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Disney has announced that Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster in Walt Disney Studios at Disneyland Paris is to become a Marvel attraction.
The popular launched roller coaster opened with the theme park in 2002 and will be reimagined with an Iron Man and Avengers theme, keeping the existing building and ride system.
A "high-speed, hyper-kinetic adventure" is promised when the ride re-opens after its transformation.
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Germany's Bayern-Park will premiere Stadlgaudi 4D in 2018, the world's first Farm Fair GameChanger interactive ride.
Stadlgaudi 4D is a brand new interactive attraction where riders are seated in themed wagons and taken through four scenes. Riders interact with the scenes using cannons and collect points as they go. At the end points are totalled up and the final scores revealed.
This new rotating dark ride has been developed by Lagotronics Projects and will open in May 2018.
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This year Dennlys Parc in France will debut Squadron 33, a new interactive ride, as well as a new water playground.
Squadron 33 will be an 'Aerobat' attraction from Italian ride manufacturer Technical Park, which features 14 spinning seats supported by arms from a rotating centre raised 45° above the ground. Riders control 2 independent side wings to spin themselves in either direction.
It is a reinvention of a classic 'Paratrooper' ride with added interactivity to create an individual experience, as each rider can control the level of spin.
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Djurs Sommerland in Denmark will add 2 new family rides in 2018, which follow the opening of Europe's fastest and longest family suspended coaster last year.
Over the past 10 years, Djurs Sommerland has invested more than 400 million kroner in the development of new rides and attractions.
Last year the park opened DrageKongen and this year more new experiences for families await when a children's ride and a kiddie coaster for a total of 15 million kroner are ready for the season opening.
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Gröna Lund has applied for planning permission to build a new inverted roller coaster in 2020.
The as yet unnamed new ride is to be manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard, it will be 112 ft tall, reach a top speed of 62 mph and feature 4 inversions; a Zero-G Roll, 2 corkscrews and a heartline roll.
