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P7 JULY


5 Front Gate Setting the agenda for the month ahead


6 Park Hoppin’ Paul Ruben at Coney Island


7 Park Blogin’ Dennis Speigel on yield management


8-18 Park News Your monthly round-up


Centre pages Theme Index 2010 Attendance Report


22-23 Conference Review SATE Europe


23 Show Review Asian Attractions Expo


24-25 Q-Lines Merlin Entertainments in Blackpool


26-27 Atlantis Submarine Voyage Ride Profile


28-30 Van Helsing’s Factory Ride profile


32-33 Cheetah Hunt Ride profile


34 Show Guide


Exhibitions and networking for attractions professionals


37 Web Guide Online resources for the amusement industry


THIS MONTH’S COVER SHOT: Aquacircus® is a zany new way for fun-loving kids to enjoy water play courtesy of Empex Watertoys. Operators can choose from a wide range of “Aquanetic” kinetic effects such as wheels, spinners, gears and pinwheels, incorporated into an Aquadek playground structure. For more details and some of the latest Aquacircus installations, turn to page 18. www.watertoys.com


“ We’ve never done a double header


opening like this before with the Tower and the Dungeons, in fact we’ve never done five attractions in one building before


Merlin Entertainments’ Iain Hawkins discusses the group’s plans for Blackpool, page 24


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“Save your money, don’t enter our business,” Walt Disney was told by carnival operators when he started


work on Disneyland, but of course many of his “crazy” ideas have become standard industry practice


Mary Sklar speaks at SATE Europe, page 22 P26 ” P22


JUNE 2011


The Wettest Show On Earth! Aquacircus makes a splash Legoland Atlantis


THE GLOBAL ATTRACTIONS ATTENDANCE REPORT


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Van Helsing’s Factory Cheetah Hunt +more!


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