How 2016 Became the Year of the Theme Park Construction Crane: A Closer Look at the Market
Posted on October 12, 2016
The Orlando Sentinel dubbed 2016 the Year of the Construction Crane for the theme park industry, and that’s remained true both abroad and at home. If there’s one part of the theme ...
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The 5 Coolest Water Park Attractions as Summer 2016Heats Up
Posted on June 23, 2016
[caption id="attachment_188" align="aligncenter" width="600"] A totally SPLASHtacular day at Magic Waters Waterpark/Rockford IL USA[/caption]
In the last few years, water attractions have gone to a whole new level from the introduction ...
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The Newest Theme Park Trend is….Safety?
Posted on March 18, 2016
Over the past several years, a few devastating accidents have made front-page headlines around the world and raised concerns about theme park safety. A number of op-eds have asked “How ...
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Will Widespread Drone Ownership Influence Theme Park Design?
Posted on January 28, 2016
2016 is poised to be the year of hot new technologies, from the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset to the increased use of drones in theme parks. We’ve already discussed ...
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Creating Entertainment Spaces from Environmental Remediation Features
Posted on July 15, 2016
When people visit a theme park, mall, or other entertainment space, the parts they see are only a tiny fraction of the design work that went into a site. Every ...
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The 23rd Thea Awards: This Year’s Most Innovative Entertainment Design Projects
Posted on December 3, 2016
The Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) announced the 23rd annual Thea Award recipients at the annual IAAPA event in Orlando. The award is one of the industry’s most prestigious honors, and ...
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How Experience Design is Transforming Unusual Houses into Cultural Attractions
Posted on September 9, 2016
What’s our fascination with looking inside other people’s homes? Whether it’s spending time in a historically significant building (e.g. “I want to see the room where Mark Twain wrote a ...
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Playing it Safe: How Signage Can (And Cannot) Promote Safety at Entertainment Venues
Posted on June 30, 2016
A man leaves the boardwalk at Yellowstone National Park and is boiled to death in an acid spring. A child climbs over, under, and through barriers at the Cincinnati Zoo and ends up in ...
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Why Dinosaurs Are Hot Again
Posted on May 24, 2016
The classic grade school dinosaur field trip was stuffy: it most likely involved memorizing scientific names, studying artist renderings, and perhaps, if you were lucky, checking out some bones at ...
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What’s Working Right Now With Traveling Exhibits
Posted on May 6, 2016
Traveling exhibits are providing an important contribution to the entertainment design world. They provide easy to incorporate fresh programming for museums, while giving entertainment designers a new format to explore. ...
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