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What impressed you at this winter's trade shows?
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Paul Borchardt, Wonderland Park, USA: We saw more plush
lines with better design and better grade materials. Overall it's of higher
quality, a great improvement over the toys we’ve had the past 20 years.
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The lighting and types of lighting is also getting much better. It's better
flash, using LEDs with lower voltages and higher brightness. I also see
million – litres of water used to power
an improved quality and resurgence of video games and redemption
seven waterslides at the new
games. There are better display screens and better flash surrounding
Aquaventure waterpark at the Atlantis
them.
Resort in Dubai
Dato’ Richard Koh, Only World Group, Malaysia: I think the
humanoid animatronic from Kokoro at IAAPA in Orlando was very
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advanced. It can follow real human movements and answer questions Australian dollars – cost to be lowered
from humans too, it’s so artistic, realistic and sophisticated that you into a clear acrylic box as a crocodile
think you are talking to a real person. I think it is a great promotional attacks the outside on Cage of Death at
product and the new generation of robots. The other product that
Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia
caught my attention was the Flogos machine, which produces a
snowflake that floats and fills the sky with your logo or any shapes. Now
the sky really is the limit when it comes to advertising! 125
pounds sterling – cost of a season pass
Scott Simpson, Playland's Castaway Cove, USA: Wisdom
to all Merlin Entertainments’ UK
took an old concept, that of the Flying Scooter, and put a new spin
on it. They call it the Wind Surfer, it's a two-seater, surfboard and
attractions
there's a wind sail in front of you that allows you to control the flying
action. Len Soled and Mark Blumhagen came up with the idea and
presented it to Wisdom, who brought a prototype seat to the IAAPA
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show.
number of handcrafted carousel
animals (and not one of them is a
horse) on the world’s largest carousel
at House on the Rock in Spring Green,
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Final Chapter? - Expoland, Suita, Japan,
Festive Failure - A Christmas
has filed for bankruptcy protection after being
“theme park” in the UK closed
Downs
unable to come back from a fatal 2007
prematurely after attracting negative
rollercoaster accident
media coverage. Guests at Lapland
New Forest paid £25 each to see
harnessed husky dogs, reindeer and
trees covered with fake snow
Big Cat-astrophe - A cleaner
was mauled to death by white tigers
at Singapore Zoo. Witnesses report
Festive Gesture - Established UK
seeing the man throwing items at
Fit For A President - To make park Alton Towers offered to put on a
the crocodile enclosure earlier the
room for a new, robotic version of free Christmas event for families
same day
Barack Obama, Walt Disney World disappointed with their visit to Lapland
in Florida has closed its Hall of New Forest. The park, which is located
Presidents for eight months for about 200 miles away, said it would
refurbishment. admit up to 1,500 people
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