Location: Shanghai New International Expo Centre, Shanghai, China
Dates: 13-16 June 2016
Who’s there: More than 350 exhibitors and 8,000 attendees
What’s on: 11 education sessions
On-site tickets: $100
Vekoma
Vekoma is presenting two new thrill coasters set to launch this year and next. Both custom-designed, Space Warp will open at Energylandia in Poland in 2016 and Fire Storm will open at Vinpearl Thu Thiem in Vietnam in 2017. Vekoma has also installed two family coasters at Paulton’s Park in the UK, a Boomerang and a Suspended Family Coaster.
Booth #1350
Vekoma’s latest UK rollercoaster
Sally
Sally will present, in partnership with AMC and Striker Entertainment, the Walking Dead: Battle For Survival, a long-awaited immersive dark ride based on the award-winning television series. This dark ride features interactivity, multi-DOF ride vehicles, media-based scenes, highly immersive theming with ultra-realistic sets, scenery and animation and 4D special effects, including real fire, wind and fog. Sally is also presenting VOLCANIKUS! 4-D, an original IP. The all-new interactive dark ride journeys into the fiery depths of Inferno Island, where guests do battle with prehistoric beasts, evil statues, huge carnivorous plants, living lava warriors and other fantastic elements.
Booth #1550
The Walking Dead-inspired dark ride
Gateway
Gateway is debuting its new product, Galaxy Connect, a cloud-based platform that connects attractions suppliers with third-party distributors to enable selling of live tickets to attractions anywhere in the world. It’s integrated with LvMama, TongCheng and CTrip, three of the leading travel service providers in China.
Booth #1536
Huss
Several prestigious Huss projects will be highlighted at AAE Shanghai, including the opening of the world-first Hybrid Condor in Tivoli Gardens, Denmark and Huss Ride Classics at Romon U-Park in Ningbo, China. Huss is also unveiling a new project, the film-based ride attraction Movie Base XS with an extremely small footprint, leading to a minimised overall investment. The new Movie Base XS is an evolution of the existing Movie Base Classic attraction, a 4D dynamic motion simulator.
Booth #1641
Condor at Tivoli Gardens
Holovis
Holovis Attractions invites attendees to step inside a mixed reality world of VR, AR and real-time media on Booth 3313. Using its Mixed Reality (MR) design capabilities, the company will be showcasing its ability to transform any passive experience, such as queue lines, pre-shows or even the attractions structures themselves into extended experiences, gamifying every element and connecting them through park-wide apps, introducing a whole new level to the guest experience.
Booth #3313
Augmented reality at the Holovis booth
IdeAttack
IdeAttack is presenting its 13-hectare (32-acre) Seaworld Adventure Park project, part of the Ocean Flower Island project, a mega-tourism zone on an artificial archipelago located off the north coast of Hainan, China. It features four distinct zones: Boardwalk, Polar World, Deep Sea Fantasy and Tropical World. The park is designed as a highly immersive, entertaining and experiential destination combining themed environments with rides, lifestyle and leisure park elements and animal exhibits.
Booth #1144
Seaworld Adventure Park, China
ProSlide
ProSlide is presenting Singha at Siam Park in Tenerife, Spain, a new slide that incorporates ProSlide’s FlyingSAUCER features into its RocketBLAST water coaster, with patented water jet and boat design. The four-person RocketBLAST water coaster marries technologies from ProSlide LIM coasters with turbine technology to take water propulsion to a new level. The water coasters allow 100 per cent steeper hills than traditional blast coasters, 50 per cent more capacity and 60 per cent more efficiency.
Booth #1402
Singha at Siam Park, Tenerife
Forrec
EVPs Anthony Van Dam and Cale Heit will be on hand to talk about Forrec’s latest built project, Wanda Xishuangbanna in China. Another hot topic for Forrec is their branded attraction work for popular TV show Top Gear and three other BBC Worldwide properties. Collaborations with IP-holders like Sanrio (Hello Kitty) is a Forrec specialty.
Booth #1250
Forrec is working with Top Gear
Sanderson Group
Sanderson Group is an international thematic design and construction corporation with proven experience delivering world-renowned attractions and destinations since 1989. Sanderson Group offers its clients full turn-key solutions covering every stage of project development including conceptual design, masterplanning, feasibility and market analysis, construction documents, construction and operations.
Booth #1301
nWave
For over 20 years, nWave has been a market leader in the production and distribution of high quality and innovative content, including 4D/3D attraction films, 3D/2D ride simulation films, and 3D/2D educational documentaries for giant screen IMAX theatres and digital 3D cinemas.
Booth #1530
See nWave’s latest 4D film
International Play Company
FEC Builders is a new division at International Play Company. The FEC Builders team changes the way a design is approached, inspiring new branded attractions and bringing new levels of creativity to each project. International Play Company has developed numerous edutainment facilities and independent environments for entertainment facilities. The company’s educational turn-key attractions are suited to science centres, zoos and museums among other environments.
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Location: Shanghai New International Expo Centre, Shanghai, China
Dates: 13-16 June 2016
Who’s there: More than 350 exhibitors and 8,000 attendees
What’s on: 11 education sessions
On-site tickets: $100
Vekoma
Vekoma is presenting two new thrill coasters set to launch this year and next. Both custom-designed, Space Warp will open at Energylandia in Poland in 2016 and Fire Storm will open at Vinpearl Thu Thiem in Vietnam in 2017. Vekoma has also installed two family coasters at Paulton’s Park in the UK, a Boomerang and a Suspended Family Coaster.
Booth #1350
Vekoma’s latest UK rollercoaster
Sally
Sally will present, in partnership with AMC and Striker Entertainment, the Walking Dead: Battle For Survival, a long-awaited immersive dark ride based on the award-winning television series. This dark ride features interactivity, multi-DOF ride vehicles, media-based scenes, highly immersive theming with ultra-realistic sets, scenery and animation and 4D special effects, including real fire, wind and fog. Sally is also presenting VOLCANIKUS! 4-D, an original IP. The all-new interactive dark ride journeys into the fiery depths of Inferno Island, where guests do battle with prehistoric beasts, evil statues, huge carnivorous plants, living lava warriors and other fantastic elements.
Booth #1550
The Walking Dead-inspired dark ride
Gateway
Gateway is debuting its new product, Galaxy Connect, a cloud-based platform that connects attractions suppliers with third-party distributors to enable selling of live tickets to attractions anywhere in the world. It’s integrated with LvMama, TongCheng and CTrip, three of the leading travel service providers in China.
Booth #1536
Huss
Several prestigious Huss projects will be highlighted at AAE Shanghai, including the opening of the world-first Hybrid Condor in Tivoli Gardens, Denmark and Huss Ride Classics at Romon U-Park in Ningbo, China. Huss is also unveiling a new project, the film-based ride attraction Movie Base XS with an extremely small footprint, leading to a minimised overall investment. The new Movie Base XS is an evolution of the existing Movie Base Classic attraction, a 4D dynamic motion simulator.
Booth #1641
Condor at Tivoli Gardens
Holovis
Holovis Attractions invites attendees to step inside a mixed reality world of VR, AR and real-time media on Booth 3313. Using its Mixed Reality (MR) design capabilities, the company will be showcasing its ability to transform any passive experience, such as queue lines, pre-shows or even the attractions structures themselves into extended experiences, gamifying every element and connecting them through park-wide apps, introducing a whole new level to the guest experience.
Booth #3313
Augmented reality at the Holovis booth
IdeAttack
IdeAttack is presenting its 13-hectare (32-acre) Seaworld Adventure Park project, part of the Ocean Flower Island project, a mega-tourism zone on an artificial archipelago located off the north coast of Hainan, China. It features four distinct zones: Boardwalk, Polar World, Deep Sea Fantasy and Tropical World. The park is designed as a highly immersive, entertaining and experiential destination combining themed environments with rides, lifestyle and leisure park elements and animal exhibits.
Booth #1144
Seaworld Adventure Park, China
ProSlide
ProSlide is presenting Singha at Siam Park in Tenerife, Spain, a new slide that incorporates ProSlide’s FlyingSAUCER features into its RocketBLAST water coaster, with patented water jet and boat design. The four-person RocketBLAST water coaster marries technologies from ProSlide LIM coasters with turbine technology to take water propulsion to a new level. The water coasters allow 100 per cent steeper hills than traditional blast coasters, 50 per cent more capacity and 60 per cent more efficiency.
Booth #1402
Singha at Siam Park, Tenerife
Forrec
EVPs Anthony Van Dam and Cale Heit will be on hand to talk about Forrec’s latest built project, Wanda Xishuangbanna in China. Another hot topic for Forrec is their branded attraction work for popular TV show Top Gear and three other BBC Worldwide properties. Collaborations with IP-holders like Sanrio (Hello Kitty) is a Forrec specialty.
Booth #1250
Forrec is working with Top Gear
Sanderson Group
Sanderson Group is an international thematic design and construction corporation with proven experience delivering world-renowned attractions and destinations since 1989. Sanderson Group offers its clients full turn-key solutions covering every stage of project development including conceptual design, masterplanning, feasibility and market analysis, construction documents, construction and operations.
Booth #1301
nWave
For over 20 years, nWave has been a market leader in the production and distribution of high quality and innovative content, including 4D/3D attraction films, 3D/2D ride simulation films, and 3D/2D educational documentaries for giant screen IMAX theatres and digital 3D cinemas.
Booth #1530
See nWave’s latest 4D film
International Play Company
FEC Builders is a new division at International Play Company. The FEC Builders team changes the way a design is approached, inspiring new branded attractions and bringing new levels of creativity to each project. International Play Company has developed numerous edutainment facilities and independent environments for entertainment facilities. The company’s educational turn-key attractions are suited to science centres, zoos and museums among other environments.
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Off the back of the success of the first round of Everyday Heritage Grants in 2022, Historic
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Immersive entertainment specialists, Layered Reality, is creating a tribute to Elvis Presley
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