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Northeast Greenland National Park

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Mexico is a country in the middle of America. I want to travel there because the have the Day of the Dead festival and I want to see that.
Tulum is a resort town on Mexico.

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Colombia is a country at the northern tip of South American.there have lots of places like heaven.
San Andres
Island in the Caribbean Sea Lively Spratt Bight Beach features a palm-lined promenade.

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Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The second largest Art Deco statue in the world, Christ the Remeemer ascends high on the mountain, overlooking gorgeous panorama of Rio. The idea of a statue on top of Corcovado mountain first was mentioned in the middle of the 19th century. However, it was finally resolved and the statue was completed in 1931.

Thousands of tourists visit the iconic statue everyday. Posited in Tijuca National Park, on the 700 m (2,300 ft) high peak, Christ the Redeemer provides the amazing panoramic views. A trip to the top is also a little adventure: getting there by train through the tropical forest is the favorite way to go. There are also a few cafes, where you can relax and enjoy the views.
Why to go there?
The most famous landmark in Rio de Janeiro, providing the great views to the city.
When to go there?
All year round. Go there in the morning to avoid the crowds and heat.
How to get there?
You can get there by train, bus, van or taxi. You can even hike to the top.

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Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The second largest Art Deco statue in the world, Christ the Remeemer ascends high on the mountain, overlooking gorgeous panorama of Rio. The idea of a statue on top of Corcovado mountain first was mentioned in the middle of the 19th century.

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Morocco it's a country in North Africa. The Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea is distinguished by its Berber Arabian and European .
Casablanca is located in central westerprn part of morocco.

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It is thought that Casablanca was founded by fishermen in 10BC and through the centuries the city has seen many settlers come and go, all leaving their legacy. Today this is a cosmopolitan city with modern galleries and buildings and has all the sophistication of a place on the move. Relive the Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman moment from the iconic movie or go in search of the historic pirate dens down on the waterfront. Casablanca has romance and it has an edge.

For modern art and design, Casablanca is one of the top destinations in North Africa. This is where the best fashion designers hang out and have spectacular window displays and where up and coming artists are discovered. There is stunning architecture too such as the Michel Pinseau designed Hasan II mosque. A walk along the Corniche is another highlight of any visit to Casablanca with beaches and cafes, not to mention the people watching which is best at sunset.

Top things to do and see in Casablanca

Casablanca, the commercial centre of Morocco is one of the most visited tourists destination behind the likes of Marrakech and Rabat. With a combination of traditional Arab culture and French colonial legacy, the city features plenty of things to see and do ranging from stunning architectures, historic museums, and old stone medina alleys to palaces, beaches, and religious buildings.

Hassan II Mosque
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Located on a platform overlooking the Atlantic Ocean, the Hassan II Mosque gained much popularity for being the world's second largest mosques. Dating back to 1993, this is one of the few mosques in the world open for tourists including non-Muslims to explore with the help of a tour guide. With a capacity to hold about 25,000 worshippers, the mosque offers Muslims the chance to pray on a glass floor. This world class attraction is open to visitors of all types to come admire the stunning architecture anytime of the year. The attraction has a massive sized courtyard that can accommodate an additional 80,000 people.

La Corniche

With close proximity to Hassan II Mosque, the world's second largest mosque, La Corniche is a beachfront district offering fine dining experience. Offering easy access to the beach, this incredible tourist destination serves as a perfect place for sun bathing, swimming and surfing. If you are looking to enjoy the most serene holiday experience while vacationing in Morocco, then you should visit La Corniche. Here you can enjoy a refreshing stroll along the coastline or take a dip in the charming ocean water.

Parc de la Ligue Arabe

Built in 1918, Parc de la Ligue Arabe is the biggest open space in Casablanca featuring palm-tree-line avenue. It is a perfect place to enjoy a great walk. Here you will find a good number of small cafes. Parc de la Ligue Arabe literally meaning Arab League Park offers visitors the chance to explore and admire the green.

Kasbah

The old Kasbah is the place to explore in Casablanca. With mysterious shops, intriguing alleyways and all manner of trades it is fascinating to see. Look out for the stalls of fresh fruit, the fishermen, and spice sellers. There are carpet traders too, and Berber culture everywhere. Casablanca has some excellent places to eat and dishes typical of the region. Taste tagines or grilled fish, try dates or sugary pastries, and don't forget the mint tea.

Getting to Casablanca
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Casablanca is a gateway to Morocco and many people leave for other parts of the country without getting to know this fascinating city. Take time to visit the souk, look out over the Mediterranean. Casablanca is full of intrigue and history from Roman times to World War Two, but the hospitality is quite unique.The major gateway into Casablanca is Mohammed V international Airport. The airport offers millions of air travellers easy access into the magnificent country of morocco from different parts of the world. There are also accessible transport options available to take you to your final destination in the city centre including taxis, buses, or train.

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It is thought that Casablanca was founded by fishermen in 10BC and through the centuries the city has seen many settlers come and go, all leaving their legacy. Today this is a cosmopolitan city with modern galleries and buildings and has all the sophistication of a place on the move.

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Spain a country in Europe. The capital is Madrid.
Ibiza is a one of the islands of Spain and you can have lots of fun there. At night and in the early morning you can party in Ibiza.

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Local laws and etiquette

Travel with a couple of photocopies of your European Health Insurance Card and passport, as you will need them for any medical treatment.

You must carry your passport with you by law.

You often have to show your passport when paying by debit or credit card.

If driving, you must have two warning triangles, two reflective bibs, a spare tyre and spare headlamp bulbs. Children under 12 years of age are only allowed in the front seat with approved safety belts.

It is not usual to share tables, even in fast-food joints.

Anyone you are introduced to by friends will want to kiss you on both cheeks, but this does not apply to hotel staff, etc.

Lunch happens from 2pm, dinner from 9pm at the very earliest, though 10pm is the norm - although you can eat at any time in resorts.

Most bars won't mind if you go in just to use the toilet - los servicios.

Although they certainly like a drink, it is rare to see Spaniards rolling drunk in public.

It is a bit cheaper to have drinks or tapas at the bar rather than sitting at a table, and sitting outside will usually cost approximately an extra 20 eurocents or so per item.

Locals usually leave very small tips - just odd change for drinks and snacks, and often nothing at all. A 10 per cent tip for a meal is considered generous and 5 per cent is more the norm - unless you are somewhere really upmarket, when international rules come into play.

If breakfast is not included in your hotel rate, it is much cheaper and more fun to go to a bar - unless you are starving and can make the most of the buffet.

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The Dominican Republic is a Caribbean nation and it's a very beautiful island.
Los Haitises National Park is a national park located on the remote northeast coast of the Dominican Republic

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Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
is an American National Park located in the U.S. state of Hawaii on the island of Hawaii.

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All over the world, minerals are disappearing from agricultural soils at an alarming rate.The soil in the North American continent has had an average of 85% mineral depletion over the past 100 years, in Europe it is 72% and in Asia it is 76%. This staggering decline in mineral values can be traced to "modern" policy food production and industrialization of agriculture - extended use of fertilizers and "maximum yield" mass farming methods.

These news are not good to humanity and their livestock, who rely on the food produced in this very same soil to supply them with essential nutrients. Dr. Linus Pauling, two-time Nobel Prize winner said "You can trace every sickness, every disease, and every ailment to a mineral deficiency." This may seem exaggeration but makes perfect sense, considering that minerals are the most basic building blocks for proper nutrition and health. Without them, nothing else works. Amino acids and enzymes don`t work and so vitamins and other nutrients don`t get broken down and absorbed properly. We can end up with major deficiencies in both vitamins and minerals, where the result is a chain reaction where nothing in the body works as it should.

Iceland is a volcano island and it´s soil is a volcanic soil, which is very fertile after it has had the chance to weather, break down and release it´s nutrients. In the same way, volcanic ash which is spread all over the country, can be considered as a time-release capsule, rich in nutrients that benefits life in Iceland. The lambs grazing on this mineral rich soil and the wild Icelandic herbs used in Pure Natura's products enjoy the privilege of this, giving us the opportunity to provide our customers with high quality products made from some of the finest raw material there is.

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Germany is a one of the most important countries in Europe.and it has very important places.
Europa park
Europa-Park is a theme park and the largest in Germany, and the second most popular theme park resort in Europe, following Disneyland Paris.

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Europa-Park, has just celebrated its jubilee year with a record 5.5 million visitors. It is the largest theme park in Germany and the second most popular theme park resort in Europe after Disneyland Paris.

The park caused a stir at the Euro Attractions Show (EAS) in Gothenburg earlier this year, and at the IAAPA Attractions Expo in Orlando in November, with its ground-breaking ride The "Alpenexpress VR-Ride".

The ride, which opened to the public in September, is the result of a collaboration between VR Coaster, Mack Rides, MackMedia and Samsung.

Blooloop spoke to Michael Mack (left), Member of the Management Board of Europa-Park, about the park's digitisation.

A Theme Park Native

The son of Roland Mack, who was IAAPA president three years ago, Michael is the eighth generation of his family to be in the theme park business, and describes himself as "...basically a theme park native."

Having graduated in International Business Studies, he completed both his tri-national studies and a number of study programmes and internships at theme parks overseas, including Liseberg (Sweden), Bush Gardens Williamsburg / VA (USA), Warner Bros. Movie World / Queensland (Australia), Nigloland (France) and Port Aventura (Spain).

Mack Rides

He then became an Executive Board Member of Mack Rides, which specialises in the design and construction of roller coasters.

He and Joint Director Christian von Elverfeldt developed a strategy. Their plan was to restructure the company, focusing on ride construction, design and customer service.

To reduce the production process, coasters were designed purely on the computer until the final stages. The rails were precisely calibrated and manufactured straight from the computer. The design precision also meant the coasters were incredibly quiet.

"Mack Rides had kind of changed the way we were producing roller coasters back in the day. We were trying to get smaller products for the market, so we invented the Pegasus, the first kiddie coaster for Mack Rides, the Twist and Splash, and the Splash Battle."

The Blue Fire breakthrough

The big breakthrough, he says, came in 2009. This was the creation of Blue Fire (above) - their first looping coaster.

"So I was changing sides, so to say, from Vice Chairman of Mack Rides to Europa-Park in 2008, with the building of the Blue Fire."

Blue Fire is a ground-breaking combination of dark ride and launch coaster. The experience begins with a brief dark ride portion then, moving outside, the train is accelerated to 100 kph in 2.5 seconds using a linear induction motor launch, propelling the train over a 38m high turn and into a 32m vertical loop. There is a brake-run mid-course, a twisted horseshoe roll (the first on any roller coaster in Europe) over a lake, an airtime hill and a heartline roll culminating in a final brake run.

"Previously, we had wanted to change our car trains for the roller coaster, so we partnered up with the University of Pforzheim, which specialises in Industrial Design, " says Mack. "We said, we'd love to have students think about roller coaster cars, and they came up with pretty neat ideas, so we collaborated with the university, and that was the train designed for the Blue Fire.

"I always like to work with universities, because of the fresh ideas, and am interested in how scientific or artistic ideas can change the theme park industry."

He headed up Europa-Park, gradually taking over his father's responsibilities.

Mack Media

One of his primary interests had always been in making movies. While still a student in 2002, he founded Mack Media.

Interested in conserving the early designs of the park and his grandfather's memories, he had made documentaries.

"I was fascinated by how movies can change emotions in a theme park. So, my dream in 2009 when we opened Blue Fire was to do our own movie for our 4D cinema."

Until this point, the park had been renting movies for over a decade from nWave in Belgium, a multinational producer and distributor of immersive 3D/4D content.

It was Mack's plan to make a movie based on the park's trademark character, Euromaus.

Euromaus - the movie

"So in 2010, after Blue Fire, we did an animated movie ten minutes long, fully produced in Germany. My dad never thought that anybody would be interested in our park symbol, Euromaus, in an animation movie, but the success was mind-blowing."

Numerous parks across the industry took the movie: it was rented out in 17 different venues around the world.

"The movie was played in Asia, France, England andScandinavia. It was quite a success, which nobody really had expected. It showed me people had been waiting not only for the first loop coaster which we built together with Mack Rides, but also for new content."

Arthur - Europa-Park's first IP ride

At this point, someone suggested to Mack that he look at a French IP, Arthur, an animated character by Luc Besson. Mack liked the character, and went to France to meet with Besson, who was keen to strengthen Arthur's brand in Germany.

"And that's how we invented Arthur, the ride. It was the first time for Europa-Park, combining an IP together with a ride system."

Mack Rides developed the suspended powered coaster.

"...You can control the speed while hanging underneath the track.

"It's similar to the Disney Peter Pan ride, but much more of a roller coaster; you really can go fast... It's a controlled gravity coaster which had never been out there."

Roland Mack was sceptical. He wondered if such a coaster could be produced. But Michael Mack had confidence in the technology previously developed for Blue Fire.

"The technology our production company, Mack Rides, developed with Blue Fire, (particularly) the invention of the track, helped us build the Arthur ride. It is basically the same track system, but upside-down."

The ride vehicles have on-board sound and light, shaking seats, drive motors and an interactive control system. The innovative ride, an indoor/outdoor powered rollercoaster and dark ride combination, was a success.

The Time Carousel

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"In 2014 we produced our second CGI movie, titled The Time Carousel. It has been playing for a year now in our cinema here, and has been a huge success. Our first movie had about 2.5 million visitors at Europa-Park and approximately 4.5 million in all the venues around the world.

"The Time Carousel has had, up until now, 1.2 million visitors, and we are starting to distribute it now internationally.

"Hopefully, we should reach 4.5 million spectators for this one."

Mack was contacted by Professor Thomas Wagner, from the University of Applied Sciences in Kaiserslautern in 2013, while developing the Arthur ride and considering the second movie. He was working on a virtual reality project. The idea occurred to him of extending a real roller coaster by wearing an Oculus Rift headset during the ride. Professor Wagner wanted to replace the real environment with a synchronised virtual experience. He wanted to test his innovation at Europa-Park.

Mack was intrigued, remembering the positive outcomes from the collaboration with industrial design students when developing Blue Fire.

"Everybody in the company was a bit sceptical, 'oh: students - that'll mean extra time, we'll be late...' I just saw the huge potential of having digital content and being able to bring that digital content from the movies onto a ride, so I thought: that's cool.

"How would it be if we brought our movies to a roller coaster?"

In Synch with the Rollercoaster

So, Mack Rides entered into collaboration with Wagner, testing Oculus Rift technology on the Blue Fire and Pegasus coasters.

"We tested for over a year with Blue Fire, and managed to develop a way of controlling the guiding and running wheels. We measured where the wheel would be at any point. By knowing exactly where the train would be on the track, we invented a little black box installed on the train, to capture the movement and positioning of the wheel. This sends a signal to the VR headset so the movie can be perfectly in synch with the roller coaster."

(Without that synchronisation, there was significant potential for motion sickness.)

"To make a long story short, this was a time of slowly stepping up. We got older and more experienced in the industry, and bringing out new attractions and innovations. We were doing movies, inventing roller coasters, and combining the best of the two worlds."

Record-breaking visitor numbers

Europa-Park has, for the second year running, broken the 5 million visitor barrier. This reinforced its position as the most visited theme park in Europe after Disneyland Paris.

Mack identifies a number of factors that have contributed to the park's success:

"I think it's the mix of the product and our diversity. We have been really chasing for quality ever since we opened the park in 1975. We've always tried to be as diversified as possible.

"We were the first theme park in Germany to open a hotel back in 1995. And also the first park in Germany offering 'confertainment' - entertainment in the evening.

"We like to have fun for the whole family. The focus is not on just going as high as possible with the coasters.

"We're a perfect mix of a bit of everything. We have the Blue Fire, the looping coaster. We have an old castle where the grandparents can have a coffee during the day. There are the Horror Nights which are for the 16-year-olds. They are really scary, and very different from the normal Mickey Mouse theme park experience."

Something for everyone - the park's broad appeal

Mack says the secret to Europa-Park's success lies partly in the fact it has such a broad appeal for all age groups. Also partly in its flair for innovation. Introducing a new dimension to riding loop coasters, as well as Arthur, the powered suspended coaster which attracted much industry attention. And now the ground-breaking VR coaster, the product of a collaboration with the University of Kaiserslautern.

"The secret is always keeping your product fresh. Being innovative, doing things that other people don't expect, at least, not from a theme park. And, I think it's partly, also, the broadness of the brand. We have the perfect mix of rides and shows and food and accommodation. The park has beautiful hotels, beautiful shows, and we are the first theme park in the world with a two star Michelin restaurant. The whole family can enjoy their time in the park. My brother Thomas, who is in charge of the entertainment department, the hotels and food & beverage, is really pushing the envelope on that side as well!"

Knowing the Trends and Matching Expectations

Europa-Park has contrived, by pushing the technology envelope, to stay ahead of visitor expectations. "I don't think people really expected to have a VR coaster, because there had never been one out there, " says Mack. "They were happily surprised.

"I don't think they are necessarily increasing the demands, not yet, but I think there will be a time when the demand and expectation increases, becoming higher and higher. You have to be in it -you have to be with it - you can't really sleep. It's very important you know the trend, get it into your park."

So far, Europa-Park has stayed one step ahead. "I don't think the time yet is there that people say - we'll go to technology parks because they have more VR, more technology, but I think 3-5 years from now, people, certainly the 14-25 year olds, will expect that at least you have a little bit of digital mixed in your theme park portfolio."

A second VR coaster

Over the next few years, the plan is to establish the VR coaster, and to introduce a second, which will start next season with the Pegasus and will showcase the park's third co-produced movie.

"The movie be called Happy Family and will be about a family getting transformed by a witch. It's a nice family story - a little bit of fantasy. We're going to have the VR Happy Family on the Pegasus, and the 4D Happy Family in the cinema."

The park will extend its children's play area with the creation of the fourteenth country-themed area in the park. "Ireland" will be a huge play land called next to "England".

"We're also starting to build our waterpark which will be open in 2018, a 12, 000 square metre covered indoor waterpark. We are building more hotels, and there is the new attraction which has not yet been announced, for 2017. So we don't get bored."

Mack envisages obstacles that will need to be negotiated in the future, as digitisation becomes more established:

Digitising the Park

"It is difficult to find people with experience in digitising a park: there are not so many experts out there. So, it's certainly going to be a challenge in the future, when the demand is increasing, to find theme park experts who have an experience in how to deal with digitisation: people who really can drive the envelope of digitalisation on a coaster or in a theme park. It's going to be one of the main tasks in the future."

"But so far, so good, " says Mack.

"We're happy having the world's first VR coaster, and hope we see a lot of installations not only in Europa-Park, but around the world."
All images kind courtesy Europa-Park.

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The park caused a stir at the Euro Attractions Show (EAS) in Gothenburg earlier this year , and at the IAAPA Attractions Expo in Orlando in November, with its ground-breaking ride The "Alpenexpress VR-Ride" . The ride, which opened to the public in September, is the result of a collaboration between VR Coaster, Mack Rides , MackMedia and Samsung.