What is EAG 2014? EAG International is a trading and networking event for the amusements and family leisure sectors. Held at ExCel in London on 21- 23 January 2014, buyers, operators and other professionals can experience the latest products and services from 180 companies. EAG 2013 welcomed 5,411 attendees from 59 countries and we’re expecting even more next year.
What’s new this year? We’ve just launched a redesigned website and EAGLive, an up-to-the-minute information service encompassing email bulletins and a portal on our website to release product information. EAGLive, powered by Coin-op Community, uses Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.
What will people will be talking about? Analysing the previous trading year and the prospects for 2014, the latest product releases and government fiscal and legislative policies.
Also, trends such as taxation, the Triennial Review, and public and private sector investment in coastal towns will be covered in seminars and through the trade associations and other meetings.
Read more from this issue of Attractions Management magazine
View contents of Attractions Management 2013 issue 4
Profile: Joe Schott
The COO of Disneyland Paris talks about
the park's new immersive Ratatouille
dark ride, which is slated to open in 2014,
and how the park has evolved from an
American theme park to a European one
Sega Amusements Making its blockbuster European debut will be Sega’s Transformers Human Alliance, an action adventure game which see’s players saving the world from the evil Decepticons and will be available in 55in theatre and 42in deluxe cabinets. Visitors to Sega’s booth will get to play Plants vs Zombies™ The Last Stand, a video redemption game based on the award-winning video game Plants vs Zombies™.
Sega’s product portfolio now also encompasses redemption, novelty, pushers, cranes, sports games, vending, shooting galleries, kiddie rides and 6D motion theatres.
Visitors can meet Sega’s zombies
The new Transformers will debut
Kiddy Rides Kiddy Rides, a trading division of Northern Leisure Group, is a UK independent manufacturer, operator and supplier of children’s coin operated rides. At EAG, the company will be showing a number of rides including its Peppa Pig range, which it’s increasing with a Peppa Pig carousel.
Kiddy Rides is also launching a ride from its latest license, Poppy Cat, with interactive movement and lead characters from the book series and children’s TV show. All Kiddy Rides products are made in the UK.
The Peppa Pig range has expanded
Astrosystems Ltd Astrosystems Ltd is the European/UK regional office of Astrosys International Ltd, which specialises in the design, manufacture and distribution of currency handling products, under the Microcoin and Global Bill Acceptors (GBA) brands.
Both the Microcoin and GBA validators are well established products, with a strong presence in markets across the world. The versatility of the solutions ensures a wide range of industries are supported, with the amusement sector perfectly suited to the multitude of benefits provided.
The currency machines suit varied markets
Digital Centre Photobooth developer Digital Centre will be showcasing its new Photobooth I-Go – the most portable in its range. The I-Go is divided in three parts allowing it to be transported in a standard vehicle. The screens and photo strips are customisable, making it perfect for different types of celebrations.
Digital Centre also offers a photobooth with two printers to serve 1,200 customers, two dollar bill acceptors, a credit card reader, Smartphone payment ability and the highest technology in photobooths, such as the QR-Photo Technology, Secure Share, and social networks. The company also has an interactive photo booth with the capacity to accommodate 50 people.
Photobooth I-Go is highly portable
Photobooth I-Go is highly portable
PDS Design Solutions Limited PDS Design Solutions Limited will be displaying its range of 12Vdc LED strip lights. Supplied on 5m reels, these can be cut to size with single colours with different brightness or RGB colour changing strips. These are popular for use within crane operated games, as the speed and colour pattern can be controlled.
PDS’s high brightness cool white LEDs are popular for coin pushers, as they can replace older style fluorescent yellow tubes, modernises the equipment and reducing heat.
World of Rides World of Rides will be showcasing its new battery operated models. The coin-operated and pollution-free battery rides are designed to be reliable and profitable and include parent and child twin seats. Customers include operators of seaside resorts, visitor attractions, holiday parks, piers, FECs, zoos, bowling alleys, play centres and farm parks.
Cars have parent-child twin seats
Antrim Established in 1989, Antrim Carpets designs, manufactures and installs bespoke high grade Axminster carpeting specifically for the leisure and hospitality sector in the UK and Northern Europe. Contracts manager Robbie Taylor says: “We have our own in-house designers and our carpets are woven on our own fully computerised looms to the customer’s exact requirements. We use only English wool and produce in extra wide contract widths in five qualities to match varying traffic levels. As far as colours and designs are concerned, the choice is limited only by the customer’s imagination.”
Antrim Carpets use English wool
Kalkomat In operation in the amusement coin-op machines market since 1997, today Kalkomat offers a wide range of strength testers, especially boxing machines (15 models). The company focuses most on quality, attractiveness of the games and service. Kalkomat will be premiering an entirely new machine at EAG 2014.
Kalkomat will unveil a new machine
Teddy Mountain Teddy Mountain is a worldwide, wholesale product provider in the ‘Make your own teddy bear’ stuffing industry. The concept is simple: children choose an unstuffed toy animal and get it filled using a child-safe stuffing machine or by hand. They make a wish for their new special friend, say the Teddy Mountain promise and get a birth certificate. They can customise their teddy bear with clothing and accessories, such as shoes, sunglasses or sporting gear.
Tailor your own super-teddy
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What is EAG 2014? EAG International is a trading and networking event for the amusements and family leisure sectors. Held at ExCel in London on 21- 23 January 2014, buyers, operators and other professionals can experience the latest products and services from 180 companies. EAG 2013 welcomed 5,411 attendees from 59 countries and we’re expecting even more next year.
What’s new this year? We’ve just launched a redesigned website and EAGLive, an up-to-the-minute information service encompassing email bulletins and a portal on our website to release product information. EAGLive, powered by Coin-op Community, uses Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.
What will people will be talking about? Analysing the previous trading year and the prospects for 2014, the latest product releases and government fiscal and legislative policies.
Also, trends such as taxation, the Triennial Review, and public and private sector investment in coastal towns will be covered in seminars and through the trade associations and other meetings.
Read more from this issue of Attractions Management magazine
View contents of Attractions Management 2013 issue 4
Profile: Joe Schott
The COO of Disneyland Paris talks about
the park's new immersive Ratatouille
dark ride, which is slated to open in 2014,
and how the park has evolved from an
American theme park to a European one
Sega Amusements Making its blockbuster European debut will be Sega’s Transformers Human Alliance, an action adventure game which see’s players saving the world from the evil Decepticons and will be available in 55in theatre and 42in deluxe cabinets. Visitors to Sega’s booth will get to play Plants vs Zombies™ The Last Stand, a video redemption game based on the award-winning video game Plants vs Zombies™.
Sega’s product portfolio now also encompasses redemption, novelty, pushers, cranes, sports games, vending, shooting galleries, kiddie rides and 6D motion theatres.
Visitors can meet Sega’s zombies
The new Transformers will debut
Kiddy Rides Kiddy Rides, a trading division of Northern Leisure Group, is a UK independent manufacturer, operator and supplier of children’s coin operated rides. At EAG, the company will be showing a number of rides including its Peppa Pig range, which it’s increasing with a Peppa Pig carousel.
Kiddy Rides is also launching a ride from its latest license, Poppy Cat, with interactive movement and lead characters from the book series and children’s TV show. All Kiddy Rides products are made in the UK.
The Peppa Pig range has expanded
Astrosystems Ltd Astrosystems Ltd is the European/UK regional office of Astrosys International Ltd, which specialises in the design, manufacture and distribution of currency handling products, under the Microcoin and Global Bill Acceptors (GBA) brands.
Both the Microcoin and GBA validators are well established products, with a strong presence in markets across the world. The versatility of the solutions ensures a wide range of industries are supported, with the amusement sector perfectly suited to the multitude of benefits provided.
The currency machines suit varied markets
Digital Centre Photobooth developer Digital Centre will be showcasing its new Photobooth I-Go – the most portable in its range. The I-Go is divided in three parts allowing it to be transported in a standard vehicle. The screens and photo strips are customisable, making it perfect for different types of celebrations.
Digital Centre also offers a photobooth with two printers to serve 1,200 customers, two dollar bill acceptors, a credit card reader, Smartphone payment ability and the highest technology in photobooths, such as the QR-Photo Technology, Secure Share, and social networks. The company also has an interactive photo booth with the capacity to accommodate 50 people.
Photobooth I-Go is highly portable
Photobooth I-Go is highly portable
PDS Design Solutions Limited PDS Design Solutions Limited will be displaying its range of 12Vdc LED strip lights. Supplied on 5m reels, these can be cut to size with single colours with different brightness or RGB colour changing strips. These are popular for use within crane operated games, as the speed and colour pattern can be controlled.
PDS’s high brightness cool white LEDs are popular for coin pushers, as they can replace older style fluorescent yellow tubes, modernises the equipment and reducing heat.
World of Rides World of Rides will be showcasing its new battery operated models. The coin-operated and pollution-free battery rides are designed to be reliable and profitable and include parent and child twin seats. Customers include operators of seaside resorts, visitor attractions, holiday parks, piers, FECs, zoos, bowling alleys, play centres and farm parks.
Cars have parent-child twin seats
Antrim Established in 1989, Antrim Carpets designs, manufactures and installs bespoke high grade Axminster carpeting specifically for the leisure and hospitality sector in the UK and Northern Europe. Contracts manager Robbie Taylor says: “We have our own in-house designers and our carpets are woven on our own fully computerised looms to the customer’s exact requirements. We use only English wool and produce in extra wide contract widths in five qualities to match varying traffic levels. As far as colours and designs are concerned, the choice is limited only by the customer’s imagination.”
Antrim Carpets use English wool
Kalkomat In operation in the amusement coin-op machines market since 1997, today Kalkomat offers a wide range of strength testers, especially boxing machines (15 models). The company focuses most on quality, attractiveness of the games and service. Kalkomat will be premiering an entirely new machine at EAG 2014.
Kalkomat will unveil a new machine
Teddy Mountain Teddy Mountain is a worldwide, wholesale product provider in the ‘Make your own teddy bear’ stuffing industry. The concept is simple: children choose an unstuffed toy animal and get it filled using a child-safe stuffing machine or by hand. They make a wish for their new special friend, say the Teddy Mountain promise and get a birth certificate. They can customise their teddy bear with clothing and accessories, such as shoes, sunglasses or sporting gear.
A new immersive attraction designed to transport visitors into the final hours of ancient Pompeii
is preparing to open near the world-famous archaeological site in southern Italy.
Experience design company, BRC Imagination Arts, has completed a transition that sees founder
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remaining actively involved with the company.
Movie Park Germany has opened a new Paramount Pictures-themed attraction as part of its 30th
anniversary celebrations, using immersive storytelling and adaptive reuse to reinforce the park’s
longstanding “Hollywood in Germany” positioning.
Therme Manchester’s 28-acre development, which will include interconnected glass pavilions
that measure 65,000sq m, will be the largest bathing and wellbeing attraction in the world once
complete, according to prof David Russell, CEO of Therme UK.
Efteling has opened Hooghmoed, a new family drop tower designed to broaden the appeal of its
recently launched Sirene Island themed area and introduce younger visitors to thrill attractions.
A proposed Puy du Fou development near Bicester and Universal Destinations and Experiences’
planned resort in Bedford are emerging as part of a wider transformation of the Oxford–
Cambridge Growth Corridor into a major centre for UK leisure and tourism inv
Shedd Aquarium has opened the Immersion Theater developed in partnership with SimEx-
Iwerks, as part of a wider strategy to enhance the guest experience and create additional
revenue opportunities.
The UK government has announced a temporary reduction in VAT on visitor attractions and
children’s meals as part of a summer cost-of-living support package designed to stimulate the
visitor economy and encourage family days out.
As designer Yinka Ilori prepares for his first solo gallery show in London, he speaks exclusively
to CLADmag about his mission to spread joy, the power of play, and his bold approach to using
colour (including the colours you won’t see in his work).
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entertainment complex in the country’s Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), with officials
proposing a large-scale theme park and sports destination as part of a broader tourism and
economic development strategy.
An opportunity to reimagine one of the UK’s most recognisable towers has been formally
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