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Lotte World Adventure Busan continues to host massive crowds as it enters its second month of operation.






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Lotte World Adventure Busan celebrated its Grand Opening on March 31st. Some official photos have been released:

Legacy Entertainment has been announced as Entertainment Consultant for a new San Francisco-sized city currently under construction near Jakarta, Indonesia. Destinations and attractions currently being designed and built include a 'Floating City' next generation retail mall and 'Food Theme Park'.

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Legacy Entertainment has released their first official images of Lotte World Adventure Busan- the all-new family destination from South Korea's #1 Theme Park operator, coming early 2022.

Photo Credit: Jun-woo Park

Legacy Entertainment has released their first official photos of the upcoming Chimelong Marine Science Park: The World's Largest Indoor Theme Park.

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Designed for a leading zoological park, the unique dark ride design of the 'Temple of the White Tiger' features unprecedented integration between guest area and animal habitats (along with some animated figures for areas of high proximity).

HotGo DreamWorld contained many unique dark ride designs, including this concept for a 'Bumper Car Dark Ride' in which riders would drive bumper cars along a linear path, encouraged to crash into scenic elements and special effects. Adding to the uniqueness, the ride path would feature multiple forks in the road, allowing guests to choose distinct ride and narrative experiences.

Zoological parks all around the world are looking at ways to diversify from their historically animal-centric exhibits. For several operators, this includes the addition of theme park style attractions, including dark rides and boat rides. This Omnimover dark ride design tracks a caravan of elephants as they journey through harsh elements.

Busan's Osiria tourist district development has been in the works for nearly 15 years, with multiple theme park options explored within that timeframe. Nearly a decade before Legacy Entertainment would design 'Lotte World Adventure Busan', they provided the concept for another theme park based on the 'Korean Wave' of culture and global influence. As seen in the plan view, this theme park concept design is situated on the same land parcel as the new Lotte World park.

'River of Time' is a unique dark ride design from Legacy Entertainment. Conceptualized for one of the world's leading zoological theme parks, the attraction combined animatronic displays alongside expansive habitats for living creatures.

Legacy Entertainment recently collaborated with the government body of Harbin, China to create a year-round permanent exhibition on the site of the world famous Harbin Ice Festival. Organized into three fully-enclosed dome facilities, visitors could experience past, future, and fantasy depictions of the city of Harbin.

Legacy Entertainment provided concept design services for the updated 'future city' iteration of the Sunac Hangzhou Bay theme park.

During the concept design of the 'Sea Shell Aquarium' at VinWonders Theme Park in Phu Quoc, Vietnam, a number of turtle-inspired exterior concept designs were explored;

During the park's design phase, many rides were added to and removed from the attraction program. One such ride to not make the final cut was 'The Great Race'- a Metallbau Emmeln Pony Trek.

China's 'Ding Long' group is planning multiple theme parks for a new integrated resort in Wuchuan, China, including a marine life park tentatively known as 'Ocean Magic Kingdom'.

The theme park's design features a large cruise ship-style hotel situated at the park's entrance, giving arriving visitors the sense having traveled to an exotic destination as they arrive at the park.

In the same vein as 'Swan Lake', another musically-inspired attraction is FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLEBEE- a Wave Swinger set to Rimsky-Korsakov's beloved suite.

"Legacy Entertainment launches Destination Dining initiative. Company is developing new food-focused experiences"

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Legacy Entertainment, a leading theme park and resort design company, has announced that it currently has three food-focused projects in development, in Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and China.

“The future of retail is not retail,” says Barry Kemper, Chief Operating Officer and co-owner of Legacy Entertainment, as traditional retail continues to adapt and evolve in a fast-changing global marketplace and new retailtainment concepts gather pace.

Food-focused experiences:

Building on this evolution, Legacy Entertainment has come up with the idea of a unique, food-focused anchor tenant, in order to help malls and retail destinations to attract more visitors. It is now developing three of these ‘destination dining’ experiences around the world, the first of which is near Jakarta in Indonesia and is expected to be unveiled this summer. The company is also working on similar projects in China and Saudi Arabia.

Immersive Dining Venue Concept by Legacy Entertainment:

“While shopping habits may evolve and change, the desire to dine together is intrinsic to the human experience. It’s here to stay, and we’ve only begun to scratch the surface of how far we can take it,” adds Kemper. “Of course this is not to say dining will replace retail, but we do anticipate that the anchor tenants of the 21st Century will put a priority on dining and entertainment.”

Community hubs
Other new dining experience concepts have already proved successful, such as Eataly which has expanded to more than 30 locations in the last 10 years. In Asia, which is a primary market for Legacy, the immersive Wenheyou Supurb is also extremely popular.

As well as the restaurant tenants, the company’s destinations will also include other entertainment elements, such as immersive environments, live entertainments, and even carefully integrated rides.

Immersive Dining Venue Concept Legacy Entertainment:

“Hospitality lives or dies on repeat visitation,” says Kemper. “We are very sensitive to the fact that we cannot merely repeat the gimmick-based themed dining tropes of the 1990s. Instead, we need to craft truly unique, brand new experiences which in and of themselves become part of a community’s fabric.

“We are creating community-focused hubs which will serve as sources of pride for those who live nearby, and must-see destinations for non-locals. Our team is excited to share the first of these breathtaking developments very soon.”

Last year, The Legacy Entertainment-designed Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park was recognised with three major awards at the Golden Crown Awards.

Following the enthusiastic response to the Hengdian World Studios Shanghai Bund, the developer has been collaborating with Legacy Entertainment on a variety of second gate concepts.

'Monkey King: Journey to the West' is a hybrid Boat Ride with 3D projections developed for China's Monkey Kingdom theme park.

'The Magic River' is a boat ride woven through HotGo DreamWorld's Fairy Tails land. Much like Disney's Jungle Cruise, only with fantasy creatures in place of real world animals, the ride would take guests past a number of comical and dramatic vignettes featuring large-scale animatronic figures and special effects.

Lotte World Adventure Busan features a number of flat rides based on iconic classical music suites. One such attraction was inspired by Tchaikovsky's beloved ballet, Swan Lake. Note the single 'Black Swan' ride vehicle.

'Journey to Paradise' was a 3D Boat Ride planned for Las Vegas' iconic Tropicana Resort pre economic crash in 2007. Designed by Legacy Entertainment, the ride would have taken guests on a serene journey through a fantastical tropical world, mixing 3D media with practical sets and special effects.

One extremely unique feature of this attraction was its Halloween overlay.

Instead of re-dressing the main attraction, boats would have traveled through a completely separate section of the ride. This space, which doubled as the ride's BOH maintenance facility, would have been outfitted with permanent sets, rigging, and special effects that would only be utilized in September and October of each year.

Lotte World Adventure Busan's iconic Cuckoo Clock-inspired entrance plaza has been around since the project's very first iteration, and has been refined with each subsequent phase. The first land visitors will experience is the river village of 'Tinker Falls'- a charming township heavily-integrated with the park's iconic log flume ride.

Lotte World Adventure Busan's signature roller coaster, The Giant Digger, will feature a custom lead car designed by Mack Rides based on a concept by Legacy Entertainment.

Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park's Dolphin Theater is the most advanced of its kind in the world. Unlike most dolphin show theaters, it is fully-enclosed, and features elaborate theatrical lighting and audio systems. In addition to its colossal wrap-around video wall, it also features an articulated water curtain capable of creating images and words out of falling water.