Visitor Attractions Pop up Marvel attraction prepares to tour the US
Dates and locations for a highly anticipated pop up Marvel theme park tour have been announced. The Marvel Experience: The World’s First Hyper-Reality Tour will travel the US. The schedule was revealed by the company’s chief creative officer Joe Quesada at New York Comic Con. The 2-acre (0.8-hectare) travelling
attraction – which encompasses seven domes, a life-size Avengers Quinjet, the world’s only 360-degree, 3D stereoscopic full-dome attraction and a 4D motion ride – has been produced by Los Angeles-based entertainment company Hero Ventures. The Marvel Experience tour will preview in Phoenix, Arizona, from 12 December 2014 to 3 January 2015, before making its world premier at Fair Park in Dallas, Texas, on 9 January. It will stay there for three weeks before moving on to San Diego and San Francisco, before heading back towards the east coast of the US, with future dates to be announced on a rolling basis. The attraction will feature an array of
interactive games and original animated short films associated with the Marvel brand. These include – amongst others – Spider-Man, Iron Man, The Incredible
The travelling attraction will spend about three weeks at each location, with rolling dates to be announced
Hulk, Captain America, Thor, X-Men, The Fantastic Four, Wolverine and The Avengers. “With this dynamic new way to
experience entertainment, you’re actually in the middle of the action from start to
finish,” said Hero Ventures CEO Rick Licht. “We know that there’s an extensive Marvel fan base over the age of 25 – and we’ve created this event with them in mind.” Details:
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Halloween fright nights prove big business
Attractions worldwide took advantage of Halloween 2014, with a selection of seasonal shows designed to shock, terrify and amaze those in search of a fun- filled fright in October. Horror attractions
Investor potential? London’s disused tunnels
Underground eyed for new attraction venues
Up to 34 Transport for London (TfL)- owned “ghost” train tunnels running beneath the UK capital could be transformed into an array of attractions and leisure sites, according to reports. It’s understood that TfL is preparing
to invite companies to bid to take part in the transformation of several disused Underground and Overground stations, as well as old horse tunnels that run beneath the city. TfL’s disused subterranean assets have been valued at around £3.6bn ($5.8bn, €4.5bn). Details:
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have become popular in recent years as operators increasingly seeing the value in giving their customers a seasonal scare. Among the many fright nights and scare events on offer, Universal Studio’s annual Halloween Horror Nights – at Orlando, Hollywood and Singapore – is on of the industry’s leading events, with attractions such as a horror maze based on AMC’s hit TV show The Walking Dead. In October, the entire RMS Queen Mary cruise vessel – retired from active service in 1967 and now a
Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor event boosted visitor numbers for October
hotel and visitor attraction docked in Long Beach, California – was transformed into a horror attraction with Queen Mary’s Dark Harbor, an event comprising two new mazes and an array of new attractions including a Voodoo Village.
Meanwhile, in its fifth
season, the Denver, Colorado-based 13th Floor Haunted House is planning to expand to new markets across the US following a merger with fellow horror operator House of Torment. Details:
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