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Theme Park Design Seminar
1. Welcome to Your
Theme Park Design
Seminar!
Everything you always wanted to know about Theme
Park Design - including how to get a job doing it – but
were afraid to ask!
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Saturday, 30 April 2011
1109 East Las Olas Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
(323) 843-2214
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5. Agenda
A hands-on day!
Theme Park Design overview
including Blue Sky, Concept
Development & Construction
“Fear - Death = Fun”: A Real-
World Ride Case Study
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6. Agenda
A hands-on day!
Theme Park Design overview
including Blue Sky, Concept
Development & Construction
“Fear - Death = Fun”: A Real-
World Ride Case Study
Tips for landing your dream
job!
2
7. Agenda
A hands-on day!
Theme Park Design overview
including Blue Sky, Concept
Development & Construction
“Fear - Death = Fun”: A Real-
World Ride Case Study
Tips for landing your dream
job!
Workshop Mixed-Used
Development Projects
2
8. Agenda
A hands-on day!
Theme Park Design overview
including Blue Sky, Concept
Development & Construction
“Fear - Death = Fun”: A Real-
World Ride Case Study
Tips for landing your dream
job!
Workshop Mixed-Used
Development Projects
And Italian Ices!
2
9. Agenda
A hands-on day!
Theme Park Design overview
including Blue Sky, Concept
Development & Construction
“Fear - Death = Fun”: A Real-
World Ride Case Study
Tips for landing your dream
job!
Workshop Mixed-Used
Development Projects
And Italian Ices!
The Seven Best Druthers
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69. Pro Forma
Defined: (Latin "as a matter of
form") is a term applied to
practices or documents that are
done as a pure formality,
perfunctory, or seek to satisfy the
minimum requirements or to
conform to a convention or
doctrine.
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70. Return on Investment - ROI
A performance measure used to evaluate the
efficiency of an investment or to compare the
efficiency of a number of different
investments. To calculate ROI, the benefit
(return) of an investment is divided by the
cost of the investment; the result is expressed
as a percentage or a ratio.
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71. RevPAR/Per Cap
RevPAR, or revenue per available room, is an
important metric relevant to the hotel
industry. Often it is utilized as a primary
statistic indicating the overall financial
performance of a property. Related to Per
Cap.
An often used short cut to estimate RevPAR is
to multiply Occupancy % times Average Daily
Rate (ADR).
So, RevPAR (estimated) = Occ% * ADR.
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72. Capital Expenditure
Capital expenditures (CAPEX or capex) are
expenditures creating future benefits. A
capital expenditure is incurred when a
business spends money either to buy fixed
assets or to add to the value of an existing
fixed asset with a useful life that extends
beyond the taxable year.
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74. THRC
Theoretical
Hourly Ride
Capacity - how
many seconds
pass between
sending out a
vehicle. Divide
that into an
hour, then
multiply the
number of
dispatches by
the average
number of
guests in each
car.
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75. THRC Example
To use a typical This means that given
example of how a dispatch interval of
budget may limit the 1 minute (60
capacity of an dispatches per hour):
attraction, let us use a The ride has a THRC
roller coaster as an (theoretical hourly
example: A two seat, ride capacity)
side-by-side coaster capacity of 2 x 8 x 60
may have a train = 960 riders per hour.
composed of 8 cars.
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76. OHRC
Operational Hourly Ride Capacity
THRC derated - typically ranging
from 5% to 20% to accommodate
Operational realities
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77. FMEA
Failure Modes and Effects
Analysis
A failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA)
is a procedure in product development and
operations management for analysis of
potential failure modes within a system for
classification by the severity and likelihood of
the failures.
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78. MTBF
Mean Time Between Failures
Mean time between failures (MTBF) is the
predicted elapsed time between inherent
failures of a system during operation. MTBF
can be calculated as the arithmetic mean
(average) time between failures of a system.
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79. MTTR
Mean Time To Repair
Mean time to repair (MTTR) is a basic
measure of the maintainability of repairable
items. It represents the average time
required to repair a failed component or
device.
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80. ASTM F24
ASTM Committee F24 on Amusement Rides
and Devices was formed in 1978.
F24 meets twice a year, usually in February
and October, with approximately 100
members from around the world attending
two or three days of technical meetings.
The Committee, with current membership of
approximately 500 members, currently has
jurisdiction of 17 standards, published in the
Annual Book of ASTM Standards.
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81. EN/DIN/TUV SUD
European and German Standards
Services Provided by TUV SUD:
Design review
Manufacturing and quality assessment
Final acceptance tests
Thorough examinations
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84. Welcome to Your
Theme Park Design
Seminar!
Everything you always wanted to know about Theme
Park Design - including how to get a job doing it – but
were afraid to ask!
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Saturday, 30 April 2011
1109 East Las Olas Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
(323) 843-2214
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85. Agenda - Acts II & III
A hands-on day!
Theme Park Design overview
including Blue Sky, Concept
Development & Construction
“Fear - Death = Fun”: A Real-
World Ride Case Study
Tips for landing your dream
job!
Workshop Mixed-Used
Development Projects
And Italian Ices!
The Seven Best Druthers
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86. Real-World Ride Case Study
Illustrative with the intent of
being preventative
Caution
Promulgated by NASA
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87. Clients need to ...
Make Money
Develop Successful Projects
Differentiate Their Brands in
Today’s Swirl of Information
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122. Cute Puppies Break
Jake and Kellogg
say, “Have an
Italian Ice and
please save one for
us!”
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123. Welcome to Your
Theme Park Design
Seminar!
Everything you always wanted to know about Theme
Park Design - including how to get a job doing it – but
were afraid to ask!
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Saturday, 30 April 2011
1109 East Las Olas Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
(323) 843-2214
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124. Agenda - Act III
A hands-on day!
Theme Park Design overview
including Blue Sky, Concept
Development & Construction
“Fear - Death = Fun”: A Real-
World Ride Case Study
Tips for landing your dream
job!
Workshop Mixed-Used
Development Projects
And Italian Ices!
The Seven Best Druthers
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129. For You To Do
Choose Wisely!
3.25 Acres OR
3.5 Acres OR
What’s behind
Door Number 3!
Permission Slip!
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130. Thanks! It’s been my
pleasure!
Craig@InServiceToOthers.com
Everything you always wanted to know about Theme
Park Design - including how to get a job doing it – but
were afraid to ask!
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Saturday, 30 April 2011
1109 East Las Olas Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
(323) 843-2214
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