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NEWS: California's Great America will close permanently next year, ending more than five decades of cross-generational fun and thrills at the popular Bay Area theme park. 🎢
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NEWS: Universal Orlando Resort has confirmed plans to expand Epic Universe with a new roller coaster located in the park's Dark Universe area, home to characters such as The Creature from the Black Lagoon. 🎢
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NEWS: A popular French theme park, Parc Astérix, has announced that its fourth on-site guest hotel, L’Odyssée Hôtel, will open next March. 🛏️🎢
NEWS: Europa-Park, Germany’s biggest theme park, is bringing together the colours of autumn with the atmosphere of Christmas for its cross-season HALLOWinter festival. 🍂❄️
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NEWS: Alton Towers has confirmed the permanent closure of The World of David Walliams, bringing an end to the themed area inspired by the children’s books of the British author after just five years. 📖
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📸: Merlin
ALT David Walliams in a promotional photo for the Alton Towers World of David Walliams ride area
NEWS: An industry trade body, Experience UK, has called on the UK government to provide greater fiscal support for attractions and leisure businesses following this week's Autumn Budget. 💼
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NEWS: BoldMove Nation, a leading European ride manufacturer, is celebrating the industry's reception of a major new project with O'Gliss Park, alongside a top industry award.
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NEWS: The 'Experience Readiness Benchmark', a new industry initiative to help businesses across the experience economy identify opportunities for future growth, has been launched.
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ALT A family playing indoor golf which utilises neon lights
REVIEW: Halloween is here - so we were invited to Blackpool's Pleasure Beach for the opening weekend of #JourneytoHell, featuring nighttime rides, roaming scare actors, and three brand-new scare mazes. 👻
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NEWS: The Experience Economy Index, a landmark new research programme exploring the scale and economic contribution of the UK's experience sector, has officially launched. 📈
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📸: Irene Haro
NEWS: West Midlands' @WaterWorldStoke water park has recorded its highest summer visitor numbers in half a decade, alongside an increase in annual revenue. 💦
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NEWS: SeaWorld operator United Parks & Resorts has made new executive leadership appointments amid an executive reshuffle. United operates 13 theme parks across the US and Abu Dhabi, including Busch Gardens, Sesame Place and Aquatica. 💦
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NEWS: Yorkshire Wildlife Park near Doncaster in the UK halted operations this weekend following reports of a death related to its tiger enclosure.
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NEWS: @Mattel has announced plans to translate its popular toys and games into a new portfolio of water parks. 💦
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NEWS: Construction on the highly anticipated Bakunawa roller coaster at Six Flags Great Adventure has reached its next phase with the arrival of ride vehicles from Mack Rides in New Jersey.
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NEWS: To celebrate the 25th anniversary of its iconic #FrightNights Halloween event, Thorpe Park is expanding outside its theme park boundaries for the first time. 🔦
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NEWS: The British theme park partnership between Merlin Entertainments and Microsoft's Mojang Studios is expanding further with the development of the Minecraft World Hotel at Chessington World of Adventures Resort. 🛏️🎢
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NEWS: #SixFlags has announced it will retire X2, a 4th Dimension roller coaster by Arrow Dynamics, located in California. The announcement was made by Six Flags Magic Mountain park president Brian Oerding. 🎢
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📸: @SixFlags/@SFMagicMountain
NEWS: The IAAPA Global Board of Directors has elected six new members to its governing body, each bringing decades of experience to the organisation.
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NEWS: Multi-sensory interactive attractions manufacturer Triotech has announced two key additions to its senior management team.
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