Archive For February, 2012
The State Fair of Louisiana announced hiring Crabtree Amusements, Inc. as the carnival for the 2012 State Fair. The new carnival will showcase several new rides and an overall fresh look to the State Fair of Louisiana Midway. “We are pleased to partner with Crabtree. It is a large carnival that will open up many […]
Busch Gardens Tampa Bay is releasing a new way for fans to connect with the park via its new Pinterest account. Pinterest, known as the world’s fastest growing web site ever, is a photo and video sharing social website and virtual pinboard where users “pin” or bookmark images and videos of interest to them onto […]
On Thursday, February 23, the Kentucky State Fair Board approved a proposal by Holiday World’s Koch family to operate the shuttered Kentucky Kingdom Theme Park. The new park, named Bluegrass Boardwalk, is expected to open in May 2013. The Koch family has already secured a website and Facebook page under the Bluegrass Boardwalk name. Contrary […]
Enhancing the already fun, energetic experience at Circus Circus Las Vegas, the hotel recently unveiled a series of remodeled guest rooms and welcomed its newest attraction, The Chuck Jones Experience. More than 1,900 guest rooms in the Casino and Skyrise Towers have been remodeled, offering guests a fresh selection of accommodations. “The newly redesigned rooms […]
Hopkins Rides is pleased to announce the launch of it’s newly designed website at www.hopkinsrides.com. “We welcome our valuable customers and dear friends of many years to have a look and see the new changes that are taking place within Hopkins Rides” said sales representative Jim Glover. “While our rich history and many years of […]
Cedar Fair, a leader in regional amusement parks, water parks and active entertainment, announced on February 21 that Dave Frazier has been named vice president and general manager of Valleyfair Amusement Park. Frazier, 46, has more than 25 years of experience in the amusement and theme park industry. He spent 17 years within Cedar Fair […]
The compilation, ASTM Standard on Amusement Rides and Devices, is now available in a print version. In addition to the English version (online and print), online versions of the compilation are also available in Chinese, Japanese, French and Spanish. ASTM Standards on Amusement Rides and Devices provides all 16 ASTM standards that play a vital […]
Europe’s largest conference and trade show for the €8.6 billion leisure and attractions industry will take place on October 9-11, 2012 at the Messe Berlin exhibition center in Berlin, Germany. EAS organizers anticipate more than 7,000 attractions industry professionals from theme parks, waterparks, zoos, aquariums, museums, family entertainment centers, casinos, and resorts will participate in […]
After 35 successful years at Mack Rides, Kurt Mack-Even has retired from being Managing Director and the head of the sales department. Since the 1970s Kurt Mack-Even was Mack Rides‘ primary contact for industry customers. Kurt will continue consulting for the sales department and will be still available for his clients. Thorsten Koebele, was announced […]
Frontier City has announced the largest water activity structure in Oklahoma. The all new Wild West Water Works interactive play structure will be the coolest place to hang out at Oklahoma’s only theme park. This exciting new water feature is five stories tall (52 feet), with 198 ways to get wet, eight colorful slides, a […]
