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The popular Carnaval Festival attraction at Efteling celebrates 35 years with a €3 million makeover in 2019.
The family dark ride will be closed from 4th March to 31st May while the major renovation work takes place, which will include upgrades to the ride system, replacement of the lighting and changes to some of the scenes.
Carnaval Festival opened in 1984 and features many animatronic dolls representing different regions around the world. It was designed by Joop Geesink and uses catchy music written by Ruud Bos and Toon Hermans.
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Rainbow MagicLand in Italy begins a €40 million re-launch of the theme park in 2019, with the complete transformation of a children's area and 3 new attractions.
The investment of around €8 million this year is centred on Tonga, a new jungle-themed area with a new water ride, driving school and playground.
In the next five years further investments are planned in new attractions, and with these developments Rainbow MagicLand expects to exceed 1.2 million visitors.
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There are lots of new rides and attractions to enjoy at Parc Spirou Provence in 2019.
The French theme park opened as recently as June 2018, and it has already invested €10 million in these new additions and improvements for this year.
Located in Monteux, just 10 minutes from Avignon, Parc Spirou Provence is based on the characters from the Spirou comics.
The new rides and attractions include two roller coasters, a water ride, a 6D cinema, and two thrill rides.
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Walibi Holland has released the latest instalment of their behind-the-scenes video series, Making Of: UNTAMED.
The previous wooden roller coaster Robin Hood is being rebuilt by Rocky Mountain Construction into a roller coaster consisting of a combination of wood and steel.
The original ride was built by Dutch manufacturer Vekoma and opened in 2000. On 1 July 2019, Walibi Holland will open UNTAMED as the first hybrid roller coaster in Europe.
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Walibi Belgium held a Popcorn Day event at the Wijnegem shopping centre on 19 January to promote their new interactive attraction opening in 2019, Popcorn Revenge.
The new Erratic Ride at Walibi Belgium will feature Popcorn Revenge, a brand new IP from Alterface, and trackless Multi Mover vehicles by ETF.
Alterface’s recently launched Erratic Ride is the first non-linear mixed-media ride ever with dynamic scene changing, whereby players can determine the sequence depending on their ranking and preferences.
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Parc Astérix launches a new 4D attraction in April 2019, Attention Menhir!
For the first time in its history, the theme park will offer a 4D film in a new theatre that can accommodate 300 people. Special effects will accompany the unique new film with an original script inspired by Albert Uderzo and René Goscinny’s famous comic book.
Lasting 15 minutes, this new experience will open to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the theme park.
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Europe's first Sesame Street dark ride will open at PortAventura in 2019.
The popular theme park will debut a new attraction suitable for all family members, a Sesame Street themed dark ride located in SesamoAventura.
It will feature a 10 minute pre-show and a ride experience that lasts almost 6 minutes. Feel like a real detective as Grover takes you on an adventure full of challenges... but will you be able to help Grover solve his secret mission?
The ride has been developed by Sally Corporation and Sesame Workshop.
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Tivoli Gardens will invest around 100 million DKK (€13.5 million) in new rides during 2019, as older rides are replaced with new ones.
New attractions include antenna-free Bumper Cars, and after 30 million rides The Odin Express roller coaster will be replaced by The Milky Way.
The children's roller coaster The Camel Trail will be replaced by a longer version, and the 3-in-1 Fatamorgana ride will provide even more thrills.
