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Theme park news round-up - April 3, 2013

Wednesday, April 03, 2013 10:11

Summer Concert Series returns to Universal Studios Florida, Tokyo Disney Resort breaks attendance record and Ratatouille takes shapes at Walt Disney Studios, Paris.

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Tokyo Disney Resort and Universal Studios Japan see attendance boost in 2012

Wednesday, April 03, 2013 10:03

The Tokyo Disney Resort broke its annual attendance record during 2012, pulling in 27.5 million visitors to the Tokyo Disneyland and Tokyo DisneySea theme parks.

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Theme park news round-up - January 23, 2013

Wednesday, January 23, 2013 11:57

Alton Towers to launch game based on The Smiler, plans for new theme park next to Zoo Miami and yet another park reverses the seats on a roller coaster.

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Theme park news round-up - 31st October 2012

Wednesday, October 31, 2012 13:07

Disney buys Star Wars creator LucasFilm, LEGOLAND Japan confirmed for 2016, Ratatouille construction continues at Walt Disney Studios, Paris and Universal Studios Japan celebrates a milestone.

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Video, images: Universal Studios Japan transformed into Resident Evil's Raccoon City

Friday, September 14, 2012 08:22

Universal Studios Japan has released new images and video showing how an area of the park will be transformed into Raccoon City, as seen in the Resident Evil video games.

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BioHazard (Resident Evil) mazes to feature at Universal Studios Japan's Halloween Horror Nights 2012

Tuesday, August 28, 2012 08:30

Universal Studios Japan has announced that horror mazes based on the popular BioHazard video game franchise will feature at its Halloween Horror Nights 2012 events.

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Disney continues to dominate in 2011 theme park attendance figures

Thursday, May 31, 2012 08:33

Disney's theme parks again occupy the top positions in the industry's annual attendance report, although rival Universal's parks continue to perform well.

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Confirmed: Wizarding World of Harry Potter to open at Universal Studios Japan in 2014

Thursday, May 10, 2012 08:28

Universal Studios Japan has confirmed that it will open a version of the hugely popular Wizarding World of Harry Potter in 2014.

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The Big Debate: Should Universal clone the Wizarding World of Harry Potter?

Saturday, November 12, 2011 12:31

In this week's poll, we ask whether Universal should clone the Wizarding of Harry Potter at its non-Orlando theme parks.

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Universal Studios President: Harry Potter coming to theme parks outside Orlando

Monday, November 07, 2011 09:31

The President of Universal Studios has been quoted in an interview as saying that Harry Potter theme park attractions are in the works for the chain's parks outside of Orlando.

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