Vekoma news

Dollywood theme park in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, will add a new steel roller coaster to its selection of rides in 2023. With a track-length of ... More

Disneyland Paris has hosted a soft opening of its new Avengers Campus Paris, ahead of its opening to the public on 20 July. Forming part ... More

Nathan Jones has been appointed to the newly-created role of chief operating officer at CAVU Designwerks. An industry veteran, Jones joins CAVU with more than ... More

Revamped and completely reimagined, Universal's popular Jurassic Park thrill ride has undergone a full rebranding and retheming as Jurassic World – The Ride. Inspired by ... More

Tayto Park is planning to build a €14m (US$15.8m, £12.29m) steel rollercoaster, with the Irish theme park's management calling the new attraction "vital to the ... More

Mona Keijzer, state of secretary for the Department of Economic Affairs in the Netherlands, was on hand for the launch of this year's European Attractions ... More

Universal Studios Hollywood's iconic Jurassic Park attraction is getting a redesign, with the attraction reopening in 2019 with a Jurassic World theme. Set to close ... More

Dutch rollercoaster maker Vekoma Rides has been acquired by Japanese manufacturing company Sansei Technologies, which plans to expand the Vekoma brand even further worldwide following ... More

Billionaire Hui Ka Yan – majority owner of property developer China Evergrande Group – has announced plans to build 15 theme parks across China as ... More

Disney has debuted its first fully-fledged Frozen attraction, with the Frozen Ever After boat ride at Epcot garnering lines more than five hours long on ... More

The new £9m (US$13m, €11.4m) Lost Kingdom zone at Paultons Park opened to the public today (17 May). Masterplanned by RMA Themed Attractions, the four-acre ... More

The Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) is holding its first SATE (Storytelling, Architecture, Technology, Experience) Academy Days of the year when it travels first to Tilburg, ... More

Yumble – the brand-new €22m (US$24.1m, £15.6m) indoor FEC concept in the Netherlands – has filed for bankruptcy just four months after opening its doors. ... More

New details have been revealed about Disney’s upcoming Frozen attraction, which is coming to Epcot in Florida next year. The new ride, which will replace ... More

India's Delhi Eye – a 200ft (61m) high ferris wheel in Okhla, south New Delhi – has finally been opened to the public several years ... More

A new theme park in Sochi adjacent to the site of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games has been given an official opening date of early ... More

Yas Waterworld, marketed as Abu Dhabi's first waterpark, has announced it will open its doors on 24 January 2013, having previously expected to open by ... More

Dutch Wheels is planning more wheels for the North American market. Netherlands-based giant wheel manufacturer Dutch Wheels BV, part of Vekoma Rides Group, is planning ... More

Image: Representatives of Las Palm and Imtech at the site Las Palm, the company behind the Adventure World Warsaw plans, has signed an official 'handover ... More

Image: The park will spread across 15 hectares Yas Waterworld, marketed as Abu Dhabi's first waterpark, is on course to open its doors on Yas ... More

Image: The theme park will have five themed areas A groundbreaking ceremony has been held to mark the start of work on the 230-hectare (568-acre) ... More

Image: Castle Island – one of the proposed zones A groundbreaking event is to take place on 21 July in order to mark the start ... More

Cedar Fair, the US-based operator of regional theme parks, will invest US$90m (65m euro, £56m) in upgrading its 17 parks for the 2012 operating season. ... More

Plans have been unveiled for the construction of Adventure World Warsaw - a major 240-hectare (593-acre) theme park to open at Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland, in ... More

Drayton Manor Theme Park has opened its newest attraction - a themed junior coaster supplied by Dutch company Vekoma. The ride is a smaller variation ... More