Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Review of the News: Monday October 22, 2012



Dollywood, Pigeon Forge, TN
Melbourne-based ERP and BI developer Pronto Software has secured a major deal with the largest family-owned theme park company in the United States.
IT Wire

Eighth Route Army Culture Park, Wuxiang, Shanxi province, China
Visitors at two Chinese theme parks can participate in performances (complete with actors and professional sound and lighting effects) where they can role play as soldiers from the Japanese army or the Chinese Eighth Route Army, one of the main military forces of the Communist Party during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
NBC News

Holiday World, Santa Claus, IN
The owners of Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari in Santa Claus, Ind., have announced that they will invest $6.5 million in improvements for the 2013 season, including a major new water ride complex called RhinoBlaster.
Courier-Journal

Kentucky Kingdom, Louisville, KY
A group of Louisville-based investors that wants to reopen Kentucky Kingdom said Monday they are not asking for any startup funding from the state to get the amusement park rides running again.
Lexington Herald Leader

Legoland, Winter Haven, FL
Fifty-three weeks into the Legoland Florida era, many Winter Haven businesses say they are seeing 15 percent to 20 percent gains in their sales this year.
The Ledger

Luna Park, Brooklyn, NY
Derailed zipline owners accused the city of flexing its muscle to prevent their thrill ride from opening in Coney Island during last summer’s big tourist season, costing them hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The Brooklyn Paper

Safari World, Bangkok, Thailand
Safari World, an animal theme park on the outskirts of Bangkok, hosts orangutan kickboxing matches.
Earth Island Journal

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