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This week's Top 5 News Stories as selected by the editors of InPark Magazine: $2.5 million plan for National Animation Museum approved in California; Fantawild Glorious Orient opens to visitors in Huaian, China; Shanghai Disneyland reopens after months of lockdown; SAW: The Experience opening in London, October 2022; Meow Wolf Co-Founder Matt King has died. Sign up for a free subscription, so you don't miss this or ANY of our interesting articles.

InPark Magazine Publisher Martin Palicki speaks with Lost Island Themepark General Manager Eric Bertch about the park's development. Lost Island Theme Park is the cover story feature of InPark Magazine Issue #91, available in late July. Sign up for a free subscription so you don't miss this or ANY of our interesting articles.  Audio courtesy of station KCRG; "Tiki Bar Mixer" by Kevin MacLeod (License here); and "Secret of Tiki Island" by Kevin MacLeod (License here).

LBE was the theme for this year's Licensing Expo in Las Vegas. We visited the show and here are highlights from our conversations with Crayola and FELD Entertainment.

The 108-year-old San Antonio Zoo is located in a big hospitality city. With two theme parks, the Alamo, the Riverwalk, World Heritage Sites, and more, there's plenty to see and do in San Antonio. So how do they keep it fresh and give visitors a reason to keep coming back? The zoo is currently addressing that through a multi-year re-development and re-imagining process. InPark Magazine's Joe Kleiman sat down with Tim Morrow, San Antonio Zoo's CEO, to talk about the changes and plans. 

Stories Covered in this episode: Puy du Fou to create first U.S. immersive show for “The 407” in Tennessee; IAAPA Expo Asia Virtual Conference launches on Connect+ platform June 21-22, 2022; Why LBE is the consumer experience of the future; LEGOLAND Korea Resort opens as the tenth LEGOLAND worldwide; Fårup Sommerland debuts Fønix, its new Vekoma-built coaster. 

Jordan and Martin explore the dining experience inside Epcot’s Space 220 restaurant, part of several new experiences added to Epcot as part of the Walt Disney World Resort’s 50th anniversary celebration. Music credits: Inspired by Kevin MacLeod (Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3918-inspired). License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

InPark's Martin Palicki and Jordan Zauha talk about some of the recent and upcoming changes at Epcot in the Walt Disney World Resort. Highlights from interviews with Imagineers are peppered throughout the conversation on Epcot’s transformation, Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure, and Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind. Music credits: Adventures In Adventureland by Kevin MacLeod (License here) and Beauty Flow by Kevin MacLeod (License here). 

InPark's Judith Rubin interviews Phil Hettema and Erik Neergaard on how their companies, The Hettema Group and Themespace, are joining forces to become the new THG.  Grab your InPark Magazine subscription here.

Every week, the InPark Magazine Editors send out their Top 5 news stories. Today, we're reading summaries of those stories for you. Think of this as a curated audio digest of the most important stories from the past week. Stories: Gardaland premieres first Jumanji theme park ride, Futura Form brings animatronics and theming to life; EPCOT’s newest attraction Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind gets official opening date; Storyland Studios to plan and design series of Sports Illustrated resorts, first location set for this year; Christie projectors deliver new recurring projection show at India’s Red Fort Festival; Licensing Expo releases its timetable for this year’s in-person events.

On March 31, 2022, Expo 2020 Dubai closed its gates forever and began its transformation into District 2020, a new urban center on the outskirts of Dubai. In honor of the closing of Expo, we bring you one of our most popular episodes to date: Voices of Expo. Listen to three workers at Expo 2020 Dubai talk about their pavilions and the experiences they are having that make for an important and memorable World's Fair. Grab your InPark Magazine subscription here.