After around 20 years of professional experience in the themed entertainment industry, including five years at Los Angeles-based Thinkwell Group in positions such as Senior Art Director, Jason McManus has now been promoted to Principle at Thinkwell. (...) read more
Both live on-site at Europa-Park’s confertainment facilities and in the frame of an accompanying online program, this year’s “AUREA Award Conference” will take place next week on January 21 and 22. Initiated by Michael Mack and MackNeXT, the (...) read more
The sudden death of Charles “Hank” Salemi moves the theme park industry. On January 9, 2022, the park president of Six Flags Great America passed away. He is survived by his wife, Kathleen, and his daughter Claire. “An excellent leader in our (...) read more
The Happy Valley amusement park in Nanjing (Jiangsu Province), China, which is part of the OCT Group park portfolio, recently opened its latest rollercoaster attraction “Light of Revenge”: The LSM Triple Launch Coaster (supplied by Intamin) offers (...) read more
Belgian company Painting With Light (PWL), known for developing lighting, visual, show and AR concepts – such as at The Art Hour art space in Mechelen (see EAP 3/2020) – will be strategically realigning itself this year following a rebranding. PWL (...) read more
MV Werften in crisis – Shortly before the completion of construction work on the new cruise ship “Global Dream”, which is expected to have a total volume of around 1.5 billion euros and with a length of 342 meters is to be one of the largest cruise (...) read more
Based on the already existing visitor offer “Walk the Big One“ – a guided tour up the lift hill of the roller coaster “The Big One” – Blackpool Pleasure Beach now announced the introduction of the new experience ”Walk the Big One XL”. In addition to (...) read more
As was recently announced, Merlin Entertainments (Merlin) will take over the day-to-day operations of the visitor attraction This is Holland, which opened in Amsterdam four years ago. The attraction, which includes a flying theater from Brogent (see (...) read more
After the reopening of Walt Disney World Resort (WDWR) waterpark Blizzard Beach in March 2021 (cf. EAP news of 19 Jan 2021), also the resort’s second water park location Typhoon Lagoon has now opened its gates again to visitors to enjoy a day of (...) read more
As the Canadian manufacturer of water play structures Vortex has announced, is Sylvain Dugas taking over the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO). Dugas is expected to efficiently optimize the company’s operations and organization, and will (...) read more
The patent, awarded to Disney Enterprise Inc. by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on 28 December 2021, covers a new simulation technology that Disney plans to use in the future, e.g. in the company‘s theme parks or film and television studios. (...) read more
At the beginning of December 2020, the Australian Luna Park in Sydney announced that it would invest around 30 million Australian dollars (approx. 18.4 million euros) in nine new attractions (cf. EAP news of 8 Dec 2020). One of the highlights: A new (...) read more
Stan J. Checketts hailed from Logan in the US state of Utah. When he heard of people jumping off bridges and cliffs on rubber bands in New Zealand, it sparked his entrepreneurial spirit. In 1994, Checketts founded S&S Sports, Inc. (now S&S Sansei (...) read more
The American amusement park sales and service provider Ride Entertainment, which represents manufacturers such as Gerstlauer, Lagotronics and Funtime in the USA, now offers "Kool Replay", a new video system for its "Skycoaster®" attraction. Kool (...) read more
In the Mexican tourist hotspot Cancun, the latest Ripley‘s Belive It or Not! Odditorium location has opened located in the La Isla mall, where Ripley Entertainment already operates two other visitor attractions with Ripley‘s Marvelous Mirror Maze (...) read more
From April 2022, guests at Ravensburger Spieleland will be able to experience a new overnight offer in the park’s own vacation village, as 19 wooden train carriages are being built in the typical look of the Swedish toy manufacturer BRIO, which is (...) read more
Singapore Exchange-listed global experience entertainment company Cityneon recently announced its partnership with Warner Bros. Themed Entertainment in order to develop two new touring, themed art experiences – one based on the “DC Universe” and the (...) read more
In the Czech capital Prague, the Plopsa Group recently opened what is now its second “Majaland“ indoor theme park, following the location in Kownaty, Poland, which was opened in 2018. The 15 attractions, including a roller coaster, a carousel, a (...) read more
Based on the model installation of the artificial surf facility URBNSURF Melbourne, in the Australian metropolis of Sydney, too, an all-new surf lagoon of this type named URBNSURF Sydney will be developed on a ground surface of 3.6 hectares within (...) read more
At Osnabrück Zoo all signs point to change – already in May this year, the ground-breaking ceremony for the new “Water Worlds“ area took place (cf. EAP news of 18 May 2021), followed by the opening of the new “Mapungubwe“ lion enclosure in July (cf. (...) read more
