Theme park, visitor attraction, waterpark, museum and gallery, heritage and Zoos News and comment from around the planet | Planet Attractions
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James Gorman will become chairman of Disney starting in 2025, with the company set to announce a new CEO in 2026
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Disney Experiences is set to launch a new premium queue-jump service, with the new solution debuting at its Disneyland resort in California and Disney World resort in Florida, US, at the end of October.
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A Chinese aquarium closed for more than five years reopened only for visitors to find out that its signature and highly touted whale shark was actually a giant aquatic robot.
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Universal’s landmark Epic Universe officially has its opening date, with the highly-anticipated theme park and resort in Orlando set to open to the public on May 22nd, 2025.
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IAAPA Expo Europe is headed to the Netherlands, with the premier event for the EMEA region’s attractions and leisure industries returning to Amsterdam for its 2024 edition.
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A content creator who went viral producing tongue-in-cheek reviews of towns and businesses in the UK has turned his eye to the world of attractions.
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Since debuting its 360Golf concept at the 2021 edition of IAAPA Expo, the product has been received extremely well by both the public and attractions operators.
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Ride manufacturer Vekoma is celebrating a number of high-profile projects, with details revealed on two new rollercoasters in Ireland, a new kind of family coaster in the US and Europe, the launch of the world’s first super boomerang model, and the development of the company’s first suspended dark ride system.
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A new experience themed around the Avatar film franchise is set to open at Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay nature park later this year.
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The touring exhibition of Dippy the dinosaur, the Natural History Museum’s (NHM) iconic diplodocus skeleton replica, has opened at Norwich Cathedral in Norwich, UK, for the final leg of a nationwide tour.
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