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Birds fans of all ages will be able to indulge in a wide variety of hands-on activities including 10 bird launching stations, four full body experiences, six map stamping stations and 20 iPad gaming stations – teaching them all about science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics (or ‘STEAM’) in a fun and engaging way.
Touring exhibit to debut in Dubai
Created by Rovio Entertainment and Jack Rouse Associates (JRA), the Angry Birds Universe touring exhibit makes its debut later this month as part of the Dubai Summer Surprises Festival. The attraction opens on 28 July at Modhesh
World in the Dubai World Trade Centre, a popular family event now in its 15th year. Angry
The most thrilling activity? The “Be The Bird” experience! This will propel guests on zip lines to knock over enormous foam structures, just like the Angry Birds! Other full-body attractions include a laser maze, climbing wall, planetarium and oversized sling shot – all proof that the playing games doesn’t have to be sedentary experience confined to a smartphone app. In fact, Angry Birds Universe: The Art and Science Behind a Global Phenomenon (to give it is full name) aims to encourage families to work together, building creativity, innovation and entrepreneurial skills. For example, parents and children are able to build and test a variety of structures against the impact of Angry Birds launched by other guests. Visitors can also utilise a state-of-the-art design studio to explore their
Peppa Pig in Italy Visitors to the Italian amusement park Leolandia can this season tour a fun- filled building site, culminating with a meet-and-great with Peppa Pig. What’s not to like? Mr Bull’s Worksite opened at the park near Miland last month. Here kids will find all the tools of Mr Bull and his team of workers: a wheelbarrow, the pneumatic drill, the traffic cones and many bricks. Little guests can activate special effects by pushing big red buttons: the explosion of underground pipes with a water jet, the typical sounds of the worksite and the voices of the characters that populate the Pig family’s world. At the end of the tour, kids can finally meet Peppa, take a picture with her and see a model of here future home at the park – coming in 2015. Located in Bergamo, Leolandia features 38 rides and attractions for all ages in addition to the popular Minitalia, featuring replicas of many of Italy's most important monuments. Also new for 2014 is some new Cowboy Town theming and live entertainment, street shows, etc.
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creative side through experiments with character design, animation and sound production related to the Angry Birds games. Rovio and JRA developed the exhibit together with Imagine Exhibitions, whose previous touring productions include Da Vinci: The Exhibition, Dinosaurs in Motion and Titanic the Exhibition. The stay in Dubai, staged in partnership with Live Nation Middle East, runs until September. Future locations are to be announced.
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Rovio Entertainment entered into a deal to build an Angry Birds attraction at the Evropolis mall in St Petersburg, Russia, opening late 2014/early 2015. For more details of Angry
Birds Land at Thorpe Park in the UK, the latest permanent attraction based around the massive franchise and top selling app, see page 36.
Crazy rabbits could be yours! Anyone who has ridden Futuroscope’s new La Machine à Voyager dans le Temps (time machine) attraction or played the Rabbids video game will know what cheeky characters the boggle-eyed rabbits featured in it are. And now you can have them in your park too! Alterface has teamed up with licence holder Ubisoft to market a new Rabbids interactive dark ride.
Since the debut of the franchise – which is credited as being the inspiration for the Minions in Despicable Me – the game has gone on to sell 14 million copies and spawned an animated TV show broadcast in 25 countries. La Machine à Voyager dans le Temps was realised at Futuroscope by the Dutch theming specialist Jora Vision, using an existing ride system. Alterface’s dark ride experience, meanwhile, includes projects as varied as Maus au Chocolat at Phantasialand, Germany; Justice League Alien Invasion at Warner Bros Movie World Australia and various Knights Quest rides for Legoland Discovery Centre.
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