OTHER INTERNATIONAL PARKS & ATTRACTIONS
(Listed Alphabetically)
---- INTERNATIONAL SMALL PARK NEWS ----
(12/16/2024) Parque del Cafe To Open Gerstlauer Infinity Inverted Coaster in 2025
(11/27/2024) Skara Sommarland To Add Three Rides in 2025
(11/25/2024) Second Land of Legends Park Breaks Ground in Qatar
(11/22/2024) Yas Waterworld Expansion Update
(11/20/2024) Parc Spirou Adding Naturo Themed Launched Family Thrill Coaster
(11/3/2024) Fantawild Wonderland (China) Opens Second Gate Experience
ADLABS IMAGICA (India)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since 2014
ADVENTURE ISLAND (UK)
 2024 - New Drop Tower Ride - (1/14/2024) Adventure Island in the UK has posted some new pictures as they work on adding the foundations for their new drop tower ride for the 2024 season. According to other updates the tower will stand 38 meters tall and be a 16-seat model from SBF-Visa. The park is still trying to figure out what to name it, but has narrowed the options down to four: The Tower, The Needle, Up 360 and Vertigo. It was also interesting to note that according to the park, the tower would occasionally be run in a rotating observation tower mode, minus the thrilling drop.
(11/27/2023) According to a post on Twitter, Adventure Island in the UK is said to be adding a new drop tower attraction for the 2024 season. According to the post, it looks as if it might replace the park’s Pharoah’s Fury attraction, which could be either removed or just moved elsewhere in the park.
ADVENTURE WORLD (Australia)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2022 either.
ALPEN PARK (Brazil)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2022 either.
AUSSIE WORLD (Sunshine Coast, Australia)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2022 either.
???? - New Waterpark Planned - (7/6/2024) Aussie World is making plans to build a new $60 million waterpark located just north of the current theme park in Queensland. According to the development plan submitted, this would be the largest waterpark on the Sunshine Coast, featuring up to 16 slides, water play spaces as well as several pools, as well as pool bars, lounge and cabana spaces and other food and beverage outlets.
BAGATELLE (France)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since 2015
BAKKEN (Denmark)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since 2014
BAYERN PARK (Germany)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time,
BELANTIS (Germany)
Parque Reunidos
2024/2025 - New Attraction - In Planning - (10/9/22) In the latest video from Coaster Chall he shares details about a new attraction that is supposed to be in development for Belantis in Germany. Unfortunately the park has apparently only confirmed that they are working on plans for something, but aren’t ready to reveal anything just yet, which is unfortunate. Thus far Belantis hasn’t really followed the typical theme park business strategy of adding new attractions every year or two. In fact, I believe the last new attraction added to Belantis was the “Cobra des Amun Ra” family coaster back in 2015. So if any Screamscape sources have some insight into what Belantis may be up to, be sure to let us know.
Otherwise the video goes on to speculate a little bit, including looking at the best possible sites where the park could add a large future attraction, such as a new roller coaster.
BELLEWAERDE PARK (Belgium)
Compagnie des Alpes (CDA)
2024 - Mundo Amazonia & Brazilian Buggies- (7/1/2024) Zamperla has confirmed that their new Brazilian Buggies family coaster has now opened at Bellewaerde Park in Belgium. The coaster family coaster runs through a small but lush looking jungle landscape, with car stylings inspired by the classic look of an off-road 1970’s era VW Bug/Beetle and even features one painted in the colors of the Brazilian flags at the entrance.
(3/31/2024) Some great new footage of the new Mundo Amazonia attraction at Bellewaerde Park has been posted. The first one below gives us a look at one of the rafts navigating the final drop down into the half-pipe and re-entering the river to head back to the station. However… as unique as this is for a river raft style ride, there is one more unique surprise awaiting guests as they exit the water.
Check out the second video clip below and you see a raft being pulled up a small lift out of the water and into the station and rolling forward. Without warning, Mundo Amazonia does something I’ve never seen done before on a water ride… the rolling platform that the raft is sitting upon is actually a freefall drop platform, which drops and raises and drops the raft several times before bringing it back to the starting point.
Since the station for the attraction is said to be themed as a closed mine shaft, this allows them to tie it all together, dropping the rafts below the surface into a section of the closed mine.
(2/10/2024) Bellewaerde Park will open MUNDO AMAZONIA, a new themed attraction area that will open on March 30th. The area will be anchored by a massive new raft slide that will feature a traditional lift up to a set of interwoven spiral descents, but after that splash-down the raft will be loaded into a vertical elevator style lift and dropped down into a massive half-pipe for the finale.
Oh, and if you are headed out to Bellewaerde Park this year, don’t forget to take a spin on El Volador, the only remaining Huss Topple Tower ride in the western world.
2026 - New Inverted Roller Coaster - (5/7/2024) According to the latest rumors Bellewaerde will be adding a new inverted thrill coaster for the 2026 season from Vekoma. That’s all new know for the moment, but if anyone knows more, please do let us know.
BETO CARRERO WORLD (Brazil)
2025 - Hot Wheels: Turbo Drive - (9/6/2024) Beto Carrero World in Brazil is now busy adding a brand new attraction to the park’s Hot Wheels themed area called Hot Wheels: Turbo Drive. The exact nature of this new attraction has yet to be announced by the park, but based on the current state of construction in the park, our source believes this will be a U-Drive attraction from Zamperla, which would make sense given the Hot Wheels theme.
A few pictures of the construction can be found on Instagram, posted by Playnadiversao.
???? - Future Rumors - (4/15/2023) I’m hearing that the park believes they will likely have to retire their Star Mountain (Vekoma Corkscrew) roller coaster sometime in the next 5 years or so, and may have started to look into modern replacement options. One rumor suggests they may have been talking with B&M about Wing Coaster or Dive Machine concepts.
BLACKGANG CHINE (Isle of Wight, UK)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time...
BON BON LAND (Denmark)
The park was owned by the Bon Bon candy company but was purchased by Parques Reunidos.
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since 2012
CAVALLINO MATTO (Italy)
2024- Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since 2019
CHANGSHA WINDOW OF THE WORLD (China)
2024- Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since 2021
CHIMELONG PARADISE (Guangzhou, China)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time... last known addition was a Rocket Roller Coaster in 2017.
CHIMELONG OCEAN KINGDOM (HengQin Island, Guangdong, China) - Official Website
2024- Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since 2020
CHIMELONG SPACESHIP (China)
Park News - (3/10/2024) An incredible story about the creation of the Chimelong Spaceship attraction has been posted to Blooloop this week, documenting some of the history of how the attraction came to be as told by the Bezark Company who was brought on-board to help flesh-out and create a lot of the custom theming you see as you journey from one section to another within the attraction. Even more impressive, this all started pre-COVID and still managed to find a way to finish it all on the other side, despite a two-year gap in being able to send their crew on site.
2024 - Nothing is known at this time...
CINECITTA WORLD (Italy)
2024- Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since 2020
COLUMBIA PICTURES’ AQUAVERSE (Thailand)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time... nothing added in 2023.
CONNY-LAND (Switzerland)
2024 - Rollerball - (4/23/2023) A post on Facebook from Conny-Land confirmed that the park is planning on adding Rollerball, a new roller coaster that will take the place of the current Space Climb, a space shuttle themed kids playground. The Switzerland theme park actually first mentioned plans to add the Rollerball coaster (from RES) way back in 2019, with a planned 2021 opening but the pandemic put those plans on hold over the years that followed.
Based on the artwork shown, this actually appears to be two side-by-side RES Roller Ball coasters running parallel to each other for increased capacity, but mounted to a single central support structure.
DENNLYS PARC (France)
2024- Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since 2021
DIDILAND (France)
2024- Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since at least 2021
DOHA QUEST Qatar)
2024 - iFly Quest - (5/27/2024) The indoor Doha Quest theme park in Qatar has now opened iFly Quest, a new indoor skydiving simulator. This newest addition by iFly also marks the opening of their first new “Generation 9 10.5ft” tunnel to be built inside an existing building.
DRAGON VALLEY THEME PARK (Nanjing, China)
2024- Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since at least 2021
DREAMLAND (Margate, UK)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time...
DREAM ISLAND (Moscow, Russia)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since at least 2021
???? - Outdoor Expansion - (10/13/2024) According to an update at ThemeparX, Dream Island, the indoor theme park in Moscow, Russia, has announced a large outdoor expansion that will add a Vertical Launch Coaster from Intamin with four inversions and a beyond vertical first drop, that will become the longest coaster in the country. Also planned is an Intamin Hot Racer single-rail coaster that is expected to be a clone of Mahuka at Walibi Rhone Alpes, an observation tower, a rapids ride with a vertical lift up the inside of a lighthouse tower, Zierer Star Shape flat ride, and more. According to the press release the expansion will feature more than 20 new attractions when finished.
Follow the link and have a look at all the amazing concept art and it all looks so fantastic… but… and you knew there was a “but” coming… there is a question about when all this will open, especially given how long it took for Dream Island itself to open, and then a couple of more years until all the attractions promoted were completed and open to the public. The press release itself translated and posted on ThemeparX doesn’t seem to offer a date, though a post by the park on the Russian social media service, VK, does mention it will open in Summer 2025.
Given that it’s now mid October 2024, and I don’t believe they’re really started anything as winter is quickly approaching, I’d be more likely to believe that construction may not even start until spring 2025, so don’t be surprised if this takes until 2026 or 2027 to open.
DRIEVLIET (The Netherlands)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since 2012
DUINRELL (The Netherlands)
2024- Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since at least 2021
ESSELWORLD (India)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since 2015
ETNALAND (Italy)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since 2013
EURO PARK (Penglai, China)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since 2018
FAMILYPARK (Burgenland, Austria)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2023.
FANTASILANDIA (Santiago, Chile)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since 2016.
FANTASIANA (Strasswalchen, Austria)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time
2025 - Mack Stryker Coaster - (9/30/2023) According to posts on social media, Fantasiana (Austria) has signed a deal with Mack Rides at IAAPA Expo Europe to built a new roller coaster for the 2025 season. According to RCDB, the new coaster will be a large “Stryker Coaster”, the first of which is actually the new Voltron going into Europa-Park next year.
FANTASY ISLAND (Skegness, United Kingdom)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2023
FANTAWILD Parks (China)
2024 - Fantawild Water Park - (11/3/2024) Fantawild Wonderland (Xuzhou, China) apparently opened a whole second gate a couple months ago with the creation of the Fantawild Water Park next door. The waterpark experience features a theme using the Boonie Bears, an animated IP, making it a great fit for a themed family waterpark experience, featuring 16 different attractions.
Fééryland (France)
2024 - Remodeled & Renamed Park - (4/27/2024) A cute YouTube short shows off the newly opened “ Fééryland” park in France, formerly known as Bal Parc. The original park shut down after the 2012 season and then reopened in 2016 after it changed owners. Once again the park sat closed for the 2023 season in order to be transformed and renamed as “Fééryland” as of April 2024 featuring a number of new rides.
FIABILANDIA (Italy)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since 2019
FORT FUN (Germany)
Looping Group
2024 - Nothing is known at this time...
FRAISPERTUIS CITY Park (France)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2022 or 2023
FREIZEITPARK PLOHN (Germany)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2022 or 2023
2026 - Multi Launch Water Coaster - Confirmed - (9/25/2024) Mack Rides has announced the world’s first Multi Launch Water attraction as a spin-off of Mack Rides popular water coaster attraction. The first one will be added to Freizeitpark Plohn in 2026, where it will feature two launch moments, several airtime hills, twisted track elements, along with two splash downs and a pair of “High Five” banked air-time hills just as the vehicles pass by each other leaving and returning to the station area.
FREIZEIT-LAND GEISELWIND (Germany)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2022 or 2023
FREIZEITPARK RUHPOLDING (Germany)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since 2012
FUNFIELDS (Australia)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2022 or 2023
FURUVIK (Sweden)
Parks and Resorts Scandinavia
2024 - Nothing is known at this time...
GOLD REEF CITY (South Africa)
2024- Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since 2012
GREAT YARMOUTH PLEASURE BEACH (UK)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2022 or 2023
GUANGZHOU SUNAC LAND (CHINA)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, but park just opened in mid 2019.
GULLIVER’S VALLEY RESORT (South Yorkshire, UK)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2022 or 2023
GULLIVER’S WORLD (UK)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time
GUMBUYA WORLD (Australia)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time
GYEONGJU WORLD (South Korea)
Fall 2024 - Skoll & Hati / RMC Raptor - (6/22/2024) Gyeongju World has now posted a POV animation for their new RMC Raptor coaster opening later this year, along with the name, “Skoll & Hati”. Skoll & Hati are part of Norse mythology as the names of two cosmic wolves who chase the sun and moon across the sky. If the wolves are able to catch them, it would bring about Ragnarok, the end of everything.
Pretty dark stuff for a roller coaster in South Korea… but we’ve still got some time left, as I believe the ride isn’t expected to open until sometime between late October or November of this year.
(5/12/2024) A reader sent in a picture of artwork posted onto a construction wall at Gyeongju World in South Korea that should be for the park’s yet-to-be-announced RMC Raptor roller coaster.
(3/29/2024) Remember that mysterious red Raptor coaster track spotted at the RMC plant in Idaho? At the time, the big rumor was that it may be a new unannounced coaster project for Gyeongju World in South Korea, and now it seems there is hard evidence to back this up.
A sort of long fan video for the Gyeongju World theme park that is speculating on up to three new attractions in the works for the park spotted what appears to be a delivery of that same red RMC Raptor coaster track in a storage area at the theme park at the 3:02 timemark.
Meanwhile the park’s official Instagram has also posted a multi-image hint that if you slide through to the last image, has posted the Rocky Mountain logo as well, seemingly as a confirmation of what is to come.
(3/15/2024) While we wait to see if Gyeongju World really is getting that rumored new RMC Raptor coaster, I’m told that the park has put up a new teaser along a construction well inside the park near Draken Valley. The banner shows off a series of new rides added to the park from 2017 to 2021, with the final box featuring just a giant “?” and the text, “What’s Next? 2014.10”.
With that in mind, it appears that the park is hoping to open this latest attraction in October 2014 and not in early 2025 as we had tried to guess. Oh, and as you might guess, Draken Valley would be where the park’s Draken coaster (B&M Dive Machine) was added in 2018.
(3/2/2024) Gyeongju World seems to have been in the midst of a park-ride upgrade for their roller coasters over the past decade. Going back to around 2015 when the park retired two older coasters (Space Tour & Space 2000) they began to add new modern design coasters. This includes Draken (B&M Dive Machine) in 2018 and Valkyrie (Gerstlauer Shuttle) in 2021 that now join their existing Phaethon (B&M Inverted) that opened in 2007.
The park retired their last old-gen coaster in 2023 (Dragon 2 Loop) and rumor has it that the park may be planning to add their next new coaster in 2025. Based on some pictures taken in the USA this week, some bright orange RMC Raptor track may be destined to be shipped to South Korea soon. Follow this link for more details and pictures of the track in question.
2025 - Time Rider - (8/31/2024) Gyeongju World has announced a new attraction is on the way for the 2025 season called Time Rider. The exciting thing is that Time Rider will be a rare installation of an Intamin Coasterwheel style attraction, where most of the cabins (but not all) are actually mounted to tracks and can roll back and forth while the wheel spins in motion. From what I’m told, Time Rider will be the larger 45m version of Intamin’s CoasterWheel, and stand at a total height of 50.5 meters (165 feet) in height at the peak.
They’ve also give us a look at a second new roller coaster the park is adding later this year called Wizard Race. This is supposed to be a Powered Coaster from Zamperla and you can look for it to appear in the park’s Wizard Garden area as a replacement for the removed Dragon coaster. It is expected to open as early as October, about a month ahead of the park’s new RMC Raptor coaster, Skoll & Hati.
HAINAN OCEAN PARADISE / FULL OCEAN HAPPY WORLD (Lingshui, China)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2023
HELLENDOORN (The Netherlands)
Looping Group
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2023
HOSSOLAND (Poland)
2025 - New Park - (9/2/2024) Construction on Hossoland in Poland is still ongoing, though the latest updates from the park now state that the park plans to be ready to open in Summer 2025, though we still know very little about what the park’s attraction lineup will be. A few articles mention that one of the big attractions will be a steel roller coaster called Ghost Rider that will hit a top speed of 72 mph. Construction appears to have began in 2022 with the hopes of having it ready for 2024, but has since been pushed back to June 2025.
The most recient construction photos I’ve been able to find have been collected over at ThemeparX, where they do appear to have made some great progress on the themed buildings and structures around the park, though what is very strange is the fact that there are no signs of rides at all going up. Typically the rides will be installed first and the buildings and themed pathways go up around them as construction goes on. With many buildings on-site appearing to be finished, from an exterior thematic point of view, I’m really wondering just what exactly this park will have to offer in terms of actual attractions when it does open next year.
(9/10/22) A brand new theme park is apparently coming to Poland that will be called Hossoland. The new park will be built over a 40 hectares site and divided into 4 different themed zones, featuring about 50 attractions, including expected roller coasters from Mack Rides and Vekoma. Lookfor Hossoland to open as early as Spring 2024.
HOT GO PARK - Happy Jungle World &
HOT GO PARK - Dreamworld
(Fushun, China)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2022 or 2023
HUIS TEN BOSCH (Japan)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2022 or 2023
HUNDERFOSSEN FAMILIEPARK (Norway)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2022 or 2023
ISLA MAGICA (Spain)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since 2015
2026 - New Wooden Rollercoaster - (10/27/2024) It has been years since we’ve heard about Isla Magica in Spain adding anything new to their theme park, but according to news posted by The Olive Press, a new wooden roller coaster is planned to be added to the park for the 2026 season. The neat thing is that almost the entire 25 meter tall and 596 meter long coaster will be built over the water. The maker of the coaster is not mentioned, though the article does say that the trains will only hold 16 passengers. According to an update on RCDB, they believe this will be a GCI coaster made with their new steel Titan Track system.
Also planned is an expansion to the Aqua Magica water park section of the park that will add in two large new swimming / attraction areas.
JANFUSUN FANCYWORLD (Taiwan)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since 2012
JARDIN d’ACCLIMATATION (France)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2022 or 2023
JEJU SHINWHA WORLD (South Korea)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2022 or 2023
JINAN SUNAC LAND (China)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2022 or 2023
KARLS ERLEBNISDORF (Germany)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2022 or 2023
KINGOLAND (France)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2022 or 2023
KNIGHT VALLEY
Shezhen, China
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since 2012
KOLMARDEN (Sweden)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2022 or 2023
LA RECRE DES 3 CURES (France)
2024 - Jeepo Dino - Now Open - (7/1/2024) Zamperla has announced that a new family coaster named Jeepo Dino at La Recre des 3 Cures (France) has now opened. It’s a cute little coaster featuring cars that look like off-road jeeps that spiral around a small footprint surrounded by bright blue rocks and dinosaur figures.
THE LAND OF LEGENDS (Turkey)
2025 - SpongeBob SquarePants Dark Ride and other Future Expansion Projects - (10/8/2024) Land of Legends (Turkey) has confirmed that the theme park will open the nation’s first Nickelodeon themed land and hotel in January 2025. As we saw in previous posters up at the park, the land will feature a Bikini Bottom / SpongeBob themed land, Star Trek: Wild Galaxy (from the Star Trek: Prodigy animated series) and Adventure Bay from Paw Patrol.
There will be a number of themed attractions within each area. Star Trek: Wild Galalxy is said to be a 5D Cinema while the Paw Patrol area will feature three kiddie rides: Rubble & Crew, Zuma’s Zoomers and Marshall’s Fire Patrol. The Bikini Bottom area will feature Plankton’s Plunge, the Flying Dutchman’s Ghost Ship, Jellyfish Jam, and an interactive dark ride, SpongeBob’s Crazy Carnival Ride.
If you’ve made a visit to Las Vegas this year, you may have already seen the new SpongeBob’s Crazy Carnival Ride, as the first one opened at the Circus Circus casino there. I had the chance to give it a whirl back in June and it’s a pretty fun attraction where the guests compete against each other in different games when your car stops briefly in front of various interactive screens.
(11/18/2023) According to a follow-up article posted by Blooloop about Sally Dark Rides new SpongeBob’s Crazy Carnival Ride opening in Las Vegas in early 2024, they also mention that official’s from Turkey’s “The Land of Legends” theme park were on hand at IAAPA to sign a contract to build their very own SpongeBob SquarePants dark ride. This would actually be the first SpongeBob branded dark ride to be built outside of the US.
According to the article the new dark ride planned for The Land of Legends theme park will follow a similar storyline to the dark ride opening soon in Las Vegas, featuring vibrant sets, special effects, interactive multimedia components and animatronics, including their very own Mr. Krabs figure.
(9/25/2023) While I haven’t seen anything posted on the Land of Legends website or their social media, a post on instagram and a YouTube video from a park fan reports that big expansion plans are on the way for Land of Legends. According to a translation of the post, this expansion will include a new hotel, a family entertainment center and apparently a deal was struck with Paramount because new lands and attractions are coming themed to Spongebob Squarepants, Paw Patrol and Star Trek. A large structure is already vertical, which I can only assume may be the new hotel, but that is just a guess.
LAND OF LEGENDS (QATAR)
2028 - New Park - (11/25/2024) Blooloop reports that a $3 billion project to build a second Land of Legends theme park in Qatar has broken ground. The 650,000 square-meter project is a partnership between FTG Development (the developer behind the first Land of Legends park in Turkey) and Qatari Diar. The goal is to open the new theme park by 2028 and attract around 2 million guests a year.
LE PAL (France)
2024 - Fjord Explorer - (10/20/2024) We didn’t really hear much about the new Fjord Explorer water coaster at Le Pal this season, but a great video showing off this fun looking Mack Rides creation has been posted below.
(5/1/2024) The park has added a new Mack Rides water coaster creation called Fjord Explorer that is said to be mostly a roller coaster style ride that ends with a a big splash-down finale.
LEOLANDIA (Italy)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time
LEWA ADVENTURES (Xi'an, China)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since 2018
LIGHTWATER VALLEY (UK)
Brighton Pier Group
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since 2018
LIONSGATE ENTERTAINMENT WORLD (China)
2024 - Nothing is known at this point in time... but attraction just opened in mid 2019.
LUNA PARK (Sydney, Australia)
Park News - (12/2/2024) Sydney’s historic Luna Park has been purchased by Oscar Group for an undisclosed sum. The Sydney based Oscar Group is said to have an extensive portfolio of hotels, resorts, event centers, pubs and more across the nation’s eastern coastline. According to MSN, Oscar Group’s winning bid beat out rival bids from several other domestic and international attraction owners, including the owners of the Warner Bros. MovieWorld and Dreamworld theme parks.
The goal is to establish Luna Park as a ‘top five’ tourist destination for visitors to the region as well as making sure it is also an attractive place to visit for the local residents of Sydney.
(6/30/2024) Blooloop reports that Sydney’s Luna Park is now pursuing opportunities to sell the attraction to a new owner. This comes on the heels of a completion of a large scale $40 million renovation to the popular attraction that saw a number of new rides added over the past couple of years. Luna Park will is accepting proposals by those interested in taking over the park through to the end of August. 2024 - Nothing is known at this time
M&D’s (near Glasgow, Scotland)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2022 or 2023
MAGICLAND (Rome, Italy)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2022 or 2023
MAJALAND KOWNATY (Poland)
Plopsa Group
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2022 or 2023
MANDORIA (Poland)
2025 - Aquila - (9/21/2024) Keep an eye out for Vekoma to announce all the details of a new indoor family launch coaster project during IAAPA Expo Europe this week, with the press event set to take place on Tuesday (Sept 24) at 11am local time. The new coaster in question will be Aquila, a unique new creation coming to the Mandoria theme park in Poland.
(11/26/2023) Mandoria, a small indoor theme park that opened in 2021 in Poland has announced that they will add a new unique indoor roller coaster for the park’s 2025 season. The roller coaster will be named Aquila and will be a family launched coaster from Vekoma built inside a 25 meter tall tower shaped structure. Aquilia will be the forth roller coaster at the indoor attraction, with the others including Carrara (Mack Powered Coaster), Merkant (Gerstlauer Bob Coaster) and Mroczny Dwor (SBF Visa Spinning Coaster).
MOOMIN VALLEY PARK (Japan)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2022 or 2023
NAGASHIMA SPALAND (Japan)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2022 or 2023
NICKELODEON UNIVERSE @ Mall of China (China)
???? - New Park - (10/20/20) Another Nickelodeon Universe theme park is now under construction, this time in China, where it will be built inside the Mall of China in Chongqing. I think I missed the first announcement about this project, where BlooLoop in 2018 said it was aiming for a Dec. 2020 but that clearly isn’t happening.
While I don’t know what the official opening date is now, according to a post on Twitter, brand new and very colorful roller coaster track has now arrived on site for a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle themed roller coaster is that supposed to feature 8 inversions, be 1052m in length, 43.5m in height and hit 100 km/h.
I’m not sure of the manufacturer, but the track does look similar in nature of some of Intamin’s trackwork. Anyone know more about this creation?
NIGLOLAND (France)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2022 or 2023
PARAMOUNT PARK CHINA -
New Park Plans - (5/30/20) Would you believe that yet another Paramount Studios themed park project has been announced? So far, none of them have ever been built after being announced at various locations over the globe, and now ThemeparX has posted some concept art for a new fifth Paramount Park themed concept, this one planned for Kunming, China. According to the post, the plan is to begin construction in 2021 and open by June 2024.
The concept art sure is pretty though, with six themed lands:
Paramount Boulevard - This serves as the entrance zone for the new park with stores and restaurants.
Adventure City - A Hollywood themed looking zone with a Tower Records looking building at the center and home to thrill rides themed to MIssion: Impossible and The Italian Job.
Peanuts Township - A kids land themed around the Peanuts gang characters.
Lost Kingdom - A beautiful looking landscape of jungle ruins, home to a “Montagua River” ride a coaster called ‘Escape from Emerald Mountain”.
Dinosaur Empire - Themed around the Dinotopia book series where humans live with intelligent dinosaurs. The concept art shows off a large flume ride that gives off some Mack Rides inspired vibes, not unlike SeaWorld’s Journey To Atlantis.
Final Frontier - A land themed around the world of Star Trek that is sure to thrill.
PARC DU BOCASSE (France)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2022 or 2023
PARC DU PETIT PRINCE (France)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since 2018
PARC SAINT PAUL (France)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2022 or 2023
PARC SPIROU (France)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2022 or 2023
2026 - Naurto Land & Family Launched Coaster - (11/20/2024) Parc Spirou in France is adding a unique Naruto themed Family Thrill Coaster to the park in 2026 from Zamperla. The design will feature tire propelled launch and booster zones as well as switch-tracks to allow for a fun 103 foot vertical rollback spike, along with a low to the ground twisted layout designed to enhance the sensation of speed. The coaster will be part of a whole new Naruto themed section of the park when it opens.
PARKO PALIATSO (Cypress)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since 2018
PARQUE DE ATRACCIONES (Madrid)
Parques Reunidos
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since 2018
PARQUE de DIVERSIONES (Costa Rica)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since 2015
PARQUE de la COSTA (Argentina)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since 2016
PARQUE DEL CAFE (Colmbia)
2025 - Avix / Inverted Roller Coaster - (12/16/2024) Parque del Cafe in Columbia Is preparing to open Avix, a new Infinity Inverted Coaster from Gerstlauer. The new roller coaster is set to open in 2025 and you can see some great construction photos posted at the official website.
(1/6/2024) Parque del Cafe will be adding a second Gerstlauer roller coaster for the 2024 season. Little is known about the design, but it is said to be a custom layout “Infinity Inverted Coaster”, standing about 85 feet tall and with two inversions.
This would be the second such coaster from Gerstlauer, after opening the bigger “Storm - The Dragon Legend” coaster at TusenFryd (Norway) in 2023.
PARQUE ESPANA (Japan)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time... nothing known to be added since 2018
PLEASUREWOOD HILLS (UK)
Looping / H.I.G. Capital France
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2022 or 2023
POWERPARK (Finland)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2022 or 2023
PUY DU FOU (France)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2022 or 2023
PUY DU FOU Espana (Spain)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2022 or 2023
RAINBOW’S END (New Zealand)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since 2012
SALITRE MAGICO (Columbia)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time...
SANRIO PUROLAND (Japan)
2024 - Cinnamoroll’s Little Big Adventure - (9/15/2024) Sanrio Puroland in Tokyo has rolled out a new attraction with the help of Alterface. The attraction itself features a pair of interactive theaters offering up a interactive gameplay experience (with in theater special effects) themed to Sanrio’s Cinnamoroll character. The attraction is called Cinnamoroll’s Little Big Adventure and according to the release, this is actually the first new attraction to be built at Sanrio Puroland in over a decade, so it’s a pretty big deal for the park.
The guests are asked to help Cinnamoroll and his friends go on a search for rainbows through the use of interactive “Magic Star Wands”. Guests are seated on special motion-based seats, with each theater also offering non-motion benches in the front row, as well as special motion platforms that can accommodate wheelchairs.
If the basic attraction concept sounds slightly familiar to you, then you may have visited Carowinds in the Carolinas, as Cedar Fair also enlisted Alterface to help create their “Plants VS Zombies: Garden Warface: 3Z Arena” attraction that opened in 2016 with a similar dual-theater style interactive set-up. It was a fun attraction, but after the park shut down for the 2020 season due to COVID, it did reopen for a time in 2021 until closing for good on August 1st, 2022 as the entire land it was set inside was shut down for the construction of a new aviation themed land.
SCHWABEN PARK (Germany)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added since before 2022.
SERENGETI PARK (Germany)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, Nothing added in 2023
SHANGHAI HAICHANG OCEAN PARK (China)
2024 - New Penguin Resort Hotel - (7/4/2024) According to a local report the Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park has opened a new Penguin themed resort hotel this summer. The resort features 372-rooms and an on-site penguin pool that allows for guest observation of the penguins up close and personal.
2025 - Phase 2 Park Expansion - (7/4/2024) I haven’t heard much about what will be included, but the Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park was mentioned to be opening a “second phase” for the theme park sometime in 2025. At the time, it was said that the expansion would consist of two new themed pavilions and a “commercial street” that would tie into an IP of some kind.
Anyone know more about what guests can expect to find next year?
SIAM PARK (Tenerife)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time...
SKARA SOMMARLAND (Sweden)
Parks and Resorts Scandinavia
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2022 or 2023 either.
2025 - Three New Rides - (11/27/2024) Skara Sommarland has revealed details about three new rides coming to the park for 2025: Fritt Fall (Free Fall), Houdini and Lilla Pariserhjulet (Little Ferris Wheel).
Most of these sound like family friendly additions, with the Fritt Fall tower (SBF/Visa) standing only 20 meters tall. The little Ferris Wheel is actually a small wheel from Grona Lund that was built way back in 1931 and has been freshly renovated for the move to Skara Sommarland. Houdini appears to be a 12-seater “Midi Top Dancer” ride, also from SBF/Visa.
SKYLINE PARK (Germany)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time... nothing added since beefore 2018
SLAGHAREN (Netherlands)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time... nothing added since 2017
???? - Family Inverted Coaster - Planning - (3/21/22) According to a post from Loopings.NL, Slagharen is looking into adding a new family style Inverted coaster, which means no inversions. The interesting thing is that apparently the park has received three very different proposals from Vekoma, Premier Rides and Gerstlauer for the project and they’ve posted some video footage of each to see which concept the public likes the best.
Each company has brought a little something new to the table with their designs. The Vekoma design, for the most part, is a typical example of Vekoma’s design work for this style ride, which makes sense as Vekoma would be the dominate supplier in the world who has built over two dozen similar style rides around the world over the past two decades.Really the only unique item I noticed here is that it would use some kind of launch technology to dispatch the train out of the station into the first half of the ride, and then use a traditional lift hill for the second half.
The Premier Rides version is a bit of a surprise because the company has really never made an inverted coaster before. The closest to my knowledge that they have come was when Six Flags hired them to design new inverted trains for the Goliath coaster at Six Flags New England a few years ago, which ironically was just demolished a few weeks ago. The Premier design does seem to share some elements in common with Vekoma’s Family Boomerang coasters with the use of two small lift and drop tracks at each end of the ride. The semi-compact L-shaped design opts weave the tracks around each other to provide some fun visuals.
Lastly the Gerstlauer design actually features a vertical lift hill design and a much more extreme layout, with several near-inverting elements as well as underground tunnels. The vertical lift on an inverted car would be an interesting experience, as the only similar element I can think of was on Vekoma’s infamous “Deja Vu” coasters. The layout does look fun, but may provide more thrills than Slagharen was looking to offer, which is probably a big reason as to why they are offering views of the design options to the public.
SOCHI-PARK (Sochi, Russia)
Olympic Village and Park for the 2014 Winter Olympic Games (official website)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since 2016
Sommerland Sjælland (Denmarjk)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time... nothing added since before 2018
SOUTHPORT PLEASURELAND (UK)
2024 - New Coaster - (2/3/2024) A new roller coastrer is expected this year, but no solid information has come forth yet. Previously a Zamperla made Lighting style coaster, similar to Thunderbolt at Luna Park was expected, but this is said to no longer be the case.
STUDIO GHIBLI PARK (Japan)
Park News - (10/12/2024) According to Crunchyroll, Ghibli Park is now teasing a special 2nd anniversary event that will take place November 2-4 and Nov. 15-17th.
2024 - Valley of Witches - (4/26/2024) If you’ve ever looked over the various coverage from guests who visit Japanese theme parks, you’ll know that some uniquely themed food items are always a staple of the park experiences over there. New case in point… Ghibli Park’s new Valley of Witches area has a food stand selling what appear to be frogs that have been cooked in a sandwich press.
Before you get too grossed out, the translation of the post makes it clear that these are not frogs at all, but instead just a frog themed “Taiyaki”, which is a common street food in Japan that typically is fish shaped rather than frog. The “Frog Yaki” being sold in the Valley of Witches is stuffed with Anko which is a “sweet red bean paste” which some describe the flavor as being a sort of cross between Nutella and a Sweet Potato pie, while being distinctly Japanese in origin. So in other words, nothing else is quite like it, so don’t be afraid to give it a try.
(1/14/2024) Ghibli Park has revealed some details about the upcoming Valley of Witches area set to open to the public on March 16. This is the fifth and final landin the park to open, themed to areas from the films Howl’s Moving Castle and Kiki’s Delivery Service. The land will feature a themed bakery, a restaurant and hot dog stand as well as a themed retail shop.
This final land will actually be the first in the park to feature some actual amusment park style rides, including a Merry Go Round and “aerial carousel”. Guests can also visit the Witch’s house from Earwig and the Witch, plus the full scale Howl’s Moving Castle.
(12/2/2023) Ghibli Park in Japan has announced the official opening date for the final area of the park… Valley of Witches. According to the announcement we can expect this final phase of the attraction to open to all guests on March 16, 2024 that will feature spaces, structures and attractions themed to films like Kiki’s Delivery Service and Howl’s Moving Castle.
(10/28/2023) According to Blooloop, Japan’s new Ghibli Park is teasing the opening of the upcoming Princess Mononoke themed area that will premiere on November 1st. According to the update the land will feature a sculpture of a Tatarigami spiriti monster, a slide themed to the boar god Lord Okkoto and an area where guests can make their own “gohei-mochi rice cakes”.
Once this land opens, the only remaining area to still open will be the Valley of Witches set to open sometime in 2024.
SUN WORLD HON THOM NATURE PARK (Vietnam)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, but the park just opened for the first time in 2022.
SUNAC LAND GUANGZHOU (China)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2022 or 2023.
SUNWAY LAGOON (Malaysia)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time... nothing added in 2018
SUZHOU AMUSEMENT LAND FOREST WORLD (China)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2023.
TERRA MITICA (Spain)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added since at least 2017 or earlier
TIBIDABO (Barcelona, Spain)
2024 - New Attractions - (7/27/2024) Tibidabo in Spain has opened Merli, a new 52 meter tall freefall tower ride that spins on the way up, offering 360º views of the Barcelona countryside. According to the article, the ride’s name is inspired by the theme of the ride as being a giant magic wand topped with a star. Also new at the park this season is “666 Space”, described as a new terror experience where guests can encounter the characters of Hotel 666 terror attraction.
(7/3/22) According to a tweet from Tibidabo Amusement Park, they are planning to build a 50 meter tall free fall ride at the park for the 2024 season. Combined with the mountainside location of the park, the placement of the drop tower should provide really stunning views of the local landscape. With that in mind I’m expecting this to be one of the kind that rotates the riders around to enjoy the scenery while rising up into the sky.
TIVOLI FRIHEDEN (Arhus, Denmark)
2024 - Vindfald - (9/10/2023) The Tivoli Friheden theme park in Denmark has announced that they will open a new roller coaster for the 2024 season called Vindfald. The modest sized coaster will be a Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter with a 76 foot tall lift hill, a vertical first drop, and a short track length of 984 feet, two inversions and a top speed of 45mph.
TOBU ZOOLOGICAL PARK (Japan)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time...
2026 - Zierer Drifter - (12/13/2024) Zierer reports that the company has sold a new Drifter flat ride that will open at Japan’s Tobu Zoo in 2026. The concept is sort of an update of Zierer old Jet Ski concept, but made to work in a dry environment and with larger vehicles that guests ride in while seated.
VIALAND (Istanbul, Turkey)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since 2015
VINWONDERS PHU QUOC - (Vietnam)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2023.
VULCANIA (France)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2022 or 2023.
WALYGATOR PARC (France)
Formerly known as Walibi Lorraine and Walibi Schtroumpf (Walibi Smurf)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since 2015
WALYGATOR SUD-OUEST (France)
(Formerly Walibi Aquitaine and Walibi Sud-Ouest)
Aspro Parks
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2022 or 2023.
WANDA CULTURAL TOURISM CITY - NANCHANG (Opened 2016)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since 2017
WEST MIDLAND SAFARI PARK (UK)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since 2018
WILD-UND FREIZEITPARK KLOTTEN (Germany)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing added in 2022 or 2023.
WILDLANDS EMMEN (Netherlands)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing known to be added since 2018
WORLD JOYLAND (Changzhou, Jiangsu, China)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing reported to have been added since 2013.
XISHUANGBANNA THEME PARK (China)
2024 - Nothing is known at this time, nothing reported to have been added since 2016.
YOMIURILAND (Japan)
2024 - PokePark KANTO - (12/23/2023) A new Pokemon themed mini-park will be built inside of the current Yomiuriland theme park (home to Bandit) in the Tokyo area. The attraction will be called “PokePark KANTO” and it is expected that it will open sometime during the 2024 season.
YAS WATERWORLD (Abu Dhabi, UAE) http://www.yaswaterworld.com/
2025 - Park Expansion - (11/22/2024) A few more details about the expansion of the Yas Waterworld park has been revealed by WhiteWater, who is behind much of the project. According to WhiteWater the expansion will introduce 18 new rides featuring 2 miles of new slide path, all from WhiteWater, which is very impressive all by itself.
New attractions will include the UAE’s Highest Water Slide, a FlatLine Loop standing 40 meters (131 feet) in height, a Shoot the Chutes water ride integrated into a water slide tower that will be incorporated into the park’s Legend of the Lost Pearl storyline, as well as dropping guests down a 49 foot plunge at the end. Other new additions will include “first-of-its-kind Master Blasters, the biggest and longest Parallel Pursuit competition slides in the world, a new kids’ area featuring the world’s first Mini Blaster Fusion slide.”
(10/12/2024) I haven’t heard much about the progress of this project so far but according to this report construction on the expansion to the Yas Waterworld waterpark is now 55% complete. The expansion is on track to open in 2025 and will result in a 16,900 square-meter expansion to the waterpark that will add 18 thrilling new attractions, increasing the park’s overall number of offerings to 70 rides and experiences. Highlight additions will include the creation of “the UAE’s highest slide and the first water-based amusement ride integrated into a waterslide complex, featuring a 15-meter drop”. Another addition will be “The Legend of the Lost Village”, an interactive journey guests can take the discover hidden treasures and secret passages interwoven with the park’s attractions.
(11/27/2023) According to a post at Blooloop, Miral has announced that they are going ahead with a major expansion to their Yas Waterworld waterpark in Abu Dhabi. The 16,900 square-meter expansion will see an additional 18 new rides and attractions added to the park, increasing capacity by 20%. Part of this expansion will see a new themed area addec alled the Lost City which will feature a quest for hidden treasure and a number of “secret passages”. Also coming in the expansion will be a new swim-up bar, a “thrilling boat ride”, new racing, tube and family raft slides, as well as a dueling master blaster. For the smaller guests, they will also create a number of junior sized slides that will resemble some of the park’s more popular larger slides.
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