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iPlay America
Described as a one-of-a-kind, indoor theme park and entertainment venue, iPlay America and Encore Event Center opened in Freehold, New Jersey, on November 11.
Inside the public can experience a variety of attractions including boardwalk-style rides such as
Dizzy Dragons by Sellner, World Trip (Miami/Magic Carpet) by SBF and three Zamperla rides, namely a Kite Flyer, Happy Swing and Jump Around. The iPA Speedway features go-karts from Amusement Products, who also provided the Spin Zone bumper cars. Also featured are a 4D theatre by MediaMation and a Cosmic Battle two-level laser tag by Lasertron.
The exterior to the new FEC The Kite Flyer is one of several Zamperla rides
Ripley’s Scream In The Dark!
Opened on October 29, Ripley’s Scream In The Dark! is a new dark ride in Thailand courtesy of Sally Corporation.
The interactive attraction features at Ripley’s entertainment zone in Royal Garden Plaza, Pattaya, where it operates alongside other attractions including Ripley’s Believe It or Not!, Louis Tussaud’s Waxworks, Ripley’s Haunted Adventure, Ripley’s Infinity Maze and 4D Moving Theater.
The 742 sq m (7,990 sq ft) dark ride features an array of frightful clowns, a ride-through FogScreen face and an advanced shooting system incorporating new interactive technology: the Scream-O-Meter. The more you scream, the higher your score! Crazy Clown, a colourful and somewhat sinister animatronic
Felimana Luna Park 50
Founded in the 1960s by Federico Amado, Felimana Luna Park has become one of the world’s leading manufacturers of carousels. The Argentenian company, based in Buenos Aires, crafts each of its rides with care, fusing fibreglass horses and LED lighting with traditional features such as wooden floors, twisted brass rods and hand-painted panels. The company’s products can be found across the globe, enjoying particular popularity in Latin America, the USA and Middle East. You’ll even find a Felimana Luna Park carousel in Ushuaia, Patagonia – the world’s most southern city – while one of its rides in Buenos Aires is still going strong after almost 30 years.
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Anyone who has attended an IAAPA trade show in recent years will be familiar with the company’s double and maybe even triple-tier rides, the latter (the Titan) being the only carousel in the world equipped with two elevators for disabled guests. A special version of the Titan is currently being built with casino facilities for a client in Las Vegas, and will debut in mid-2012. As well as carousels, Felimana Luna Park also constructs such attractions as dark rides, bumper car buildings, train rides and a wide variety of children’s rides. Here’s to the next half-century!
www.felimana.com Whac-A-Mole by Bob’s Spacer Racers (who else?)
character serves as the greeter at the entrance to the attraction, and also appears inside the ride. He welcomes and taunts visitors in both English and Thai. Tickets for the ride can be purchased individually or as part of combination package with the other Ripley Attractions at Royal Garden Plaza.
A variety of midway games also appear alongside mini bowling lanes by Highway 66 and more than 200 video games in an arcade area. Younger children can enjoy Just iKidz, a softplay area by All Kids Play. Dining options include gourmet pizza, sandwiches, salads, hotdogs, funnel cakes, frozen yogurt and candy.
OCT Vision
Following the acquisition of a local technology company in its home city of Shenzhen, the Chinese theme park operator OCT is now marketing its own range of multimedia attractions.
The newly formed OCT Vision, which also provides park design services, boasts a portfolio of over 15 attraction concepts including a 360º movie theatre, flying theatre, interactive dark rides and a media-based tower ride.
As well as its tourism and real estate projects, which now include a nationwide network of art galleries and museums, OCT is also the owner of the television manufacturer and electronics supplier Konka.
www.octvision.com
Company founder Federico Amado
DECEMBER 2011/JANUARY 2012
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