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Saturday, September 26, 2009 Themed Entertainment: Blue Sky Adventure at TEA's SATE Conference After a briefing and introduction from George Wiktor, Karen Armitage, Larry Tuch, Jeff Mayer, Chick Russell and Linda Smith, attendees of the 3rd annual SATE Conference (Storytelling-Architecture-Technology-Entertainment) in Orlando split up into five groups to conduct two-hour mini-charrettes......View more

Friday, September 25, 2009 Themed Entertainment on both sides of the brain The discussion at the third annual SATE Conference, hosted by TEA (Themed Entertainment Association) was lively and productive today. We met in the beautiful Atlantic Dance Hall at Disney's Boardwalk in Orlando for a transformative nine hours....View more

Thursday, September 24, 2009 Theme Parks: Fun For Mom at Manta SeaWorld Orlando helped the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) kick off its annual SATE (Storytelling-Architecture-Technology-Experience) Conference in style last night with an industry mixer behind the scenes at the new Manta roller coaster/aquarium attraction.
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Saturday, June 20, 2009 InfoComm's Audiovisual Marketplace: The floor according to Steve Friday, June 19 was the last day of InfoComm 09. This year, the world's largest pro audiovisual marketplace celebrated its 70th anniversary and reported respectable numbers: 28,000 attendees and 850 exhibitors. Exhibitors scramble to get new products, upgrades and prototypes ready in time for this important marketplace. ...View more

Friday, November 14, 2008 Amusement Parks: Queueing for Devon's Finest Fudge at the IAAPA Expo Queues on my mind this week. This is not just because I am English and queuing is a national pastime...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008 Amusement Law: Legal Learning at WWA and IAAPA For those interested in legal and regulatory issues, fall is a useful time as it’s the season when some of the industry’s largest associations hold their annual conventions.
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008 Amusement Law : Theme Park Trends in Central Florida and the Game of "What-If?" I sat down last weekend to write about local government regulatory issues that have slowed, stalled and even stopped new projects from opening, and which vex a wide variety of operators. Then, a fascinating conversation with an industry insider prompted a quick change in direction ....View more

Thursday, March 20, 2008 Amusement parks: New Coaster set to Rumble at Universal Studios Orlando in '09 Universal Studios Orlando this week announced that its "Project Rumble" will in fact be a dazzling new hi-tech coaster which will sweep over the heads of the crowds in the Citywalk entertainment district and will wow riders with high tech wizardry, appealing to the "You Tube Culture."
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Tuesday, November 06, 2007 aquariums: Florida Aquarium Gets Technical View the post