Bemusement - The Attractions Industry Blog

Charles Read

I was born in Oldham, Lancs, back in the late 60s - my mum reckons 'Penny Lane' was playing on the radio as I was delivered but it could have been the pethadine. My passions, outside the amusement industry, are my family, wildlife, diving and cricket, God's own sport. I am also a rarity in that I am a Manchester United fan from Manchester.
Been going to Alton Towers for over 25 years, we had trips there from primary school. I still remember how exciting it was when they had their first ride, a cresta run/slide which burnt your legs and ripped your shorts. Love this industry with its passion and drive, its sheer creativity and invention. Endlessly fascinating too. Did you know that Thomas Bridges from Alcorn McBride once played trumpet with Hoagy Carmichael (of 'Georgia' fame)?

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Friday, March 04, 2011 Themed Design: Scary Monsters and Dr Who in 3D    I can still remember how excited my friends and I were back in January 1974. Dr. Who, the British science fiction show, the staple of any self respecting small boy’s Saturday night TV watching and generator of a million nightmares, was to be the subject of an exhibition in Blackpool, Lancashire’s coastal resort. The tales of “The Doctor” (we never knew his name) and his battle against monsters from across the galaxy transfixed us each weekend on the television and news of the exhibition spread rapidly around the school. ...View more

Monday, January 24, 2011 Getting High at the Zoo    This week sees the opening of the new zip line at Gatorland in Orlando. The course will carry riders over the park’s Cuban Crocodiles whilst giving riders a bird’s eye view of Gatorland’s centerpiece, its breeding marsh, home to over 150 big crocodiles and alligators. Riders will get as high as 56 feet and reach up to 30 mph....View more

Friday, January 21, 2011 Theme Park Design and why Steve Alcorn’s Time Portal won’t get made    "If a theme park attraction were a kitchen it would be pretty crowded, and not just with cooks." I thought I had a good working idea of what went on behind the scenes at a major theme park, I really did. Turns out I didn’t and were it not for Steve Alcorn’s new book I’d still be none the wiser......View more

Wednesday, December 08, 2010 Optimism with a Frosty Reception : The IAAPA Expo 2010    The annual IAAPA Expo was back to its spiritual home of Orlando in November after last year’s visit to Las Vegas. Many felt a sense of relief to be back in Florida and there was a palpable sense of excitement and optimism in the air as the show began. So what did I learn during my week at the show, other than that I can’t play golf, The Adirondacks are a mountain range and I still don’t like grits?...View more

Thursday, November 25, 2010 Cold-Blooded Fun at Orlando's Gatorland Theme Park    With a day to spare before the IAAPA Expo last week, I took a visit to Gatorland, which although not on every tourist’s hit list for Orlando, certainly should be, being not only one of the city’s oldest attractions (opened in 1949) but also one of its best, with Tripadvisor ranking it 7th out of the city’s 196 attractions listed....View more

Tuesday, November 23, 2010 Well Above Par: at IAAPA's Charity Golf Event    I don’t play much golf over here in England. Cricket’s my thing, with its dizzying combination of grace, power and elegance, each ball a challenge and a contest , each minute fizzing with excitement. Golf just never did it for me. I think of an English golf club and I don’t think of sporting endeavour or athleticism....View more

Thursday, October 21, 2010 Amusement Parks: 3 days in Rome at the EAS    The 7th Euro Amusement Show (EAS), which took place in Rome from the 6th to 8th October, was judged a great success . The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) , reported in excess of 9,000 visitors – the highest in the show’s history - and over 1,000 attending the conference programme....View more

Wednesday, October 13, 2010 Meanwhile, back in July: IAAPA's Asian Expo.    The Asian Attractions Expo 2010, which took place at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Malaysia July 13-16 was IAAPA’s most successful Asian show to date, with more visitors, more exhibitors and a more comprehensive conference than any of its predecessors....View more

Tuesday, September 21, 2010 Holograms and “Gamification” Raising the Bar for Theme Parks    On every gamer’s Christmas list, the eagerly awaited Xbox Kinetic is due to be launched later this year. Set to be the next step up from the hugely successful Wii platform, Kinetic does not require a hand held controller and incorporates software that allows players to use voice, gesture and even facial expression to interact with the on screen action.   How will theme parks and attractions compete with home based wizardry?
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010 Themed Design: When Less is More...    BRC Imagination Arts' CEO and founder Bob Rogers spoke recently about the importance for the themed designer to focus initially on what the audience wants to see, or as he rather more poetically put it, "to look into their hearts". The story and the experience is the key, and the theming, the design, the technology should be a secondary consideration, as these are a means to an end, the method by which the designer creates the experience and communicates the story....View more

Saturday, September 04, 2010 Asian Expo 2010 : A View from a Bridge    In Malaysia recently for IAAPA's Asian Expo I paid a visit to FRIM, the Forest Research Institute Malaysia, located around 10 miles out of the capital. A Government owned project and one of the world’s leading bodies involved in tropical forest research, the institute is based in the middle of a tract of dense rainforest......View more

Thursday, August 12, 2010 Is the UK Government doing enough for Tourism?    Many hoped UK attractions would gain a boost from a new administration which would truly recognise the enormous benefits to the country of a vital and thriving tourism sector and look to support it through appropriate legislation. Merlin CEO Nick Varney's response to Prime Minister Cameron's speech today is instructive ...
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010 Take two rocks, twice a day after meals...    England’s Lyme Regis on the West Dorset coast is one of the world’s great fossil sites – it was on the town’s beach that 18th century paleontologist Mary Anning unearthed her plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs – and also a town steeped in history. Mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086) and a great port some 700 years ago, the town played host to a dramatic 8 week siege during the English Civil war......View more

Monday, June 28, 2010 Theme Parks: Fans sneak a peek under the red roof of Ferrari World Abu Dhabi    20 fans were given an exclusive sneak preview inside Ferrari World Abu Dhabi on Saturday, June 26th. The fans were amongst the first members of the public to be allowed underneath the distinctive red roof. Ferrari World Abu Dhabi will host over 20 rides and attractions, which will appeal to families and fans alike. ...View more

Thursday, June 17, 2010 Holiday World's Will Koch remembered.    The amusement industry woke to the sad news on Monday 14th June that Will Koch, president of Holiday World and Splashing Safari in Indiana had passed away the night before. We at Blooloop had reason to be grateful to Will as a valued contributor to our blog, Bemusement, ...View more

Tuesday, June 08, 2010 South Africa : Theme Parks, Aquariums and Football.    Providing a neat template and an inspiring example of how the best attractions can both entertain and educate, Durban’s uShaka Marine World is home to 3 integrated organisations, each of which is vital to the wellbeing and development of the other. Visiting English football fans, after watching the national team provide plucky resistance before losing agonisingly on penalties in the quarter finals of this year’s World Cup should pay a visit…...View more

Friday, May 07, 2010 Branded Attractions and Theme Parks: At Ferrari World, Speed is the Thing    Of all the world’s iconic brands, perhaps none is so striking, so steeped in romance and so aesthetically pleasing as Ferrari’s. Manchester United’s is another another red sporting image familiar worldwide, yet its red devil can’t hold a candle to the Italian’s prancing stallion - such is Ferrari’s hold on the imagination. Set to open in October, Ferrari World Abu Dhabi will stand on its own merits as an international visitor destination and high-profile branded attraction......View more

Tuesday, April 20, 2010 Themed design: GKTW ‘s Serendipity sets sail…    While exhibitors remain on tenterhooks as to whether they might actually be able to make it to the DEAL show in Dubai later this week – frustratingly Iceland’s’ volcanoes haven't provided an itinerary, nor do they subscribe to the Marquess of Queensberry's rules - and British school kids test their teacher’s resolve with the novel excuse of volcanic ash, it seemed a good time to show some rather cheery pics of “Serendipity”, a vessel we first caught sight of last month…...View more

Thursday, April 01, 2010 Attractions technology : 3 Major Projects – What happened next?    With a mood of cautious optimism in the amusement park industry and a number of high profile developments creating a stir – Disney in Asia, Sentosa, massive Chinese developments, the growth of the industry in South America and the rise and rise of Merlin – it is timely to revisit 3 major projects . What happened?...View more

Saturday, March 27, 2010 Amusement parks: IAAPI Trade show, Mumbai - Photos.    The Indian Association of Amusement Parks and Industries (IAAPI) had its annual trade show at the Bombay Exhibition Centre 18th to 20th March. Judged a great success by most in attendance a show report will follow. Here are some photos from the busy trade floor...
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Sunday, March 07, 2010 Family Entertainments: Brushboarding Taking Off!    As a father of pre-teens I am naturally considered desperately, wincingly uncool. I am not “butter”, certainly not “all that and a bag of chips” and hopelessly at sea with today’s rappity-pop stars and their portfolio of perplexing hand gesticulations. However…...View more

Friday, February 12, 2010 Photo: A Good day at the NYSE    Wednesday's Closing Bell at the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE is a sponsor of the USA Pavilion at Shanghai Expo 2010. The expo opens May 1 and will run through Oct 31....View more

Thursday, January 14, 2010 Roller Coasters and the Science of Thrill Seeking    A fascinating look at the latest developments in coaster technology in the Times the other day in “How to embrace fear. Good news for thrill-seekers: Scientists are adapting roller coaster technology to bring us the ultimate ride"....View more

Thursday, December 24, 2009 Themed Design: Happy Holidays and the Art of the E-card    Here is a selection of E cards received this Christmas. Naturally with the nature of this industry, many are creative and themed. Watch out for a hard-rockin' Santa, planetary baubles, best wishes from robots in Singapore and a gorgeous, sleeping Siberian tiger. A big Happy Holidays to all our readers across the world and here's wishing you a superb 2010!...View more

Monday, December 14, 2009 Theme Parks: IAAPA Expo photos.    From 17th to 20th November 2009, and for the first time in its 91 year history, the IAAPA (International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions) Attractions Expo took place at the Las Vegas Convention Center, USA. For the first time ever, the world's biggest event in this sector was held in the capital of gambling and entertainment...
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Thursday, November 12, 2009 Attractions Business: Meet me in Las Vegas (IAAPA booth 4524)    We at Blooloop want to meet you in Las Vegas during the IAAPA Attractions Expo Nov 17-20. Please stop by our booth for a chat (# 4524). Blooloop will be podcasting and blogging live from the show, so bring along some witty remarks and observations, too, and you might get interviewed or otherwise included in our coverage! We will also have our signature giveaways: some Blooloop pens (soon to be in much demand on eBay) and our genuine clotted-cream Devon fudge......View more

Saturday, September 19, 2009 Themed Attractions: Talking Pirates Today    Why are pirates so fascinating? They just arrrrr! An old joke of course but appropriate as today is National Talk Like a Pirate Day* in the US. My little boy did all the Orlando parks and attractions last Autumn, saw Spider-man, Shamu, Mickey and a host of other magical characters......View more

Tuesday, September 01, 2009 Amusement Parks: Marvelous News?    Today's announcement that Disney is to acquire Marvel may be giving Spider-Man pause for thought. With the Friendly neighbourhood webslinger's Amazing Adventures thoroughly ensconced at Universal's Islands of Adventure it should be interesting to see where this current development takes him...
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Thursday, August 20, 2009 Museums: Tills at Britain's Museums ringing as if it's Christmas    Interesting feature today about how the UK's museums and stately homes are seeing a huge increase in "cultural retail sales" as stay-at-home-holidaymakers splash out on cultural keepsakes and mementos. London's Natural History Museum has seen a 21% increase in gift shop sales and the National Trust's 220 shops have generated over £36 million...
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Wednesday, August 19, 2009 Waterparks : Canada's biggest waterpark - renderings.    Canada's biggest waterpark, Calypso theme waterpark, is set to open next June between Ottawa and Montreal. Construction is 80% complete...
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Friday, July 31, 2009 Theme Parks: Shamu Rocks    I was fortunate enough to see the remarkable and award winning "Believe" production at Seaworld last November but missed "Shamu Rocks", which when the park is open late is the last show of the day. Received these stunning images and really looking forward to experiencing the show in person. Shorter and less educational than Believe, the focus is on the dazzling video, glitzy wet suits and a live rock guitarist. Oh and the whales, which are pretty impressive too......View more

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 Amusement Parks: Freestyle Hairloss.    The London Bridge Experience is looking for a zombie on £30k a year . Great PR/marketing stunt very similar to the recent “Best job in the world” PR campaign run by the Queensland Tourism Authority......View more

Friday, July 10, 2009 Attractions Marketing: Twittering and 100 million Marie Celestes.    Blogs are so 2008 aren’t they? Just 12 months ago it seemed like every man and his dog had their own blog. Millions of stream-of-consciousness online journals were launched and the blogosphere had developed into a virtual world where everyone and their opinion was important. It was a free for all - everyone’s opinion could be heard. The traditional media, newspaper, radio and television, was so old hat, with their so-called “experts” and their interesting, clever and well informed people......View more

Thursday, June 11, 2009 Themed Design: Building a Brachiosaur- Video    It’s not every day you spot the largest animal to walk the earth trying to break into a building, least of all an august institution such as the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis. But watch the video, look again, this is no 50 tonne felon …...View more

Tuesday, June 02, 2009 Museum Design: Blistering Barnacles, it's Tintin and Magritte!    There are famously not any famous Belgians. However, today sees the opening of a museum each for two of the Kingdom’s most celebrated sons: the acclaimed artist - and painter of floating pipes - Magritte and that intrepid boy reporter and comic strip character Tintin....View more

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 Museum Design: Who is this Man?    A photograph caught my eye today. It shows a man on the roof of a men’s lavatory in a California State Park. Why is he there? Why is he in black and white? Is he spying on someone through the skylight?                                                                 ...View more

Sunday, May 17, 2009 Amusement Parks: Going for a Thong    The themed entryway into a Disney park, Universal’s Islands of Adventure, SeaWorld, Alton Towers or indeed any well-designed amusement park property contains images, signs, sounds and symbols that promise thrills and high adrenaline experiences and build a heightened sense of anticipation in the visitor. Guests at Love Land, “China's first sex theme park,” will be greeted by a pair of huge, disembodied legs...
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Monday, April 13, 2009 Museums: Subverting the Dominant Paradigm - What's it all about?    Talk business in any industry and there is sure to be a wide variety of new-fangled phrases, euphemisms and cobbled together sound-bites infecting the lexicon. Management speak is a global phenomenon and board rooms the world over resonate with ideas being run up flag poles, paradigm shifts, blue sky thinking and thrusting young managers running with balls, hitting home runs, herding cats etc......View more

Friday, March 20, 2009 Themed Entertainment : Animatronic Dinosaurs and Proto-Feathers    Prehistoric beasts are big business, whether eating lawyers at the local cinema (Jurassic Park’s T-Rex showing questionable or admirable taste depending on your point of view) or wowing crowds at our major museums in skeletal form....View more

Thursday, March 05, 2009 Museums: Unique Underwater Museum for Egypt's Famed Ancient City    In the news this last week, The UNESCO backed giant underwater museum, designed by French architect Jacques Rougerie, a specialist in water based construction, is to be located on the site of Cleopatra’s Palace in Alexandria and is set to break ground/water in 2010 and be completed in 3 years.
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Tuesday, March 03, 2009 Amusement Parks: Not Just a Monorail    Alton Towers' monorail always did what it said on the tin, took you from the hotels to the park entrance. The views are pretty, the ride smooth but it was a pretty functional experience. Not now. For this year the trains have had a makeover…...View more

Wednesday, February 25, 2009 Amusement Parks: "They Want You Back, yeh, yeh, yeh, yeh"    A story that, to “the man on the Clapham omnibus”, (a quaint English expression originating from the legal profession, possibly from the same judge who had not heard of Bruce Springsteen) might seem outlandish and improbable has been in the news recently: The Badgary Historical Resort....View more

Wednesday, December 31, 2008 A Happy New Year to all our Readers!    Further to our seasonal E cards feature (I know a tree frog isn’t exactly festive but red eyes will be much in evidence come tomorrow morning), I am adding a couple of further messages......View more

Tuesday, December 23, 2008 Amusement Parks : I know What you Did Last Christmas!    Saw a pantomime yesterday. Like jellied eels, stiff upper lips and fighting outside chip shops, the pantomime is a peculiarly English experience....View more

Friday, November 14, 2008 Amusement Parks: Queueing for Devon's Finest Fudge at the IAAPA Expo    Queues on my mind this week. This is not just because I am English and queuing is a national pastime...
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Friday, October 24, 2008 Amusement Parks: Will Dubai be the new Orlando? Will Abu Dhabi be the new Dubai?    Having just completed my magnum opus, an article about the UAE and factors in its growth as a leisure destination, to be published in the 2009 TEA Annual (which will be available in TEA's booth at IAAPA next month), my head is still buzzing with the topic......View more

Thursday, October 16, 2008 "World-Class Planetarium Invests $39.50 on Overhead Projector"    The above is not a headline you often see and there is a compelling reason: Overhead projectors are simply no good for presenting educational star shows. It seems obvious enough that there’s a world – indeed, a universe - of difference between a planetarium system and an overhead projector, but a mix-up between the two contributed to a recent John McCain campaign gaffe that has been the subject of much commentary in the science community....View more

Monday, September 15, 2008 Waterparks: Kylie to Wow the Men from Atlantis    Kylie Minogue, the London based Antipodean songstress, famed for her particular brand of disco/pop, a chameleon-like ability to surf the zeitgeist and by the British press for her elegant posterior, is to be paid £4 million for 2 gigs in Dubai, the first being at the celebrity-spangled private party to mark the opening of the Atlantis Palm hotel / waterpark resort, the second the following day at one of the Emirate’s majestic malls....View more

Thursday, August 28, 2008 Don't Curb your Enthusiasm: Lovin' Theme parks    The enthusiasts’ sites are abuzz with news of Holiday World’s latest announcement. In summer ‘09 it will debut Pilgrim’s Plunge ride, said to be the tallest waterslide in the world....View more

Monday, August 25, 2008 Fancy a Nut Cutlet Sir? Merlin Entertainments Group’s Nick Varney on Food, Satisfaction and Dungeons    Revealing interview with Merlin Entertainments Group’s CEO Nick Varney in this morning’s Times, in which he talks healthy food, pricing and customer satisfaction. He also explains why Merlin’s “naughty child” fell foul of the church...
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Thursday, August 07, 2008 So where are the serpents? Newsletters and missing paintings.    Seems like everyone nowadays has a newsletter. The cinema I take the kids to has one. So does the local kennel. I understand the postman is working on one......View more

Wednesday, July 30, 2008 Abandoned Waterparks , the World’s Best Roller Coasters and One Mighty Big Fish tank

This weekend’s Sunday Telegraph carried a neat piece about the roller coaster industry, journalist Rose George travelling to Alton Towers to experience the theme park's famed Nemesis coaster and over to Switzerland (the offices are in “…Monthey, a small, less than beautiful city on a plain between dramatic Alps and more dramatic Alps”) to meet Walter Bolliger of Bolliger & Mabillard ...

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Friday, July 18, 2008 Museums: With the Beetles at London's Natural History Museum    Fascinating story in the press this week about a tiny beetle which caused quite a stir at London's Natural History Museum as the 5 year old son of one of the museum's entomologists makes a lunchtime discovery...
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Tuesday, June 24, 2008 Butterflies and the Law    An interesting morning. Had a chat with Clive Farrell, the man behind the ambitious £25 million Butterfly World project here in the UK about the economic and environmental impact it is set to make upon the local area. The centre piece of the project is an enormous biome, a vast greenhouse, set to include the third largest collection of tropical plants in the UK but also to boast a staggering variety of butterflies from across the world....View more

Wednesday, June 18, 2008 Amusement Parks: Genesis of Nemesis    A quintessentially British couple of days, one spent at a Dorset garden party the second sitting in the rain at a kid’s sports day. Met one of the men behind Nemesis (my favourite coaster) and an old friend from India…...View more

Monday, June 02, 2008 Brush Boarding at Crealy    There is nothing new under the sun . Everything has been done . Whatever your great idea might be, it's not new. However, you've been surfing. You've been snowboarding. But have you ever Brush Boarded?

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Friday, May 23, 2008 Amusement parks: Brush Boarding to Launch at Devon's Crealy    Devon, England : the lazy and popular stereotype would have it that the county’s social life involves sitting on a 5-bar gate with a piece of straw in one’s mouth talking about tractors, drinking coooider and pointing at aeroplanes . Not so....View more

Tuesday, May 06, 2008 Amusement parks: Holiday World starts to Twitter...    Amusement park Holiday World is "Twittering" and a week ago I would have had no idea what this meant. A week on and I now have a small idea. Kinda like blogging I guess but more immediate, messages are shorter and (as yet)   it seems even more informal. Looks fun too. HW is the first amusement park to twitter......View more

Sunday, April 27, 2008 Amusement parks: Devon Sweets at Dubai's Amusement Expo    When Elizabeth Taylor bumped into Princess Margaret many years ago at a wedding, the royal was rather stunned by Taylor's ring - a great chunk of a diamond , and utterly vulgar in the opinion of the princess. "Why don't you try it on?" Taylor offered coyly. Margaret obliged, and the two stood for a moment, taking in the brilliant, sparkling rock. "Not so vulgar now, is it?" Taylor said....View more

Monday, April 14, 2008 Amusement parks: Dubai Amusement Expo. And Madonna.    This week the trade show merry-go-round moves onto the UAE where the DEAL( Dubai Entertainment, Amusement & Leisure Show) show takes place, starting on the 20th....View more

Tuesday, April 08, 2008 Amusement parks: It's a Small World Rumours and Bristol's New Aquarium    In the news today, the science based attraction in Bristol, "@Bristol" is adding an aquarium and the weekend saw Disney's Imagineering quash various rumours flying around the revamping of its iconic and much loved "It's a Small World" ride.
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Tuesday, March 25, 2008 London Big Wheels and the New Eiffel Tower    London will be home to a second big wheel this Summer as the 55 metre high Greenwich Observation Wheel will open to the public providing panoramic views across the city.
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Friday, March 21, 2008 Planetariums and Science Centres. Two New Attractions Debut this Easter    This Easter weekend sees the opening of two brand new attractions, The Australian Museum's permanent dinosaur exhibit and here in the UK, Britains biggest Planetarium.
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Thursday, March 20, 2008 Amusement parks: New Coaster set to Rumble at Universal Studios Orlando in '09    Universal Studios Orlando this week announced that its "Project Rumble" will in fact be a dazzling new hi-tech coaster which will sweep over the heads of the crowds in the Citywalk entertainment district and will wow riders with high tech wizardry, appealing to the "You Tube Culture."
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Saturday, March 15, 2008 Butterfly World for the M25    New Butterfly dome set to rival the Eden Project as the UK's largest environmental attraction. ...View more

Tuesday, March 11, 2008 Design for Eiffel Tower visitor platform    Design submitted for Platform as part of Eiffel Tower's 120th anniversary celebrations ...View more

Sunday, March 09, 2008 Merlin Entertainment Announces Big Wheel for Mega NY Project    A Big wheel for Queensland and a big Globe for New York....View more

Saturday, March 08, 2008 Paramount Movie Theme Park planned for Kolkata    A film city along the lines of Universal Studios in Hollywood could be on the cards for Kolkata as Paramount VP Tom Renger's visit with Priya Entertainment Private Ltd last week suggests......View more

Friday, March 07, 2008 The Future of Themed Design; a Search for Identity? Jack Rouse writes...    Jack Rouse, Chairman and CEO Jack Rouse Associates- set to receive a Life time Achievement award from the TEA this weekend- has contributed a fascinating article to Blooloop in which he examines the trends and developments in themed design over the last 50 years....View more

Tuesday, March 04, 2008 Dubai: Theme Park Capital of the World?    Dubai is in the news again with a number of major projects revealed, the main ones being the agreements involving Six Flags and Busch Entertainment, both big players on the American stage but until now with little presence overseas....View more

Wednesday, February 27, 2008 Amusement Parks: Thursday's Big Announcement by Busch Entertainment?    Scheduled announcement ; what's it to be? International expansion say the analysts......View more

Amusement parks: A Winter's Tale - Alton Towers and Singing Chickens    A weekend, mid-Winter in the UK's premier theme park....View more

Monday, February 18, 2008 Amusement parks: The Indian Amusement Industry Show - Thoughts.    I got back from Mumbai yesterday after we had a booth at the 2008 IAAPI trade show. The show was for us a great success and think this was feedback was echoed by almost everyone I talked to. ...View more

Sunday, February 10, 2008 Amusement parks: Enough Vision, Let's see the Theme parks!    The amusement park, amusements and attractions industry in the Middle East needs to focus on the execution and delivery of the massive developments planned for the area, according to global industry experts....View more

Saturday, February 09, 2008 Amusement parks: Kung Foo Panda to Star at Dubai Theme Park    Dreamworks move into Dubai......View more

Tuesday, February 05, 2008 Leisure time: is Nature Losing out?    View the post

Friday, February 01, 2008 Amusement parks: The Rise and Fall of Appu Ghar    India's oldest amusement park closes....View more

Thursday, November 08, 2007 Amusement parks; Disney's New Theme Park in Malaysia?    View the post

Tuesday, November 06, 2007 aquariums: Florida Aquarium Gets Technical    View the post

Saturday, November 03, 2007 Amusement parks : Welcome to Bemusement, the Blooloop Blog    View the post