New special effects attraction for Trans Studio RLH Enterprises and Garner Holt Productions have been signed by Trans Studio Bandung in Indonesia to create the special effects and show action systems for a new live action special effects show. Special Effects Action! will feature live fire effects, water effects, explosions and large-scale show action systems, which will send cars exploding over 20ft into the air and crashing back down almost at the audience’s feet. “Trans Studio is pulling out all the stops to
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produce an audience experience that will equal special effects shows at major theme parks,” said Garner Holt, CEO of Garner Holt Productions. “Our company has been working closely with RLH for several months to identify the latest effects technologies for the attraction. This amazing show will attract visitors throughout the region and the world.”
Rubicon continues global expansion RUBICON Group Holding, a diversified entertainment company and a global producer of cutting-edge digital content, is expanding its global operation and alliances into the Asian and South Pacific markets. As a gold sponsor of the China Theme Park Expansion
Summit, RGH is set to build upon its existing portfolio of themed entertainment projects by facilitating the design and development of similar attractions in Asia. RGH already manages the creative development of
live experiences in North America and the Middle East, including the creation of a US$1.5bn leisure-resort in Aqaba, Jordan. Lenny Larsen, head of themed entertainment at RGH
and a keynote speaker at the China Theme Park Expansion Summit, commented about RGH’s expansion into Asia, saying: “China’s theme park industry was worth RMB20.5bn in 2010 and this is forecast to increase 15 per cent by the close of 2011. With so many attractions in development in China, we all need to be thinking along the lines of innovation and originality. Today’s consumers, especially those in Asia, demand an experience that is groundbreaking as much as it is exhilarating.”
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Thinkwell to design new China park MONKEY King Company, a subsidiary of Chinese real estate, financial and cultural industry conglomerate Zhonghong Real Estate, has appointed Thinkwell Group as the design firm for a new, highly immersive theme park slated to open in Beijing in 2014. The US-based design firm has been collaborating with
ZRE on the strategy, concept, master plan and attraction development for Monkey Kingdom since mid 2010. With a total investment of RMB10bn (US$.53bn),
Monkey Kingdom forms the central pillar in a new mixed- use development project that will include conference centres, hotels, exhibition halls, retail, residential housing and culturally significant entertainment options. “By integrating our traditional culture with modern
theme park technology, this project will provide Beijing with a Disney-quality park that tells the stories important to China,” said a ZRE spokesperson. “Thinkwell will provide the theme park expertise
while our team ensures the traditional culture of China is properly represented, making this a perfect partnership.”
US firm lands China theme park contract ECON, a Lakeland, Florida-based engineering firm, has won a contract to handle the design and permitting work for East Bay Water World, a large-scale theme park and resort project to be built on Chongming Island, which sits at the mouth of the Yangtze River in China. The company, which serves as the primary civil
engineering firm for Legoland Florida, said it expected development of East Bay to take more than five years at a cost of at least US$1bn. It will cover an area of 700 acres, nearly five times the size of the soon-to-open Legoland. “This will probably be the largest thing we’ve done,” said John McVay, chief executive of Econ. “This is equivalent to a Sea World and a Busch Gardens combined.”
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