Intamin is opening two more of its ATV family launch coasters, in France and in Vietnam
S&S Worldwide is getting started on the installation of a 4D Free Spin wing coaster at Six Flags Mexico. The free-flying Wonder Woman Coaster suspends guests on both sides of the track, where their cars rotate at random throughout the ride. The experience depends on the rider’s weight, position and interaction, making for a different ride every time. The Wonder Woman Coaster track is 310 metres and the height is 36 metres, with top speeds of 61kph.
• Maker of traditional wooden rollercoasters Martin & Vleminckx is opening its 11th wood coaster in China this spring, at Fantawild Asian Legends in Guangxi province, China. Jungle Trailblazer measures in at 973 metres long and 33 metres high, with a 30-metre drop and speeds of up to 87kph.
• VR Coaster is reinventing more than 15 rides this year, not least the Great Lego Race VR coaster, produced in cooperation with Figment Productions, for Legoland parks in Florida, Germany and Malaysia. VR Coaster already this year launched VR Mine Train at Ocean Park Hong Kong and Final Fantasy XR Ride at Universal Studios Japan.
• Among Intamin’s busy roster of openings are the five-inversion vertical lift coaster for Ocean Paradise in Hainan, China; the Fast & Furious suspended family coaster at the upcoming Warner Bros World Abu Dhabi in the UAE; and the 142kph mega coaster, Hyperion, boasting a 80-metre drop and a 1,449-metre track length, is opening at Energylandia, Poland. There’ll also be two of the ride maker’s ATV family launch coasters opening this year, with Yukon Quad opening at Le Pal in Auvergne, France, and another being installed in Vietnam.
• Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC) is going to be working hard to complete a wide range of global projects, including two of its new single-rail steel coaster concept. Wonder Woman Golden Lasso is set to debut at Six Flags Fiesta Texas, while RailBlazer – themed around the Pacific coastline highway State Route 1 – is opening at Cedar Fair’s Great America, California.
Also for Cedar Fair, RMC is opening two hybrid coasters: Twisted Timbers at Kings Dominion, Virginia, featuring a 33-metre-tall barrel roll downdrop; and Steel Vengeance at Cedar Point, Ohio, with speeds of up to 119kph and a 61-metre, 90-degree drop. A further steel-wood hybrid is coming to Six Flags Over Georgia, Twisted Cyclone.
• Vekoma is opening several new rides in Asia, including the new Firestorm launch coaster, a high-energy ride developed from the Space Warp ride system. They’ll open at Vinpearl in Thu Thiem, Vietnam, and Evergrande, Hainan Island, China. Custom-designed Hyper Space Warp looping coasters are also opening at Fantawild’s parks in Handan, Taiyuan and Wuhu in China.
• Mack Rides has a couple of major projects debuting in 2018. The highly anticipated £16m ICON at the UK’s Blackpool Pleasure Beach is billing itself as “one of the most thrilling in the world”. Set to reach heights of 30 metres, with drops of up to 24 metres, the double launch will propel riders at high speed at the start and halfway through the 2.5 minute experience.
At the same time, Mack is building a triple-inversion, 30-metre-tall spinning coaster at Silver Dollar City, Missouri. The $26m Time Traveler, which resembles a time-travelling machine with gears, cogs and industrial components, boasts a cutting-edge 360-degree adjustable magnetic spin control and free-spinning cars that provide a different ride each time.
• Zamperla is installing nine coasters in 2018, spearheaded by its Factory Coaster at Wuxi Wanda City. The multi-feature, seven-car steel coaster will reach heights of 26 metres and a track length of 610 metres. Plus, the Italian firm is completing its fourth Thunderbolt, at Masan Robotland Park, Incheon, South Korea. An Air Force 5, four Twister Coasters, and two Family Gravity Coasters are also in the works.
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Intamin is opening two more of its ATV family launch coasters, in France and in Vietnam
S&S Worldwide is getting started on the installation of a 4D Free Spin wing coaster at Six Flags Mexico. The free-flying Wonder Woman Coaster suspends guests on both sides of the track, where their cars rotate at random throughout the ride. The experience depends on the rider’s weight, position and interaction, making for a different ride every time. The Wonder Woman Coaster track is 310 metres and the height is 36 metres, with top speeds of 61kph.
• Maker of traditional wooden rollercoasters Martin & Vleminckx is opening its 11th wood coaster in China this spring, at Fantawild Asian Legends in Guangxi province, China. Jungle Trailblazer measures in at 973 metres long and 33 metres high, with a 30-metre drop and speeds of up to 87kph.
• VR Coaster is reinventing more than 15 rides this year, not least the Great Lego Race VR coaster, produced in cooperation with Figment Productions, for Legoland parks in Florida, Germany and Malaysia. VR Coaster already this year launched VR Mine Train at Ocean Park Hong Kong and Final Fantasy XR Ride at Universal Studios Japan.
• Among Intamin’s busy roster of openings are the five-inversion vertical lift coaster for Ocean Paradise in Hainan, China; the Fast & Furious suspended family coaster at the upcoming Warner Bros World Abu Dhabi in the UAE; and the 142kph mega coaster, Hyperion, boasting a 80-metre drop and a 1,449-metre track length, is opening at Energylandia, Poland. There’ll also be two of the ride maker’s ATV family launch coasters opening this year, with Yukon Quad opening at Le Pal in Auvergne, France, and another being installed in Vietnam.
• Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC) is going to be working hard to complete a wide range of global projects, including two of its new single-rail steel coaster concept. Wonder Woman Golden Lasso is set to debut at Six Flags Fiesta Texas, while RailBlazer – themed around the Pacific coastline highway State Route 1 – is opening at Cedar Fair’s Great America, California.
Also for Cedar Fair, RMC is opening two hybrid coasters: Twisted Timbers at Kings Dominion, Virginia, featuring a 33-metre-tall barrel roll downdrop; and Steel Vengeance at Cedar Point, Ohio, with speeds of up to 119kph and a 61-metre, 90-degree drop. A further steel-wood hybrid is coming to Six Flags Over Georgia, Twisted Cyclone.
• Vekoma is opening several new rides in Asia, including the new Firestorm launch coaster, a high-energy ride developed from the Space Warp ride system. They’ll open at Vinpearl in Thu Thiem, Vietnam, and Evergrande, Hainan Island, China. Custom-designed Hyper Space Warp looping coasters are also opening at Fantawild’s parks in Handan, Taiyuan and Wuhu in China.
• Mack Rides has a couple of major projects debuting in 2018. The highly anticipated £16m ICON at the UK’s Blackpool Pleasure Beach is billing itself as “one of the most thrilling in the world”. Set to reach heights of 30 metres, with drops of up to 24 metres, the double launch will propel riders at high speed at the start and halfway through the 2.5 minute experience.
At the same time, Mack is building a triple-inversion, 30-metre-tall spinning coaster at Silver Dollar City, Missouri. The $26m Time Traveler, which resembles a time-travelling machine with gears, cogs and industrial components, boasts a cutting-edge 360-degree adjustable magnetic spin control and free-spinning cars that provide a different ride each time.
• Zamperla is installing nine coasters in 2018, spearheaded by its Factory Coaster at Wuxi Wanda City. The multi-feature, seven-car steel coaster will reach heights of 26 metres and a track length of 610 metres. Plus, the Italian firm is completing its fourth Thunderbolt, at Masan Robotland Park, Incheon, South Korea. An Air Force 5, four Twister Coasters, and two Family Gravity Coasters are also in the works.
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Species survival expert Bill Robichaud shares the trials of the saola and what zoos are doing to save this near-extinct creature
Interview: Bob White
Bob White, COO of Village Roadshow, on
weathering a dip in attendance and keeping
his eyes on investment and expansion
Inclusivity: Open to All
Kath Hudson reports on some inspiring
initiatives to help include people who
face physical, social or economic
obstacles to visiting attractions
Heritage: Lofty Ideals
Westminster Abbey is getting an attic
conversion of sorts. We found out more
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Meet the team who helped bring
Epic Waters to fruition – an undercover
Texas waterpark on an epic scale
Profile: Andreas Andersen
IAAPA’s new chair Andreas Andersen sat
down with Tom Anstey to talk about industry
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People taking GLP-1 weight loss medications such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Zepbound
may be losing weight, but they’re also becoming less physically active, according to new
research presented at the ENDO 2026 annual meeting of the Endocrine Society
Abu Dhabi-based investment firm Mubadala Capital has made a binding, fully financed
€1 billion
offer to acquire Pierre and Vacances SA, the European holiday resort operator behind the
continental European Center Parcs business.
Global retreat trade show, Synergy The Retreat Show, has launched a resource called The
Source, which hosts an open-access online Transformation Series programme.
The Standards Authority for Touch in Cancer Care (SATCC) charity has announced its first five-
day Living with Cancer and Beyond retreat, which will be held at Carden Park Hotel and Spa in
Cheshire, UK, between 1 and 5 September.
Patmos Aktis, a Luxury Collection Resort and Spa, has opened in Greece, with a renovated and
rebranded wellness offering called Ansana Wellness and Spa.
The Mauna Kea Beach Hotel, an Autograph Collection property in Hawaii, US, has opened its
22,000 sq ft indoor-outdoor Spa at Mauna Kea as the final step in the property’s overall
renovation, which has cost more than US$180 million (€166 million, £140 mill
The UK spa review and discovery platform for consumers, the Good Spa Guide, has announced
it will host the Good Spa Guide Awards 2026 during an event on 16 November at Sopwell House
Hotel in St Albans, UK.
Eighty-four per cent of consumers now say wellness is a top priority in their lives, with this
percentage increasing year on year, according to a preview presentation of McKinsey’s Future of
Wellness 2026 research report.
Mass protests have been taking place since Monday 1 June in Albania over the development of
a luxury resort by Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner.
Global Wellness Day (GWD) marked its 15th anniversary on Saturday 13 June 2026, with the
theme: #JoyMagenta – a celebration of the healing qualities of simple gestures and activities
that spark joy.
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