News: Waterparks
City of Canterbury Bankstown opens new splash park
The City of Canterbury Bankstown has officially opened its new Greenacre Splash Park in the community’s Roberts Park. Opened by Canterbury Bankstown Mayor Khal Asfour and state...
Jan 23, 2023
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Legacy Entertainment designed Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park secures accolade of ‘China’s Best Theme Park’
Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park, the 73-acre Marine Life Theme Park designed by California-based entertainment design firm Legacy Entertainment, has been named “China’s Best Theme...
Jan 16, 2023
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Hong Kong’s Ocean Park looks to fill 350 full-time staff roles
As guest return to the now fully operational attractions, Hong Kong’s Ocean Park and Water World are looking for 350 new staff members and will be holding a series of upcoming...
Jan 15, 2023
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Attendees from more than 100 countries expected to attend DEAL 2023
The Dubai Entertainment, Amusement & Leisure Show (DEAL) - the Middle East’s largest attractions and entertainment exhibition - is returning in March. DEAL’s 29th edition will...
Jan 9, 2023
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Polin announces opening of largest waterpark city in the Middle East
Polin has announced the opening of Neverland City Hurghada, a massive water-based amusement park transforming a 100,000 metre² area of land on the Red Sea coast into the largest...
Dec 26, 2022
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Gumbuya World opens two new rollercoasters for peak summer season
Complete and operational for its peak summer holiday season, Victoria’s biggest theme park, Gumbuya World has today opened its new TNT and Project Zero rollercoasters. Offering...
Dec 22, 2022
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Waterbom Bali sustainable waterpark celebrates 30th anniversary with expansion project for 2023
Waterbom Bali, voted Asia’s top waterpark by TripAdvisor’s Travellers Choice Awards 2022, is celebrating its 30th anniversary with work commencing on stage one of a massive...
Dec 20, 2022
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Village Roadshow Theme Parks look to successful summer season
With its New Atlantis precinct at Sea World now complete and operational and plans for ongoing investment at Warner Bros. Movie World, Village Roadshow Theme Parks (VRTP) is...
Dec 14, 2022
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Big Banana Fun Park prepares to open long-awaited waterpark expansion
Coffs Harbour's Big Banana Fun Park has today announced that it is preparing to open its waterpark expansion, potentially by the second week of January. The waterpark expansion...
Dec 14, 2022
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Registrations open for International Aquatic Safety School-East program in 2023
Dubai-based aquatic industry trainers SST have announced that registrations are now open for their International Safety School-East program for 2023. Regarded as one of the best...
Dec 5, 2022
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Opening of Christchurch Metro aquatic and sport facility delayed for another two years
Delays in the construction of Christchurch's Parakiore Recreation and Sport Centre look set to delay its opening until 2025. As reported today by 1News , the latest delay in...
Dec 2, 2022
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Darwin waterpark reopens following $3 million upgrade
A $3 million upgrade to the Leanyer Recreation Park in Darwin sees the aquatic play attraction now feature a new big bucket, a spray tunnel, water weaver, team blaster and...
Dec 1, 2022
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Ka’ana Wave Co and Polin partner to expand market reach in the Middle East and Southeast Asia
Ka’ana Wave Co., creator of award-winning CM7-Series surf attractions, has successfully entered into an exclusive distribution agreement with global waterpark manufacturing...
Nov 30, 2022
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H2Oasis, Wet’n’Wild Gold Coast’s new aquatic play zone, takes splash parks to a whole new level
Among Village Roadshow’s $70 million investment in its Gold Coast theme parks during the pandemic, Wet’n’Wild’s H2Oasis splash park has proved to be truly breathtaking and...
Nov 25, 2022
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Vortex International secures 2022 IAAPA Brass Ring Award
Vortex Aquatic Structures International, a manufacturer and world leader in water attractions, has announced that Dream Tunnel™ has received a 2022 IAAPA Brass Ring Best New...
Nov 17, 2022
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AIS Water to debut its award-winning pool water disinfection technology at USA Trade Show
The manufacturer of Australia’s most innovative and awarded commercial and residential pool water disinfection technology, AIS Water, will be exhibiting at the International...
Nov 12, 2022
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ProSlide on track for record breaking number of projects in 2023
Global water ride design and manufacturing leader ProSlide Technology Inc. has revealed that a record number of its high-performance water rides will open at locations around...
Nov 10, 2022
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Surf Lakes signs agreement with Global Surf Parks to rebuild and open Yeppoon wave attraction to the public
Surf Lakes International has signed an agreement with wave pool operations company, Global Surf Ops Pty Ltd T/A Global Surf Parks (GSP), to rebuild the existing Surf Lakes...
Oct 31, 2022
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$3.2 million Kununurra Water Playground gets official opening
A new 500 metre² aquatic play space featuring zones for different age groups from toddlers to teenagers, with a range of waterslides for all ages, water cannon, tipping buckets,...
Oct 30, 2022
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Global attractions attendance report reveals 2021 as a year of recovery
2021 marked a year of recovery for theme parks, waterparks and museums around the world, with the latest edition of TEA and AECOM's definitive global attraction attendance...
Oct 17, 2022
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Splash Planet recognises the benefits of inclusion
With October being World Down Syndrome Awareness Month, Hastings District Council, situated in Hawke's Bay, on the east coast of New Zealand’s North Island, is spotlighting the...
Oct 17, 2022
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Surf Park Summit gets underway in San Diego
The 2022 Surf Park Summit, the world’s leading symposium and networking event dedicated exclusively to promote the development and growth of the surf park industry, has got...
Oct 16, 2022
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Columbia Pictures’ Aquaverse theme park opens in Thailand
Columbia Pictures’ Aquaverse has opened in Pattaya, Thailand with the attraction combining elements of theme parks and water parks and aimed at attracting visitors of all ages....
Oct 16, 2022
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Waterplay’s release of 18 new Splash Pad products its biggest in years
Hitting the global market with their biggest product launch in years, Waterplay has introduced 18 new splash pad products, ranging from towering, multi-leg characters to quirky...
Oct 12, 2022
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