FEBRUARY/MARCH 2008DottoExpressRoad trains for every locationEAS ReviewThomas LandShuttle Launch Experience+more!FEBRUARYMARCHThis month’s cover shot: From its new range of Fun Trains through to the largerMuson River and futuristic TM970, Dotto Trains offers a complete range of peoplemovers in both diesel and baFEBRUARY/MARCH 2008www.parkworldonline.comEverybody in this business loves offering analysis,professional or otherwise, on the various Disney parks around the world.It’s almost the amusement industry Front Gate5www.parkworldonline.comFEBRUARY/MARCH 2008What caught your eye at this winter\'s trade shows?Curtis Parks, PARC Management, USA: LED lighting really caught myeye. There are some fantastic l6 FEBRUARY/MARCH 2008www.parkworldonline.comPark NewsAt the recent Euro Attractions Show in Nice, representatives of the Mall ofArabia in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, signed a contract with Maurer Söhne todewww.parkworldonline.com8Park NewsFEBRUARY/MARCH 2008Mermaid ManiaSix months after discovering America, Italian explorer ChristopherColumbus, sailing near the Dominican Republic, reported seeingthree m
FEBRUARY/MARCH 2008DottoExpressRoad trains for every locationEAS ReviewThomas LandShuttle Launch Experience+more!
FEBRUARYMARCHThis month’s cover shot: From its new range of Fun Trains through to the largerMuson River and futuristic TM970, Dotto Trains offers a complete range of peoplemovers in both diesel and ba
FEBRUARY/MARCH 2008www.parkworldonline.comEverybody in this business loves offering analysis,professional or otherwise, on the various Disney parks around the world.It’s almost the amusement industry
Front Gate5www.parkworldonline.comFEBRUARY/MARCH 2008What caught your eye at this winter\'s trade shows?Curtis Parks, PARC Management, USA: LED lighting really caught myeye. There are some fantastic l
6 FEBRUARY/MARCH 2008www.parkworldonline.comPark NewsAt the recent Euro Attractions Show in Nice, representatives of the Mall ofArabia in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, signed a contract with Maurer Söhne tode
www.parkworldonline.com8Park NewsFEBRUARY/MARCH 2008Mermaid ManiaSix months after discovering America, Italian explorer ChristopherColumbus, sailing near the Dominican Republic, reported seeingthree m
Park News9www.parkworldonline.comFEBRUARY/MARCH 2008Disney Dining SuccessSeveral times now I’ve written about promotional plans for dining,including the packaged dinner that was offered for a while in
11FEBRUARY/MARCH 2008Park Newswww.parkworldonline.comMovie Park, Bottrop, Germany, has brought forward plans to expand itsNickland kids zone and will unveil eight additions – five of them brandnew – b
12 FEBRUARY/MARCH 2008www.parkworldonline.comPark NewsFor the first time since its ultimately unsuccessful European experiment, SixFlags is to consider expanding outside the USA. The park chain is sai
14 FEBRUARY/MARCH 2008www.parkworldonline.comPark NewsKelley says so long to SallyAfter 22 years as president of Sally Corporation, Howard Kelley hasretired. He joined Sally in 1985 after serving as v
16 FEBRUARY/MARCH 2008www.parkworldonline.comPark NewsFabbri RapidsThe River Rapids ride is one of the Fabbri Group’s most popularwater rides, and is now available in several different shapes and size
17FEBRUARY/MARCH 2008Park Newswww.parkworldonline.comFor the 2008 season, Cedar Point, Sandusky, Ohio, plans to spend$5.2 million in capital improvements in and around the amusementpark. Planet Snoopy
18 FEBRUARY/MARCH 2008www.parkworldonline.comPark NewsLeading Italian people mover specialist Dotto Trains has taken on a funline of road trains and plans to offer them with green credentials to suito
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21FEBRUARY/MARCH 2008Park Newswww.parkworldonline.comHarrison’s Caves in Barbados is a tourist attraction that encouragesguests to look around them at the crystallised limestone surroundings.Space ins
22 FEBRUARY/MARCH 2008www.parkworldonline.comPark NewsEco accommodation forCornwall’s CrealyCrealy in Cornwall, England, is to invest £1.5 million ( 2m) bybuilding luxury ecolodges within its grounds.
23www.parkworldonline.comFEBRUARY/MARCH 2008PARKIVESPARKIVESWe said it was for one issue only, but last month’s Parkivesfeature was such a hit we couldn’t resist digging into ParkWorld’s archives once
Taking place from Wednesday to Friday, January 23 to 25, at theAcropolis Palace of Congress and Expositions in Nice, the venue wasactually a little bit shabby, and the outdoor exhibits (mainly inflata
visitors. They came mainly from Europe, only a few form the Middle East,but the we expected that.”“I can’t complain,” said Terry Monkton of Simworx. “We’re the onlycompany here with a 4D theatre and i
www.parkworldonline.com26Park ProfileFEBRUARY/MARCH 2008It’s been a busy winter at Drayton Manor.The English amusement park has ditched itsentire children’s area and replaced it with anew one – Thomas
Park Profile27www.parkworldonline.comFEBRUARY/MARCH 2008schedule includes a press day on March 12, aheadof the official public opening on March 15.Christmas ExperienceThe new area will be used by Dray
www.parkworldonline.com28Park ProfileFEBRUARY/MARCH 2008Bertie Bus (Crazy Bus), Lady’s Carousel (a platformmerrygoround), Diesel’s Locomotion Mayhem(Demolition Derby), Harold’s Heli Tours (SambaTower)
More than just aticketing systemMStore Epos from Merac is not just a fastthroughput ticketing system – it is acomplete business solution for all types ofvisitor attraction. Tried and tested in some of
The success of the Shuttle Launch Experience atthe Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex inFlorida will be confirmed this March when itscoops Outstanding Attraction Achievement atthe annual Thea Awards
Attraction Profile31www.parkworldonline.comFEBRUARY/MARCH 2008separation. All is quiet as the Space Shuttle orbiter enters outer spaceand crew members feel almost as if they are floating in a weightle
www.parkworldonline.com32Park ProfileFEBRUARY/MARCH 2008It all started with a fast food restaurant. Theawesomely energetic 75yearold Ken Cormierturned a drivein into an FEC, then anamusement park. Gar
Park Profile33www.parkworldonline.comFEBRUARY/MARCH 2008University of New England. During the winter, whenthe stand was closed, he supplemented his full timejob with a part time job at the Mammoth Mar
www.parkworldonline.com34Park ProfileFEBRUARY/MARCH 2008waterpark in front of Funtown, on the spot where theold Marvel DriveIn had stood. The complementbetween the two parks worked perfectly.In 1984,
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36Ride GuideFEBRUARY/MARCH 2008ALIEN ABDUCTION BY SPLASHTACULARThis new creation is proposed as an iconic 75 feettall structure for waterparks,employing the theme park concept of a preshow, main show
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