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PortAventura
Spain
Park News - (3/27/08) According to the latest rumors, park employees were informed that the Sesame Street characters would start to appear in the park this season.
(1/23/08) BlogPortAvenutra has posted the new ticket prices for the 2008 season along with the operational schedule.
(1/9/08) Screamscape sources tell us that with the closing of PortAventura’s season on January 6th, the park drew in 4.1 million visitors over the past year. PortAvenutra will now be closed until they reopen for the next season on March 14th, 2008 that will run until January 6th, 2009. Ticket Prices will also increase to 42 Euros when the park reopens.
 2008 - Golf Courses - (5/13/08) Several new construction updates for PortAventura have come in this morning from BlogPA. Scroll down to the bottom of this gallery to see the two new golf courses. From what I’ve been told the South course will open in June and the North course will open in September.
(3/27/08) Scroll down to the bottom of this page to see some of the latest pictures of the new golf course project at PortAventura.
(3/10/08) A new update on the PortAventura golf course projects can be seen at PAFans.
(2/13/08) BlogPA has posted updates showing off pictures and a video of the new golf course.
(1/23/08) You can find pictures of the new golf course and a few early construction shots of the Far West Hotel here.
(8/10/07) PortAventura Guide has posted new photos showing off the new golf courses.
(5/9/07) You can see a video log showing off the construction of the golf courses here.
(11/15/06) Construction has already begun last month on the new Golf course and Convention Center projects.
(6/28/06) Screamscape has heard that the park has put in for permits to build three golf courses, two 18 hold and one 9 hole.
2009 - Far West Hotel - (5/13/08) BlogPA has posted some new construction shots of Hotel Far West.
(4/17/08) New details and artwork for the Hotel Far West (Ghost Town) have been posted to BlogPA.
(3/27/08) As you can see in the later construction photos posted here, while the Hotel Far West has gone vertical, there is still a lot of work left to do.
(2/13/08) BlogPA has posted an update about the new Hotel Far West as well as new construction pictures.
(1/23/08) You can find pictures of the new golf course and a few early construction shots of the Far West Hotel here.
(8/10/07) Local sources have confirmed the addition of the new Hotel Far West for PortAventura. It will be the biggest hotel in the resort and build behind Stampida where it will fit into the Western theme. It is expected to have 500 rooms and will hopefully open by early 2009. You can see the ground clearing for the new hotel here, about half way down the page.
(11/15/06) If the rumors are true the park is looking to build another hotel with a “Far West” theme near that side of the park. The project is said to have about 500 rooms.
2009 - Convention Center - (5/13/08) Several new construction updates for PortAventura have come in this morning from BlogPA including a look at the start of the new Convention Center building that should be complete by October 2009
(2/4/08) BlogPA has posted some artwork and plans for the new resort convention center.
2009/2010 - Caribe Waterpark Expansion - (4/2/08) While the article is in Spanish, the artwork speaks for itself showing off not only where PortAventura is planning to expand the Caribe Aquatic Park, but also artwork showing off the massive 45 meter volcano themed drop out slide that will also be home to a slightly less steep camelback slide.
(3/20/08) BlogPA tells us that the expansion of the Caribe Aquatic Park will take place in 2009, adding a volcano themed structure that will feature several different slides. One of the rumored slides is thought to be a drop-out style slide approximately 45 meters high (147 feet) which would be the tallest such slide in the world. Currently I believe the tallest is Insano at Beach Park in Brazil that stands 41 meters (135 ft) tall followed by Summit Plummet at Disney’s Blizzard Beach which stands 36 meters (120 ft) tall.
(1/10/08) The latest rumors for PortAventura don’t involve a new park attraction just yet, but rather a possible expansion of the Caribe Aquatic Park that could open by 2009 and feature a couple of new slides and pool areas.
2010 - Golf Hotel and Hotel PortAventura Expansion - (1/23/08) BlogPortAventura mentions that a new small Golf Course hotel with 100 rooms may be in the works for 2010. There are also plans to expand the Hotel PortAventura at some point by adding an additional 100 rooms to it as well.
2010 - PortAventura Village - Development - (5/9/07) Riofisa signed off on a deal with PortAventura to open a large retail and leisure center with an investment of 185 million Euros that will be placed next to the new railway station and will open in 2010.
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