Theme Park Design: Behind the Scenes with an Engineer

Theme Park Design: Behind the Scenes with an Engineer - Paperback

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Theme Park Design: Behind the Scenes with an Engineer - Paperback

Theme Park Design: Behind the Scenes with an Engineer - Paperback

by Steve Alcorn
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Theme Park Design: Behind the Scenes with an Engineer (20th Anniversary Edition)

Have you ever wondered how theme parks create their magic? From soaring roller coasters to immersive dark rides, from spectacular shows to seamless park operations - discover the engineering secrets behind the world's greatest attractions.

Written by Steve Alcorn, who helped design EPCOT Center and founded the leading manufacturer of theme park control systems, this insider's guide takes you behind the scenes of themed entertainment design. Whether you're considering a career in the industry or simply fascinated by how attractions work, you'll gain unprecedented access to the creative and technical processes that bring theme parks to life.

Inside you'll discover:
- The different types of attractions and how they're controlled
- What it takes to design, build, and operate a major theme park
- The creative and technical people who make the magic happen
- Ride control systems, show control, audio, video, and lighting design
- Project management from concept through opening day
- Real stories from EPCOT's construction and other major projects

From Imagineers to maintenance crews, from concept art to opening day chaos, Theme Park Design reveals the rarely seen world of themed entertainment engineering. Perfect for aspiring theme park designers, engineering students, Disney enthusiasts, and anyone curious about how these magical places really work.

About the Author: Steve Alcorn is an entrepreneur, engineer, author and teacher. At Walt Disney Imagineering he helped design Epcot attractions including The American Adventure, Journey Into Imagination, and the park-wide monitoring system. His company, Alcorn McBride Inc., makes the show control, audio, and video equipment used in most major theme parks around the world.
ISBN9798652700775
Author Steve Alcorn
PublisherIndependently Published
GenreTravel and Technology
FormatPaperback
PublishedJune 2020
LanguageENG- English
Pages234
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Steve Alcorn

Steve Alcorn is an entrepreneur, engineer, inventor, author and teacher best known for his involvement in the theme park industry. In 1982 he joined Walt Disney Imagineering (then known as WED Enterprises) as a consultant, where he worked on the electronic systems for Epcot Center. During his two years with Imagineering he designed show control systems for The American Adventure, wrote the operating system used in the parkwide monitoring system, and became Imagineering's first Systems Engineer. In 1986 he founded Alcorn McBride Inc. The company's show control, audio, video and lighting equipment is used in most major theme park attractions around the world. Mr. Alcorn is the author of several novels available at themeperks.com. Through Internet instruction provider Education To Go, Mr. Alcorn teaches online classes at over 1000 universities and colleges worldwide. He also teaches a survey class in Theme Park Engineering at themeparkengineering.com David Green is the president of Monteverdi Creative, Inc. (www.montverdicreative.com), which provides creative and technical design services to companies in the entertainment industry. In addition to his three years at WED working on Epcot, Tokyo Disneyland, Fantasyland Rehab and Houston WEDWay Peoplemover, David spent another 11 years at other divisions of The Walt Disney Company. He is a trained journalist and published author in non-fiction, fiction and poetry. Since founding Monteverdi Creative, David's clients have included DIRECTV, Technicolor, Pioneer Home Digital, Visual Terrain, Smart Design, Thinkwell, Dedica Group, Concrete Pictures and others.

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