(eap) The transportable Moviemax interactive movie theater presented last autumn by Belgian manufacturer Alterface (see EAP Trade Show Report in issue 6/2023) celebrated its debut a few weeks ago as a new attraction at Azur Park in the southern (...) read more
(eap) The Plopsa Group is very satisfied with this year’s visitor numbers at its Belgian parks Plopsaland de Panne and Plopsa Coo Ardennes. According to the company, Plopsaland de Panne had an exceptionally successful summer with a seven percent (...) read more
(eap) In an analysis commissioned by SZ Institut, the digital think tank of Germany’s Süddeutscher Verlag, to rank the “most crisis-proof companies in Germany” for the third time in a row, the Hessian company Herborner Pumpentechnik took first (...) read more
(eap) England’s Pleasure Beach Resort (formerly Blackpool Pleasure Beach) has announced two new attractions for this year’s “Journey to Hell: Freak Nights” Halloween event days. Two new live-action scare zones will celebrate their eerie debut: The (...) read more
(eap) After several months of redesign, the iconic “Le Pays des Contes de Fées” attraction (also known as “Storybook Land Canal Boats“) at Disneyland Paris has reopened to visitors. To mark the 30th anniversary of the fairy-tale boat ride attraction (...) read more
(eap) Since summer 2016, there has been a particularly exciting attraction on the roof of the A’DAM Tower in Amsterdam: Over the Edge, two swings, each with two adjacent seats, are available there to swing guests through the air at a height of (...) read more
(eap) Construction work for new attractions has been underway at the Italian theme park Mirabilandia for some time now. The rumors that the upcoming novelties in the park that is operated by the Spanish Parques Reunidos group could shape a new (...) read more
(eap) In the Mexican metropolis of Monterrey (capital of the north-eastern state of Nuevo León), more precisely in the Galerías Valle Oriente shopping center, the country’s third Sealand Acuarioventura-branded visitor aquarium opened this month. As (...) read more
(eap) The “Land of Lights” festival is returning to two parks of the British Gulliver’s theme park group this winter. Already last year, light installations by Zigong Lantern Group, music, entertainment and street food delighted visitors to (...) read more
(eap) The cruise industry continues to boom: after the globally operating cruise company Carnival Corporation recently ordered three new ships from the Italian Fincantieri shipyard for Carnival Cruise Line, which will be delivered from 2029 and form (...) read more
(eap) From 11th October to 3rd November, Alton Towers (operated by Merlin Entertainments) will once again celebrate its Halloween season event “Scarefest”. This year’s event will feature two new attractions. The first is “Compound”, a live action (...) read more
(eap) Sandbox VR, headquartered in San Francisco (California), recently opened its 50th virtual reality (VR) gaming location worldwide on Australia’s Gold Coast. And there are further expansion plans also in Germany: in addition to the existing (...) read more
(eap) Hersheypark, based in the US state of Pennsylvania, has announced that it will open a new high-thrill attraction in summer 2025: “Twizzlers Twisted Gravity” will be the name of the ride, which is a pendulum with two gondolas from manufacturer (...) read more
(eap) Royal Caribbean International recently announced details of the second ship in the “Icon Class”. It will be named “Star of the Seas” and is scheduled to set sail for the first time in a year – on August 31, 2025. Like its predecessor, the (...) read more
(eap) Only a short time after the celebrations on the occasion of its 15th anniversary (c.f. EAP News of 12 July 2024), the Klimahaus Bremerhaven edutainment center welcomed the seven millionth guest since opening in summer 2009. With (...) read more
(eap) The Belgian Adventure Valley Durbuy recently opened a new interactive experience called “Dino Mission”. This expands the existing portfolio which includes various climbing facilities, playgrounds, a skywalk, a zipline and a labyrinth in the (...) read more
(eap) After just over three years of construction, the opening ceremony for the new Moselbad in Koblenz, Germany took place this past Saturday (24 August). The mayor of the city, David Langner, the responsible architect Dipl. Ing. Jan-Philip (...) read more
(eap) Following the successful opening event of O2 SURFTOWN MUC with over 14,000 surf enthusiasts from all over the world, surfers can now not only ride the waves (produced by the Endless Surf system from WhiteWater in a 10,000 square meter pool) in (...) read more
(eap) Universal Orlando Resort has shared details about the coming new Universal Helios Grand Hotel, a Loews Hotel – another themed hotel under development, that will offer direct access to the future new Universal Epic Universe theme park. This (...) read more
(eap) The Optical Museum in Jena is to become an edutainment centre that will re-open its doors in 2027 under the new name of German Optical Museum (D.O.M.) and make various phenomena in the physical disciplines of optics and photonics tangible for (...) read more
