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Project V Europa-Park’s new attraction for 2017
Project V will in fact comprise two adjacent 70-seat theatres, each with rows of gondolas spread over three floors. The footprint of the building, which will also a include pre-show, queuing areas and extensive theming, will be 63 x 39m. To make way for the attraction, the park’s monorail has had to be diverted. Before they step on board, passengers will
‘Fllght pioneers’ examine a model of the ride building B
ig things are planned for 2018/19 at Europa- Park, when the German industry leader launches its new waterpark resort, but before that it's
slotting in the largest ever investment in its 40-year history. Project V, the attraction's working title, will be only
second flying theatre in Europe (following the launch this winter of a ride at Futuroscope in France) and also the largest. Supplying the ride system will be Brogent Technologies, with multimedia coming courtesy of Kraftwerk Living Technologies. MackMedia and Ambient Entertainment will supply the ride film, filming for which has already begun. Located just to the left of Europa-Park's main gate,
New Muppets show at Walt
Disney World The Muppets Present... Great Moments in American History is a new live show at Disney's Magic Kingdom, Orlando, Florida. Sam Eagle, the fiercely patriotic American eagle who is forever trying to set a high moral standard for the Muppets, joins Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, The Great Gonzo and James Jefferson, town crier of Liberty Square, as they gather outside The Hall of Presidents to present historical tales in Muppets fashion. From the midnight ride of Paul Revere to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the Muppets appear throughout the day to share their own unique take on the founding fathers and the birth of the USA. The show is performed several times each day at the Walt Disney World park.
experience a pre-show celebrating the pioneers of aviation. The main attraction will be set in the 'Academy of the Skies' as passengers are transported on gondola-like chairlifts through an exhilarating flight over famous European landscapes and landmarks, including Europa-Park itself. The action will unfold in high definition on 21 metre-wide screens and will be enriched with effects such as wind and water, providing for a very authentic feeling of flying. The flight time will be between four and five minutes. In total the two theatres will provide an hourly capacity for 1,200 guests, who must be at least four years of age to enjoy the attraction. Visitors to Europa-Park can get a taste of what to
expect by visiting the preview centre on the main avenue in the Deutchland area of the park. Project V is not the only construction currently taking place on site at the Black Forest park. Soon it will be able to process all deliveries, including merchandise and F&B, much more efficiently thanks to the building of a new logistics centre. The new 8,000 square metre building, built on the previous staff parking lot, will also contain new offices and meeting rooms, with a bus Project stop outside just for Europa-Park employees.
The Project V ride building under construction
The new logisitics centre, which will also include new staff offices
Dubai Parks and Resorts
parks will now open in three phases Originally all three theme parks – Legoland, Motiongate and Bollywood Parks Dubai – were due to open together on October 31 at Dubai Parks and Resorts (DP&R), but now just one will open at the end of this month, to be followed by the rest before the end of the year. Still it's an impressive onslaught of new attractions in a part of the world fast becoming a theme park hot spot. Legoland Dubai's debut later this month will be accompanied by the opening Riverland, DP&R's dining and entertainment district. On November 15, Bollywood Parks Dubai and Legoland Water Park will open together with the Polynesian-themed Lapita Hotel then, on December 16, the movie park Motiongate will open, completing phase I of Dubai Parks and Resorts. Phase II, opening in 2019, will include a Six Flags branded amusement park. Riverland Dubai will connect the three theme parks and waterpark at Dubai Parks and Resorts, and will be open to everyone with or without a ticket to the adjoining parks. Split into four themed areas – The French Village, Boardwalk, India Gate and The Peninsula – it will feature more than 50 restaurants and shops, coupled with street theatre, entertainment and boat rides. Several more suppliers of attractions to the various DP&R parks have recently gone public with their projects. Holovis Attractions, for example, has revealed that it has supplied an immersive tunnel to Bollywood Parks Dubai. Delivered on a turnkey basis, the attraction is based on the hit film Don. Scenes from this Bollywood blockbuster have been recreated to give visitors the ride of their life as they embark on a virtual chase through the streets of Dubai while trying to keep up with the elusive mafia boss, Don. Also at Bollywood Parks, Triotech has installed a dark ride system as part of an attraction dedicated to the movie Sholay. Simworx is another confirmed supplier of multimedia attractions to DP&R venues.
6 OCTOBER 2016
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