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Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger wanted his team of Imagineers to go beyond anything they've done before with the next Star Wars theme park ride set to open at Orlando's Walt Disney World on Dec. 5 and at California's Disneyland on Jan. 17. The attraction, Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, is being described as the crown jewel of the new Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge land that just opened in August at Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park in Orlando.
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It's been a busy, exciting and often inspiring year for David Rosenberg as IAAPA chair. As he prepares to step down from the role to make way for the incoming Amanda Thompson, Rosenberg, who is vice president of guest experience at Monterey Bay Aquarium, has reflected on connections he made, progress achieved and the nature of the industry he has served over the past year.
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DXB Entertainments, operator of the Dubai Parks and Resorts theme park complex, has narrowed its net loss for the first nine months of this year to Dhs717m. That compares to Dhs744m during the same period last year, an improvement of 3.6 per cent. The improvement came on the back of reduced costs – operating costs during the period fell by 15 per cent to Dhs449m during the first nine months of this year, a statement said.
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SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. has a new CEO — its seventh in the past five years — with the Nov. 7 addition of Sergio D. Rivera, but it's been quite the road to get here. During the last five years, the Orlando-based marine theme park operator (NYSE: SEAS) has had a revolving door at its top position due to executives resigning or filling in temporarily as searches were held to find the next successor. It has affected the company's stock, as well as led to some uncertainty for shareholders.
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The Force is calling to you one last time at Legoland parks, as the Lego Star Wars Miniland model is set to be removed. For eight years, millions of Legoland guests around the world have experienced the Star Wars saga through painstaking recreations from seven of the live-action “Star Wars” films, replicated in 1:20 scale with over 1.5 million Lego bricks.
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The French operator group Compagnie des Alpes, which owns several amusement parks, announced its turnover for the 2018-2019 financial year. Above all, the Walibi Rhône-Alpes amusement park in France can look forward to a successful year. The park welcomed a total of 517,000 visitors in 2019, increasing its visitor numbers by 9.1 percent compared to the previous year. Above all, he owes the increase to his attractive novelty "Mystic".
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Starting this Saturday, Nov. 16 and running every day through Jan. 5, 2020, merry mischief and holiday fun will take over Universal Orlando Resort for its annual Holidays celebration.
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Throughout the 2010s, Disney parks underwent some extreme makeovers and had some exciting new additions. From California's Disneyland and Florida's Disney World to the Disney parks in Paris, Hong Kong, and Shanghai, here are all of the new attractions that popped up over the past decade, plus some of the parks' plans for the 2020s.
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Epcot is already known for its global cornucopia of unique dining experiences, but their latest addition, just months ahead of opening, has hit a speed bump. The World Showcase has been the anchor of Epcot's foodie offerings, something that Disney has ensured continues with a new fine-dining Japanese restaurant, but Future World – or the area formerly known as Future World – is continuing to hold its own. Future World already has the often-overlooked Coral Reef restaurant with its dramatic views into The Seas aquarium but attached to the Mission: Space pavilion is the soon-to-open Space 220 restaurant.
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You can find ample of amusement and theme parks in India. However, there are only a few that are worth the hype which you should definitely go at least once. Here is a list of the best amusement parks in India that will offer you the best ride and worth single penny. You will be able to enjoy the experience.
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What story will Efteling visitors experience when they step into the new Max & Moritz roller coaster next spring? Efteling designer Robert-Jaap Jansen tells about this in an interview with subscriber magazine Wonder. Max & Moritz will be a double powered coaster, suitable for children from one meter. The background story is based on a German story from 1865, about two boys who make their village unsafe.
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Saudi Arabian government’s support for the 334km2 Qiddiya sports and entertainment city, which is owned by Qiddiya Investment Company (QIC) will be the largest of its kind in the world in terms of entertainment and games, according to the vice president of business development and international operations at US’s Six Flags, Marius Centrula.
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Other forms of models include simulations, computational models, and computer models that let you create a digital system. Employing a 3D printer it is possible to print a new set of connectors that are intended to house a little magnet. https://mphotonics.mit.edu/search.php?pdf=essay-punctuation-checker Utilizing paper roller coasters with a class can be an enjoyable approach to teach the physics of power and motion, together with the significance of the engineering design approach.
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PRNewswire/ -- If you're an enthusiastic, energetic, and extraordinary performer, Resorts World Genting wants you! Skilled singers, dancers, and mascot performers are welcome to audition to be a part of the opening cast of Malaysia's imaginative and soon-to-debut theme park, on November 17.
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Visitors of Countdown to the Gallows are thrown into a scenario that involves them being arrested for a crime that they did not commit. Participants have a total of 45 minutes to solve puzzles to prove that they are innocent and escape an angry mob.
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The 2020 Epcot International Festival of the Arts is just around the corner for Walt Disney World, kicking off its annual celebration of visual, culinary and performing arts on Jan. 17. For 39 days through Feb. 24, 2020, guests will get to see visiting artists, try a variety of culinary delights, and even embrace their own artistic side.
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Toverland has reported to the police after a fight. On Friday evening, two groups of visitors fought each other after the conclusion of a private event in the Limburg amusement park. Security officers were also hit.
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While the world is in hibernation, the pirates are going on in LEGOLAND Deutschland Feriendorf! For the culinary winter opening they take the guests from November 2019 on an unforgettable adventure trip. Even if the park pauses: In the holiday village, the families can play until the 15th of March 2020 on the weekends to their heart's content, to feast, to sleep in buccaneer bunks or to go on a big discovery tour in an all around LEGO world.
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Here’s what’s going on for the holidays at Northern California’s top theme parks: California’s Great America WinterFest returns to the popular Santa Clara theme park Nov. 29-Dec. 31, bringing with it a winter wonderland’s worth of seasonal attractions and holiday cheer.
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Happy Holidays! Yes, that's an unhinged thing to say while wearing a tank top and Birkenstocks in the Southern California sun, but it's officially ~*theme park holiday season*~ which is the best time of year to visit. Everything looks even more beautiful! It's practically required for you to eat cookies as breakfast! And in Florida, the humidity doesn't choke you upon arrival! Highly recommended.
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The new wheel will replace the existing sightseeing tourist attraction in the Cancun Hotel Zone, adding another 20 meters of height. The new ferris wheel, El Sol de Cancún, will be one of the three tallest wheels in North America.
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In 1871, someone picked up the skull and horn of a musk ox from the ground near the corner of State Street and North Temple in downtown Salt Lake City.
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Speedway Christmas, presented by Cook Out, will return to Charlotte Motor Speedway bigger and better than ever.
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As we all know, Children’s Day across the country is celebrated to commemorate the birthday of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on November 14. Whether it is celebrated out of Chacha Nehru’s love for children or it is just another reason to celebrate children, it is a day that deserves a celebration.
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Indoor entertainment centers are the places designed for individuals of the different age group to spend their leisure time. Due to the availability of a large number of gaming options for entertainment, the family entertainment centers are observing high crowd and therefore driving the Indoor Entertainment Centers Market.
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A roving exhibition, now on view in Manhattan, looks back on capitalism and its “artifacts” from an imaginary future after the system has disappeared.
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Halloween may be over, but we still have a bag of goodies with upcoming entertainment facilities and food events.
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Walltopia is pleased to announce its latest product, The Tree, a new interactive and entertaining ropes course. Attendees at IAAPA Expo 2019 in Orlando, Florida, from 18 – 22 November will be able to find out more.
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The experience lasts for ten minutes and has the capacity to support 24 players per hour, each paying $15 dollars per play. The combination of this high throughput, simple to operate attraction, with the popularity of the micro-amusement park Two Bit Circus has led to a high number of visitors since Hyperdeck opened to the public.
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Over the years, a stand-alone restaurant in Midway Shopping Center off Route 1 in Rehoboth has been many things – a steak joint, a distillery, a dance club and most recently a Hooters. Now, if everything goes as planned, by the end of the year it will be an arcade.
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Crayola Experience in Orlando is offering a brand-new holiday experience this winter with Colorful Christmas, running Nov. 23 – Jan. 5, 2020 at The Florida Mall.
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Will there be any more summer fun at The Beach Waterpark? The owners put the park up for sale when it closed for the season, according to a listing by Anchor Associates. The news caught hotel operators, local businesses, even the Warren County visitors bureau by surprise Wednesday.
But international theme park expert Dennis Speigel saw it coming. “The Beach has struggled and it really began its greatest struggle when Kings Island expanded its water park,” Speigel said,
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Locals and tourists will soon be sliding their way into Summer, with six epic new slides set to open at WhiteWater World just in time for the holidays. The exciting new slide attraction, dubbed Fully 6, is the first new waterpark attraction to be built on the Gold Coast in five years and will be the only tower in Australia with six body slides.
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There are plans for the construction of a new Plopsa amusement park and swimming paradise in the city of The Hague. Plopsa director Steve Van den Kerkhof confirms this to Looopings. The Belgian Plopsa Group wants to set up a water park and an indoor amusement park near the sports and events center De Uithof in The Hague.
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ProSlide Technology is preparing for a busy week at IAAPA Expo in Orlando – a city in which it has a rich history. The Florida tourist hotspot is home not only to some of the world’s most iconic theme parks but also several leading water parks. ProSlide’s water ride technology was first featured locally at Wet ‘N Wild Orlando, widely considered to be the world’s first water park.
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Bloomington leaders are nearing final approval of an elaborate plan to help build one of the nation’s largest water parks beside the Mall of America. The deal hinges on the city’s option to hike sales taxes at the Mall of America to pay debt on the $260 million facility, if visitors who pay to raft down 10-foot-wide slides and lounge in cabanas don’t generate enough revenue. The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to authorize imposing the taxes — 11 years after the Legislature granted them that power — under specific circumstances that will be agreed to next month.
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The annual Las Vegas Christmas Town event at Henderson’s Cowabunga Bay water park will hold a seasonal hiring event Saturday. Organizers seek to hire more than 100 employees and will hold job interviews Saturday at Cowabunga Bay, located at 900 W. Galleria Drive.
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Check out this video featuring three distinctive water park venues with retractable roofs by OpenAire. The video highlights each facilities tremendous economic success with testimonials narrated by the venue General Managers, Owners, Operators. You can see how the roof opens, and the light bright airy spaces loved by owners and guests around the globe.
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The new hotel, Estrella, is made up of six floors and 151 rooms. Estrella also includes an arcade, a 100-foot water slide, meeting rooms, and more. The reservation started this project 18 months ago but it has been decades in the making.
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The new Bear Country Exhibit at the Lake Superior Zoo has been years in the making. Construction crews are currently on site, work is being completed as quickly as possible, and four of the zoo’s new animals have arrived.
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The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk is expanding with a large seal exhibit and 4D movie theater, in response to a railroad bridge replacement. Construction is now starting on the new additions, set to open in 2020.
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Only one amendment, which restored Racine Zoo funding to 2019 levels, passed as part of the final approval of Racine’s 2020 budget. All other proposed budget amendments failed or were withdrawn, including an amendment to cut two of the mayor’s staff and add two police officers. The City Council approved the 2020 budget during its Tuesday meeting.
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Australia's Melbourne Zoo is celebrating the arrival of its newest koala - an unnamed five-month-old joey - the first to be born at the zoo in more than eight years. The baby has just started to peek out from its mother's pouch where it has been growing for the past few months.
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A pair of clouded leopards were born at the Houston Zoo Tuesday morning. The cubs were born to 7year-olds, Suksn and Tarak. The gender of the cubs is not yet known.
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During a recent expedition, I embarked on a safari complete with zebras, a rhinoceros, bongo, warthogs, ostriches and giraffes. Our method of transportation? Camelback. It might sound like something from the African savanna, but this all happened right outside Dade City, a little more than an hour west of Orlando. Set off from the city and highway and sitting on 47 acres of rolling Florida countryside, Giraffe Ranch welcomes visitors who want to experience exotic animals up-close, offering a range of experiences for seeing and interacting with the ranch’s inhabitants.
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Having seen more than 140,000 visitors over the course of the year, the Idaho Falls Zoo is now closed for the season and will reopen in April 2020. However, education programs for all ages are still held each month and the addition of improvements like the new William J. Maeck Education Center make plans for future growth and continued enhancement of the zoo possible.
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The world's oldest captive white rhino, South African-born Sana, has died at the age of 55, the French zoo that she called home for the last 26 years said Thursday. Born in 1964 in the Umfolozi National Park in South Africa's eastern KwaZulu-Natal province, the southern white rhino was transported to Europe seven years later as a zoo attraction.
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Give the animal lover in your life the ultimate gift this Christmas -- a behind-the-scenes experience at the Cincinnati Zoo. Your loved one can get the chance to meet some of their favorite animals at the Cincinnati Zoo this winter.
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Wonders of Wildlife National Museum and Aquarium wants you to chill out with the penguins. The Springfield attraction is offering an all-new immersive encounter allowing guests to step inside the aquarium’s Penguin Cove habitat and go face-to-feather with a colony of live Gentoo penguins while learning about their fascinating natural behaviors.
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The popular tourist destination has been hit by the worst flooding in 50 years this week, resulting in damage worth hundreds of millions of euros. Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said a state of emergency would be declared on Thursday because of the disaster.
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With Thanksgiving rapidly approaching, that means holiday travel is here too — and it’s expected to be even busier than usual. AAA says it’s expecting the second-highest Thanksgiving travel volume to date with more than 55 million travelers this year.
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Lake Tahoe area high temperatures will range from 63 degrees to 77 degrees on Wednesday, but a handful of ski and snowboard resorts are ready to open, with Squaw Valley kicking off the 2019-2020 season in just two days.
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The project cost $39 million, is a 3-story addition to the airport and is just one piece to a huge renovation at Charlotte Douglas. Next month, the airport is scheduled to begin a $600 million project to rebuild the terminal lobby, including automated screening lanes to speed up security.
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Governor Steve Sisolak got the Governor’s Global Tourism Summit started Wednesday morning at the Plaza Hotel in Downtown Las Vegas.
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