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New ride for Legoland California
In January, a new 4-D movie launches at Legoland California Resort, Carlsbad, California, followed by the opening of the Legoland Castle hotel in the spring and, just announced, the Lego City Deep Sea Adventure submarine ride is opening in the summer. Lego City Deep Sea Adventure is Merlin Entertainment’s single largest investment in any Legoland Park and will take passengers aboard a real submarine where they will be submerged underwater and immersed in an ocean habitat. “I’m extremely excited for our guests to experience Lego City Deep Sea Adventure submarine ride,” said Peter Ronchetti, general manager at Legoland, California. “For the first time in the United States, we are bringing our guests onboard a real submarine where they’ll go underwater to discover a truly amazing world filled with more than 2,000 different real sea animals, including several species of stingrays and a variety of exotic sharks.” From Mack Rides, the ride will open in summer of 2018
and takes guests on a submarine ride looking for lost treasure on a sunken Lego shipwreck. Among the real sea animals are bright Lego octopi, marine tropical fish and Lego scuba divers. Touchscreens at each porthole inside the sub are used by guests to help the Lego mini-figure dive team identify gems, pearls, Lego gold coins and more throughout the journey.
Pieter Cornelis joins Jora Vision as project strategy director
Jora Vision, the global design and production agency, has announced the appointment of Dr. Pieter C.M. Cornelis as its project strategy director. In this role, Pieter will serve as a consultant for theme parks, zoos and other family leisure destinations, on the subject of attraction investments and economics as well as strategic master planning.
Cornelis combines his
work at Jora Vision with an academic position at the Fontys Academy for creative industries in Tilburg, Holland, where he teaches theme park concepting and theme park economics. In addition, he conducts academic research and is an author of articles and books, chiefly about topics regarding theme park investments and economics. His latest book, “Investment Thrills: Managing Risk and Return For the Amusement and Attractions Industry”, was published in the spring of 2017.
Warrior train is updated
Wooden Warrior at Quassy Amusement & Waterpark, Middlebury, Connecticut, has received new seat cushions and lap restraints on its Timberliner train. Mike Graham of The Gravity Group/Gravitykraft (designers of the coaster and state-of-the-art train) put his personal touch on the project. Quassy was the first park in North America to feature the Timberliner when the coaster opened in 2011.
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