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World News:
Australia - (10/30/09) A new $35 million water park project in Cairns called Adventure Waters has been given approval from the local council. According to Theme Park News Direct, who also has the concept art on display, the park will begin construction of Phase 1 by May 2010 with the goal of opening up about 11 months later.
(10/1/09) Coming in as a big disappointment to many, Village Roadshow has scrapped plans to invest $70 million to add a Wet ‘n’ Wild waterpark on the site of Aussie World. The park will remain as is, for now.
(5/16/09) Theme Park News Direct reports that Australia’s Jamberoo park is preparing to submit plans to build a large waterpark project called Kangaroo Island that will feature a number of high capacity, high-thrill ProSlide creations.
China - (6/22/09) A picture gallery showing off a new park in China called Beijing Carnival has been posted by Coaster Touring. The new attraction was built next to the Olympic Bird Nest stadium and has a couple of small coasters along with a collection of various flat rides.
(8/18/08) In a unique twist, China has announced some interesting plans for the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai. They will transform the old Nanshi Power Plant building into a building that will house the displays about generating clean electricity from wind, solar and tidal energy sources. The plant’s old 165 meter smoke stack will be transformed into the World Expo Harmony Tower, a 201 meter tall observation tower. Take a close look at the artwork and you’ll see lots of spiral track covering the exterior of the tower which will be used to shuttle cars full of guests up to the top of the tower.
Germany - (10/15/09) A couple of great Guide to Oktoberfest videos have been posted to YouTube (Part 1 & Part 2) that give a great breakdown on what new visitors to Germany’s big Oktoberfest celebrations can expect. There is information about how to get there, what to do, beer tent etiquette and more. Of course there is a lot of information about the rides as well, so enjoy!
 Italy - (11/11/09) Not far from Milan a new indoor / outdoor waterpark project is under construction called Acquaworld. A great animated video showing off the large park can be seen at YouTube.
Japan - (9/22/09) An official indoor Thomas Town attraction will open this weekend in Shinmisato, Japan.
(7/31/09) A fun photo trip report from Yokohama Cosmoworld has been posted to Westcoaster this week.
(6/18/09) A quite interesting update was added to Westcoaster today. These are more pictures from Japan… taken during a trip “where your manhood goes to die”. Yes… they went to Sanrio Puroland, the Hello Kitty theme park, to keep the wife happy.
Mexico - (7/15/09) The previously announced Mayan Adventures theme park project for Cozumel has abandoned plans to build on the popular vacation and cruise ship port island and will instead look at building the park on Mexico’s west coast, at Los Cabos instead, which I believe is near the south tip of Baja.
Netherlands - (8/31/09) DippieDoe (Netherlands) has not only confirmed the purchase of the Swamp Thing coaster from Cypress Gardens, but also confirmed to the local news that they are also adding a Pirate Ship and small Ferris Wheel to the park as well.
South Korea - (11/20/09) We’ve got an update today on the long proposed MGM theme park in South Korea, which has been quite the elusive project to find much at all about ever since it was first announced a few years back. According to this article the park is planning to open by 2013 on South Korea’s Jeju Island. The current name for the park is MGM Hollywood Way and will cost an estimated $880 million, which will be paid by a consortium of Korean companies who will control the park. The park is one piece of a larger $6.55 billion plan for the island to turn it into a resort area, complete with other hotels, an airport, casinos and more.
(7/11/08) A new theme park based on the myths and legends of South Korea is being planned for the resort island of Jeju and hopes to open in 2011. This is just one of four major new theme parks currently in development for South Korea that includes the Daewoo owned Paramount Pictures themed park set to open near Seoul in 2010, the long in development MGM Studio themed park opening in 2012 and a new Universal Studios park and resort project near Seoul (in Hwaseong) also shooting for a 2012 opening date.
Spain - (10/16/09) Loro Parque in Tenerife has opened Katandra Treetops, a massive new aviary attraction, where guests can see over 100 species of birds.
Switzerland - (11/9/09) RCPro has posted an interesting photo update from Switzerland this week, showing off Herbstmesse 2009 and the world’s tallest traveling Ferris Wheel and freefall towers as well as Xenox, a brand new looping coaster creation from Pinfari.
UAE News - (9/21/09) The new indoor Stargate theme park in Dubai (no relation to the Film & TV series) is set open on the first day of Eid… an Islamic Holiday that falls on Sept. 20th this year.
(2/11/09) While a news article seemed to indicate that the Warner Bros. park was still on track, we’ve heard elsewhere that Thinkwell, who was said to have been doing the design work for the park, has had to let nearly 100 people go when the project was put on indefinite hold.
Vietnam - (2/19/08) An investment license has been granted so that work can move forward to build a $1.3 billion theme park resort project in Vietnam that will be called Vung Tau Wonderful World Theme Park in the Vung Tau Providence. In addition to the park it will include a 2,500 room 5-Star Hotel, four smaller hotels, a retail area, theaters and more when it opens in 2010. The park will also feature an 88-story Landmark Tower and a Wonder of the World area where they will feature replicas of the Eiffel Tower, Golden Gate Bridge, Pyramids and more.
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