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projection screens, delivering high-framerate and high-fidelity stereoscopic 3D media content, immersive audio, lighting effects, wind effects and stunning scenic elements throughout the guest journey. The action in the rider’s surroundings and on the screens is choreographed with the 8-passenger vehicle’s movement, making it feel as if the rider is truly immersed in the story alongside the characters.
EtherQuest: This interactive walk-through attraction combines proprietary technologies, elaborate scenic elements, immersive projection, and an interactive gameplay journey to reimagine a traditional walk-through experience. Several of the rooms feature projections on all four walls to transport guests from the halls of ‘Jadu’ (the house of Katmandu) into The Hidden Realms to defeat powerful Explorer Mages with various interactive props, find an invaluable ETHERMETAL ember and get back home. To give guests the chance to explore, play and influence their experience, this attraction uses an action-packed interactive walk-through system, where guests are really the main characters of their own adventure.
PW: What were the main aims when designing and building Katmandu Park | Punta Cana? DW: A top priority for the Falcon’s team was ensuring that through Katmandu Park, we seamlessly integrate storytelling while providing unique experiences for all. As part of one overarching, narrative Katmandu storyline, the park’s marquee rides standalone while still living within the universe of the Katmandu franchise. Falcon’s carefully matched the Katmandu storyline to the attractions best suited to an experience that immerses guests in the unfolding adventure, while allowing them to enjoy them independently from one another.
PW: What does the park offer beyond its rides? DW: While Katmandu Park | Punta Cana offers its fair share of innovative, first-of- its-kind rides and attractions, the ultimate aim is to provide guests with immersive storytelling experiences across the entire park. Perhaps one of the greatest examples of this effort coming to fruition is with our BeyondME platform. e take pride in the feeling of escapism that Katmandu Park | Punta Cana offers our guests, providing immersive storytelling experiences that form memories for a lifetime. Guests of Katmandu Park | Punta Cana receive a smart wristband that carries
their attraction passes, enables cashless payments, and grants them their own unique and virtual identity through BeyondME, a free-to-use fan loyalty and online game platform for all ages. Guests can then customise their own BeyondME persona, personalise their avatar, earn and spend experience points as virtual currency called XP, and level up their status for additional benefits. In addition to the real-life experiences inside the park, BeyondME connects to various digital experiences, such as mobile games, Roblox, and online shopping, to further earn and redeem XP. BeyondME serves as a foundational layer to everything we do to create these incredible memories and experiences.
PW: What are the current challenges facing the industry? Are any of them unique to the region where Katmandu Park | Punta Cana is located? How did you seek to address these challenges? DW: I would say there are more opportunities than challenges for
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the industry and for Falcon’s specifically. Post-Covid, the experience economy has experienced a growing presence as consumers return to normalcy and seek new adventures and unforgettable moments. Arguably the clearest beneficiaries are themed entertainment proprietors – there is so much built-up demand for new, incredible experiences that bring people together in the physical world. In fact, the experience economy’s growing presence is shifting long-standing market and regional boundaries in themed entertainment altogether, and the door is opening to new theme parks, and new types of experiences, in entirely different regions and with entirely different approaches. This is a huge opportunity for Falcon’s, something we are capitalising on with Katmandu Park | Punta Cana as one example.
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