Many theme park attractions feature a combination of immersive storytelling and physical thrills. The Universal parks, especially, aren’t shy about amping up the thrills on their headlining rides. Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Coaster, which debuted…
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Nickelodeon Universe brings the thrills indoors at NJ’s American Dream
I visited Nickelodeon Universe, the largest indoor theme park in North America at the new American Dream mega-complex in New Jersey and was impressed by its headlining attraction, the TMNT Shellraiser coaster. Read my review…
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Putting a face on technology
There are some talented techies designing park attractions and chronicling the amusement industry. Folks such as Anya Tyler and Dustin Sloane, engineers at Skyline Attractions; Anne Irvine and Brian Ondrey of IOE, which specializes in programmable…
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Unsung heroes
Whiz-bang visual effects and kick-ass thrills may get all the glory when it comes to theme park attractions. But let’s hear it for the composers, sound designers, and other creatives that develop the music and…
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