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'Flight of the Dragon' set for 4K

Producer Charlotte Huggins has teamed with Hollywood-based studio Super 78 to produce "Flight of the Dragon."...more

First Ever Combined Large-Format 3D and Fulldome Theater at Cosmonova

Hybrid Digital Theater Design Open to Public at Swedish Museum of Natural History ...more

Mirage Entertainment and OCT Make a Splash with New Show in Waterpark Wave Pool

“The Pirate Princess,” currently under construction at OCT Chengdu, features a unique set that transforms the waterpark's new wave pool into the stage for the live action sh...more

Waterparks : Great Wolf Lodge receives Canada's Top New Business of the Year award

Waterparks: Niagara Falls Great Wolf Lodge (GWL) is this year’s recipient of the Delta Hotels & Resorts New Business of the Year Award which is presented by the Tourism Indu...more

Waterparks : SCS Interactive’s Focus on Interactivity Expands to its Website

The Newly Upgraded SCS Website now Includes an Area Where You Can Build Your Own StormSeries WaterPlay Structure...more

Friday, November 14, 2008

Amusement Parks: Queueing for Devon's Finest Fudge at the IAAPA Expo

Queues on my mind this week. This is not just because I am English and queuing is a national pastime...

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

Themed Entertainment Design: BRC’s Chuck Roberts Gets Bemused

Back when I was the young designer with the crazy ideas, somebody (I'm trying to remember who) came back from a meeting and handed me this piece of paper headed “Details, Dimensions, and Specifications Are Not The Real Thing.”





	Waterparks : Blooloop’s Sherri Ramaker Reports on the WWA Show in Las Vegas		Themed Entertainment : Getting Interactive at the London Transport Museum



	Getting weak at the knees with Olympic swimmers at this years Waterpark Expo......more		Electrosonic's Robert Simpson explains the museum’s intelligent use of audio-visual and interactive techniques showcased in over 150 exhibits. ...more





	Fulldome: Global Immersion's Martin Howe talks about the Morrison Planetarium at the new California Academy of Sciences		Amusement parks: Theme Park Operations - A Conversation with Lee Cockerell



	Global Immersion's Chief Executive Martin Howes talks immersive theater and invisible technology with Carolyn Collins Petersen....more		With a book, speaking engagements, and a growing consulting business, the recently retired Executive VP for Operations at Walt Disney World, is not taking it easy. ...more





	The Dark Side of Themed Entertainment		Fulldome : Across the Universe



	Judy Rubin on how Nick Farmer does a bloody good job....more		A planetarium in the south of England recently unveiled the sophisticated audiovisual and control technology it is using to provide a truly immersive experience for its vis...more





	Themed Attractions: Visitors are Immersed, Educated and Engaged at Air Force One Discovery Center		Teaching Themed Entertainment : Interview with Don Marinelli



	Mira Cohen on how a themed attraction can best educate and how educational content must mirror entertainment models...more		The executive director of Carnegie Mellon’s Entertainment Technology Center speaks to Blooloop about robots, architects, and nourishing the next generation of industry wizar...more





	Exit Interview: Cindy Gordon moves on from Universal Orlando		Themed Entertainment: Live Interaction with Electrosonic’s Chris Conte



	Universal Orlando's former media marketing specialist takes ten with Blooloop's Chad Emerson...more		Chris Conte talks to Blooloop about public speaking and the importance of sharing information in the themed entertainment industry...more





	The Joyful Architect: Al Cross Talks about Themed Attraction Design		Dodge Wild Earth: So Real, You Can Almost Touch The Animals



	Al Cross, design leader and exhibit project manager of the award winning Georgia Aquarium, talks to Blooloop about joy and joylessness in architecture....more		The TEA's Gene Jeffers experiences a (virtual) Serengeti at the Philadelphia Zoo's interactive motion-based simulator ride, Dodge Wild Earth....more

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Nov. 20th, 2008 Gravity Group Engineers Unveil Next-Generation Wood Coaster Train

The engineers at The Gravity Group started with a blank sheet of paper and ended up with the next generation of trains for wooden roller coasters.
Nov. 20th, 2008 ASPRO Closes the 2008 Fiscal Year with a 13% Growth

On October 31st ASPRO, Europe’s leading leisure park operator in number of centres, closed its 2007-2008 season with a 13% growth in income on last year’s figures, despite a season characterized by international economic turbulences which are affecting the behaviour of European consumers.
Nov. 20th, 2008 Ballantyne to Provide 35 NEC Digital Projectors with Real D 3-D Technology to Support the Launch of "Bolt" in Disney Digital 3-D

Ballantyne of Omaha, Inc. (NYSE Alternext US: BTN), a provider of cinema equipment and services, announced today that its Strong Digital Systems (SDS) division will provide 35 NEC STARUS(TM) Digital Cinema projectors with REAL D 3-D technology to theatre chains including Regal Entertainment Group and National Amusements, Inc.
Nov. 20th, 2008 Disney's Hawai'i Project Begins With Ground Blessing

Disney Resort on O'ahu Scheduled to Open in 2011
Nov. 20th, 2008 Career Opportunity

Vice President, New Business Development
Nov. 19th, 2008 New Solar Powered-Golf Cart Introduced at Universal Studios Hollywood as Theme Park and Studio Explore New 'Green' Transportation Options

Universal Studios Hollywood became the first movie studio and theme park to introduce a solar powered golf cart as a means of employee transportation.
Nov. 19th, 2008 Major Ecological Initiative Places Guatemala on the Map with Opening of First Restaurant-Aquarium in Latin America: Nais Aquarium

Starting December 3, with the opening of the Nais Aquarium Restaurant at the Oakland Mall Shopping Center, the largest Mobile Aquarium in the world will be inaugurated, with sharks, manta rays, eels and 450 fish from 38 exotic species, as part of a complex of 15 aquariums decorating the Restaurant and Lounge
Nov. 19th, 2008 IAAPA Annual Charity Golf Tournament Raises $64,000 for Give Kids The World

The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) hosted the Sixth Annual Charity International Golf Tournament Sunday Nov. 16, and raised $64,000 to benefit Give Kids The World (GKTW).
Nov. 19th, 2008 Adventure Island gets its Very Own Ghostbusters

Newest UK ghost train installed by Sarner in Southend
Nov. 19th, 2008 IAAPA Inducts Three Attractions Industry Innovators in Hall of Fame at Expo

Industry’s Highest Honor Goes to Larry Cochran, Edgard Meeus, and Arto Monaco
Nov. 19th, 2008 accesso(SM) Wins 2008 Best New Product Award From IAAPA for Revolutionary Online Ticketing and Ecommerce Solution

At its annual Attractions Expo in Orlando, FL, The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) announced winners of the industry's recognition program honoring new services, rides, games and technology.
Nov. 19th, 2008 New Mirror Maze at Mission Beach, San Diego, CA

James Austin, Mission Beach Attractions, and Adrian Fisher, Adrian Fisher Design Ltd of England, meeting at IAAPA to discuss the new Mirror Maze being created at Belmont Park, San Diego in February 2009