The adventure park Furuvik, operated by Parks & Resorts Scandinavia, announces a new roller coaster for the 2023 season: "Lightning" is the name of the new launch coaster. Lightning will be built by Vekoma and accelerates up to 75 km/h in three (...) read more
Willi Mack (born 24 Nov 1922), last member of the sixth "Mack generation" passed away on Sunday night at the blessed age of 99. In 1948, together with his brothers Hermann (†) and Franz Mack (†), he took over the responsibility in his father's (...) read more
Six years ago, the Dinosaur Park Altmühltal was launched in Denkendorf, Bavaria (see EAP 6/2016). There, where fossil finds of more than 900 animal and plant species were made – especially from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods – Michael Völker (...) read more
This week saw the opening of Alabama’s new indoor water park at the OWA leisure destination. Dubbed Tropic Falls, which is now also the name of the associated theme park after a successful rebranding, the new water world features not only a tropical (...) read more
For the Adventureland amusement park, located on Long Island, there was every reason to celebrate last Friday (24 June). Not only does the park celebrate its 60th anniversary, but it also opened its newest attraction, “Fireball” (see also EAP news (...) read more
As has just been announced, the competent Land and Environmental Appeal Court today has delivered its judgment, according to which the submitted development plan by Gröna Lund has now been approved. Thus the Stockholm amusement park has finally been (...) read more
Aqua Drolics, which specializes in the design and production of water play products for children’s pools and is based near Eindhoven (Netherlands), is expanding its portfolio by taking over BlowUps, a company based in Heijen (Netherlands) in North (...) read more
Cedar Fair, L.P. (NYSE: FUN), operator of 11 amusement parks, four second-gate outdoor water parks and resorts in North America, among others, announced that it has sold the land of its California’s Great America amusement park for approximately (...) read more
Opened in 2014 in Draper, Utah, Loveland Living Planet Aquarium is dedicated to inspiring people about biodiversity, conservation and animal welfare. More than 4,000 animals in 650 species have found a home here, where more than seven million (...) read more
For years, the family-owned company MEYER Entertainment has been known as operator and rental company of a 55-meter-high Ferris wheel. Since fall 2019, the wheel has been spinning in Oberhausen under the name “EYE55”. Also this season, the wheel, (...) read more
As Swedish operator group Parks and Resorts Scandinavia announced yesterday, Magnus Widell, CEO of Stockholm’s Gröna Lund since 2013, will pass on the management of the Tivoli park in September. After almost a decade at the helm of the park, Widell (...) read more
After about two years of construction work, last Sunday saw the opening of the new vabali spa wellness facility near Hamburg. Located in the town of Glinde (Schleswig-Holstein), the wellness oasis, which also includes an affiliated hotel, aims to (...) read more
Starting in July, visitors to Kasteel de Keverberg in the Dutch town of Kessel (province of Limburg) will be able to explore the historic castle and its history using an AR application. The new product ExplorAR, developed by Lagotronics Projects, (...) read more
On 14 July, Parc Astérix, located 30 kilometers north of Paris and belonging to the Compagnie des Alpes group, will start into its summer season, which will be celebrated until 28 August with a special program for guests. In addition to extended (...) read more
UK theme park Blackpool Pleasure Beach has launched a new app designed to simplify and enrich guests’ visit to the park. Guests should ideally download the Blackpool Pleasure Beach eGuide in advance of their visit so that – in addition to (...) read more
The two water parks Aquopolis Villanueva de la Cañada and Parque Warner Beach (both in Madrid), operated by the Spanish operating group Parques Reunidos, are upgrading their visitor offer for the hot days. Parque Warner Beach, the second gate of the (...) read more
On Wednesday, Aqualand Bassin d’Arcachon, located in Gujan-Mestras on the Atlantic coast of France and operated by the Spanish Aspro Group, started into its 2022 season. The park surprised its guests with “Indian Viper”, a new slide attraction that (...) read more
The non-profit organization Ocean Park Corporation (OPC), which promotes species conservation of various animal species and is responsible for the operation of Hong Kong Island-based theme park resort Ocean Park Hong Kong, has a new chairman: as of (...) read more
In February this year, Merlin Entertainments announced the new “LEGO Discovery Centre“ for an opening in the Belgian capital of Brussels. Yesterday, the official opening ceremony was celebrated. As of tomorrow, visitors will be able to explore the (...) read more
New York City’s Spyscape is a (by London-based investment firm Archimedia) privately funded museum, open to the public since 2018, designed by British star architect Sir David Adjaye and dedicated to the themes of espionage, agents and superheroes. (...) read more
