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We had a Sling Shot, which was a total loss. We “ also had a brand new ride destroyed in 45 Show Guide the Port of New York. Our losses are Calendar well over a million dollars Tony Catanoso and other New Jersey park operators reflect on Hurricane Sandy, P32-33 ” 46 Web Guide Online resources for the amusement industry P38 THIS MONTH’S COVER SHOT: Cowabunga Bay Las Vegas ARY 2013 represents the first North American turnkey supply contract for Polin JANU Cowabunga Waterparks & Pool Systems. The new park, opening this spring, will Baby! Polin lands Las Vegas contract take its inspiration from the beach scene of the 1950s and ‘60s. Featured across three themed zones will be a selection of Polin slides and attractions including the company’s first Surf Safari. See page 22 for more details. www.polin.com.tr Hurricane Sandy ttractions Singapore A Malaysia Puteri Harbour + more! parkworld-online.com ParkWord December 2012/January 2013 During the recent IAAPA Attractions Expo, I attended a very thought-provoking presentation by the Themed Entertainment Association entitled TEA Presents Future Legends 2012: Engaging The Senses. Starting before the main Expo opened, the same session last year was a lockout, so I made sure I was there in good time on this occasion by grabbing a coffee and a pastry rather than the usual breakfast buffet back at the hotel. Frankly, after one week, I’d had enough of queuing each morning for the toast machine. You know the kind: you place your bread onto a conveyor and about 10 minutes later it pops out onto the tray below, slightly warmer than it went in but still not toasted. So you put the bread back in, wait another 10 minutes ... and then it comes out burnt. So you go and get a pastry instead. Free of such toast-related trauma, I arrived ready for what I thought would be a showcase of new creative talent within the themed entertainment industry. Now, BRC Imagination Arts’ Christian Lachel, Susan Bonds of 42 Entertainment and Thinkwell’s Dave Cobb are relatively young, but nevertheless they’ve got a good few years’ experience behind them. It turned out the session was in fact a round-up of new attractions and events that the panel thought worthy of our attention. As with the TEA’s Thea Awards, it was the projects rather than the people that were the ‘legends’. Those chosen ranged from haunted, location-specific theatre productions (smarter than your average scare attraction) to an endearing penny arcade created from cardboard by a 9-year-old in LA, and then elaborate, multi-channel marketing campaigns for the Tron Legacy and a new brand of chewing gum. Starting off with online activity and then building towards real life meet-ups and events, the latter two projects attracted a following from between 5 and 8 million people. That’s more than most amusement parks receive in a single season. However unrelated such activities may seem to our traditional idea of an ‘attraction’ – and one that has a physical location – they are nevertheless competing for the same people’s leisure time. The challenge in future will be how to monetise those millions of followers. It can’t be any more difficult than toasting bread. 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A request to insert an advertisement is deemed to be an acceptance of Datateam Business Media Ltd’s conditions of trading, copies of which are available on request. @ParkWorldMag DECEMBER 2012/JANUARY 2013 Front Gate parkworld-online.com 24 26 Everyday scenes through the operator’s eye 32 28 ParkPatrolParkPatrol Figures 20 1234of50 Fun 38 41 12 number of days operated during Nickelodeon Land Christmas celebrations at Blackpool Pleasure Beach, England 330 square metres (3,353ft) size of ice rink operated over the festive season Allou! Fun Park in Athens, Greece The Mediterránia is the first area you'll find on arrival at PortAventura. It recreates a charming Mediterranean fishing village, it’s just so relaxed and quiet …except for Furius Baco! 100,000 1) This is a queuing area for the Port de la Drassana boat ride that takes you around the lake, number of marine animals at new Marine and we also have some coin-operated, remote control boats for guests while they are waiting. Life Park/SEA Aquarium in Singapore, the 2) Furius Baco is our winged Intamin launch coaster, which runs out over lake. For me it offers world's largest oceanarium a very intense feeling but at only 20 seconds the ride is too short; I would like to have more! 3) This large boat is mainly just for theming but is also acts as a terrace area for Il caffè di Roma. 666,000 4) Beyond these buildings are Hotel PortAventura and Hotel Gold River, two of the most important hotels at the PortAventura resort. They are linked directly to visitor numbers in 2012 at Tripsdrill in the park and are also close to the convention centre, allowing us to cater for Germany – a 1.5% rise over 2011 both tourists and business travellers. Luis Valencia, PortAventura, Spain 5,000,000 sales of butterbeer since June 2010 at THIS MAGAZINE FOR FREE EVERY MONTH Universal Orlando’s Wizarding World of ON YOUR COMPUTER, IPAD OR IPHONE Harry Potter. The 5 millionth glass of the AND NOW AVAILABLE AS AN APP sweet, non-alcoholic drink was served on visit parkworld-online.com and the Apple App Store December 12 & Don’t Drink & Swim – Therme Erding Ups (Bavaria, Germany) is to limit alchol sales Beast Defeated – Son of Beast, the after a number of drunk and disorderly world’s first looping wooden coaster, Downs guests were reported at the waterpark has been demolished at Kings Island in Ohio. Thankfully two new generation looping woodies will open elsewhere in the US in 2013 Santa’s Back – After ceasing to Tivoli NYE – Tivoli