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Awards, news and upcoming events
On September 23rd 2022, Europa-Park Resort and MackNeXT opened a new YULLBE GO location at Quartier Q 6 Q 7 in Mannheim, Germany! Discover our variety of different VR adventures and immerse yourself in exciting virtual worlds.
In addition to that, MackNeXT is proud to reveal five new locations for YULLBE GO, four of them outside of Germany! From now on, you can visit our free roaming VR-Experience at Rotax MAX Dome in Austria, at Alton Towers Resort in the United Kingdom, the largest theme park in the UK, and on board of AIDAcosma, which visits ports in the mediterranean sea and orient this year.
New YULLBE GO locations at The Land of Legends in Turkey and at Tegernsee Phantastisch in Germany, an indoor attraction by the Bachmair Group, have been added recently.
The newest and fifth book of the ACE Scouts novel series by author THiLO is finally available! This time, the scouts have to uncover the magical secret of the empress Josefina, meet the Yomis and save an ancient dragon. „Die Fliegenden Schule der Abenteurer – Das Herz des Drachen“ is available in your local bookstore and online at http://bit.ly/ACE_Band5.
The third book of our Rulantica novel series published by Coppenrath Verlag is finally available! Join the lovely main characters Finja, Mats and Snorri on their biggest adventure yet! You can find the novel at your local bookstore or online at http://bit.ly/RulanticaRoman3.
We´re really proud to announce that YULLBE Go just won the Trickstar Business Award 2022 at the 29th Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (ITFS)! The prize distinguishes companies and projects in the field of animation that have an innovative and groundbreaking business model.
We won the IAAPA Brass Ring Award for „Best New Product“ for YULLBE. We are so proud! With YULLBE we created a new way of storytelling! With the Brass Ring Awards IAAPA is awarding the innovation and unwavering spirit of the leisure industry. Named for the rings given to carousel riders at the very first amusement parks, the IAAPA Brass Ring Award is a symbol of achievement
This time, a very special surprise awaits Leon and Sophie. Grandma even raises real pterosaurs in the meantime. Will the two siblings manage to teach the pterosaurs to fly?
Mack Animation presents its latest 4D film production, Kaka and Kiki’s Magical Circus Adventure, created for Chimelong Group in China. This is the company’s 5th 4D film production, as it continues its global expansion in the field of attraction media.
The film features two of Chimelong’s much-loved mascots, Kaka and Kiki, who venture into a magical circus world that has been taken over by evil spirits. Here, they meet a new character the Cirus Genie, and together they work to banish the evil spirits, overcoming a range of challenges and doing some daredevil stunts along the way.
The Wünschmann family returns!
Following the success of „Happy Family“ in 2017, the sequel „Happy Family 2“ is now being released in cinemas across Germany. It is already the second international film produced by Mack Animation.
The Germany-wide release of „Happy Family 2“ is on November 04, 2021.
The tough agent Amber Blake is the brainchild of Belgian super model Jade Lagardère and is currently mostly known among comic fans. With the new YULLBE PRO experience, you can now experience Amber Blake up close. The plot of Operation Dragonfly is based on the third book of the comic series and is set in front of the imposing skyline of Singapore. In the fight against a mysterious villain, Amber Blake needs your support… and the mission will soon develop into a sheer thriller for your nerves.
In order to create an even more immersive experience, the YULLBE PRO equipment has been extended with additional features especially for Amber Blake: Operation Dragonfly.
Amber Blake: Operation Dragonfly will be available for YULLBE PRO in 2022.
Based on the famous blockbuster, the new Valerian experience transforms yourself into heroes in the middle of a spectacular science fiction universe. Our guests can slip into their spacesuit and enter the „city of a thousand planets“. Thanks to the special suit, guests can jump through walls at the speed of sound, just like in the movies!
Valerian – The City of a Thousand Planets is a 2017 film adaptation by director Luc Besson, based on the science fiction comics Valerian et Laureline.
Alongside Eurosat Coastiality, opening in 2018, it’s another time the Mack family has presented a VR experience based around this futuristic and unique universe.
245 years of history, tradition and innovation. Thank you Amusement Today for the publishers pick renaissance award for PIRATES IN BATAVIA! The MackNeXT team which put a lot of work, heart and soul into this project is very proud of this award.
Only one year after Michael Mack founded MackNeXT we are now voted as ”innovator of the year 2020” by the renowned trade magazine ”Die Deutsche Wirtschaft”.
MackNeXT and Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg entered into a strategic partnership. During a panel talk in Germany’s largest theme park, Michael Mack and Prof. Thomas Schadt (director of FABW) officially announced the partnership. We are really looking forward to creating a new level of entertainment.
Volume 2 of the new children’s book series about new and existing attractions at Europa-Park. The book about the Voletarium takes our 4 ACE scouts to a secret place again: the so far undiscovered seventh continent… but more will not be revealed – have fun reading!!!
