A Journey Through History At Arizonas Old Tucson Studios
Posted on January 31, 2014
If you grew up loving John Wayne movies and other classic Westerns, one Southern Arizona attraction has captured a slice of movie history for movie fans to revisit. Old ...
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Oppression or Opportunity? Dwarf Empire in China Features Big Shows with Little People
Posted on January 30, 2014
Kingdom of the Little People, also known as The Dwarf Empire, was founded in 2009 by Chen Mingjing, a bio-tech millionaire, in Kunming in Western China's Yunnan province. Chen simultaneously ...
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Nature vs. Skywalker: The Battle of the Museum Proposals
Posted on January 29, 2014
The battle of the museum proposals for the waterfront site on San Franciscos Crissy Field continued this week at the Presidio Trusts first public hearing this Monday night. During the ...
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How Designers Use Ethnography to Create Better Theme Parks
Posted on January 29, 2014
Museum and theme park designers use a surprisingly wide range of techniques to create innovative, immersive, and engaging exhibits. One technique that is interesting in the entertainment context is ethnography. ...
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Verrückt Worlds Tallest Water Slide Pushes Wet Ride Design to Insane Limits
Posted on January 28, 2014
Have you ever looked at a ride and felt your heart thump against your chest in sheer terror and then decided to go ahead and get on it anyway? That's ...
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Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination Makes Its Final Stop
Posted on January 27, 2014
The Force is strong in Silicon Valley. Recently, the Lucas Museum, the Boston Museum of Science, MIT, and the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute teamed up to bring Star Wars to ...
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The Alliance for Sustainable Wildlife: Wildlife Entertainment and Conservation
Posted on January 24, 2014
A rich and important debate has raged in the themed entertainment industry for years. Do animal attractions help raise awareness and broad support for conservation, or do they infringe on ...
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Landmark Ruling in Handicap Access to Coaster Will This Affect Future Ride Design?
Posted on January 23, 2014
A court case in California charging a theme park with violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) resulted in a landmark ruling that the park Universal Studios Hollywood - ...
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The Freakling Brothers Re-Launch The Victim Experience: March of Death
Posted on January 22, 2014
Theres been a trend in recent years of horror and Halloween attractions becoming more experiential and intense. From participatory zombie fighting experiences to haunted houses that require you sign a ...
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The Spectacle of Jordans Red Sea Astrarium Hotels, Gardens, Water Parks and, Oh Yeah, Star Trek
Posted on January 21, 2014
First announced a couple of years ago as a pet project of King Abdullah of Jordan (a confirmed Trekkie), it looks like at long last, the Red Sea Astrarium, complete ...
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