(eap) The hotel at the Cedar Fair-operated Californian theme park Knott’s Berry Farm is currently undergoing major renovations, with upgrades scheduled to be completed by the end of the year. 2024 will mark the first year-round season for the (...) read more
(eap) Schlitterbahn Waterparks & Resorts in New Braunfels, Texas, which was acquired by Cedar Fair Entertainment Company in 2019, is scheduled to open a new children’s area called “Schatze’s Storybrook Park” in 2024, featuring three different themed (...) read more
(eap) The American Dorney Park near Philadelphia has announced the arrival of a new roller coaster scheduled to open next year. The park, which belongs to the Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, will receive a Dive Coaster from Bolliger & Mabillard. (...) read more
(eap) On September 7, the new restaurant “Tiana’s Palace” – inspired by the Disney movie “Kiss the Frog” (2009) – will open at Disneyland Park in Anaheim, California. The restaurant is the next step in integrating the Disney movie story into the (...) read more
(eap) The world’s first Ultra Surf coaster is scheduled to open at Six Flags Over Georgia next year. The new product from Intamin is similar in its track design to the manufacturer’s Ultra Splash coaster. A W-shaped track with an airtime hill and (...) read more
(eap) Leisure activities with a high experience factor for the whole family, sightseeing attractions and lively metropolises are particularly popular with participants in the German National Tourist Board’s (GNTB) Top 100 (...) read more
The HarzWaldHaus, formerly known as the “House of Nature”, is centrally located in the spa gardens of Bad Harzburg (Lower Saxony, Germany) and provides interesting information and impressions about nature conservation in the Harz National Park. Last (...) read more
(eap) On September 9, 2023, a new exhibition will open at Erlebnis-Zoo Hannover, celebrating its premiere in Europe. The macro photography exhibition called “Extinct & Endangered: Insects in Peril” from the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) (...) read more
The Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park in Wisconsin Dells (Wisconsin) – the so-called “Water Park Capital of the World” – is investing a total of eight million US dollars (approx. 7.3 million euros) in the creation of new attractions. Scheduled to open (...) read more
(eap) Modernization work has begun on the “Underground” indoor wooden coaster at Adventureland Resort in Altoona, Iowa. The iconic coaster, built in 1996, is a mixture of a wooden roller coaster and a dark ride – it is titled as the only indoor (...) read more
(eap) Story Land theme park in Glen, New Hampshire (U.S.), part of Palace Entertainment, has announced a new attraction for next year. A water play area called “Moo Lagoon” is scheduled to open in 2024. It will be a farm-themed play area where young (...) read more
(eap) At the ROARR! dinosaur theme park in Lenwade, Norfolk (UK) a new themed area with two family attractions recently opened to visitors. The new “Discovery Land” was created in collaboration with the team of the British theme park design company (...) read more
(eap) Once again, Siam Park, located on the Canary Island of Tenerife (Spain), thrills its visitors with an impressive new attraction: “Saifa” is the name of the new Dueling Water Coaster, which has been implemented here in recent months and has now (...) read more
(eap) In the fall of 2024, a next-generation Crayola Experience indoor world is scheduled to open in the small town of Pigeon Forge in the U.S. state of Tennessee – the popular tourist destination is also home to numerous other well-known leisure (...) read more
(eap) As a separate LBE attraction outside the park, Spain’s PortAventura World will soon introduce a new Virtual Reality experience, available as of 18 September this fall. Located at the park’s northern parking lot (next to the “LaLiga (...) read more
(eap) A new dark ride from Sally Dark Rides recently opened at the U.S. amusement park Funtown Splashtown in Saco, Maine. The attraction called “Whispering Pines Haunted Hotel” is an interactive spooky ride for the whole family (we reported in EAP (...) read more
(eap) Vaughan, Ontario (Canada)-based theme park Canada’s Wonderland will delight visitors to its water park in 2024 with a major new slide attraction. Named “Moosehorn Falls”, the approximately eight-hectare Splash Works water park is scheduled to (...) read more
(eap) Earlier this year, the US theme park Silver Dollar City announced that it would close its popular indoor roller coaster “Fire in the Hole”, which opened in 1972, at the end of this season. But – a replacement is coming, as it was now announced (...) read more
(eap) The Baroque palace complex Belvedere, built from 1714 to 1723 for Prince Eugene of Savoy and consisting of the Upper and Lower Belvedere, which are connected by the palace garden, celebrates its 300th anniversary this year. As a cultural (...) read more
(eap) With the Crayola Experience, the US wax crayon manufacturer Crayola is offering families a leisure experience centred around the well-known brand at five locations in the U.S. – in Easton, Orlando, Minneapolis, Plano and Chandler. Now the (...) read more
