France and Saudi Arabia say they’ll collaborate on a €6bn project to build three theme parks near Paris. The announcement came after a meeting between French President Emmanuel Macron and…

Design is underway at Viva Mundo, the world’s first football-focused theme park, a €450m, 80ha development located in the southern Portuguese municipality of Santarém. Due to be completed by 2030…

Plans have been announced for a 26,000-sq-m Pokémon attraction that will open in 2026 at the Yomiuriland theme park in Inagi, west Tokyo. PokéPark Kanto will be the first permanent…

Disney and UAE entertainment company Miral say they’ll build a waterfront theme park and resort on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Disney’s seventh resort, it will be built, developed…

Merlin Entertainments, Legoland’s parent company, has announced that two indoor roller-coasters are under construction at theme parks in California and Florida. The $90m investment is the biggest in the resorts’…

The City of Anaheim, California, has voted to allow the Walt Disney Company’s $1.9bn DisneylandForward plan to go ahead. The details of Disney’s plans have not yet been finalised, according…

Saudi Arabia has announced plans to build a theme park based on the Japanese anime series Dragon Ball Z. It will cover more than 50ha and have at least five…

With an eye on 40 more years of growth, the Walt Disney Company is planning to spend up to $2.5bn over the next 10 years to expand its Disneyland Resort…

A developer on the southern Japanese island of Okinawa has announced plans to build a theme park that will take advantage of the local flora and fauna to compete with…

A $2bn, 1,000-acre development that includes a 125-acre theme park has been planned for northeast Oklahoma, west of Grand Lake on Route 66. The first phase of the American Heartland…

A theme park in Tokyo based on the Harry Potter movies was shown to the press today, ahead of its opening to the public on Friday.  According to The Japan…

Saudi Arabia’s state entertainment developer Saudi Entertainment Ventures (“Seven”) has picked Indian contractor Shapoorji Pallonji to build the first of 21 planned fun parks in the country to kickstart an…