Immersion has been the buzzword of the themed entertainment industry for a little over a decade or so. We’re in an arms race where every new project attempts to one-up the last by increasing the ‘immersiveness’ by another factor. Bigger, more enveloping, more detailed, and especially: more real. While some of the projects this has…
The winner of HGTV’s newest reality show is theme park designer Brian Morrow. Known for his many years at SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment overseeing key multimillion-dollar, award-winning projects including the opening of TurtleTrek, roller coasters Manta and Mako, and the first-of-its-kind, fully-themed land, Antarctica: Empire of the Penguin, Brian took his creative chops to a national stage, and blew the competition away.
Over the course of the last couple of decades, increasingly easy and inexpensive international travel has made the world feel smaller; making the appeal of such ideas limited, even as recently as five or ten years ago. Why would I want to look at Orlando through a window, when I could just fly there tomorrow? But as we all begin to finally wake up to the evidence climate scientists have been waving in our faces for several generations — perhaps flying to Orlando tomorrow isn’t the best idea — and the separate realisation that something like Covid-19 can ground flights without much warning, the idea of seeing the world without actually travelling very far may become more appealing. The future of themed entertainment may well be a hybrid, combining in-person visits with virtual experiences set in far flung locations.
Chicago Spec is a large scale fire hydrant waterpark with slides, restaurants, and pools that immerse guests into the nostalgia of cracking open a fire hydrant and playing in the water. The goal of the attraction is to enhance the city experience and make something that is out of the ordinary; to make something that stands out and draws attention from the guests. It is meant to give kids a space to have fun, and to give adults the feeling of being a kid again.
Greetings and Salutations, valued guests! Welcome to Creepenstein Manor, we do appreciate your presence here on the night of our most ambitious experiment yet!! The Creepenstein Club is a brand new, immersive, horror-comedy dining and nightlife venue that tells the story of the zany Dr. Creepenstein. Tonight is the night of his biggest experiment yet,…