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Tuesday
December 29, 2009
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Are you IN? -
International Theme Park Services, Inc. ("ITPS")
delivers the news you want regarding the amusement and leisure industry on a
daily basis. Nowhere else can you find a greater compilation of news covering
the amusement and leisure industry!
ITPS
has proudly served the leisure industry since 1983. Visit our
website
for more information on how we can assist your needs.
ITPS
has a proven track record in the leisure industry.
For
existing facilities, ITPS can assist in breathing new life into your
facility, develop new attractions, increase revenue, decrease costs, train
staff, develop employee manuals, conduct business valuations and so much
more!
For
new facilities, we can assist from the initial Feasibility Analysis to Grand
Opening and beyond!
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New Disney parks
chief faces big challenges
Orlando, FL - For two decades, Tom Staggs has plotted strategy for the Walt
Disney Co., helping steer the entertainment giant through multibillion-dollar
decisions ranging from the acquisitions of ABC and Pixar to the construction
of new cruise ships and theme parks.
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for Article
Legoland builds
on success with family fun
Carlsbad, CA - While most of the tourism industry suffered through a bad case
of swine flu during the recession, Carlsbad’s Legoland California has barely
caught a cold.
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for Article
Wild West City
gunshot victim recovering - slowly, and with determination
Netcong, NJ - Harris, 40, who once was a classical guitarist, has been partially
paralyzed ever since being shot in the head more than three years ago in an
accident at Wild West City in Byram. He lived in Netcong at the time and was
working as a cowboy actor at the theme park, something he said he loved. He
had lived next door to Wild West City his entire life. Its owners were his
good friends.
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for Article
Knott’s Offers
Discounted Admission for Guests Bringing Canned Food
Buena Park, CA (Vocus/PRWEB ) December 29, 2009 -- During these challenging
economic times there are a record number of families in need of assistance.
Recognizing the growing need in the community, Knott’s Berry Farm has once
again partnered with the Orange County Food Bank to help fight hunger in
Southern California.
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for Article
The California
Adventure that never was
Anaheim, CA - As we were perusing the Disney blogs in search of news, we came
across a nifty article from the Disney and More blog. The writers over at
Disney and More came across a 1996 press kit from Disney highlighting the
future of the Disneyland Resort — mainly Disney’s California Adventure.
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for Article
Disneyland still
tops
Anaheim, CA - She lost her stuffed puppy somewhere between the Enchanted Tiki
Room and Tomorrowland. Too much ground to cover and thousands of people meant
the search was futile -- we retraced our steps, but no puppy. To us, her
parents, it was just another toy, but to our three-year-old daughter, the
lost black-and-white stuffy was cause for heartbreak -- Disneyland may be the
Happiest Place on Earth, but not when you're a little girl with a lost dog.
So, it was off to the Lost and Found, fingers crossed.
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for Article
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on the above image for Today's Ripley Comic!
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Learn about
amusement park physics at Discovery Museum exhibit
Bridgeport, CT - An interactive exhibit that explores the physics behind the
fun at amusement parks will open Jan. 9 at the Discovery Museum, 4450 Park
Ave., Bridgeport.
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for Article
Children Sign Up
To Be KidZania® Ambassadors To Shape A Better World
Dubai - Children in the Arab world have a unique opportunity to become one of
the first Ambassadors of KidZania®, the first of its kind edutainment centre,
opening in January 2010 at The Dubai Mall.
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for Article
Moving movie
seats may be newest addition to cinemas
Hang on to your drink and popcorn, because there's a movie seat that wants to
take you for a ride. It's not often theater seats get an unveiling like this,
but at Ultra Star at Hazard Center, the seats are part of the show. "You
have surround sound, you have 3D," Guy Marcoux of D-Box Motion System
said. "I think we bring the next level."
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Article
Madison
Children's Museum gets $250,000 challenge grant
Madison, WI - The Madison Children's Museum, nearing its fundraising target
to move into new facilities, has received a $250,000 challenge grant from the
National Endowment for the Humanities, an independent federal agency based in
Washington. D.C.
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Some of ITPS'
Projects include:
- Hopi Hari
Theme Park - Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Lotte World-
Seoul, Korea
- Newport
Aquarium, Newport Kentucky
- Cincinnati
Zoo, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Time Warner - Six Flags
- Beijing Amusement Park - Beijing, China
- ORA Istanbul Theme Park - Istanbul, Turkey
- Fort Worth
Zoo - Fort Worth, Texas
- Enchanted
Kingdom, Manila, Philippines
- Bronx Zoo
- Bronx, New York
- Wells Dairy -
LeMars, Iowa
- Reino Aventura - Mexico City, Mexico
- La
Feria Chapultepec Magico - Mexico City, Mexico
- Madison Square Gardens / Paramount Parks
- Haw Par Villa - Singapore
- Lake
Compounce - Bristol, Connecticut
- Playcenter
- Brazil
Click here
for more information on ITPS' projects.
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Water park plans
early-evening fireworks
Oahu, HI - Wet 'n' Wild Hawaii will at 6 p.m. Thursday present what is
expected to be the earliest among the larger New Year's Eve fireworks
displays on Oahu. Pyrotechnic artist: "Fireworks by Grucci," which
has produced prominent fireworks displays around the world for U.S.
presidential inaugurations, Olympic Games and World Fairs.
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for Article
Hawaiian Falls'
new ride offers warm thoughts for 2010
Garland, TX - Hawaiian Falls water park in Garland announced it is adding a
new ride, The Torpedo, for the 2010 season. The Torpedo will be two speed
slides coming off a 4-story tower.
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for Article
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New Great Bend
zoo director has energy to spare
GREAT BEND, Kan. - When Scott Gregory talks to the animals, he does so with
an English accent. Uprooted at age 12 when his father's printing business job
took the family from England to Florida, Gregory recalls an adjustment that
was tearful. Far different was the adjustment he made this month, moving from
Florida to Great Bend to take over as director of the city's zoo.
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Article
Please bear with
us: Como Zoo upgrades exhibit
Minneapolis, MN - When it opens in a half-year, the Polar Bear Odyssey will
be a bigger and better place for bears and humans than its previous version,
zoo officials say.
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for Article
City Could End
Its Operation Of Zoo, Convention Center, Animal Shelters
Los Angeles, CA - In its quest to stand up to a looming, $400 million budget
deficit, the city will have to look seriously at the possibility of giving up
its operation of the Zoo, the Convention Center and its animal shelters.
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for Article
Outside aquarium,
6 cool visitors settle in
Boston, MA - After welcoming six live Rockhopper penguins last week, the New
England Aquarium bid hello to six more today -- at a decidedly chillier
reception. "Penguins," created by Donald Chapelle of Brilliant Ice
Sculpture in Lawrence, is one of six large ice sculptures to be installed
around Boston for First Night Boston, the annual New Year's Eve extravaganza.
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for Article
Bristol Zoo
praised in annual inspection
UK - Bristol Zoo has passed its annual inspection with flying colours. Staff
at the zoo are celebrating after official inspectors gave them a
near-faultless zoo licence, and said they had "nothing but praise"
for the Clifton attraction.
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for Article
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Disney sees
superhero dollars in Marvel unknowns
LOS ANGELES—Moviegoers have shown a willingness to be entangled by
Spider-Man's web over and over again. Now, as Disney prepares to buy the
comic-book powerhouse Marvel, it faces the question of whether fans will also
get attached to characters as obscure as Ant-Man and Iron Fist.
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for Article
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Shawn M. Haas
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International Theme Park Services, Inc
2195 Victory Parkway
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