After almost five years at the helm of the WILDLANDS Adventure Zoo in Emmen, the Netherlands, which opened in 2016 (see also EAP 4/2016), interim director Erik van Engelen is leaving the company in June. The supervisory board has now appointed (...) read more
Tomorrow, April 29, the U.S. amusement park Lake Compounce (Connecticut), operated by Palace Entertainment, will start into this year’s season. With the beginning of the season, the ride that has been voted the world’s best wooden roller coaster (...) read more
As announced earlier today, Xavier Verellen will take over as the new Commercial Director leading the sales and marketing team of the Plopsa Group as of 2 May. Koen Clement, interim CEO of the Plopsa Group, says: “We are very excited about the (...) read more
Drayton Manor theme park, located in the English Midlands, will open a new flume ride attraction for visitors next Saturday. “Thomas & Percy’s Submarine Splash” is the name of the new water attraction, which is set in the “Thomas Land” themed area, (...) read more
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
