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FEBRUARY 2020
6 Park Hoppin’ The latest from Paul Ruben 6-20 Park News Your monthly round-up 22-23 News Highlight Legoland Water Park, Gardaland 24-25 Park World Excellence Awards Enter now! 26-27 Cover Story ProSlide 28-29 Attraction Profile American Dream 30-32 Industry Influencer John Wood, Sally Dark Rides 33 Product Spotlight DOJO - AlterEyes 34 Guest Article Mel Taylor SUPPLEMENT Flying Theatres 35-37 Park Update Knotts Berry Farm 38-41 Latin America Argentina, Mexico and Brazil 43 Company Profile Betson 45-46 Event Review EAG 2020 47 New Products Your monthly round-up 53 Event Dates Calendar 54 Web Guide Online Resourses
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Park Word
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The Park World Excellence Awards 2020 are open for entry! Launched in 2018, the Park World Excellence Awards are open to operators in the Europe, the Middle East and Africa, together with suppliers, manufacturers and entertainment specialists with projects that will have gone live EMEA region between 1 July 2019 to 1 July 20. We have two new judges for the
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2020 event: Duncan Phillips - founder and managing director of 360 Play and leisure consultancy DP Associates, and the vice chair of Balppa and renowned theme park blogger Nicole Rojo is also the German representative of the European Coaster Club. They join Marek Pisarski, an established author in the Polish
leisure sphere; industry journalist François Mayne; amusement industry consultant Marcus Gaines; Emmanuel Mongon, founder and director, ImaginVest; Aleatha Ezra, director of park member development at the World Water Park Association, Phil Taylor, managing director, Team Leisure and Richard Pawley, director of operations for Rides and Safety, VTP Global Holdings. We have also refined the categories and criteria.
“The 20 awards will reflect perfectly the various facets of our vibrant EMEA region. We are really lucky to have so many outstanding projects to review, as our industry keep pushing the boundaries of design and creativity,” says Francois Mayne. Very exciting this year is the introduction of the award for
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‘Best of the Best’ for projects launched at any time. “Celebrating the Best of the Best within our Industry, this award will be given each year and will be nominated by the judges only. The judges will be allowed to nominate one amusement ride/attraction each. We will be looking for a class of ride or attraction in terms of its content, operation and business model, that stands out above all others,” explains Richard Pawley. The event will take place on 23 September at Atmosphere
Venues, London, where guests will enjoy a 360’ view of the London skyline. The Park World team is looking forward to receiving
your entries and nominations via the dedicated Park World awards website. In the meantime, I hope enjoy the issue which, as usual,
is packed full of news, views and product information! Becci Knowles, editor
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Editor: Becci Knowles (+44 1622 699140)
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Contributors this issue: Bryony Andrews, Gary Kyriazi, Dr. Jack Samuels, Mel Taylor, Ken Steyls
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Out of this
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ProSlide transforms the water coaster experience by continuing its legacy of design and innovation
John Wood,
Sally Dark Rides Flying Theatres
LEGOLAND Water Park, Gardaland
+ more Publication Secretary: THIS MONTH’S COVER SHOT:
Connect a professional ski racer with a fibreglass yacht builder, tool in vision and design all the time and you have the key ingredients for the most thrilling water rides in the world. Find out about how ProSlide has transformed the water coaster experience by continuing its legacy of design and innovation on pages 26 & 27
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