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Attractions Management News 11Th December 2019 Issue Find great staff™ Jobs start on page 25 MANAGEMENT NEWS 11 DECEMBER 2019 ISSUE 145 www.attractionsmanagement.com Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance opens Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance has opened at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Florida. The ride, located in the Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge area of the park, opened on 5 December after being previewed at a special dedication ceremony earlier in the week. Speaking at the ceremony, Disney parks chair Bob Chapek said that the new attraction "sets a new standard" for what a theme park experience can be". "Tonight, we're welcoming the world ■■The ride is a "full-on Star Wars story" to experience the Star Wars galaxy like never before, with the opening BB8 and Kylo Ren before the ride has of the most ambitious, immersive, even begun, as well as a virtual queuing advanced, action-packed attraction system that holds guests' place inline we've ever created," he said. without them actually having to queue. A trackless dark ride and motion Scott Trowbridge, the project's creative simulator, Rise of the Resistance is billed lead, said: "This is the evolution of the as one of 'the most ambitious attractions themed experience. One of the unique This is the evolution of ever created for a Disney Park'. It features things we, as an industry, have is we can the themed experience a heavily-themed, immersive queue line take you there, right into those stories." Scott Trowbridge that brings riders face-to-face with Rey, MORE:READ http: MO//lei.sr/RE ONLINES4B2n_A LATEST JOBS MAJOR PROJECT RESORTS First look at upcoming Government gives green London Resort theme park light to Korean park PY Gerbeau reveals plans p2 Construction on 4.2sq km p6 p25 for 535-acre attraction site to begin in early 2021 Attractions people PY Gerbeau reveals first look at upcoming London Resort theme park Y Gerbeau, CEO of "We're creating a London Resort Holdings destination that maximises PCompany (LRCH), has all the new immersive and released new concept artwork interactive technologies showcasing the first phase of and experiences in the the 535-acre resort London world," Gerbeau said. Resort theme park and "We won't just be creating entertainment destination a world-class leisure in Swanscombe, Kent. destination, it will also be The park, which has one of the most sustainable been described as one theme parks on the planet." of the most 'ambitious The park has also recently theme park projects in announced a partnership Europe', will be the first with EDF Energy that aims development of its kind to ■■Gerbeau said the resort will feature IP from Paramount Pictures to make the London Resort open in the region since the most sustainable major Disneyland Paris in 1992. "We're creating a destination that theme park destination in It is expected to open in maximises all the new immersive the world. The partnership 2024 and will consist of and interactive technologies" will see the resort pursue six lands: The High Street, a Net Zero emissions The Studios, The Woods, The park will feature IPs the film studio back in July, goal, in what is believed The Kingdom, The Isles, The from Paramount Pictures, after as well as UK broadcasting to be a first for the global Jungle and The Starport. LRCH reached a new deal with companies BBC and ITV. tourism industry. Jason deCaires Taylor's Queensland underwater museum is a "combination of art and science" his month a new "The installations are also going to sculpture and tourist be monitoring stations with coral T attraction is due to be nurseries and scientific equipment" unveiled at the Townsville seafront in Australia. "Ocean It is the first installation of between art and science," Siren" will be a solar-powered the Museum of Underwater explained deCaires Taylor. representation of a young Art, a project being developed "The installations are indigenous girl, submerged by British underwater sculptor also going to be monitoring at high tide, but visible and environmentalist Jason stations with coral nurseries above water at low tide. deCaires Taylor, which will see and scientific equipment. Using live water temperature several artworks installed along The idea is that we engage data from equipment set the Queensland coast, as a the community in becoming ■■deCaires Taylor said up around the Great Barrier way of increasing awareness the guardians of the reef." the project will showcase Reef, the sculpture will of threatened ecosystems He added that the how wonderful the change colour as a visual along parts of the Reef. primary aim is to "showcase Great Barrier Reef is way of showing the critical "We're very much trying how wonderful the Great warming of the oceans. to create a strong link Barrier Reef is". 2 attractionsmanagement.com ©Cybertrek Ltd 2019 ISSUE 145 JOBS START ON PAGE 25 >>> MANAGEMENT NEWS Contents issue 145 04 Rulantica water world opens at Europa-Park Nordic-themed attraction has taken 26 months to build and includes a four-star themed hotel, the Krønasår 06 Government gives green light for Korean park Construction on huge site in Gyeonggi Province due to begin in 2021, with an initial opening of 2026 and full opening in 2031 06 V&A launches portal for heritage preservation projects ■■Peake is the first British/ESA-funded astronaut A free digital resource, the portal allows users to register their preservation projects and search "Lottery funding allows museums for those already in existence and science centres to improve the number of exhibits that are there" 08 Budapest mayor halts €250m gallery plans Astronaut Tim Peake calls for New National Gallery in Budapest's City Park put on ice, after claims that more investment in science the project will have a detrimental impact on the environment ritish astronaut Tim Peake said that lottery Peake has urged the funding enables children to B UK government to visit these science centres and CAS L S IFIEd & JOBS invest more in science, museums for free, encouraging education and research an interest in these subjects Job opportunities 25 and development. for visitors to potentially go on Since 1994 players of the to work in a scientific field. National Lottery have raised "Lottery funding allows Sign up to Attractions Management News: more than £596m (€703m, these establishments to Online: www.leisuresubs.com $780m) for science-related increase their attractions Email: [email protected] projects, with more than and to improve the number Tel: +44 (0)1462 471930 £310m (€366m, $405m) of exhibits that are there, Annual subscriptions: UK £48, of that sum going to science and also keep the UK at the UK students £25, Europe £65, RoW £94 centres and museums across forefront," said Peake. the UK, including The W5 "It's played a significant Attractions Management News is published 26 times a year by The Science & Discovery Centre part in furthering science Leisure Media Company Ltd, Portmill House, Portmill Lane, Hitchin, in Belfast, the Science and education over the Herts SG5 1DJ, UK. The views expressed in this publication are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the publisher. All Museum in London and past 25 years and this rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored the Jodrell Bank Discovery can be seen in abundance in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by means, electronic, mechanical, recorded or otherwise, without the prior permission of the Centre in Manchester. through these attractions." copyright holder, Cybertrek Ltd. ©Cybertrek Ltd 2019 ISSN 2516-9114 ISSUE 145 ©Cybertrek Ltd 2019 attractionsmanagement.com 3 news WE AT RPARKS Rulantica water world opens at Europa-Park Nine themed settings move gracefully over both land and 25 unique water and water. The ‘Surf Fjørd’ attractions, including 17 wave pool includes a large slides, are spread across waterfall, and next door is a a 32,600sq m (107,000sq self-service restaurant called ft) hall at the newly opened ‘Lumålunda’, selling fresh Rulantica water park at pizzas, pastas and salads. Europa-Park in Germany. The ‘Skip Strand’ adventure The Nordic-themed pool has a sunken three-mast attraction has taken vessel, steamboat and variety 26 months to build and of nets, ropes and masts, includes a four-star themed as well as slides, and the hotel, the Krønasår. ‘Hoppablad’ obstacle course Settings include 'Trølldal', allows water-lovers to test ■■Rulantica is a Nordic-inspired water park with themed settings a fun water playground for their skills and drift around kids, and the family attraction on wobbly, floating debris. ‘Snorri's Saga’, which has a The whole family can shoot The Nordic-themed attraction cute six-armed octopus Snorri, down the wide slide ‘Överstor’ has taken 26 months to build a Lazy River, and water tubes and land in the cool water. and includes a four-star for lone riders and pairs. There is also an 8,000sq themed hotel, the Krønasår ‘Lumåfals’ features m (26,000sq ft) outdoor enchanting creatures that area with a heated pool. live in a colourful grotto and MORE:READ http://lei.sr/n5Y9z_A MORE ONLINE MUE S UMS Hong Kong protests force closure of Museum of Art Having only reopened on Saturday 30 November – after a closure of more than four years – the Hong Kong Museum of Art (HKMoA) quickly found itself We cannot afford at the centre of the ongoing political the damage of protests in the territory, forcing it to these cultural close again almost immediately. ■■The museum underwent a HK$930m renovation treasures because Only a day after the museum reopened of the government's to the public, Hong Kong police of the artworks," said Clarisse incompetence used tear gas to break up a protest Yeung, a newly elected councillor.
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