The porcelain god finally gets its altar at South Korea’s Haewoojae, a combination of the world’s first toilet-shaped house and a museum documenting the world’s water closet culture.
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29 January 2013
Disney World’s landmark new programme, where radio frequency bracelets can function as room key, park ticket and credit card, is raising concerns about privacy and data collection.
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09 January 2013
Disney may have started in the US, but its international theme parks have been infused with locally familiar elements, from feng shui in Hong Kong to European inventors in Paris.
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18 December 2012
Take a gut-wrenching, eye-popping, 240km per hour journey on Ferrari World's Formula Rossa in Abu Dhabi.
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06 August 2012
How the amusement ride industry maintains a fairly sound safety record despite taking the human body to exhilarating extremes.
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29 June 2012
From dodging demolition and bankruptcy to surviving the Great Depression and urban growth, Europe’s vintage amusement parks offer a glimpse into a simpler age.
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28 June 2012
In China’s industrial Guangzhou city, Chimelong Paradise is a huge, eerily empty site with stomach-churning roller coasters and a questionable safety rating.
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28 June 2012
From an Angry Birds funfair to the first Buddhist-themed waterpark, these wacky tourist attractions are a long way from Orlando, Florida.
27 June 2012
Parks form an integral part of social life in Iraqi Kurdistan, and most are filled with recreational activities like miniature amusement parks, cable cars and playgrounds.
26 June 2012
From a speedway that offers your choice of luxury supercars to a 400ft simulated freefall that will have your stomach in knots, Orlando’s new attractions do not disappoint.
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25 June 2012
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