(eap) “We are very happy that we can get started now,” said Antje Angeli, Director of Rostock Zoo, during the official groundbreaking ceremony today for the start of construction works on the new seal enclosure (c.f. our Park Report in EAP 2/2023). (...) read more
(eap) After a three-year pandemic-related hiatus, hopes were high that IAAPA Expo Asia in Singapore, now back as an in-person event for the first time, would set a benchmark for the attractions market and trade show development in the economically (...) read more
(eap) St. Louis, MO (USA)-based SkyView Partners and Tegethoff Development, together with Fred Ross, owner of Big Thunder Marine, have announced that the development plan for a new family resort and entertainment district at the Lake of the Ozarks (...) read more
(eap) Spain’s capital Madrid is known for its passionate love for sports – so far mainly for its soccer teams, but in the future certainly also for urban surfing. A large artificial beach facility including a surf park is scheduled to open in the (...) read more
(eap) Tomorrow, June 16, “PARK BEYOND”, a new theme park simulator game for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC will be released. For this occasion, Movie Park Germany and the game’s publisher Bandai Namco Germany are cooperating. In Park (...) read more
(eap) Fort Fun Abenteuerland, operated by Looping Group, is introducing the “pure.AIS” waiting time recording system from Detmold (Germany)-based provider purematic in its entrance area and at selected attractions and stations in the park. The (...) read more
(eap) Since Saturday, visitors to Plopsa Coo can now experience the “Smurfs” and their very own attraction at the Belgian amusement park. With “De Smurfer”, a completely revamped Vekoma roller coaster has been redesigned and adapted to the Smurfs (...) read more
(eap) In November, the world’s first “Frozen”-themed area will celebrate its premiere at Hong Kong Disneyland. Entitled as the park’s largest expansion, the new themed area will include two new attractions in addition to an impressive realization of (...) read more
(eap) The Kristall Palm Beach near Nuremberg delighted its bathing guests last Wednesday (7 June) with the opening of a new large water slide complex – no fewer than four new stainless steel slides, complete with a slide tower and run-out pools, (...) read more
(eap) Last Friday, Leipzig Zoo (Germany) celebrated not only an elephant offspring, but also its very own birthday. 145 years ago, innkeeper Ernst Pinkert first opened the gates of the Pfaffendorfer Hof as an animal garden. Until today, the former (...) read more
In Groenlo (Netherlands), near the German border, a new indoor theme park is currently under development next to the N18 highway. The theme park with an area of 9,000 square meters is being developed by Marveld Recreatie – a vacation park with (...) read more
(eap) For its members from the Asian region, the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) – back as an in-person event for the first time since 2019 – is hosting IAAPA Expo Asia in Singapore this week. The educational (...) read more
(eap) With a total of 71 km of slopes, Trysil is the largest ski resort in Norway. With dedicated areas and slopes for children, beginners, advanced and professionals on skis & snowboards, the winter sports destination, located an about 2.5 hours’ (...) read more
(eap) The US theme park Kings Island in Cincinatti/Ohio (belonging to the Cedar Fair Entertainment Company) celebrates today the official opening of its newest themed area “Adventure Port”. While with “Sol Spin” (Endeavour) and “Cargo Loco” (Tea Cup (...) read more
(eap) With a Grand Opening party, the new sports & event location RheinRiff in Meerbusch (not far from NRW’s capital city of Düsseldorf) opens its doors for the first time today. Among the highlights of the indoor center, which is housed in a former (...) read more
(eap) This year's summer meeting of the European Waterpark Association e.V. (EWA), the association representing the interests of European leisure pools and spas, brought 90 experts from the water park industry to Lake Constance from June 4 to 6 – (...) read more
(eap) Toskana Therme Bad Orb, which belongs to the Toskanaworld group, has been certified with the “GreenSign SPA”. After Toskana Therme Bad Sulza was the first spa of the group to receive the certificate last year, the spa in Orb (Hesse, Germany) (...) read more
(eap) Last month, the foundation stone was laid for a new tourist infrastructure project in the Thuringian part of the Harz Mountains: With the “Harzer Hexenreich Rothesütte” (Harz Witch Kingdom Rothesütte), the administrative district of Nordhausen (...) read more
(eap) In only a few days, the time has come: On 10 June, Germany’s Freizeitpark Plohn (Saxony) will open a new ride attraction for visitors called “Max & Moritz”. The new family ride has been created in the existing area of the Plohni village around (...) read more
(eap) At this week’s Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (“WWDC 2023”), the US technology company announced the launch of the “Apple Vision Pro” scheduled for spring 2024. The VR/AR headset is said to be a revolutionary spatial computer that lets (...) read more
