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ATTRACTIONS


Continuum Attractions confirms Emmerdale tour


One episode ends and another begins – that’s the case at Continuum Attractions, which has confirmed it will operate a live set tour of the popular TV soap Emmerdale. This follows a recent announcement


that Coronation Street Te Tour will end on 31 December 2015. Both Emmerdale and Coronation Street are long-running British soap operas broadcast on ITV. “Following the resounding success of


Coronation Street Te Tour, we are delighted to continue our working relationship with ITV on Emmerdale Te VIP Tour,” Juliana Delaney, chief executive of Continuum Attractions, told Leisure Opportunities. Details: http://lei.sr?a=9c5k7_O


£27m Eleven Arches steams ahead


Puy du Fou president Nicolas de Villiers, has shed more light on the Eleven Arches development com- ing to England in 2016, revealing exclusive details about the upcoming proj- ect to Leisure Opportunities. With the £27m devel-


opment set to open in the northeast of England in June 2016, Eleven Arches wi l l


fol low the same


not-for-profit volunteer model as Puy du Fou. De Villiers and the team behind the project view the multi-million pound visitor attraction as key in the wider regeneration of Bishop Auckland and the surrounding area. “Te project in England is going very well,”


said de Villiers, speaking exclusively to Leisure Opportunities. “We just gained authorisation to build. We had been expecting to get the planning permission for a while but now we can actually start work. It will be a great night show based upon the same artistic model as we did in France with hundreds of actors taking to the stage,” he continued. “Te story will be


Te Samsung Gear VR Innovator headset is used


Natural History Museum teams with Attenborough


London’s Natural History Museum has teamed up with Atlantic Productions and Samsung to bring a world-first virtual reality experience to the UK institution. Using the Samsung Gear VR Innovator


Edition virtual reality headset – pow- ered by the Galaxy S6 smartphone – David Attenborough’s First Life is a fully immersive experience which brings to life the dawn of living creatures on Earth from 540 million years ago. Created by television company Atlantic


Studios’ virtual reality production team, Alchemy VR, the 15-minute experience is based on the museum’s research and sends visitors on a dive through ancient waters, with commentary from Sir David Attenborough. During the immersive expe- rience, visitors will see long-extinct animals such as the Opabinia, Anomalocaris and the spiny, worm-like Hallucigenia. “We’re always looking for ways to chal-


lenge how people think about the natural world – its past, present and future,” said Sir Michael Dixon, Natural History Museum director. Details: http://lei.sr?a=Q2V9N_O


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London Zoo drops over-18s parties ‘Zoo Lates’


London Zoo has called time on its


parties, replacing the con- troversial events with a more family-friendly version. The famous zoo drew


criticism last year aſter party animals caused distress to the zoo’s inhabitants, with reports of guests throwing glasses at animals, pour- ing beer on tigers and even trying to climb into the penguin enclosure. Te new format, rebranded


‘Sunset Safaris’, started in June. Te event is now being marketed towards friends, couples, and fami- lies, with talks from the zoo’s conservationists one of the main attractions. Previously the zoo targeted a young party crowd, urging them to “release your wild side.” Alcohol, which was the root of the prob-


Te over-18s events reportedly caused distress to the zoo’s inhabitants


evidence of any animal welfare implications as a result of the Zoo Lates events”. “Te fact that animals in zoos have no way of


lem at the over-18s version of the event, is still being served to guests. Westminster city council, which licenses London Zoo, inves- tigated the parties but said it found “no


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escaping their day-to-day confinement is bad enough, but allowing visitors in the zoo outside normal business hours interrupts the animals’ usual sleep schedule and can cause them fear, distress and even physical harm,” said Peta, which spoke out against the event last year. Details: http://lei.sr?a=P8G5c_O


Twitter: @leisureopps © CYBERTREK 2015 Puy du Fou is also developing historical attractions across the globe


the history of England. It’s written as a novel. It’s not a teaching lesson, it’s like a show, not everything is fact. It’s poetry, it’s like a hymn. It’s a story where we bring the people to life and bring the historical world to life.” When asked why Puy du Fou, which has


been very selective with its locations in its 37-year history, chose Bishop Auckland and County Durham as a location, de Villiers praised Jonathan Ruffer, the hedge fund man- ager offering financial backing to the project as a key factor. Details: http://lei.sr?a=Q2V9N_O


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