Archive For January, 2012
The biggest news coming out of Roanoke this week is yet another announcement about a second big attraction to be added to Hawaiian Falls Roanoke. Hawaiian Falls opened the Roanoke park last summer and following a successful inaugural year, promptly announced plans to expand the waterpark with a new $1.6 million multi-slide complex, more shade, […]
President Obama unveiled a new visa elemination plan during a mid-January visit to Walt Disney World (near Orlando, Fla.) in an effort to boost U.S. tourism, thus hopefully creating more jobs. The President’s visit to one of the nation’s largest tourist attractions was aimed to promote U.S. toursim from Brazil and China to name just […]
Two of the biggest names in Tennessee tourism are teaming up to bring a major family entertainment zone to Nashville. Gaylord Entertainment and Dolly Parton’s Dollywood Company have entered into a memorandum of understanding for a 50/50 joint venture to develop a 114-acre family entertainment zone adjacent to the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center. […]
Insurance Office of America (IOA) has become the official Property & Casualty insurance broker of Six Flags Entertainment Corporation. Effective January 1, 2012 the new agreement offers IOA the advantage of broad awareness building opportunities and high-profile branding through the use of in-park signage at Six Flags parks, web banner advertising on sixflags.com, Six Flags […]
Premier Rides has been selected to design and manufacture a signature high-thrill roller coaster for what will be the largest mixed-use development project in the world, the Great Mall of China. The Premier attraction, commissioned by the Berjaya Great Mall of China Co. Ltd., will be the tallest indoor roller coaster in the world. The […]
Darien Lake Theme & Water Park Resort (Darien Lake) has named Bob Montgomery as the park’s new vice president and general manager. Montgomery has been employed by Herschend Family Entertainment (HFE), the management company of Darien Lake, for over a decade. Prior to HFE, Montgomery worked as vice president of operations and development at LEGOLAND, […]
Prime Play proudly announces one of its most anticipated projects of 2012 with SAFRA Toa Payoh, in Singapore. Toa Payoh is the second SAFRA project that Prime Play’s in-house team of experts has custom designed and built. Opening this spring, SAFRA’s newest Family Entertainment Center will offer a unique scavenger hunt attraction that provides fun, […]
Ideas, ideas, & more ideas….you’ll walk away with plenty of new ideas for you and your staff to make 2012 an even better year in terms of safety, operations and revenue generation. Join the European Committee for the European Waterpark Symposium, hosted by The Time Capsule, 28 & 29 February in Coatbridge, Scotland. Time spent learning from your industry’s […]
Busch Gardens welcomes guests to closely observe and even take part in the animal care experience when the Tampa park opens its new Animal Care Center on Jan. 23, 2012. From nutrition to treatments, X-rays to surgeries, much of Busch Gardens’ animal care will be conducted in guest view in this new state-of-the-art facility. “We […]
Europa-Park is ending its 37th season with excellent results once again as visitor numbers exceeded four million. As the new year gets off to a start, Europa-Park’s managing partners, Roland and Jürgen Mack, have also finally revealed the name of the new wooden rollercoaster: “WODAN -Timburcoaster”. This new high-tech rollercoaster is set to open at […]
