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WaveLoch announces 2010 FlowRider Championships
WAVELOCH has announced its 2010 World FlowRider Championships will mark another milestone in the world of FlowRiding.
With the introduction of the
International Flowriding League of the World Championships last October at the new Wave House Sentosa, in Singapore, the sport of flowriding dropped its boundaries as four countries came together for the competition. This year’s World FlowRider
Championships will hold competitions at various FlowRider facilities in three different regions of the world – the UK, US and Asia will all participate by holding leagues and competitions as they select their best riders who will meet at Wave House Sentosa on November 4 to compete for the WFC title.
The WFC qualifiers have already begun in the US as
the 16 stop National Flow Tour began in April, with the finals scheduled for August at the Saloman Centre in Ogden, Utah.
Great Wolf Resorts acquires major stake in Creative Kingdoms
GREAT Wolf Resorts, one of the largest operators of indoor waterpark resorts in the US, has acquired a majority stake in Creative Kingdoms, a developer of experiential gaming products including MagiQuest, a high-tech, interactive, fantasy entertainment game. The company has acquired a 62.4 per cent preferred
equity interest in Creative Kingdoms in exchange for all of the US$8.7m principal balance, plus accrued interest, of convertible indebtedness owed by Creative Kingdoms to Great Wolf Resorts. Great Wolf Resorts CEO, Kim Schaefer, commented:
“Since installing our first MagiQuest game at a Great Wolf resort in 2006, this high-tech, interactive, live-action adventure game has become a key attraction for our guests. “This acquisition allows us to protect an important
proprietary amenity and revenue stream. Additionally, combining Creative Kingdoms’ remarkable record of imagination and innovation and its extensive patent portfolio, with our sales and marketing platform should create opportunities to further grow the unique products and expand the MagiQuest platform in the next several years, providing us with an attractive return on our investment.” This news comes at the same time as Great Wolf Resorts
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invests in brand-new waterslides and slide enhancements in select waterparks across the US. Six locations in total have received new slides including the Double Barrel Drop at Pocono Mountains in Pennsylvania – a six-story thriller with LED lighting, sound effects and a 450-degree hairpin turn into a dark vortex tunnel, and the Triple Twist ride featuring a drop into three huge funnels at high speeds, dropping a full five stories from start to finish, at the Kansas City, Kansas, and Kings Island/Mason, Ohio locations. Additionally, in Grand Mound, Washington, Grapevine, Texas, and Williamsburg, Virgina, visitors will be able to check out the River Canyon Run family raft ride makeover – with LED lighting, fog and sound effects adding to the ride.
Cornwall Council approves waterpark
CORNWALL Borough Council, in Pennsylvania, US, has voted to approve a massive US$330m development that includes a waterpark, hotel and nearly 600 new homes. The move prompted angry reactions from some borough
residents, while council members said the development would in the long run help – not hurt – the historic Lebanon County borough. The project, expected to create 1,000 jobs and add more
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than $2m in taxes to the borough and Cornwall-Lebanon School District, is known as The Preserve at Cornwall Village. Its developers, Haines and Kibblehouse, agreed to 48 conditions including road improvements and it is expected that the waterpark, hotel and 120 homes will be completed during the next five years – but it could take 25 years for the rest of the homes to be constructed.
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