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FEBRUARY 2013


4 Park Word Editor’s comment


5 Front Gate Setting the agenda for the month ahead


6 Park Hoppin’ Paul Ruben delights in Disney


6 Kernels Bite-sized news


8-18 Park News Your monthly update


20-22 Yas Waterworld Waterpark profile


24-26 New Fantasyland Attraction profile


27 Walt Disney World Update Attraction round-up


28-29 Kung Fu Panda: Land of Awesomeness Attraction profile


30 DreamWorks Experience Attraction profile


32-33 Scream Land FEC profile


34-36 Scavenger Hunt Games Park products


36 Show Guide Calendar


38 Web Guide Online resources for the amusement industry





THIS MONTH’S COVER SHOT: Serpent’s Surprise at Yas Waterworld Abu Dhabi is the first Rattler MEGAtube slide from WhiteWater. The leading waterpark supplier installed 12 of the park’s 14 slides, in addition to the world’s largest FlowBarrel wave simulator, two AquaPlay interactive playgrounds, a lazy river, extreme river and SplashQuest interactive treasure hunt. Situated at Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, Yas Waterworld is a sister facility to Ferrari World and one of the most expensive new waterpark openings of all time. See page 20 for more. WhiteWaterWest.com


The timing now is good as most people have become familiar with android phones, wireless devices and queuing


systems. As such the technophobic park operator is becoming a thing of the past


Stephen Reid of 1st Attractions on the rise of electronic scavenger hunt games in parks, P34


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Bringing the pearl-diving story to life inside a waterpark is a really novel, fun thing to do – in much the same way Disney did with Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach


WhiteWater’s Geoff Chutter discusses Yas Waterworld Abu Dhabi, P20


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