Roller coaster manufacturer Larson International, founded in 1967, and Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC), founded in 2001, have announced their merger. The two manufacturers have already realized joint projects in recent years. Now the two companies (...) read more
In the Chinese province of Zhejiang, the new Zhejiang Wave Town leisure resort is under development, that will include hot springs facilities, hotels and a shopping mall. Ground was recently broken for this major construction project. The highlight (...) read more
To date, 32 Cirque du Soleil shows delight audiences around the world. Most recently the entertainment group has announced a new permanent show in cooperation with the Outrigger Waikiki Beachcomber Hotel in Hawaii. Exclusively in Honolulu, the show (...) read more
The Austrian winter sports center of Innsbruck will once again become an international meeting place for entrepreneurs and market players in the industry of mountain tourism next week, when the INTERALPIN, the world’s leading trade fair for alpine (...) read more
After 36 years, the Wellenbad am Spreewaldplatz in Berlin is being completely renovated. Guests are still able to visit the leisure pool, which belongs to Berliner Bäder-Betriebe (BBB), until 30 June. The refurbishment and modernization, costing (...) read more
After the completion of extensive general overhaul work on the “Regina” wooden roller coaster at Japan’s Tobu Zoo (located just under an hour’s drive north of the city of Saitama), the ride, which opened in 2000 and was supplied by manufacturer (...) read more
Klaus Huss has died. Born in July 1939, Klaus Huss passed away in Bremen on March 21, 2023, at the age of 83. He was a man whose life was linked to the amusement ride industry from a young age. Just as the name Huss is to this day inseparable from (...) read more
Earlier this month, the Jardin d’Acclimatation amusement park in Paris also started into its new season. In the run-up, one million euros were spent on maintenance and beautification work on the existing facilities. A new website was also launched. (...) read more
Building on the success of the first Doloris attraction that opened 2019 in Tilburg, the Netherlands, a second location has now been announced, coming to Utrecht in 2024. The concept of Doloris is not easy to explain – this becomes clear when you (...) read more
Opened in 2011, Italy’s MagicLand (former Rainbow MagicLand) in Valmontone, near Rome, is kicking off its 2023 season with several new attractions, including a new horror experience called “Dungeons”, which is a walkthrough attraction. Set in a (...) read more
The Chinese special administrative region of Macau has been attracting tourists to the city for many years. For a long time, this was thanks to the numerous casinos and the associated legal gambling. In recent years, however, Macau’s tourist focus (...) read more
On April 1st, Maximilian Mairinger has officially taken over as the new head of the “Experiences” business unit at Karls and is thus now responsible for the further development of the visitor offer at the various Karls Erlebnis-Dorf locations (...) read more
In order to make its commitment to nature conservation even more visible to visitors, Zurich Zoo has set up a Nature Conservation Center, which was officially inaugurated today and houses, among other elements, a 360-degree cinema in which current (...) read more
The Holland Park near Berlin, which opened its gates on 6 April last year for the very first time, will celebrate its anniversary tomorrow. It looks back on the past season with great satisfaction: the park has welcomed some 750,000 visitors to its (...) read more
Every year, Germany’s Phantasialand in Brühl (near Cologne) attracts numerous visitors with its line-up of signature rides, including the “F.L.Y.” Flying Dutchman coaster (Vekoma), the “Taron” multi-launch coaster and the “Chiapas” water ride (both (...) read more
Since this past weekend, London has another new attraction worth to be discovered: In the district of Earl’s Court (Kensington borough), the new BBC Earth Experience opened its doors to visitors for the first time. Produced in cooperation between (...) read more
Dollywood theme park, located in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, has announced several new Dolly Parton attractions for 2024. All these attractions will give an insight into the life of the successful singer, actress and entrepreneur, who is also co-owner (...) read more
Time has come today: the new roller coaster “TRON Lightcycle / Run” opens at Disney’s Magic Kingdom park at Walt Disney World in Orlando. After the first model of the coaster type was launched in 2016 with the opening of the Disney Resort Shanghai (...) read more
Disney Cruise Line is once again cooperating with MEYER WERFT, the shipyard based in Papenburg, Lower Saxony (Germany), which lately delivered the “Disney Wish” cruise liner for the group. The keel-laying ceremony for the new ship, the “Disney (...) read more
Following the success of the “Gulliver’s Gears” theme area in the British theme park Gulliver’s Valley in Rotherham opened three years ago, an area of the same name has now been opened in Gulliver’s World in Warrington, which also belongs to the (...) read more
