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loop complete with intense g- forces, accelerating them onto the RallyPOINTS: open racing lanes with low separator lanes that allow racers to see and hear each other as they rocket competitively through drops with bumps, creating speed, compression and zero-gravity moments. It is available in configurations of 2 to 10 lanes. ProSlide also introduced its Dueling PIPEline which
allows one or two-person tube-riding competitors launch themselves into side-by-side tunnels high above the pool for a thrilling race to the bottom. Each rider speeds through tight loops, and then riders accelerate into the exciting and competitive RallyPOINTs, where riders can see and hear each other as they fly through the side-by-side course. Alongside its new product partnerships with Life Floor and Wiegland Maelzer, White Water announced new partnerships with Holovis, VR Coaster, and Cirque du Soleil. Holovis and VR Coaster will allow the company to offer its clients an immersive reality experience, while its partnership with Cirque du Soleil is designed to provide an entirely new water entertainment venue experience which is said to defy existing labels. WhiteWater also won a second place Brass Ring
award for Best New Product: Technology Applied to Amusements for Vantage, which translates guests’
behaviours into meaningful insights, enabling parks to make real-time and strategic decisions that optimise their operations. This in addition to sporting a brand new look which re-iterates its purpose to create places where fun thrives, made IAPPA 2018 “it’s best ever”. With a life-sized animatronic Big Bird on display, Sally Corporation announced a new dark ride for 2019; the new attraction will be the first Sesame Street dark ride in Europe to open at PortAventura World in Spring.
The near six-minute long dark ride attraction will be housed in a newly constructed 14,000 square foot building and will feature a 10 minute pre-show and 5:50 minute ride experience. Detective Grover will guide guests through this interactive adventure, urging them to collect clues that will help solve a mystery happening on Sesame Street. With numerous animatronic characters, immersive scenery, and interactive gameplay, this mixed media attraction will appeal to guests of all ages. There was big news from accesso Technology
Group and Village Roadshow Theme Parks, Australia’s largest theme park operator, announced that they had entered into a partnership “that will mark the first holistic integration of the accesso queuing, ticketing, and guest experience management solutions tailored to the attractions industry.”
“We are incredibly proud to expand our
relationship with Village Roadshow Theme Parks and showcase the capabilities of our award-winning technology,” said Paul Noland, accesso CEO. “In today’s technology-driven landscape, a new bar has been set for the guest experience and, through this integration, we are re-envisioning how operators can make lasting connections with guests.” Polin Waterparks unveiled a number of new
products, including the Glassy Waterslide, the first fully transparent composite waterslide; the Stardust Waterslide, a “Galactic Exploration Cruiser in the heart of your waterpark”; Splash Bucket, an interactive splash game to see who has the fastest reaction and Ride & Splash, an attraction that combines a leisure river and a water coaster into one. Zamperla presented two roller coasters cars, one
was a Thunderbolt vehicle that will be installed next year in Mundo Petapa – Guatemala. It is actually the 5th thunderbolt built and delivered and it has a new compact layout. The company also presented a new smaller
version of its successful Windstarz, the Windstarz 8. Zamperla’s Z+ brand, presented the VR BOX 4 seats with the new amazing video Flight Over Rome, with the company’s Marco Mazzuchi commenting: “We realised there was a demand for a more compact version, therefore we created the new VR BOX 4 seats (on one row). It also showed Z+ also showed Bump Arcade, interactive bumper cars that offer an immersive gaming experience.
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