(eap) Work on the new “Hyperia” roller coaster is in full swing at Thorpe Park in the UK. Last week, a 500-ton crane was used to place the final piece into the almost one-kilometre-long coaster track. More than 5.000 hours of work have been put into (...) read more
(eap) The “Applause Award”, which has been presented every two years since 1980 by the Swedish theme park Liseberg, was presented to Siam Park this year. It is the first time that a water park receives this prestigious recognition. “With an original (...) read more
(eap) The Swedish amusement park Gröna Lund recently submitted building permit applications for a park extension to be built on the adjacent parking lot. The site was home to the Stockholm Exhibition in 1897 and the former Nöjesfältet amusement (...) read more
(eap) Recently, The Walt Disney Company’s CEO Bob Iger confirmed the speculation that an Avatar land is to be created at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. In the “Morgan Stanley Technology, Media & Telecom Conference Call” last Tuesday, Iger (...) read more
(eap) The Dollywood theme park in Pigeon Forge (Tennessee) starts into this year’s season today. While the park is only open to season passholders today, Dollywood will open its gates to everyone again as of tomorrow. With a total of 280 opening (...) read more
(eap) Internorga, the leading international trade fair for the hospitality and restaurant industry, kicks off today in Hamburg with new products, trends and concepts for the out-of-home market. Through Tuesday, March 12, trade visitors and experts (...) read more
(eap) A new central point of contact for new and present employees of the Europa-Park Resort was opened yesterday between Europa-Park and the Rulantica water world: the new “Welcome Center 75”, which is also connected to a modern café, is intended (...) read more
(eap) After Germany’s Serengeti-Park Hodenhagen was affected by serious flooding at the end of last year, the park is now looking forward to its nearing reopening. “Thanks to the efforts of the helpers from the THW, fire department, DLRG, farmers (...) read more
(eap) Star Wars fans at Disneyland Paris, Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando and Disneyland Resort in Anaheim will be able to discover new characters and stories in Disney’s first Star Wars flight simulator attractions, in which “Star Tours: The (...) read more
(eap) At this year’s FKF Convention at Europa-Park Resort in Rust on Sunday, March 3, 2024, the members of the Freundeskreis Kirmes und Freizeitparks e.V. (FKF e.V.) once again voted for the best European attraction novelties that opened in 2023. (...) read more
(eap) Last Saturday, SeaWorld San Antonio celebrated the opening of the world’s first Launched Flume Coaster: “Catapult Falls”. It is the first white water ride to feature an acceleration element, which was introduced by manufacturer Intamin in 2022 (...) read more
(eap) In 2021, Bron Launsby, entrepreneur and board member of the International Adventure and Trampoline Parks Association, and Gary Schmit, inventor of the “Slick Slide” (a dry slide based on innovative slide technology), co-founded the “Slick (...) read more
(eap) Universal Orlando Resort recently announced details about its coming new DreamWorks themed area at Universal Studios Florida. The new area will feature various family-friendly attractions based around popular DreamWorks characters from films (...) read more
(eap) As the attraction’s main character, “Mr. Krabs” had already made a guest appearance as a cheerful-looking animatronic at the Sally Dark Rides booth during last year’s IAAPA Expo, which stoked anticipation for “SpongeBob’s Crazy Carnival Ride”. (...) read more
(eap) The Italian Gardaland Resort, operated by Merlin Entertainments, starts this year’s season on March 23. Visitors can look forward to the well-known attractions including “Peppa Pig Land”, SEA LIFE Aquarium and LEGOLAND© Water Park. The latter (...) read more
(eap) Speculation about the construction of a park-owned hotel by United Parks & Resorts in Orlando has been circulating for several months. Yesterday, the company confirmed plans for a possible hotel construction in Orlando and other locations as (...) read more
(eap) Towards the end of this year, a new edutainment offer is set to open in the Dutch town of Veghel (near Eindhoven) that revolves around the popular candy chocolate: The Chocolate Factory (TCF) is the name of the new attraction. In a former (...) read more
(eap) Disney’s latest musical “Hercules” will celebrate its world premiere at the Stage Theater Neue Flora in the city of Hamburg on March 24. The cast, crew and a Disney creative team have started rehearsals and are working intensively on the play (...) read more
(eap) Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, which announced its merger with Cedar Fair Entertainment Company at the end of last year, today reported its results for the fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2023. The company generated revenue of USD (...) read more
(eap) United Parks and Resorts (formerly SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment) have announced their results for the fourth quarter and the full fiscal year results for 2023. In the fourth quarter of 2023, the company welcomed approximately five million (...) read more
