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IAAPA Attractions Expo 2010
IAAPA, the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions, holds its annual Attractions Expo next month and it’s back where it belongs – in Orlando, theme park capital of the world.
Ali Bey Premier
Located in the Tekirova district in Antalya, Turkey, Ali Bey Premier is a luxury beachfront waterpark resort hotel.
Khan Shatyr opens in Kazakhstan
Housed beneath the world's largest glass roof (150-metres-high), Khan Shatyr is a new retail and leisure destination in Kazakhstan that its developers promise offers “a new way of life.”
Oktoberfest 200
Munich's world-famous Oktoberfest drew to a close on October 3 after a spectacular anniversary event and the usual bumper crowds.
Launch coaster for Bayern Park
Bavaria's first launch coaster will open for the start of the 2011 season at Bayern Park in Reisbach.
SkyLoop for Helsinki
Linnanmäki in Helsinki, Finland, is to add a SkyLoop coaster from Maurer Söhne for 2011, its second rollercoaster from the German manufacturer.
Love the train!
Each November for the past three years, Dotto Trains has organised a celebration of its products in the pretty town of Arco near Lake Garda, and it will do the same again in 2010.
Marvel Super Heroes 4D
Hulk is causing havoc on the streets on London, and the results are breathtaking! Park World visits Madame Tussauds to experience Marvel Super Heroes 4D.
Calypso Theme Waterpark
The biggest news in Canadian waterparks this summer? Calypso Theme Waterpark. The crowds just kept coming and already the park’s developers are planning an expansion thanks to attendance 25% beyond their end-of-season expectations.
Cruise Ship Waterparks
Ever since Royal Caribbean installed a FlowRider surf simulator on its ship Freedom of the Seas, the cruise industry has been steadily adding more and water recreation to its vessels. Forget a simple swimming pool, it’s now all about replicating the waterpark experience – at sea!
Rainbow MagicLand
It's not often a major new theme park opens in Europe, which is why the debut next spring of Rainbow MagicLand outside Rome is already big news within the attractions industry.
Andreas Andersen
After three years as executive director of IAAPA’s European office in Brussels, Andreas Veilstrup Andersen is to return to park management in Scandinavia as CEO of the Liseberg Group in Gothenburg, Sweden. Here he talks to Park World editor Owen Ralph.
The Pleasures of Pittsburgh
On my way to Kennywood to report on its new Sky Rocket rollercoaster I stopped in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for a two-hour tour of the city on a Segway. You know, those two-wheeled electric vehicles that are perfect for unbalanced individuals because their gyroscopic sensors are self-balancing.
What was your best ever public relations campaign?
Gareth Arculus (pictured), Thorpe Park, England: For us, I think SAW: The Ride last year really stands out. It wasn’t a PR stunt as such, but on the launch night the ride unfortunately had a breakdown and a female journalist had a panic attack. The media were all over it with reports of, “Woman has panic attack on world’s scariest rollercoaster,” which was exactly how we were trying to pitch it. It was more of a reactive story to an incident that had happened at the park, but it got the perfect message across and even more coverage than we could have expected, in both broadcast and national print media. I think Sky News did accuse of “the perfect marketing stunt” – live on air!
A farm park with a message
When it opens in 2012, Fairytale Farm in Oxfordshire, England, will be the first family farm attraction where everything is designed around the needs of children with sensory, learning and physical disabilities.
