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03 Aug 2017
Disney unveils 'Magic Bench' mixed reality technology
Disney's research and development arm has revealed a new mixed reality technology concept – a bench which allows people to see, hear and interact with virtual characters in the real world. Unveiled at the 2017 Siggraph Tech conference, the prototype uses depth sensors from a Microsoft Kinect and an RGB camera to render an image of the bench and the users on it. This
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02 Aug 2017
Visitor numbers to English gardens and zoos surge
English gardens and zoos experienced an 8 per cent surge in visitors over 2016, according to data collected by VisitEngland. Visitor increases were partly down to 2016 being crowned the Year of the English Garden, while Chester Zoo became the second most popular paid attraction in the country, with 1.9 million
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01 Aug 2017
Merlin chief executive to deliver keynote address at IAAPA 2017
Merlin Entertainments CEO Nick Varney has been named keynote speaker for the 2017 IAAPA attractions expo in Orlando, Florida. Varney, who has more than two decades of experience within the attractions industry, was appointed Merlin chief executive when the company was formed in 1999, later being appointed
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31 Jul 2017
BBC plans culture festival to air alongside new art series in 2018
The BBC is seeking out museums, art galleries and libraries across the UK to run a series of cultural events alongside Civilisations – a new 10-part television series telling the story of art. Airing next year on BBC 2, the series is inspired by Civilisation, a series presented by art historian
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31 Jul 2017
Continuum purchases popular Welsh theme park Greenwood
Visitor attractions operator Continuum is expanding its reach, after the company announced the addition of Welsh theme park GreenWood Forest Park to its growing list of UK attractions. Opened in 1993, the former GreenWood Centre welcomes 150,000 visitors a year and is one of the highest-ranked theme parks in
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28 Jul 2017
Last captive orca born at SeaWorld dies
The last captive orca born under SeaWorld’s care has died after contracting what was thought to be pneumonia at its park in San Antonio, Texas. The three-month-old calf, named Kyara, had been battling an infection the week prior to her death and had been kept under a 24-hour watch by her keepers, also being
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28 Jul 2017
Six Flags targets more waterpark acquisitions as new strategy brings results
Six Flags is continuing with its waterpark acquisition and development strategy after initial success with new parks in Mexico and California. The operator – which recently opened its newest Six Flags waterpark in Oaxtepec, Mexico, and also reacquired Waterworld California in April as its 20th property – has
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28 Jul 2017
Disney Union Announces it will seek a living wage as a ‘path out of poverty’
The Service Trades Council Union (STCU) – an umbrella organisation representing 36,000 Disney World Resort employees in Florida – is planning to hold talks with the company to discuss increasing their wages. "23,000 cast members in the union make less than US$12 (€10.20, £9.10) an hour, and out of those, 8,000
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28 Jul 2017
Disney legend Marty Sklar dies aged 83
Marty Sklar – the legendary Disney Imagineer and IAAPA Hall of Famer who played a part in the creation of almost every Disney theme park – has died aged 83. A 54-year career in which he started out in 1955 as a writer of The Disneyland News for the then newly-opened Disneyland, Sklar went on to work
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28 Jul 2017
Redeveloped £14.8m Hadrian's Wall visitor centre opens this weekend
Northumberland’s long-awaited Landscape Discovery Centre and Youth Hostel at Hadrian’s Wall – known as “The Sill” – will open to the public this weekend (29 July) after more than three years of development for the British heritage attraction. Designed by Newcastle-based architects Jane Darbyshire and David
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27 Jul 2017
New attractions help Universal theme parks to surge in revenues
NBCUniversal's theme park division experienced a surge in revenue during Q2 thanks to its investment in new attractions. During the second three months of the year, revenue for the Comcast-owned organisation grew 15.6 per cent, up from US$1.13bn (€965m, £860m) in 2016 to US$1.3bn (€1.11bn, £989m) in 2017.
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Founded in 1977, Sally Corporation began as an animatronic production company to help market corporate brands in a unique and entertaining way. After 40+ years, Sally has evolved into the dark ride specialists of the industry, designing and manufacturing the most successful dark rides around the world.
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