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31 Mar 2014
Work begins on US$138 Malaysian animation theme park
Ground has been broken on Malaysia’s first animation theme park project in Perak – a RM450 million (US$138m, €100m, £83m) collaboration between integrated tourism destination specialist the Sanderson Group and property developer Perak Corporation
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31 Mar 2014
Busch Gardens prepares to launch North America's tallest free-standing ride
Busch Gardens theme park officials say their new ride, Falcon’s Fury, is the tallest, free-standing drop tower in North America and the only one in the world to feature forward tilting seats. The ride, which began construction in June 2013, will open on 1 May as the centrepiece of Busch Gardens’ magical land Pantopia. It is 335ft tall (102m) and at the ride’s highest point, riders pivot 90 degrees in mid-air to a face-down dive position – like a falcon – before they plunge downwards at 60mp/h (96km/h). “It’s a different kind of thrill ride than
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31 Mar 2014
Hadrian’s Wall Trust to dissolve after funding disappears
Hadrian’s Wall Trust – which oversees maintenance of the wall and adjoining visitor centre – is to close down within six months after finance for the project evaporated, leaving funding support for the World Heritage Site mired in uncertainty.
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31 Mar 2014
City of Berlin purchases land lease for forgotten Spreepark amusement site
An abandoned German theme park that has been derelict for 13 years could soon be rescued from disrepair after the city of Berlin purchased its land lease. The city has bought the 30 hectare site for a reported €2m ($2.75m £1.66m), although the purchase must yet be approved by Berlin's House of Representatives.
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31 Mar 2014
Sweden's Icehotel invites guests to design and build bespoke suites
Northern Sweden’s isolated Icehotel is inviting its guests to design and build their own ice suites, with successful suggestions being maintained for the designer's exclusive use throughout the season. Now in its 24th season, the Jukkasjärvi-based hotel, which attracts 50,000 guests before evaporating each summer, will debut its new "Haute Couture Suite" service. Each year, hundreds of artists worldwide apply to design the hotel’s individual suites, with just a handful of their proposals accepted for construction each winter. But now, the honour is open to imaginative members of the
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28 Mar 2014
Coventry Transport Museum to undergo £8.5m redevelopment
Work is to start at the beginning of April on the redevelopment of Coventry’s Transport Museum. The £8.5m project, six years in the making, will see 12 of the museum’s 14 galleries transformed and will also improve a range of visitor facilities at the museum. The redevelopment will also see the Grade I listed
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28 Mar 2014
Firechaser Express roller coaster Dollywood's newest attraction
The Firechaser Express roller coaster is the newest ride to open at Dollywood after its launch on 21 March at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, US. The coaster is a multi-launch coaster, which launches riders forward and backwards and was built by Germany-based Gerstlauer which previously manufactured Dollywood’s award-winning Mystery Mine Euro-fighting coaster. The forward launch speed is zero to 16mph in 1.1 seconds and the backward launch speed is zero to 20mph
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28 Mar 2014
Hopes dashed for Barry Island leisure redevelopment
Proposals to transform a Barry Island attraction into a multi-million pound mixed use development have been thrown out by the local council, just days before the annual Barry Island Pleasure Park fairground opens for Whitmore Bay’s summer season. The Vale of Glamorgan Council said the permanent redevelopment scheme – which it initially backed two years ago – had no “realistic” way of moving forward, but added it is eager to speak to the site’s co-owners over alternative
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28 Mar 2014
Star man Chris Hadfield fronts Irish tourism campaign
Tourism Ireland is harnessing star power to fuel its latest marketing campaign by recruiting famed Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield to front a series of online videos. The spaceman – who became a YouTube sensation last year after recording David Bowie's Space Oddity at the International Space Station – has starred in a series of four short films where he visits some of Ireland’s top attractions to encourage viewers to take
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27 Mar 2014
Fan bids to turn Kurt Cobain's childhood home into museum
Twenty years on from his tragic death, legendary Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain could be immortalised in a museum at his former home, a site the local Mayor hopes could become as big as Elvis Presley attraction Graceland. After hearing that the grunge star’s childhood home in Aberdeen, Washington, US, had been put up for sale, fan and journalist Jaime Dunkle launched a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe.com in the hope of
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