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Construction begins for new Dorney Park coaster
Opening date revealed for Disney’s Pixar hotel
The Disney Resort has announced that its Paradise Pier Hotel will officially rebrand as Pixar Place Hotel on January 30, 2024. The hotel, which has remained open during its transformation, will feature reimagined guest rooms featuring Pixar-inspired decorations. Disneyland today released a new concept photo of one of the new Pixar Place Hotel guest rooms.
Disneyland also shared updated concept art for the hotel's lobby, which will feature Luxo Jr. atop a Pixar
ball, below an abstract mobile inspired by various Pixar characters.
The official theme switch does not happen until January, but the hotel already has opened its refurbished rooftop pool area as well as a new and expanded fitness center. Next month, the hotel will welcome its new Great Maple restaurant, to be followed by a new lobby grab-and-go coffee shop called Sketch Pad Café and a new menu at the Small Bytes rooftop pool bar.
Iron Menace is the new dive roller coaster set to open at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - and the first piece of steel track has arrived. Iron Menace is due to open in 2024. It will be the park’s newest roller coaster since Hydra opened in 2005 and its eighth coaster at the park.
Riders will commence their journey in the remains of an old steel mill before climbing 160ft and ultimately confronting a beyond-vertical first drop, before diving into the first of four inversions. After an initial drop, the train will pull up sharply and flip 180 degrees in an Immelmann inversion.
Iron Menace will race around at up to 64 mph and will feature a novel first-ever tilted loop on a dive coaster.
Deadmau5 chooses EpiSurf from ADG
EpicSurf, a new stationary surf experience from the water park experts at Aquatic Development Group (ADG), has revealed that internationally acclaimed electronic musician and artist deadmau5 has chosen the firm as his surf wave technology partner.
deadmau5, whose real name is Joel Zimmerman, is an influential Canadian electronic music producer and performer who has made significant contributions to the genre. In his spare time, deadmau5 enjoys surfing and has been seen wake surfing with leading sportspeople Austin Keen, World Champion Skimboarder, and Jake Caster, World Champion Wake Surfer – as well as Kx5 music collaboration partner Kaskade.
Caster began coaching deadmau5 after meeting at Wake-to-Wake Watersports in Turks and Caicos. The professional wake surfer has been a supporter of EpicSurf since its launch, having taken
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part in testing and then adopting the surf wave technology for training and leisure. deadmau5 decided to partner with EpicSurf as his surf wave technology provider after joining Caster at the EpicSurf demo wave in New York this summer. Here, he was able to practice his skills and see the factory headquarters.
EpicSurf is a deep-water stationary surf wave created from genuine water waves. In contrast to sheet wave technology, this realistic deep-water wave provides surfers with a real surfing experience which can be customised to their skill level. The technology is suitable for beginners learning the basics, specialists honing their skills, adaptive programming and surf therapy. EpicSurf’s real wave surfing offers an optimal platform for training, progressing, and enjoying the mental, emotional, and physical benefits of surfing. This groundbreaking surf system, built in the United States, generates true deep waves
ranging from 3 to 5 feet on a small footprint. The experience is suitable for all surfers as it is easily customised for beginners learning to surf, through to professionals cross-training for their next ocean tournament.
EpicSurf recently announced that it has been chosen as a technology supplier for Glo Entertainment’s new cutting-edge sports and entertainment centre in the King Abdullah Financial District (KAFD) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2023
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