Last year at the Aquatica Orlando water park, the tube slide attraction “Dolphin Plunge”, which opened in 2008, received an update and was transformed into “Reef Plunge” (cf. EAP 2/2022). For this year’s season, the park, which is part of the (...) read more
Germany’s Holiday Park located in Haßloch (Rhineland-Palatinate), which is operated by the Belgian Plopsa theme park group, has announced a new event to go with the “Wickieland” theme area, which opened in 2021. The so-called “Vic the Viking (...) read more
Since this week, a new indoor playworld has been attracting families with children of all ages to the RiverlandTM shopping and gastronomy mile on the premises of Dubai ParksTM and Resorts. “Neon Galaxy” is the name of the multi-level, space-themed (...) read more
Opened in 2017 and supplied by Gravitykraft Corporation (a sister company of The Gravity Group), the “Mine Blower” wooden roller coaster at the Fun Spot America amusement park (location: Kissimmee, FL) is to partially receive new track elements. The (...) read more
Yesterday, during a festive evening gala with around 1,000 invited guests at Europa-Park in Rust (Baden-Wuerttemberg), entrepreneur Korbinian Kohler was honored with the “Hotelier of the Year” award for his outstanding achievements in building a (...) read more
UK-based Scruffy Dog Creative Group, with design studios in London, Barcelona and Dubai, recently announced the launch of a new division. The new architectural model making division is called “M.A.D. Models” („Make A Difference“) and is part of the (...) read more
The Världskulturmuseet (Museum of World Culture) in Gothenburg, Sweden, which is located right next to Liseberg theme park, has been presenting the new special exhibition “A World of Games” since earlier this month, which is dedicated to numerous (...) read more
On April 28, the new roller coaster “Knolli’s Mini-K2” will make its debut in all five Karls Adventure Villages. What’s special about this new attraction is that it doesn’t need any electricity – it’s powered quite sustainably solely by muscle (...) read more
For more than ten years, Parc Bagatelle, opened in 1955 in the municipality of Merlimont in the north of France, has been part of the Looping Group. With the appointment of François-Jérôme Parent as director, one of the grandchildren of the park (...) read more
Last weekend, Pilsner Urquell: The Original Beer Experience opened in the center of Prague. Here, visitors can find out all about the history of the world’s first golden lager. A 90-minute tour through the 3,500-square-meter exhibition includes a (...) read more
Puy du Fou España, which opened its gates in Toledo in 2021 for the very first time (read our article in EAP 3/2021), has already sold over 400,000 tickets ahead of its official season launch earlier this month – a great sign for the targeted (...) read more
A sad fate befalls Dubai’s theme park landscape: After the Bollywood Parks™ theme park belonging to Dubai Parks™ & Resorts (DXB Entertainment / Dubai Entertainment Holding) was temporarily closed to visitors during the month of Ramadan (from 22 (...) read more
Vom 2. bis 4. November 2022 findet in der Freizeitwelt Geheime Welt von Turisede im sächsischen Neißeaue die 26. Fachtagung zum Thema „Erlebnisinszenierungen“ statt – das Zusammentreffen von Freizeit- und Tierparkbetreibern, Künstlern und (...) read more
On the occasion of the birthday of park co-founder Anton Pieck (1895-1987), Efteling inaugurated the redesigned “Anton Pieck Plein” this past Wednesday, which is intended to exude an atmosphere of times gone by. Among other things, park visitors can (...) read more
Multimedia production studio Moment Factory, which has completed more than 525 projects worldwide, and international audiovisual media and technology services company Electrosonic have announced their partnership. The two companies have already (...) read more
The Kennywood amusement park, located in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), is already celebrating its 125th anniversary this year! The park will start into its anniversary season on April 22. In addition to numerous beautification works on attractions and (...) read more
From April 20 to October 15, the North Rhine-Westphalian Regional Garden Show (LGS) in Höxter, Germany will attract visitors to the small town in the Weserbergland region with a wide range of attractions under the motto “Schön hier – komm gucken” (...) read more
In summer 2022, Wunderland Kalkar was taken over by DeFabrique Holding. In collaboration with Han Groot Obbink, who had been in charge of the park management for many years, the Dutch company has since been responsible for the management (...) read more
The Liseberg amusement park in Gothenburg, Sweden, is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year and has some very special novelties and offers to mark the occasion. This Saturday, April 22, the park will kick off the 2023 summer season, opening (...) read more
At Freizeit-Land Geiselwind amusement park & resort, there are several novelties for visitors to discover in the current season. The former “T-REX World” has been equipped with new effects, an extended walkway as well as its own soundtrack and from (...) read more
