IAAPA Review
Walltopia introduced the latest innovation in ropes
courses — the Curved Ropetopia. It offers endless design options and allows more visitors to move through than standard ropes courses due to its single-direction progression. The modernistic design also solves architectural problems with its easy implementation in otherwise unusable spaces. Triotech’s presented Team Battle, a unique high capacity dueling interactive attraction. It features two teams battling in an oversized multi-sensorial arena. The first adventure comes from Ubisoft and a fully functional prototype was on the trade show floor. ZipFlyer debuted The ZipCoaster, a full loop suspended track system that combines the thrill of riding a traditional zipline and a roller coaster. Sansei Technologies introduced J-Deite Ride, the
industry’s first transforming robot ride. Riders can experience the thrill of being in the cockpit of a car as it transforms into a Bipedal Robot. This innovative concept can be adapted to a variety of configurations to meet the customer’s specific needs.
A great time for the industry “This year’s IAAPA Attractions Expo was once again a very positive experience for Simworx and a very successful four days,” said CEO Terry Monkton. “We doubled the size of our booth for 2018 and exhibited a fully operational example of ParadropVR, an immersive, interactive, virtual reality attraction, which enables users to enjoy an exciting paragliding experience. This was in constant use during the show and was extremely well received by attendees. “We were also promoting our full range of media based products, which includes 4D/5D effects cinemas, Immersive Tunnels, Flying Theatres, AGV (Advanced Guidance Vehicle) dark rides and the recently introduced Immersive Adventurer simulator, and had a lot of interest in these products from operators of a variety of venue types.” Benoit Cornet, CEO and founder of Alterface, said: “This has been a very special IAAPA show for us, with great recognition and visibility across the entire event. As a pioneer in interactive dark rides and theatres, we are very pleased to see interactivity
and mixed media getting more attention and recognition in attractions. These can bring the park to a next level of digital entertainment, building on their strengths in physical family experiences and ensuring a strong edge for the future. Alterface will be pleased to advice and support them in these efforts.” Kees Albers, CEO of Unlimited Leisure was pleased to see buyers becoming more aware the total of solutions his company has to offer too. “We certainly had a best ever IAAPA show with such a lot of high quality enquiries from around the world for example new generation snow parks including our own developed “Marmots” IP; people are eager to see the opening of our Snow Park in Oman early 2019. “Also many confirmed that the visitor video system
TapeMyDay, which enables visitors to get a complete video diary of their entire stay and
TheExperienceTicket.com making the no. 1 guest complaint of queueing a thing of the past, are real game changers. At the same time we had many meetings with potential suppliers for our Holland World project.” “The show has been really great,” said Sophie Bolliger of Bolliger & Mabillard. “We had many interesting meetings. This has been a great opportunity to meet existing customers and meet potential new customers.”
Wrapping up “IAAPA 2018 ranks as JRA’s busiest show ever,” said CEO Dan Schultz. “While the real proof of success of any show is the number of contracts you get months from now, the quality and number of potential project leads we discussed last week makes us very optimistic for 2019 and beyond.” “Overall we had a great show, ” said Stefan
Rothaug of Brogent Technologies, adding “the highlight was definitely the press event with Merlin, where we showed a Lego model of the new THE LEGO MOVIE WORLD themed area that will open in spring 2019.” “It’s been excellent,” said Vekoma’s Charlotte van Etten. “We have had overwhelming meetings and lots of walk-in traffic. We’ve been busy all week.”
New logo At this year’s Kickoff Event, IAAPA also revealed its new logo and brand that will officially debut on January 1, 2019. In 2019 the IAAPA Attractions Expo will again be held in Orlando from November 18 to 22. Mark your dance card now.
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