the past six months, with planning approval being granted at the end of August. “It’s now full steam ahead in all departments to ensure
Europa-Park to debut wooden coaster GERMANY’S Europa-Park plans to debut its first wooden roller coaster in March 2012 in the Icelandic area of the park. The park’s 11th coaster and - first wooden attraction -
will celebrate the gods and goddesses of Norse mythology. It will top out at 115ft and reach speeds of 60mph while navigating hairpin turns and airtime hills over a 3,500ft track, crossing the paths of the Atlantica SuperSplash water ride and the Blue Fire steel coaster. A billboard in the park showing images of the entry
arch and station house announces “Ein Mythos Erwacht”, German for “A Myth Awakens.” The sign has led the online coaster community to dub the ride Mythos, although park officials say the ride’s name has yet to be announced. According to concept art, riders will enter through a
front gate that is equal parts mountain, fortress and castle entwined in vines. Bearded warriors bearing gold swords flank the entrance.
New DPL family play centre to open in UK DP Leisure, operator of the 360 Play family entertainment centre in Milton Keynes, UK, has announced that it is to open a second venue in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. Following the successful launch and product
development of the first 360 Play centre, DPL will open another, larger centre at Stevenage Leisure Park, with a planned opening date of late 2011. The new unit, at over 24,000sq.ft, will feature the familiar blend of creative play and amusement which has proved successful at the company’s Milton Keynes site. DPL’s sister company
DP Associates has been working on concept designs, master plans, planning applications and more for the project for
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we are ready to open as planned later this year,” said company Managing Director Duncan Phillips. “We are delighted to have found such a great site in which to create our second 360 Play venue and I’m sure the success we’ve enjoyed in Milton Keynes will be replicated in Stevenage.” The new centre will feature a wide range of children
and family orientated activities and attractions now key to the 360 brand experience. There will be three main zones offering different types of experience, encompassing physical play, creative play and skills play. Rising through the centre of the building and forming the core activity for physical play will be a major three-storey play structure with a variety of slides, climbing elements, obstacles, crawl through tubes, ball zones and other familiar soft play features.
New confectionery attraction earmarked for UK CONTINUUM, a UK-based cultural visitor attractions company, is in discussions with the owners of York House in Kings Square, York, UK, to create a new confectionery- themed visitor attraction in the northern city. According to reports, Oakgate Group is currently
applying to York City Council for ‘change of use’ planning permission for the premises for use as a visitor attraction and associated uses including retail and a café. The 6,400sq.ft space is spread across three floors
and according to Continuum, the new attraction would “reflect the fascinating story of the city’s trading and manufacturing past.” A spokesperson added: “The theme of the new
attraction will present the story of the science and manufacturing of confectionery in the city. In short, a chocolate themed visitor attraction with the working title The Sweet History of York.”
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