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December 11, 2009
Walt Disney Company is planning to offer fewer discounts at their American amusement parks during 2010 as general signs are pointing towards an improved economy, said the firm’s Chief Executive Officer Robert Iger.
Iger said today that the largest theme park operator in the world has already started to pull back ...
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December 07, 2009
A much-talked about theme park based on the life and the figure of Krishna Lila is currently awaiting BDA approval. The park would be constructed by Iskcon under its India Heritage Foundation.
The fame and thrill brought on by the likes of Disney World and other glitzy hi-tech amusement affairs appear ...
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December 03, 2009
A Legoland based theme park is scheduled to open in the southern region of Malaysia in 2012. The project, estimated at 700 million ringgit (206 million US dollars) is set to be launched one year earlier than expected, recently claimed the project developer.
Arlida Ariff, president and chief executive officer of ...
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November 30, 2009
On Monday Disneyland Hong Kong denied that it was considering further expansion stemming from the upcoming arrival of the entertainment giant’s new amusement park in Shanghai in 2014.
The speculations started when The Hong Kong Economic Times reported that an unnamed source had said that Disneyland was planning a further expansion, ...
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November 25, 2009
Adelaide Zoo is expecting two new cuddly tenants who are rumored to become greater visitor attractions than Formula One races.
Two giant pandas, Wang Wang and Funi, will be arriving at the zoo in a few days.
Zoos SA president Heather Caddick said four-year-old Wang Wang and three-year-old Funi Are expected to ...
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November 25, 2009
The likelihood of the world’s first heritage theme park got a boost this week thanks to a £3.7 million grant from the Government’s Sea Change fund.
Minister for Tourism Margaret Hodge announced the grant approval in Margate last Monday.
The funds, which represent the largest amount collected recently for the project, will ...
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November 19, 2009
Disney is celebrating Mickey’s screen debut in grand style.
The entertainment giant is offering kids who are having their birthday between now and Christmas free entry to the Disneyland theme park in California.
The most famous mouse in the world is celebrating his 81st birthday.
Mickey, who is the brainchild of Walt Disney, ...
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November 17, 2009
With the current threat of the H1N1 flu, Walt Disney World is proving proactive in order to prevent the spread of swine flu and other viruses within its theme parks.
The entertainment giant is installing dozens of bulk dispensers of hand-sanitizer in locations of high-traffic throughout the huge resort including hotel ...
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November 13, 2009
Chinese state media revealed today that the proposed Shanghai Disney Park will require an investment of six billion yuan (880 million dollars) in order to finance the relocation of local residents to make way for the first phase of the project.
Citing a government representative, The National Business Daily reported that ...
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November 11, 2009
The former home of the notorious Colombian drug lord has been transformed into a strange tourist attraction.
From an eight-square-mile heavily guarded patch of land, called Hacienda Napoles, in the middle of the South American jungle, the king of cocaine ran a drug empire which once made him the world’s 10th ...
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