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Leading Russian ride manufacturer Pax Company
is to install a new rollercoaster at its park in the
grounds of the All Russia Exhibition Centre (VVTs) in
Moscow. The looping Cobra ride will replace an
earlier Astro Pax coaster and appear alongside the
park’s Panoramic Wheel, also by Pax. “It’s a good
venue for us,” says the company’s Anna Novikova.
Gosetto has built a double-deck suspended-car
Ghost Train for Freij Entertainment in Dubai.
The ride was due to be delivered at the end of
October and follows a similar blueprint to an
attraction already travelling in Holland, but with an
additional section on the top floor where the cars
travel outside. The effects inside the ride were also
supplied by Gosetto.
Australia’s largest theme park operator, Village
Roadshow Limited (VRL), has shelved plans to
transform Aussie World in Queensland. "VRL
considers that when compared with other
opportunities available, the potential returns do not
justify the level of investment for the world-class
1) What do I do to clear my head? I go for a ride on Europe´s highest rollercoaster, Silver Star.
waterpark which would be required to deliver a
So much adrenaline and so much fun – afterwards I almost feel reborn!
significant destination site," a company spokesperson
said. A conditional agreement was signed last year
2) Our ace of spades – Mack Rides! As soon as the idea of a new ride comes into our minds,
giving VRL option to purchase the land and business
we can begin with design and construction. We don’t have to negotiate with ride suppliers and
from Aussie World.
www.themeparknewsdirect.com
wait for their ideas …we just build it! A very nice example of such innovation is our Mack Rides
Poseidon water coaster. It opened at Europa-Park in 2000 and has since been manufactured for
Chang, a stand-up B&M coaster and the largest
parks all over the world. And well… everybody knows our Wild Mouse.
ride at Louisville's Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom, is
coming down to make way for the largest waterpark
3) Highly underestimated and yet so important! Every amusement park needs a good transport
expansion in the park’s history. Chang was
system. After a long day wandering around, a means of transportation such as our monorail is a
introduced in 1997 but will now be relocated to
welcome and highly appreciated option, especially for families and older guests.
another, yet-to-be-identified Six Flags park.
4) Look carefully and you can see the Europa-Park Dome, one of our biggest
Cornelius Jason ''Neil'' Ammons Jnr, owner
event spaces. Originally designed for the 700th anniversary celebrations of
Switzerland, this unique construction is used for all kinds of events, offering
and operator of Family Kingdom Amusement Park,
our guests additional value and entertainment options.
passed away on September 24, at his residence in
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He was 63. Under
5) The sky is the limit! Inside this bowl, our visitors can take a trip to the his leadership, the Sea Mist Resort grew from 77
stars on a one-of-a-kind dark coaster. Although already 20 years old, to 800 units. Guided by Neil's vision, the former
Eurosat is still among the favourite attractions of Europa-Park.
Grand Strand Amusement Park was reopened
following Hurricane Hugo as the Family Kingdom
Michael Mack, Europa-Park, Rust, Germany
Amusement Park.
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