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The House of Katmandu
Preston & Barbieri is currently working
Located on the Spanish island of Mallorca, The
on a number of projects in the Middle East.
House of Katmandu is a new attraction in the
Immediately after the DEAL trade show in
heart of Magalluf, just yards from the beach.
Dubai, the manufacturer was due to install
“The attraction is housed in an amazing,
a monorail inside a space-themed FEC for
1,600 square meter, upside-down Tibetan-style
Future Kid Entertainment.Meanwhile the
mansion that seems to have dropped from the
Seef Mall/FEC in Bahrain was due to take
sky,” says The House of Katmandu’s Manolo
delivery of two other rides from the supplier.
Del Rio Lopez.
The interactive adventure, which opened last
The first Vertical Swing in Europe will open month, takes explorers through a series of
at Power Park in Finland. By Zamperla, rooms where they encounter a collection of the
the attraction is a combination of tower ride world’s rarest relics and attempt to reunite the
and wave swinger. The first unit is already shattered pieces of a legendary jewel scattered
travelling in the United States. Power Park across seven continents.
The animatronic figures created by Sally Corp
has also ordered a Ghost House interactive Guests travel through the Galley of Plunders,
dark ride by Gosetto, this latter deal the Workshop of Wonders, the Library of people in the industry: “He is based on Nazeer,
brokered by the Fabbri Group. Illusions and Katmandu Valley. Finally, having the ancient Egyptian seer we created for our
completed the seventh test, they will discover Challenge of Tutankhamon ride,” he says.
After announcing plans last autumn to whether they have successfully reunited the The huge yeti, meanwhile, posed special
produce a flume ride, the Fabbri Group pieces of the jewel. challenges for Sally’s sculptors and animators.
is now going to tackle the shoot the chute Along the way they encounter a cast of “He was designed, sculpted and built to stand
as well, making it a little more compact and colourful characters, including an 8ft-tall long- and move naturally on a huge resin rock; he is
affordable for small to medium-sized parks. haired creature rarely seen outside of the so well balanced that he moves up and down,
The flume, meanwhile, is available is three Himalayas – a yeti. Created by Sally forward and back with almost other-worldly
standard sizes: 45x25, 44x16 or 35x16 Corporation, the yeti is named Boro and towers lightness.”
metres, including a version with a over Onkar, an ancient Tibetan monk, at the There is nothing like The House of Katmandu,
backwards drop. Fabbri’s water ride start of the attraction and the pair remain reckons Kelley. “The American and Spanish
portfolio now also includes the River Rapids central to it throughout. investors have incorporated up-to-the-minute
spinning raft and Hydro Mania interactive Sally’s president, Howard Kelley, notes that entertainment technology, together with
ride. the extraordinarily lifelike monk, with his kindly, hundreds of artefacts and an exciting story to
weathered face, may look somewhat familiar to create a unique attraction.”
England’s Drayton Manor has bought a
1,200-seater big top, which it is to use for
shows, concerts and live performances.
C&S on right track
Zamperla will supply four mouse-themed
Twister Coasters this season. Perks’ Italian bumper car specialist C&S has been
Leisureland in Galway, Ireland, will enjoying recent success with its new Brio
received one such ride, in addition to bumper car and had already secured some
travelling showmen in the UK and USA (2). orders for 2008.
The rides were due to be delivered by “I think we’ve got it right,” says the
June/late May. Meanwhile the Italian company’s Giancarlo Belotti, “but it’s quite
manufacturer’s first Hydro Lift water ride hard to keep up with production.” New
will due to go into service this month at features include LED lighting.
Marina d’Or in Spain. C&S also completed a colourful new look for
its Ladybug car especially for a shopping mall
The $1 billion Marvel theme park in Abu Dhabi, where it has supplied a number
planned for Dubailand (Park World, May of rides together with Zamperla. On its way to Abu Dhabi: A themed Ladybug car
2007) will feature a number of attractions
based around Nickelodeon's cartoon
characters. The park is being developed by
Marvel Entertainment Inc alongside the Al
Ahli Group.
Terra Natura 2
Europa-Park’s fourth hotel has been named Work has started on a second Terra Natura park in Spain. Scheduled to open 2008 in Murcia,
Santa Isabel by readers of the popular the 32-hectare facility will feature a similar combination of animals, water recreation and Iberian
German newspaper Bild. The Portuguese- theming to the original Terra Natura in Benidorm, about 100km away.
themed 4-star hotel property will open at The same group of investors are behind the new park and local supplier Action Park will again
the park near Freiburg on July 1. provide the theming, as well as fitting out the waterpark component.
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