“Factory of Threads”) museum will open its doors in one of Germany’s oldest remaining textile manufacturing buildings in Plauen, Saxony. On some 1,200 square meters of exhibition space, spread (...) read more
(eap) The first “Zootopia” themed area is scheduled to open at Shanghai Disney Resort at the end of this year. Visitors will then be able to immerse themselves in the lovingly designed world around the successful Disney animated film Zootopia. On (...) read more
(eap) Recently, Sandusky, Ohio-based Cedar Fair Entertainment Company announced that Matthew A. Ouimet is leaving the company’s board of directors to devote more time to personal interests. For more than ten years, Ouimet served as CEO for the Cedar (...) read more
(eap) Located in the heart of the French Vendée, the Puy du Fou theme park has once again outdone itself: The company announced today that the park has already welcomed 2.5 million visitors this year. This means that the De Villiers family’s (...) read more
(eap) The Swedish Liseberg amusement park recently invited 100 people from 100 different countries to ride the new roller coaster “Luna”. In under two weeks, more than 2,600 people had signed up in response to an announcement by the park. From (...) read more
