Embed is proud to announce the completion of the Embed systems installations in the newly opened Fun City in Oasis Mall. Owned by Landmark, this is Fun City’s 50th store, located in Salalah, the second largest city in Oman. Embed’s involvement includes 44 award-winning smartTOUCH readers, two point-of-sale sales modules and two prizes modules. Embed’s […]
Triotech has announced that Vinpearl JSC (Hanoi, Vietnam) has selected the company to design and build a media-based interactive dark ride for Vinpearl Land’s newest theme park on the tropical resort island of Phú Quốc, Vietnam. Titled Dragon’s Spell, this attraction is the first media-based Interactive Dark Ride (IDR) in Vietnam, and is entirely designed […]
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Vallejo, California, in partnership with sPower and Borrego Solar Systems, made the official switch to solar power at a special event to kick off the park’s 12th annual Holiday in the Park, the first to be powered by renewable energy. The event included remarks by Congressman Mike Thompson and Vallejo Mayor […]
“We have new projects in Saudi Arabia, Eastern Europe, Russia, and the U.S,” said Peter van Bilsen of Vekoma at the recent IAAPA Expo. “We’re also very busy in China and have opened a new parts centre in China six months ago. We’ve signed seven contracts while at the show.” Vekoma is finishing a variety […]
Mack Rides has introduced a new brand, Tacumeon Rides, a line of interactive, multimedia, immersive attractions. According to Mack’s Max Röser, these turn-key products combine multimedia and shooting systems, “We now have an animation studio only doing 4D films but now all the media for our rides and attractions can now synchronize ride and film […]
Amanda Thompson OBE, who has been both producer and director of the Hot Ice Show for over 20 years, took over managing Blackpool Pleasure Beach 15 years ago. The fourth generation of her family to run it, Amanda’s great-grandfather bought the land on the seafront and opened the park in 1896. As well as juggling […]
“We brought our new battery-powered C.P. Huntington locomotive,” explained Dick Chance at the Chance Rides booth during the recent IAAPA Expo in Orlando. “This is the first production model and is going to the Montgomery Zoo in Alabama. The zoo market is a big market for our new trains as they replace their old gasoline […]
The Gravity Group has partnered with Cost·a·sur to distribute roller coaster parts over an Internet website. The Gravity Group’s Korey Kiepert sat with Mike Norton of Cost·a·sur in the Gravity Group’s new coaster concept car with a boat front during the recent IAAPA Expo to announce the new partnership.
Garfield, the lazy, fat, and cynical orange American cat noted for his love of lasagna and sleeping, greeted visitors at the Sally Dark Rides booth at the recent IAAPA Expo. Garfield was in anamatronic form along with his friends, destined for Six Flags China to appear in Garfield’s Underwater Adventure. That’s an interactive, 4D, cartoon […]
The first look at the lead car for the Orion rollercoaster, scheduled to debut at Kings Island, Mason, Ohio, in 2020, greeted attendees at the Bolliger & Mabillard booth during the recent IAAPA Expo. Joining the world-class line-up of coasters at the park is Orion, one of only seven mega coasters in the world, a […]
Virtuix, developer of the Omni Arena virtual reality esports attraction, has unveiled Elite Force, its latest game for Omni Arena. Elite Force is a player-vs-player military shooter in the style of the popular video game Call of Duty. Up to four players fight each other and battle for special weapons that parachute down from the […]
At the recent IAAPA Expo, Intamin proudly displayed the lead car for the world’s fastest multi-launch coaster that will open 2020. Pantheon at Busch Gardens Williamsburg features four launches, reaching a top speed of 73 mph. But Intamin is multi-talented and delivers a variety of new attractions every year. According to Intamin’s Sascha Czibulka, its […]
Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters (PTC) recently received its third patent in two years for an improved locking mechanism for passenger restraints. They are currently very busy. “We have a lot of work back at the shop,” acknowledges PTC president Tom Rebbie. Fifteen American parks have their coaster trains in the shop for winter overhaul and rehabilitation. […]
Hersheypark, the 121-acre amusement park in Hershey, Pennsylvania, and MajorMega, a Pennsylvania-based virtual reality studio and location-based entertainment company, announced during IAAPA Expo an all-new, immersive virtual reality experience planned for summer 2020. Hyperdeck, MajorMega’s immersive, multi-player virtual reality experience, will be offered as part of Hershey’s Chocolatetown in summer 2020. Two unique, 300-square-feet Hyperdecks […]
Following its iconic predecessors, the Typhoon and the Mad Wave Theater, both best-selling coin-op simulators that still populate most FECs and arcades around the world, Triotech has launched the Storm, an interactive VR coin-op game that features two competing players sitting side-by-side on motion seats. “What is unique about the Storm is that it is […]
