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tel Transylvania attraction opens Dream Island Park, Moscow
Movie Park Germany plans more adventures
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ovie Park Germany has invested heavily in 2020, with new attractions and enhancements to the park. This spring,
parents and children can make their rounds over Adventure Bay with the new PAW Patrol attraction ‘Skye’s High-Flyer’ During the course of the year, the suspended looping coaster ‘MPXpress’ will be re- themed and turned into ‘Lucky Luke – The Ride: The Daltons Break Out’. In addition, Movie Park Germany will create a new interactive laser walkthrough under the tribune of Studio 7. Germany’s largest movie and amusement park is also continuing its quality strategy and investing extensively in infrastructure and new catering facilities. Hollywood in Germany will also return. “The response to the new PAW Patrol area has
been very positive so far. We were able to attract numerous families with children last year and thus addressed our target group perfectly. Due to the continuing demand for PAW Patrol, we have decided to expand the area with another attraction this year,” said managing director, Thorsten Backhaus. ‘Skye’s High Flyer’, will take parents and children can go on an exciting flight mission in Adventure Bay. With this, Movie Park Germany offers a total of three family attractions revolving around the successful children’s TV series PAW
Patrol. In order to grant fans faster access to the PAW Patrol attractions, a new Speedy Pass will also be available. A special Nickpass will be available for visitors up to 14 years of age and include the three PAW Patrol attractions as well as numerous other attractions located at Nickland.
Ellis & Associates hires Darlene Reese-Sittig as Education and Operations Manager
quatic safety consultancy Ellis & Associates (E&A) has brought in Darlene Reese-Sittig as Education and Operations Manager. In this newly created role, Darlene is expected to leverage her extensive experience inside and outside the industry, to further E&A’s mission of zero drownings. Darlene’s first insight into the themed entertainment industry came with a part-time summer job and, as time went by, was promoted and recruited to a full-time role. Her first water park job was water slide dispatcher at the age of 16. By her second season, Darlene was a lifeguard, promoted to area lead, and an integral part of the aquatics team at Six Flags America, known at the time as Adventure World. In 1997 Darlene accepted a full-time role as Aquatics Manager. Her career expanded when, in 1999, Premier Parks acquired Six Flags, Inc. and re-branded the park in Largo, Maryland. Darlene saw Six Flags America through a successful rebrand then went on to lead the operations team at Six Flags New England through a similar transformation.
Under Darlene’s leadership, Six Flags New England developed system-wide best practices and standards that led to her acknowledgement as Director of the Year in 2005. Her team was recognised four consecutive years as the best operations team in the Six Flags system and earned best water park operations in 2007. Darlene’s career with Six Flags lasted 23 years as she advised the company’s water parks standards committee and piloted corporate Six Flags brand extension initiatives supervising construction, design, project management, contracts and budgeting.
In 2011, Darlene began working part-time for E&A helping to design and develop educational programming and lead the company’s IACET accreditation. Darlene has led E&A through multiple IACET reviews, authored E&A’s vanGUARD: Aquatic Leadership Program and provided content for numerous aquatic safety courses. Darlene has also served the industry through playing a key role in launching AIMS International’s digital learning platform, AIMS connectED.
Island Theme Park. “We partnered with Sony Pictures in order to achieve an authentic experience that will be the first attraction of this level in Russia, in one of the world’s leading theme parks.” “In line with our growing Location Based Entertainment strategy, Dream Island Theme Park has done a fantastic job bringing this beloved brand to life and giving audiences the unique opportunity to transport themselves into the thrilling world of Hotel Transylvania,” said Jeffrey Godsick, EVP of Global Partnerships and Brand Management and Head of Location Based Entertainment at Sony Pictures Entertainment. In addition to the Hotel Transylvania ride,
Richard Carroll, E&A COO, said: “Darlene is an incredible addition to the E&A team. Her support of our programmes over the past decade has been invaluable. We are thrilled that she has joined our outstanding team on a full-time basis.
guests will also find a “Tavern of Fear” snack bar, a “Vampire’s Bite” burger cafe and “Transylvania Treasures,” a gift store filled with Hotel Transylvania themed souvenirs and memorabilia.
“E&A’s innovations in aquatic safety are something we are quite proud of, and Darlene has been part of that DNA for more than twenty years. Everything that we do, as a company, is for one purpose – to make an incredibly safe industry even safer.”
of its new interactive laser walkthrough in Studio 7, a new attraction created for a broad target group. In a total of six different scenes, the guests, equipped with laser weapons, slip into the role of ghost hunters to
Another strong license The Old West area of the park will also be significantly reinforced by a notable character. The man who shoots faster than his shadow is setting up his new home in Germany’s largest movie and amusement park! “With ‘Lucky Luke – The Ride: The Daltons Break Out’ we have won a strong family license and will redesign the ‘MPXpress’ with a new storyline around the famous comic and movie character Lucky Luke and give it a fresh coat of paint,” said marketing director Manuel
Flying theatre supplier Brogent Technologies has displayed Red Raion’s Aladdin - The Bachelor Party in its i-Ride flying theatres.
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Brogent Technologies premiers Red Raion's Aladdin in home flying theatres
finally free the city and the saloon of St. Elmo from its evil powers after 140 years, and get to the bottom of the mysterious history of the place. The attraction will be housed in the former premises of ‘The Walking Dead Breakout’ and is slated to open later this year. Movie Park Germany is also rolling out numerous innovations as part of its long-term quality strategy. This
year, the park is investing in the park’s internal infrastructure in order to further expand its family friendliness. The toilet facilities will be renovated and thematically redesigned in the course of the year. To ensure that families can find a suitable place to take a break, more seating facilities will be available in the park. Furthermore, to offer more protection from the sun on hot days, some queuing areas will be shaded. The top priority will be the Nickland area. Numerous facades will also be given a new colour scheme to lend the park a “fresh shine”.
Prossotowicz. “With this, we can not only bring our Western section further together, but at the same time add an extremely popular character who is known across all generations throughout Europe.” Movie Park Germany is also aiming for the opening
Tornado Springs opens
to say that it has been a pleasure working with Paultons Park. From the very beginning the visions and ambitions Paultons Park had sounded exciting, and a project we at MK Themed Attractions have loved being a part of. We look forward to seeing the impression the new area Operations director at Paultons
more cinematic action in the new season can look forward to selected events. The Cosplay Day will be held for the third time, turning the park into a colourful event full of movie and gaming heroes. Furthermore, visitors can look forward to the Pyro Games or events such as the Cheerleading Championship. A highlight at the end of the year will be in October and November with the 22nd Halloween Horror Festival. “As Germany’s largest movie and amusement park,
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are so pleased to finally open the park and welcome guests to explore Tornado Springs, our largest single investment here at Paultons Park. We wanted to introduce a spectacular and immersive themed area
Danish theming firm MK Themed Attractions assisted UK family park Paultons Park in getting its brand-new themed area, Tornado Springs, ready for 12 April by producing and delivering customised props for the entire area.
Catering for everyone The park is expanding its food and beverage offering with new stores and products as well as elaborate redesigns. It’s understood that Movie Park Germany will be the first amusement park in Europe to offer a Dunkin’ Donuts Shop. The popular cult brand will move into the former New York Coffee. Due to the great popularity on Halloween, a completely new churros stand will be permanently built in the western area, the Spirello stand will also be redesigned and have a design adapted to the indoor coaster Van Helsing’s Factory. There will also be innovations in merchandising: The Candyshop will be given a lavish redesign and shine in American Diner style in the new season. A newly designed US Army Store will also expand the shop portfolio and will be based thematically on the water attraction “Area 51 – Top Secret”. Movie Park Germany has also continued the several
Brogent Technologies, which is headquartered in Taiwan and has over 20 years’ experience in the flying theatre field, chose to display Aladdin - The Bachelor Party in its i-Ride Taipei and Kaohsiung flying theatres for a limited run until the end of May 2022.
and experiences, all with a heavy Midwestern US theme. The majority of the themed elements were produced and delivered by MK Themed Attractions. Guests will be immersed in the new area completed with themed signs, props, objects, and coasters, all telling the unique story of Tornado Springs.
yearlong re-tracking of Germany’s first wooden coaster “The Bandit”. This year, another 150 meters of the track were renewed, so that now three quarters of the total length have been re-worked. Meanwhile, those who are watching out for even
Director of Sales and Marketing at Brogent Technologies, Stefan Rothaug, said: “Our flying theatre systems are designed for maximum content flexibility. We are always looking for new and innovative media content that can profit from the agility that is an integral part of technology and the main reason why riders around the world love our flying theatres. The Aladdin movie is a good example of this kind of flying theatre content.” Fulfilling the human dream of soaring through the sky, the popularity of flying theatres has risen exponentially in recent years, in part thanks to constantly advancing entertainment technology. As the number of licensed fly titles in the market is not as high as with other formats, specialised CGI studio Red Raion has responded to increasing demand for CGI flying theatre content, creating a catalogue of licensed films in this format.
we have set ourselves the goal of further expanding the family offer and providing fresh impetus through new attractions and infrastructural improvements this year. In 2020, the whole family will be able to experience a movie-like day at Movie Park Germany with over 40 attractions and numerous events,” said managing director Thorsten Backhaus.
Valeria Rizzo, Business Development Director at Red Raion, said: “At Red Raion we never stop studying, following the market’s evolution, and asking operators in the industry what their future looks like. We are expanding our offer for flying theatres as well as for the other formats we produce, because we want to give operators a wide choice of CGI content to offer to their guests. “Brogent Technologies is a forward-thinking company that constantly looks for new ways to amaze audiences by finding the CGI content that pairs best with their hardware, so we’re happy that they chose our Aladdin movie and that it’s been so well received.”
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