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FOX THEME PARK PLANS REVEALED
entertainment experience highlighting some of Fox’s most powerful film brands. Over 25 rides and attractions will be featured, incorporating intellectual property such as Rio, Planet of the Apes and Night at the Museum. Amongst a selection of thrill rides, children’s rides, water rides and media-based attractions, visitors can expect an Alien Vs Predator dark ride, plus multiple attractions based around the Ice Age franchise, including a themed mountain rollercoaster. The previous Genting Theme Park on the same site closed in September to make way for redevelopment. “Genting, as a developer of the world’s top resort destinations, is a natural and valued partner for Twentieth Century Fox,” says Greg Lombardo, vice-president of global location based entertainment at Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products. “The creation of a world-class entertainment destination in a vital market like Asia is a landmark step in Fox’s global theme park strategy.”
A ground-breaking ceremony has been held in Malaysia for the world’s first 20th Century Fox theme park.
Opening in 2016 as a result of a partnership between Twentieth Century
Fox Consumer Products and investor Genting Malaysia, the US$300million park will be known as 20th Century Fox World – and here’s the first look at the look and some of the concept art. Spanning 25 acres of Resorts World Genting (formerly Genting Highland) outside Kuala Lumpur, the park promises to provide an immersive
Sydney Shines!
The Sydney Opera House is a recognisable worldwide landmark, but we bet you've never seen it like this before!
As part of the Australian Naval Spectacular in November, the Technical Direction Company (TDC) recently “wrapped” both the Sydney Opera House and the pylons to the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
An evening spectacular involved video projection combined with stunning fireworks launched from seven warships. There was lighting from 28 land and boat locations plus live action on board ships culminating in an aerial fly past from the Royal Australian Air Force enjoyed by the millions lining the foreshore.
The event on 11 November was staged to celebrate the first entry of the national Australian fleet into Sydney Harbour one hundred years ago. Imagination Australia acted as creative team and producer of the event, with TDC engaged as its video technology partner.
As it was vital to that the projection was visible from all sides of the Harbour, TDC deployed a total of 56 Barco projectors positioned at various angles and distances, including projection towers located up to 700 metres away. Media content was managed using Dataton's Watchout multi-image and display software and 26 computer servers.
"Rarely does a project of this epic scale take place in Australia,” notes TD managing director Michael Hassett. “Our team of projection experts did a great job and we're very proud of what we've delivered.”
tdc.com.au See video of the Sydney Harbour spectacular by reading this story online.
Djurs’ Viking invasion
Djurs Sommerland in Denmark is to open a new Viking-themed area for the coming season. Vikingeland represents an investment of €2.6 million and will be anchored by two attractions including a Huss Pirate Ship named Drageskibet, swinging 20m over a lake. The other new addition will be a pair of interactive Heege Towers called Vikingetårne. The park’s Thor’s Hammer
rollercoaster will also be integrated into the new 20,000 sq m area. JANUARY 2014 13 During the press conference on 17 December, which was attended by the
Prime minister of Malaysia, Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib Tun Razak, Genting also presented plans for the wider integrated resort, which includes the creation of an additional 3,000 hotel rooms at Resorts World Genting. The Malaysian- based group also operates integrated resorts and casinos in Singapore, the Philippines, the Bahamas, New York City and the UK.
An exclusive interview with Fox’s Greg Lombardo will follow soon in Park World
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