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Introduction

Themedattraction.com exists to inform, encourage, educate, and expand the themed entertainment / location based entertainment / attractions industry. We are pleased to announce the inaugural “Themed Attraction Student Showcase” for the 2020/21 academic year.

The Themed Attraction Student Showcase is a celebration of the 1) creative, interdisciplinary nature of immersive and themed experiences in the built environment, 2) the faculty that shape future makers, and 3) the emerging talent of students in the themed attractions and environments industries. It’s been said that over 140 disciplines are involved in the creation of themed and immersive environments. The integration of creative arts with business, engineering, and technology is crucial to an immersive experience and enable a joyous society. Students from a wide range of academic programs with interests in the themed attractions andexperiences are encouraged to showcase project-based student work.

All students currently enrolled in a college or university are eligible to submit work. Individuals may submit work produced while enrolled as a student within the previous 12 months, up to 10 months after graduation. Students may submit team or individual projects. All submissions must have been produced while the individual(s) were higher-education students as part of assigned coursework or under the supervision of a faculty member (such as a thesis project or sponsored club activity). All submitted work must be original in design and content (no existing intellectual property).

Submissions should fall into one of three categories:

  • Showcase – Design, Story and Visualization of a themed experience or attraction
  • Showcase – Hospitality, Planning and Management of a themed experience or attraction
  • Showcase – Engineering and Technology pertaining to a themed experience or attraction

Recognition:

Submissions may be recognized in, but are not limited to, the following sub-categories.

  • Best in Show – Overall
  • Best in Class – Storytelling/Show Writing/Guest Experience Narrative
  • Best in Class – Application, and Use of Technology
  • Best in Class – Concept Art/Graphic Design
  • Best in Class – Master Planning / Area Development / Landscape Design
  • Best in Class – Show Set Development / Attraction Design
  • Best in Class – Architectural Development / Ride Envelope
  • Best in Class – Audio Visual Design
  • Best in Class – Ride & Show Systems (engineering the ride)
  • Best in Class – Show Animation (animatronics and live actor use)
  • Best in Class – Operational Management plan

Registration Period and Project Instructions

Individuals and teams wishing to participate are encouraged to register their participation by creating a profile at themedattraction.com and indicating their team or project affiliation within their profile at the appropriate prompts. Individual and team registrations will remain open until 3/31/21.

** Important ** – All teams should also submit the form at the bottom of this page to register their team.

Submissions will be evaluated by a veteran panel of impartial industry professionals. Students will receive feedback on their submitted work when the results of the judging are announced. Reviewers may give anonymous critique or serve as themedattraction.com industry mentor

We will make available a board of professional student mentors to serve as a resource for students. These mentors will have direct knowledge of the design, conceptualization and implementation of themed entertainment projects. Contact us if you are interested to serve as a judge or industry mentor.

Submissions & Deliverables

Submissions shall consist of an 8 – 12 minute video presentation presentation and may include supplemental attachments such as images, plans, illustrations, animations, etc… All work will be submitted online in digital format at themedattraction.com. Further submission instructions will be provided to registered participants.=

Nothing excites us more than seeing emerging professionals showcase their talents so come one, come all and show us what you and your classmates have been working on with your themed entertainment faculty!

Timeline

  • Registration deadline 3/31/21 (now closed)
  • All students to start uploading their documents on 4/1/21 – 4/30/21.
  • The upload portal will close Friday 4/30/21.
  • Showcase opens to public display on 5/03/21, posted on themedattaction.com.
  • Judging to commence Monday 5/3 – Friday 5/14/21
  • Results posted week of 5/17/21.
  • Feedback Q&A with judges on 5/24/21 – 5/28/21. We will probably have 2-3 sessions based on the number of entries.

Academic Advisory Council

  • Dr. Jesse Kamm, IAAPA Academic Symposium / PMP / Licensed General Contractor 
  • Peter Weishar – Professor University of Central Florida / TEA  Eastern North America Board member / TEA Academic Society
  • Christian Rogers – Associate Professor Computer / Themed Attraction Design & Motion Design IU / PUI – (Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianpolis)
  • Jamie DeRuyter – Faculty Entertainment Design / Ringling College of Art + Design

Faculty wishing to participate with your program please contact us at themedattraction.com or Dr. Jesse Kamm.

Registration:

“Even beavers need deadlines….”  – Walt Disney

The registration period for the 2021 Themed Attraction student showcase is now closed.

Team Entry Confirmation:

The following teams and individuals have been received. Please email us immediately if you see any errors:

  Team Name Project Participant Names College / University
1 Bruineers Crystal Caverns Harris Lanum UCLA
  Bruineers Crystal Caverns Taylor Scott UCLA
  Bruineers Crystal Caverns Liam Olive UCLA
  Bruineers Crystal Caverns Brian Cook UCLA
  Bruineers Crystal Caverns Lisa Imai UCLA
  Bruineers Crystal Caverns Jack Keeton UCLA
2 Fainting Goats Dark Ride Ashna Jerry SCAD
  Fainting Goats Dark Ride Ryan Rassasombath SCAD
3 Fort Aventura Resort Designing a Resort Hotel Themed to Pirates Alex Underwood SCAD
  Fort Aventura Resort Designing a Resort Hotel Themed to Pirates Brittany Bryan SCAD
  Fort Aventura Resort Designing a Resort Hotel Themed to Pirates Adrian Gutierrez SCAD
  Fort Aventura Resort Designing a Resort Hotel Themed to Pirates LaRisa Dunham SCAD
  Fort Aventura Resort Designing a Resort Hotel Themed to Pirates Dila Kiliboz SCAD
  Fort Aventura Resort Designing a Resort Hotel Themed to Pirates Monserrat Dominguez SCAD
4 Swinging Streetcar Soirée Swinging Streetcar Soirée Desiree Almonte SCAD
  Swinging Streetcar Soirée Swinging Streetcar Soirée Chase Fiore SCAD
  Swinging Streetcar Soirée Swinging Streetcar Soirée Sara Needham SCAD
  Swinging Streetcar Soirée Swinging Streetcar Soirée Maria Darwich SCAD
  Swinging Streetcar Soirée Swinging Streetcar Soirée Derrek Lewis SCAD
  Swinging Streetcar Soirée Swinging Streetcar Soirée Ashna Jerry SCAD
  Swinging Streetcar Soirée Swinging Streetcar Soirée Kira Prince SCAD
5 Team Brusten Dragon Trek Susan Saulnier, Kirsten Riser, Brendan Assaf Ringling College of Art and Design
6 Team Victoria Operation Underground Matt Bashford Brunel University London
  Team Victoria Operation Underground Lars van de Crommert Oxford Brookes University
  Team Victoria Operation Underground Katie Baker Southampton Solent University
  Team Victoria Operation Underground Lew Gilmore Staffordshire University
  Team Victoria Operation Underground Niklas Achauer Staffordshire University
  Team Victoria Operation Underground Luke Smith University of Hertfordshire
  Team Victoria Operation Underground Jonathan Baker  
  Team Victoria Operation Underground Ryan-Sam Marshal University of South Wales
7 The Habershammies Habersham Manor Ethan Noah Locke SCAD
  The Habershammies Habersham Manor MJ Loyet SCAD
  The Habershammies Habersham Manor Adriana Cecchini SCAD
  The Habershammies Habersham Manor Cami Mikszta SCAD
  The Habershammies Habersham Manor Brielle Sanders SCAD
  The Habershammies Habersham Manor Brodie Katzenberger SCAD
  The Habershammies Habersham Manor Allison Blum SCAD
  The Habershammies Habersham Manor Allie Cook SCAD
8 The Psychedelic Snozzberries Hal N Luci Nugenex Reed Schueler, Tiffany Beckler, Blaine Zweifel Ringling College of Art and Design
9 The Riveting Rocketeers Retro-Futuristic Ice Cream Stop Gage Pacetti SCAD
  The Riveting Rocketeers Retro-Futuristic Ice Cream Stop Nicole Ade SCAD
  The Riveting Rocketeers Retro-Futuristic Ice Cream Stop Jon Deckard SCAD
10 Time Travelers Time Zone Hallie Jones IUPUI
11 Dreamland Dreamland Park Mark Firestone IUPUI
  Dreamland Dreamland Park Alan Ingram IUPUI
  Dreamland Dreamland Park Kaiden Jordan IUPUI
  Dreamland Dreamland Park Tracy Taylor IUPUI
12 TimeZone Time Travel Land Design Denise Knight IUPUI
  TimeZone Time Travel Land Design Mikaila Dudley IUPUI
  TimeZone Time Travel Land Design Jaspreet Singh IUPUI
13 The MighTEA Warriors Warrior’s Journey: Path of the Three Clans Ryan Elizabeth Scanlon SCAD
  The MighTEA Warriors Warrior’s Journey: Path of the Three Clans Billie Redner SCAD
  The MighTEA Warriors Warrior’s Journey: Path of the Three Clans Eve Katz SCAD
  The MighTEA Warriors Warrior’s Journey: Path of the Three Clans Ashley Wehrs SCAD
  The MighTEA Warriors Warrior’s Journey: Path of the Three Clans Andrew Guidry SCAD
  The MighTEA Warriors Warrior’s Journey: Path of the Three Clans Austin Galletti SCAD
  The MighTEA Warriors Warrior’s Journey: Path of the Three Clans Brandi Nolan SCAD
  The MighTEA Warriors Warrior’s Journey: Path of the Three Clans Cody Sowell SCAD
  The MighTEA Warriors Warrior’s Journey: Path of the Three Clans Dana Schrack SCAD
  The MighTEA Warriors Warrior’s Journey: Path of the Three Clans Emma Gronda SCAD
  The MighTEA Warriors Warrior’s Journey: Path of the Three Clans Gage Pacetti SCAD
  The MighTEA Warriors Warrior’s Journey: Path of the Three Clans Hannah Nagengast SCAD
  The MighTEA Warriors Warrior’s Journey: Path of the Three Clans Jade Strack SCAD
  The MighTEA Warriors Warrior’s Journey: Path of the Three Clans Lexi Vespucci SCAD
  The MighTEA Warriors Warrior’s Journey: Path of the Three Clans Sydney Harris SCAD
         
  Individual Entries      
1 Air Nomads Project Roach Jordan Roach IUPUI
2 RLFCDesigns Revival Institute Tours and Observation Rachel Carter IUPUI
4 StoonBag Trilogy Final Project Kaiden Jordan IUPUI
5 StoonBag Trilogy From When Chantz Stiener IUPUI
6 IUPUI Design Project Alan Ingram IUPUI
7 Team Assaf The Creepenstein Club Brendan Assaf Ringling College of Art and Design
8 Team Antonelli Alchemy of Earth Corinne Antonelli Ringling College of Art and Design
9 Team Chancellor Project Chancellor Jacob Chancellor Ringling College of Art and Design
10 Individual Stardust Sophie Ruiz Ringling College of Art and Design
11 Individual Stunt Show Guest Experience Bella Cicci Ringling College of Art and Design
12 Individual Educational Environment: The Food Experience Reed Schueler Ringling College of Art and Design
13 Individual Remaining Ashes Stella Pappi Ringling College of Art and Design
14 Adrian Gutierrez The Time Watcher Adrian Gutierrez SCAD
15 Alina Holder Designs Chicago Spec Alina Holder SCAD
16 A Sacred Land Reserve A Sacred Land Reserve Jessyka Colon SCAD
17 The Roses Sea Searching Jordan R Prusacki SCAD
18 Green Pepper Design Rick and Morty Theme Park Concept Jiawei Qin SCAD
19 Kristen Tholen Rocket Roundup Kristen Tholen SCAD
20 DFE Dark Ride DFE Dark Ride Eve Cheng SCAD
21 Fort Aventura Resort Additive Manufacturing Coaster Car Eric Brown The Ohio State University
22 Off the Page Beyond the Pond Paige Brunson UCLA
23 Young at Heart Wrath of the Scorpion Queen Jacob Young UCF
24 Melody Sivri Si soy/ Inti: I am Melody Sivri UCF
25 WATO WATO Rob Uyttersprot University of Antwerp

Instructions to submit:

To upload your project, create a profile. (Click Join Us). Then login and navigate to your profile. Click blog > Create.

  • Add a Title “Project name followed by school”. For example,  “Project Time Warp – UCLA”
  • Add your or embed HTML code, toggle the the TEXT tab on the top right of the screen. (not VISUAL)
  • To paste in written content: Use the VISUAL button on the top right of the page. (not TEXT)
  • Click add media to add images or pdf files to the page.
  • Add featured image (bottom of page).
  • Select a category so that it will display properly here. Select  team or individual.
  • Excerpt – optional. This is text that will be displayed on the gallery page.
  • Tags – optional – for SEO purposes. These are essentially key words.

Hit Save Draft to continue to work on this project without anyone seeing it. You can then see edit your draft at a later time by going to your blog section.

Alternate Instructions: You can also go to /wp-admin and login to the back end. Click post > edit to see your saved post.

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Important: Once you click publish, this will auto publish to the home page of themedattraction.com as well as the gallery page and also be visible on social media pages (automatically).

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