Here's the view from the top of the week's attraction news

December 8, 2023, 10:20 PM · Heading into the weekend, let's do a quick round-up of what's new, or on the way, for attractions around the world.

Disneyland Paris today opened Brasserie Rosalie after a year of renovations. Operated by the Bertrand Group and designed in collaboration with Walt Disney Imagineering, the 348-seat Rosalie offers French classics such as Burgundy snails, onion soup au gratin, and seafood selections including a lobster pot pie. An outdoor counter next to the restaurant offers sandwiches, salads and pastries to go.

Inside Brasserie Rosalie
Photo courtesy Disneyland Paris

Rosalie is the first step in Disney's redesign of the locations throughout the resort's Disney Village shopping and dining district.

Ferrari World Abu Dhabi has introduced a new live character show. Starring the park's Bella, Jack, and Gio, the new Cinema Maranello production sees Jack getting a Ferrari toy car that leads Jack and Bella to Gio, the engine-robot genie, who hears their wish to race in a Ferrari. A meet and greet with the characters follows the show. The show plays three times daily, at 2, 4, and 6pm. Tickets to Ferrari World and the other Yas Island theme parks are available via our ticket partner.

Cinema Maranello
Photo courtesy Ferrari World Abu Dhabi

Visitors to New York's 30 Rockefeller Plaza can recreate an iconic moment from the city's history on its new attraction, The Beam.

The Beam puts visitors atop a construction beam that is lifted 10-plus feet in the air to recreate the iconic "Lunch Atop a Skyscraper" photo that first appeared in The New York Herald-Tribune on October 2, 1932. The photo was a publicity shot taken during the construction of the 69th floor of Rock Center's RCA Building, according to Rockefeller Center.

The Beam photo op is a $25 per person upgrade to the Top of the Rock general admission ticket to 30 Rock's observation deck. (It is a nifty elevator ride up, by the way.) Timed general admission tickets start at $34 and are available on the 30 Rock website.

The Beam at Top of the Rock
Photo courtesy McLaren Engineering Group, whose Entertainment Division served as safety consultants on the ride.

Finally, Aquatica Orlando has announced its new slide for 2024 - Tassie's Underwater Twist.

Tassie's Underwater Twist
Concept image courtesy SeaWorld Orlando

The WhiteWater West slide will be 129 feet long and for riders on two-person innertubes. The slide leads into a bowl element where riders will hear an orchestral score and see video projections of "lush seagrass meadows, schools of colorful fish, and even the occasional shark," according to the park's press release.

"As we eagerly anticipate the grand opening next Spring 2024, this immersive attraction promises a whirlwind of wonder and adrenaline-pumping twists," Aquatica Orlando President Brad Gilmour said. "With Tassie's Underwater Twist, we invite guests to dive into an underwater world of wonder, where fun and excitement meet curiosity and education."

For tickets, please see our partner's Aquatica Orlando tickets page.

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Replies (3)

December 11, 2023 at 9:00 AM

The upcharge for The Beam is ridiculous, and indicative of the lengths some operators will go to pry even more money out of unsuspecting tourists' pockets. I do kind of like the inspiration of this experience, but it has to be one of the lamest $25 you could spend in NYC. I haven't done Top of the Rock before (IMHO, the only reason to visit Rockefeller Center outside of the Christmas season is to do the NBC Tour or be in the Today Show/SNL/Jimmy Fallon Audience), but the elevator ride can't be better than One World Trade. I've viewed NYC from the Empire State Building, Chrysler Building, One World Trade, old World Trade Center, and Statue of Liberty, so Top of the Rock really doesn't interest me, and being strapped to a baby chair and lifted 10 feet above the observation deck isn't worth an extra $25 (and however much more they want to charge you for the photo). When I first saw this, I thought it would be some type of thrill ride (like a frog hopper or maybe like XScream at the Stratosphere - tilts over the edge), but there's literally nothing to this experience.

December 11, 2023 at 10:02 AM

I thought the Beam went over the edge of the building. I could have been tempted by that but if its goes above the observation deck I really don't think its worth it!

December 12, 2023 at 12:24 PM

I’m assuming photo is extra and is angled to make it more dangerous, but otherwise this is pretty lame.

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