(eap) PortAventura World, the theme park resort located near Tarragona (Spain), where the new “Uncharted” dark ride roller coaster (Intamin, in cooperation with Sally) celebrated its grand opening only a few days ago, now dedicates itself to (...) read more
(eap) The accesso Technology Group, which provides technology solutions for visitor attractions and venues worldwide, recently announced the acquisition of VGS – a provider of ticketing and visitor management systems for leisure, entertainment and (...) read more
(eap) Recently, a completely new water park, Wahoo Waterworld, opened on the Indonesian island of Java (in the city of Bandung, Padalarang district). The park’s main attractions include several large water slides from the WhiteWater West portfolio, (...) read more
(eap) Starting 6 July this year, the British amusement park Blackpool Pleasure Beach (BPB) will once again present the annual Hot Ice show, this year with the program title of “Amore, Amor, Amour”. This new ice skating performance, which guests can (...) read more
(eap) The Phönix-Bad in the municipality of Ottobrunn, located southeast of Munich, is currently undergoing a general renovation, which will continue up to and including Sunday (25 June). Every two years, extensive repair and maintenance work takes (...) read more
(eap) The electric commercial vehicles of the manufacturer Cenntro can now be ordered with the food extension “Trans-Clean®”. After the company had recently launched a product specifically for the high demands of the food industry with refrigerated (...) read more
(eap) To mark the 70th anniversary of the popular uprising in the German Democratic Republic (GDR, “East Germany”), a new virtual reality experience that takes visitors on a journey through the history of the GDR has been available at the two (...) read more
(eap) The holiday and leisure park Weissenhäuser Strand at Germany’s Baltic Sea coast (Hohwachter Bucht, between Kiel and the island of Fehmarn) is a popular destination for vacationers in Northern Germany with its extensive sports, adventure, (...) read more
(eap) Yesterday, a locally restricted fire broke out at the indoor attraction “Yomi Magic World of Diamonds” – a magical “mineral world underground” between the Austrian and Spanish themed areas of Europa-Park, which is extremely popular not only (...) read more
(eap) Nick Varney, who headed the British operator group Merlin Entertainments as CEO for 23 years until his retirement last fall, has now been awarded the prestigious peerage of “Sir” in the 2023 King’s Birthday Honours List for outstanding (...) read more
(eap) Palace Entertainment, the U.S. subsidiary of the Madrid-based Parques Reunidos group, announces new appointments on their executive level: longtime Six Flags management member Michael (Mike) Lusky takes over as General Manager of Adventureland (...) read more
(eap) The tropical house The Green Planet™ located in Dubai’s City Walk neighborhood, which houses more than 3,000 plants and animals and aims across four levels to educate visitors about the rainforest (cp. EAP 6/2016), will soon add a new outdoor (...) read more
(eap) Today was the day: Employees, press representatives and project participants celebrated the opening of the new dark ride roller coaster “Uncharted: El Enigma de Penitence” at Catalonia’s PortAventura theme park. As of tomorrow, all park (...) read more
(eap) “We are very happy that we can get started now,” said Antje Angeli, Director of Rostock Zoo, during the official groundbreaking ceremony today for the start of construction works on the new seal enclosure (c.f. our Park Report in EAP 2/2023). (...) read more
(eap) After a three-year pandemic-related hiatus, hopes were high that IAAPA Expo Asia in Singapore, now back as an in-person event for the first time, would set a benchmark for the attractions market and trade show development in the economically (...) read more
(eap) St. Louis, MO (USA)-based SkyView Partners and Tegethoff Development, together with Fred Ross, owner of Big Thunder Marine, have announced that the development plan for a new family resort and entertainment district at the Lake of the Ozarks (...) read more
(eap) Spain’s capital Madrid is known for its passionate love for sports – so far mainly for its soccer teams, but in the future certainly also for urban surfing. A large artificial beach facility including a surf park is scheduled to open in the (...) read more
(eap) Tomorrow, June 16, “PARK BEYOND”, a new theme park simulator game for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC will be released. For this occasion, Movie Park Germany and the game’s publisher Bandai Namco Germany are cooperating. In Park (...) read more
(eap) Fort Fun Abenteuerland, operated by Looping Group, is introducing the “pure.AIS” waiting time recording system from Detmold (Germany)-based provider purematic in its entrance area and at selected attractions and stations in the park. The (...) read more
(eap) Since Saturday, visitors to Plopsa Coo can now experience the “Smurfs” and their very own attraction at the Belgian amusement park. With “De Smurfer”, a completely revamped Vekoma roller coaster has been redesigned and adapted to the Smurfs (...) read more
