Theme Park University Radio: Recent Episodes
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Here at Theme Park University, we get a lot of readers looking for advise on how to get started in themed entertainment and are searching for advise on how the industry ticks. Recently I got my hands on an advance copy of a new book that breaks down the Disney philosophy on running a business
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Rarely have I been so excited about a new attraction opening in Central Florida. Opening in October 2015, the Vault of Souls will be combining a unsettling haunt experience with immersive theater in Tampa, Florida. What is being called “an elegant evening of fear”, this event takes place in the real Exchange National Bank which
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I have well over 100 theme park books in my collection, but none on Sesame Place. When I heard that a new book was coming out, I immediately reached out to the authors for an interview. “Sesame Place Images of Modern America” is a fantastic photo history that chronicles 35 years of Sesame Place, which
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Last year when I talked to Russ Mckamey, his home haunt in San Diego, California was just starting to gain international press. Mckamey Manor is known as the most extreme haunted house in the world and with good reason. This haunt, which charges no money (he only asks for some dog food for a Greyhound
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In our latest episode of Theme Park University Radio, we interview Rich Hill from Sally Corporation who was in the middle of designing Justice League: Battle for Metropolis. In our interview we discuss what it was like pulling off the biggest dark ride project in the history of Six Flags parks as well as other
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Editor’s note: Our latest episode of Theme Park University Radio features an insightful interview with Mark and Shane Rhodes from Rhodes to Imagination. With nearly 40 years of experience in the attractions industry, the father and son duo have dozens of stories to share about their work from designing Maelstrom at EPCOT Center to writing
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After running Theme Park University for several years now, I have gotten to chat with some amazing people in the themed entertainment industry. I recorded many of those interviews for my own personal use in order to write and archive information for future articles. In the end, at least half of the information I receive
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