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PortAventura
Spain
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Park News - (10/13/09) A nice photo trip report from PortAventura can be seen here.
(9/11/09) It was also announced that the park’s owner, Criteria CaxiaCorp has reached an agreement with Investindustrial (A European Investment group) to become a 50% partner with them in PortAventura.
2011 - Sesame Street Land - (8/7/10) New construction pictures for the Sesame Street expansion can be found at PA Fans. The land may be themed as some kind of Sesame themed fantasy village and will feature a variety of rides: Tractor, Monorail, Jet Skis, Kiddie Tower Drop, Carousel, and a playground structure. The current Tami-Tami kiddie coaster, Waikiki wave swinger and Loco-Loco Tiki rides will all be rethemed to fit as well.
(7/28/10) A few new details about the Sesame Street themed addition have come out. First up is this article where the first stone for the new ‘playground’ was set in place. They mentioned that it would feature new rides, games, a new train station, 300-seat theater, restaurant and more. It was also interesting to note that this 12 million Euro expansion is just 1 part of plans to spend 80 million Euros over the next four years.
Meanwhile some artwork of a few of the new attractions can be found here, which confirm Sesame Street characters are involved.
| (6/23/10) According to this article about PortAventura, they confirm that the park will build a new 1.5 hectares “playground” site in 2011 that will be themed to Sesame Street characters.
(3/24/10) The new PortAventura park map now confirms that a Sesame Street themed land is on the way for 2011.
(2/26/10) A few new pictures taken of the new land clearing going on at PortAventura can be found at PA-Community.
(2/24/10) It looks like some land clearing has begun at PortAventura, as certain kiddie rides are being removed from the Polynesian area. This follows along with our previous rumor that claims a new Sesame Street themed land would be moving in for next season.
(2/5/10) According to a new rumor the park may be planning to build an entire Sesame Street themed kiddie land, complete with about a dozen new family attractions. One possible site for it is said to be in the Polynesian area near the Tami Tami coaster.
2012 - Costa Caribe Expansion - Planned - (8/4/10) According to this article at Parksmania, the Costa Caribe waterpark is planning an expansion in both themeing as well as the addition of new attractions. Look for this to come in 2012 most likely.
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