Located in the heart of the French Vendée between Cholet and La Roche-sur-Yon in the west of the country, the Puy du Fou theme park celebrates its 45th anniversary this year. A park whose exceptional concept – known above all for its spectacular and (...) read more
905 meters long, 40 meters high and 95 km/h fast, that is “Fønix”, the new coaster attraction by Vekoma Rides at Danish Fårup Sommerland, which will not make only Danish roller coaster fans’ hearts beat faster. “Last year, on the day we could (...) read more
As the first “Jumanji“-themed attraction worldwide, and in cooperation with Sony Pictures Entertainment, the new dark ride experience “Jumanji – The Adventure“ opens at Merlin Entertainments-operated Gardaland today. During the ride in the vehicles, (...) read more
“We are excited that the brakes can be released and Karls can be fully experienced again. We‘ve created lots of new refinements that will surprise both new and regular Karlsians,” says Karls owner Robert Dahl, looking forward to the upcoming season (...) read more
Starting tomorrow, April 9, Filmpark Babelsberg will again open its doors to guests who would like to take a look behind the scenes of the film production world. This year, the park mascot “Flimmy” will also be back, having undergone a relaunch and (...) read more
Together with Peel L&P, a development company specialising in sustainable mixed-use complexes, Therme Group is planning and realising the GBP 250-million (over EUR 300 million) Therme Manchester (cf. EAP 5/2020). Recently, the Therme Group has (...) read more
La Cité de l’Espace in the southwestern French metropolis of Toulouse – the capital of the European aerospace industry – is a theme and science park dedicated entirely to the fascination of space. Opened in 1997 and repeatedly modernized in recent (...) read more
Austria’s Fantasiana Erlebnispark in Strasswalchen will open a “Wild Swing” attraction by ART Engineering this summer. The same attraction model has also been announced by Potts Park in Minden, Germany for this upcoming season (cf. our Park Report (...) read more
Following the announcement late last year of a digital teamLab museum for the new Elbbrückenquartier in the eastern part of Hamburg’s HafenCity, a further digital art center has now been announced for the Überseequartier being built in the southern (...) read more
The Canadian manufacturer of water slides and rides, ProSlide Technology Inc., is now an authorized reseller of the “PerfectSwell®“ wave technology by the American company American Wave Machines, Inc. (AWM) on the global water park and resort (...) read more
The Australian park operator group Ardent Leisure, which owns a portfolio of several leisure facilities in Australia and the US, and private investment firm RedBird Capital Partners will sell their US entertainment business Main Event. Namely, the (...) read more
The Parisian amusement park Le Jardin d’Acclimatation, which has been extensively renovated and modernized in recent years (cp. EAP 5/2019 & 6/2017), has opened up a new attraction for the start of the new season last Saturday. The new ride is (...) read more
The Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) will hold its next European SATE (“SATE”: Storytelling, Architecture, Technology, Experience) conference from 4-7 May 2022 at the Swedish theme park Liseberg (Gothenburg). Two complete conference days with (...) read more
After around 31 years, Ruud Jeen is taking early retirement as Sales Director of the Dutch ride manufacturer ETF Ride Systems. As the company has now announced, Jos Sloesen (photo), who most recently served as Business Development Manager at Unisign (...) read more
With its sights set on growth, RWS Entertainment Group has once again announced management-level personnel changes. Danielle Kramer, who has been part of the company for almost 20 years and most recently held the position of Vice President, (...) read more
In our September/October 2020 issue, we already reported on the mega leisure complex development project Al Qana in Abu Dhabi and the versatile offer that is being created there in the desert emirate. A total of eleven areas will be combined here to (...) read more
To kick off the season on 23 April, Gothenburg’s Liseberg amusement park will present its guests with a new, thrilling VR experience that will be available on the park’s 116-meter-high free-fall tower “AtmosFear”. In “AtmosFear VR”, visitors are (...) read more
Frankfurt-based Miles & More GmbH, operator of the award point program of the same name, announced to have expanded its network of over 200 partner companies globally by two new partnerships: with Center Parcs Europe and Musement. From now on, Miles (...) read more
Better, brighter, fresher … Sandcastle Waterpark in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), part of Palace Entertainment (a subsidiary of the Parques Reunidos group), is currently undergoing a major revamp for the upcoming season, which begins there on May (...) read more
Just about two weeks ago, Drayton Manor Resort, which is part of the Looping Group, announced its new themed area “Vikings Land”. To enhance the visitor experience not only with new attractions but also by adaptations to the administrative system, (...) read more
