IAAPA Expo 2009 news
hues, marquee animations, crawling rainbows, “breathing” effects and more, making the crediting- up of a game all part of the fun.
High ropes a highlight
UK interactive family attractions specialist Innovative Leisure and the company’s US based partners enjoyed a very successful IAAPA Attractions Expo. Innovative Leisure distributes products
throughout Europe for US based Spectrum Sports International, Inc., and Water Wars, Inc., while also now representing Ropes Courses, Inc., in the UK. A highlight of the show for Innovative Leisure was
the chance to show potential customers the new Sky Trail major high ropes courses which the company now distributes for Ropes Courses, Inc. The model on display, a fully operational Sky Trail Discovery, was in use throughout the four days of the trade show and created much interest among buyers. “We had a tremendous response to all
New product award for AnimaLive
UK based interactive cartoon attractions company AnimaLive was awarded First Place for Best New Product for Show Production and Entertainment at the IAAPA show. Examples of AnimaLive technology submitted
for the award included the ChatterBox installation at Sea Life Brighton which features a live animated turtle character that greets guests and provides environmental information, and the bespoke configuration used within the interactive theatrical show Looney Tunes Live – The Experiment, currently playing at all three UK Butlins sites. “Over the last year we have worked extremely
hard to make attractions out of our technology. This award acknowledges that we are on the right path to a successful 2010,” commented Ali Kord, technical director at AnimaLive.
Innovative Leisure MD Phil Pickersgill with Ropes Courses, Inc.’s Michelle Liggett
Service awards presented
THE 2009 IAAPA Service Awards in categories of Lifetime Service, Outstanding Service and Meritorious Service were presented during the November Attractions Expo, the recipients being Roland Koch, Colin Dawson and Tim Sorge respectively. Each recipient was honoured for their “generous and selfless dedication towards the betterment of IAAPA and the attractions industry as a whole.” Our photograph here shows BALPPA chief
AnimaLive’s Ali Kord with the company’s IAAPA show award
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executive Colin Dawson receiving his award from IAAPA Service Awards committee members Mario O. Mamon and Jim Seay
the products we were covering at the show,” commented Innovative Leisure managing director Phil Pickersgill. “Our more familiar attractions such as the climbing walls and towers, including a new smaller wall for schools and mobile operators, DigiWall and the Water Wars game again proved very popular with visitors, while the latest addition
to our range, the Sky Trail major high ropes courses, also created lots of interest. “We had a fully built-up and operational Sky Trail
Discovery in the show which proved to be a real eye- catcher with its vibrant, FEC style paintwork. The various elements within the course were highlighted by the use of different colours and we had a wide age range of visitors trying it out. It was very well received and I’m looking forward to installing our first models in the UK in time for the 2010 season.” Several versions of the Sky Trail are available
offering hourly capacities of up to 500 people and one or two levels. Each model provides an exciting, challenging, ‘dangerous-yet-safe’ experience for anyone 1.1m tall and over and provides a series of testing elements for all skill levels carried out in perfect safety with the use of a continuous belay system on the course. Participants are also able to pass slower users at intermediate platforms using a unique node connection system, thus helping to maintain good throughput. Full theming options are also available and the various elements are interchangeable.
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