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Packed to the rafters
The International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions (IAAPA) celebrated its centennial by shattering attendance records at the annual IAAPA Attractions Expo 2018. Park World reports
during the association’s 100th anniversary celebration.
A “It’s been a great show this year,” said incoming
IAAPA chair David Rosenberg. “The floor, the education, the record-breaking attendance: it’s representative of the industry and the direction we’re heading in.”
Buyers impressed “I never see enough while I am here,” said Will Morey of Morey’s Piers, “I had some great conversations that will move some projects forward in the future.” “The IAAPA Expo is an essential part of our
organisation’s planning calendar,” said Matthew Jelley, president, Maritime Fun Group. “The show never disappoints in introducing us to new attraction and food service ideas and it continues to be a great place to connect and reconnect with our existing suppliers and partners as well. Although a lot of focus is on new and emerging technologies such as virtual reality, there is innovation happening in every aspect of the attractions business.” Neil Dwyer is director of Carnaval Entertainments in Dubai. He said: “We visit IAAPA Orlando to see new ideas, research and buy new products for the park and maintain relationships with many of our suppliers from around the world; at Carnaval
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record 42,000 registered attractions industry professionals, an increase of 3,000 from last year, gathered to learn, buy, and network
Entertainments we are always eager to bring the newest and most exciting concepts to our operations in Dubai.” Tina Resch, COO/executive vice president,
Liseberg added: “I’m quite new in my role and still in the learning phase. The fair is a perfect place to understand what the industry is and has to offer. Everything is there, including the most knowledgeable people! I look at “everything” trying to learn as much as possible. But what really caught my eye was B & M's booth. No wonder, maybe? Here was a seat row from Liseberg's new dive coaster Valkyria with our green rabbits in the seats. Lovely to see!”
Rob Norris, president, Seabreeze summed it up for
everyone when he said that what struck him most was the size of the Expo, “with more than 40,000 people, and the variety of products. It’s huge.”
New launches Dynamic Attractions unveiled its newest ride innovation, the Dual Power Coaster, which “created far more buzz than we anticipated,” said CEO Guy Nelson, explaining that it has both in-board and off- board propulsion. “However, the real excitement is about its optional motion base platform” he said, “it simulates drifting, air time, 360-spin outs, and other racing phenomena which have been impossible up until now. We are delighted that it won the IAAPA Brass Ring Award for Best New Product Concept.” Having exhibited for the last 17 years consecutively, Allen Weisberg, CEO of Apple Industries is in no doubt that IAAPA is the perfect platform for the company to debut new and exciting products. “This year was very special for us as we showcased incredible products which were exclusively revealed at IAAPA 2018: The Marvel Adventure Lab, our new licensed photobooth content from Universal Pictures (Trolls, Jurassic World, Back 2 The Future, Fast and Furious and many more) and finally the world’s first app-powered printing kiosk part of our brand new company division: Print Budii.” ProSlide, meanwhile, used the the show as a
platform for its new RallyRACER, in which the rider speeds belly-down on a mat through a tight 360º
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