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MARCH 2020
6 Park Hoppin’ The latest from Paul Ruben 6-20 Park News Your monthly round-up 22-23 Cover Story Polin Waterparks 25-26 Park World Excellence Awards Make some noise! 28-29 Ride Profile Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway 30-33 Industry Influencer Frank Stanek and The Producers Group 35-42 Special Feature Theming 44-45 Attraction Profile Kalahari Resorts 46-47 Company Profile Aquatic Development Group 48 Guest Article Debbie Evans: Manging your brand through social media
49 Guest Article Scott Sherrod: Stay in the Game 50-51 FEC Profile Langer’s 52-54 Park Profile Cinecittà World 56-57 Asia Pacific Daan Dujim, Sun World 58-61 Latin America The region’s response to the pandemic 62 New Products Your monthly round-up 70 Web Guide Online Resourses
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Welcome to the March issue. I hope you are all safe and
keeping well. With parks beginning to re-open in
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China and Japan a number of industry voices have said they can see a light at the end of the tunnel and that’s very much what this issue is all about – continuing to work on future projects as best we can, while prioritising the health and safety of guests and staff by keeping gates shut until our respective governments advise it is safe to do otherwise. In this month’s extended ‘Industry Influencer’ (pp30 -
33), Frank Stanek, looks back on his life in the industry and addresses the current economic climate for the planning and development of attractions and new entertainment real estate developments. In ‘Stay in the Game’ (p49) Scott Sherod CEO of
Intercard, picks up on the theme of keeping calm and carrying on by exploring the ways which operators, manufacturers and suppliers can support each other through the crisis. In this month’s Big Question (p5) we find out how
Dreamworld, WhiteWater World, SkyPoint, Efteling, Linnanmäki Amusement Park, Toverland and Ripley Entertainment are managing to keep guests entertained while gates are shut. We also hear from Stefano Cigarini, CEO of Cinecittà
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World in Rome (52-54) and Daan Duijim, director of operations and set-up for Sun World, a series of leading amusement parks and entertainment complexes in in Vietnam, (pp56-77), while regular contributor Astrid González Nariño gives us an update on the situation in Latin America (pp60-62). Throughout the issue we also highlight projects that
went live before the crisis or were due to go live in the coming weeks and months – let’s continue to talk about them, as when gates re-open, they will undoubtedly be (or continue to be) a success. This includes Suntago Water World in Poland, where Polin Waterparks has installed 15 of its signature slides (pp22-23), and all of the other fantastic theme parks, water parks, FEC’s and location- based entertainment mentioned throughout the issue.
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Editor: Becci Knowles (+44 1622 699140)
bknowless@datateam.co.uk
North American Editor: Paul Ruben (+1 585 381 1012)
parkw@rochester.rr.com
Contributors this issue: Bryony Andrews, Scott Sherrod, Debbie Evans
MARCH 2020
Sales Manager: Mark Burgess (+44 1622 699124)
mburgess@datateam.co.uk
Sales & Events Manager: Sliding
into action!
Polin Waterparks supplies Europe’s largest covered water park with 15 of its signature slides
Frank Stanek and
The Producers Group Park World
Excellence Awards
Stefano Cigarini, Cinecittà World Theming + more
Julian Davies (+44 1622 699106)
jdavies@datateam.co.uk
Publishing Director: Paul Ryder
pryder@datateam.co.uk
Managing Director: Parvez Kayani
pkayani@datateam.co.uk
Publication Secretary: THIS MONTH’S COVER SHOT:
Suntago Water World, which claims to be the largest covered waterpark in Europe, opened its doors to the public in February. Featuring 15 of Polin Waterpark’s signature water slides, it’s a tropical paradise for guests of all ages. Takes a look on pages 22&23.
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