Breaking the Fourth Wall…Underground
Posted on April 18, 2019
Deep underground, on the edge of San Francisco’s Little Italy and Chinatown, a Speakeasy is coming back to life. Boxcar Theatre’s immersive production TheSpeakeasy ran for 8 months in 2014 in the ...
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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 Technology is Making Halloween Attractions Scarier
Posted on October 31, 2016
Halloween always calls for the highest of hijinks, and if we can use technology to scare people to their core, why not? Just about everyone will agree the strobe lights ...
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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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Technology for Art: An Inside Look at Developing Tools for Cultural Institutions
Posted on October 3, 2016
“If data isn’t high on a museum’s agenda, it should be. Insight can make a 10x difference to cultural institution outcomes, across funding, visitation, investment, efficiency and innovation. Neglecting it ...
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7 Standout Haunted Attractions for Halloween 2016
Posted on October 1, 2016
Delusion, Los Angeles, CA
The haunted attractions industry has always brought terror to the masses, but 2016 introduces new experiences like never before. Interactivity is making guests the haunters rather than the ...
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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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Why Disney Introduced a Princess Without a Movie – And What It Means for Inclusive Parks
Posted on September 1, 2016
The highlight of a trip to Disney for many fans is seeing a favorite princess pass by in a parade, or posing for a photo during a character Meet and ...
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New Disney Patents Hint at Bioluminescent Plants in Avatar Attraction
Posted on August 11, 2016
The site Patentyogi recently uncovered patents from Disney that could hint at what guests have to look forward to in the forthcoming “Pandora – The World of Avatar” attraction. When the movie Avatar was first ...
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How Nostalgia Shapes Theme Park Visits
Posted on August 4, 2016
The nostalgia marketing trends that are everywhere this summer are bringing many of us straight back to the 1980s and 1990s: Pokémon, Lego, the Full House reboot. Major brands capitalize on nostalgia ...
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