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German theme park Europa-Park has reopened its Geisterschloss (Ghost Castle) attraction following a complete redesign. First opened in 1982, the attraction has been renamed Castello ... More

Merlin Entertainments has launched its new Hyperia rollercoaster at Thorpe Park to celebrate its 45th year. The ride is billed as the UK's tallest, fastest ... More

Delegates from across Europe and the US gathered from 3-5 May 2023 for the Themed Entertainment Association’s SATE conference at Europa-Park in Rust, Germany. The ... More

Europa-Park is preparing for the launch of a new restaurant which will literally offer guests a culinary journey. Diners at the German theme park's new ... More

An opening date of 14 March 2020 has been announced for the enhanced Duplo Valley area at Merlin Entertainments' Legoland Windsor Resort in the UK, ... More

Australia's biggest theme park, Dreamworld, has launched the first phase of a planned AUS$70m (US$47.2m, €42.6m, £38.7m) investment, with the opening of Sky Voyager – ... More

Andreas Andersen has left his role as Liseberg CEO to rejoin Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen, Denmark, as its executive vice president. Andersen, who joined Sweden's ... More

Europa Park founder Roland Mack is looking to the future following the launch of the park's latest project – the redeveloped EuroSat CanCan coaster. Eurosat ... More

A major fire broke out at Germany's Europa Park over the weekend, destroying a historic ride and consuming a large chunk of the park's Scandinavia ... More

Blackpool Pleasure Beach has debuted its highly-anticipated steel launch coaster – Icon – which opens to the public today (25 May). Designed by German rollercoaster ... More

Paultons Park in Hampshire, UK, has opened a new zone at its Peppa Pig World attraction. Central to the new expansion is the 10m-high Queen’s ... More

Cool Japan is set to return to Universal Studios' Osaka theme park this year with a VR rollercoaster based on the Final Fantasy series. Called ... More

A long-awaited luxury mega-destination, Desaru Coast, is scheduled to open in Malaysia in 2018, boasting one of the world’s biggest waterparks. Work is nearing completion ... More

The world’s first Hunger Games theme park attraction has opened to the public in Dubai, as Lionsgate and DXB Entertainments celebrated the highly anticipated launch ... More

A new triple launch coaster opening this spring at Movie Park Germany will be the centrepiece of a a wider Star Trek-themed area, Federation Plaza. ... More

The Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) announced the winners of its annual Thea awards at the IAAPA Expo in Orlando, Florida on Tuesday, with Shanghai Disney ... More

Blackpool Pleasure Beach has unveiled plans for a new multi-million pound rollercoaster, a £16.25m (US$20.9m, €18.6m) venture that will feature Britain’s first use of the ... More

Movie Park is boldly going where no attraction has gone before as it plans Europe’s first official Star Trek-themed rollercoaster. The ride, which is set ... More

Europa Park has followed up on a strong 2015 performance by appointing Michael and Thomas Mack to its board. “After having a successful 2015 that ... More

Six Flags has announced plans for Superman-themed virtual reality coaster experiences to debut at its parks in the coming months as it seeks to lead ... More

Virtual reality continues to dominate at the start of 2016, with Universal now joining in on the act, debuting its first VR coaster at its ... More

Alton Towers has confirmed plans to launch the UK’s first ever virtual reality rollercoaster, rebranding its Air ride as Galactica for the all-new space-themed VR ... More

With Merlin bosses hoping to rekindle interest in Alton Towers after a poor summer, the UK theme park has revealed a teaser for “Something Exciting!”, ... More

Attractions Management can exclusively reveal that Mack Rides and VR Coaster are working on at least nine new virtual reality rollercoasters, with the new technology ... More

The high level of innovation in rides and attractions was recognised at the Brass Ring Awards at IAAPA this week, with Sally Corp winning the ... More