London, Düsseldorf, Genova and Paris this year - The
Euro Amusement Show, the international trade show for leisure and
amusement technology, became the second biggest fair directly
after its American antetype IAAPA. Its aim is to unite the
numerous national fairs to one pan-European event. This way the
efforts can be significantly reduced for the exhibitors as well as
the visitors.
The EAS gives the opportunity to cultivate business
contacts and reports on the state of the art in additional
seminars, but also is a place for pleasure: This year not only the
latest developments in ride technology can be tested on the show
site, but also two of the leading European themeparks. The EAS
pitched its tents at the Disneyland Resort Paris for the
time between the 13th and 16th of January.
On a total of 9,000 square meters 217 exhibitors presented their
products and services, an outside area with rides of mainly
Italian manufacturers completed scene. The following newsflash
summarizes the latest news about rides, a detailed report
on the show with background information will follow shortly.
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EAS Highlight - Maurer Söhne X-Car |
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+++ EAS NEWSFLASH +++ The Swiss ABC Engineering
and the Fischer family signed a contract on an interactive
water ride for the upcoming season, the 75th anniversary of Tripsdrill,
Germany's oldest leisure park near Stuttgart +++ Intamin
approved a watercoaster heading to Tussauds Heide Park,
Germany for the 2005 season. It will be significantly larger than
the prototype at Lotte World, South Korea +++ Next to
numerous ride installations, Huss announced the
development of further Frisbee versions. The famous
standard model known from travelling fairs and theme parks around
the world will be equipped with seats facing outwards. The Giant
Series will be expanded by two versions: With the first one
passengers reach a height of 50 metres, the other one will swing
at maximum angle of 130 degrees +++ Bolliger & Mabillard
will deliver a Batman clone (inverted coaster) to Kuwait
City Park in 2004, next to the already announced rides for
Knott's Berry Farm, California and Tivoli Gardens,
Kopenhagen +++ Gerstlauer revealed a new Euro-Fighter
layout mainly for the mobile sector. It will feature 470 metres of
twisted track on a footprint of 55 by 28 meters, including a
vertical loop, a heartline roll and the typical, 26 meters high
tower structure +++ Vekoma Manufacturing presented an
bunch of interesting new developments and announced two roller
coasters for Pleasurewood Hills in UK. Number One is a
Family Suspended Coaster - Europe's first - and number two
a Junior Coaster with a track length of 335 meters +++
SBF-Visa Group, the company behind the transportable
roller coaster Cool and Fresh, presented some larger
layout studies of this ride with its "unique" first
drop, featuring multiple inversions +++ Parc Saint Paul,
situated north of Paris, seems to become western Europe's showroom
of the Russian Pax Company. The Wild Train is
operating smoothly there since 2000 and now the park gets a 38
meters high Free Fall Tower and Formular One, a
Wild Mouse style roller coaster with twisted segments +++
Another customized spinning coaster by Munich based Maurer Söhne
has been sold besides the two ones for the British Tussauds
parks Alton Towers and Chessington World of Adventures.
It's heading towards Metropolitan Park at Beirut, Libanon,
which will be inaugurated in summer 2004. This park will also
receive a 12 meters high Junior Rapid Ride from Maurer
Söhne +++ The first Mack Fun Coaster at Finnish
Linnanmäki Park will feature a layout, which exploit
the spring bearing of the car. It will be located close to the
Mack Powered Coaster City Express +++ |
