SEPTEMBER 2018
4 Park Hoppin’ With Paul Ruben
6 Park Law Insight from the expert
6-25 Park News Your monthly round-up
26-27 Park World Excellence Awards Industry Event
28-29 Triotech: Assassin’s Creed Cover Story
31-32 Efteling Park Profile
35-37 Avalon at Toverland Park Update
39-42 Warner Bros. World Park Profile
45-47 Halloween Seasonal Events
49 Pioneer Ride Profile
50-51 Leisure Expert Group Park People
55-59 Special Feature Dark Rides
61 Ride Development Co. Company Profile
63-64 Nigel Knight, RMA Company Profile
67-69 Twisted Timbers Ride Profile
71-75 Thomas Town, Kennywood Park Update
77 Tantrum Ride Profile
79 Inflatables Play
81 Operator Guide Risk Management
82-83 Market Report Asia-Pacific update
84-87 National Coffee Park Latin American update
89 Coin-Op News Your monthly round-up
97 WWA Preview Industry Event
100 Show Guide Calendar
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I spent a Saturday afternoon earlier this month visiting Thorpe Lakes Aqua Park, an inflatable obstacle course in a lake about an hour outside London. Inflatables parks have seen a surge in popularity in the last year, with new ones popping up on a seemingly weekly basis across the UK alone. The inflatable outdoor leisure products market saw a CAGR of 8.9% from 2011 to 2016, and retail sales are expected to grow to USD$5.3 billion by 2021. Economic success aside, when we walked up to the
lake my heart sank – the inflatables were swarming with screaming kids. Not my favourite segment of the population. A curious thing happened once we jumped in and swam out to the course, however - I forgot all about my dignity and spent a breathless hour scrambling up inclines, hurling myself down slides, shoving my boyfriend off platforms and, memorably, kicking a stranger in the head trying to do the monkey bars. After an hour I was exhausted and beaming. Take a look at page 79 for more on the inflatables phenomenon. Elsewhere in the issue, we profile a number of parks,
both existing and newly opened. Warner Bros. World, the largest indoor theme park in the world to date, opened to guests last month – find out more about its IP-themed attractions on page 39. We also take a look at a number of newly opened
themed lands around the world – from Thomas Town at Kennywood, designed to delight younger guests (71), to Avalon at Toverland, which pairs a B&M thrill coaster with an intricately themed boat ride by Mack Rides (35). I look forward to catching up with both new and old
industry peers at EAS later this month – Park World is at booth I-928, so please do drop by for a chat. Happy reading!
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