It begins

It feels weird, writing for a blog audience who I’ve yet to advertise myself to and therefore don’t yet exist, but to set myself up properly for this project I will need an introduction. Readers can come later… it will still be relevant.

Simply, I dream of designing theme park attractions.

For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated by theme parks and the attractions and experiences they offer. Unlike literature, plays and even movies, a themed environment offers a completely enveloping sense of participation to the viewer. The setting is right there! You are in them, they feel real, and they look real. There are no borders, no framed scenes and nobody telling you how to go about exploring it.

It is this sort of involvement from the viewer that I believe is the peak of storytelling opportunities, and thankfully, many companies over the years have realised this. Theme parks exist almost everywhere, and expand/change almost every season.

There are a good few companies doing this sort of work and I can barely find fault in any of them. They consist of creative geniuses and people sporting massive ranges of skills, and I would be proud to work amongst ANY of them!

However, since the majority of my inspiration and love for the scene of theme park design originates from observing (and experiencing!) the work of Disney’s Imagineers, it seemed more relevant for me to style my own projects after theirs.

A tribute, if you will! =)

So there it is folks! Theme park fans like myself, I think it’s safe to assume!

Where my muse and free time allows, I will try to get some of my daydreams into forms where I can share them with you and hopefully inspire you to discuss them with me and share some of your own ideas!

Thanks for reading

With many thanks to Joe Cardello, who through his own home imagineering projects finally gave my the motivation I needed to pick up on mine.