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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"theme park"”.
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Theme park visitor travel patterns
<p>This study was designed to address several related problems. (1) To determine the difference, if any, between national travel patterns and those of 1982 Easter Week visitors to Marriott’s Great America (Santa Clara, California) and Marine World Africa U.S.A (Redwood City, California). (2) To …
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The effect of newness of physical surroundings on theme park visitors' repurchase behaviour
… high 'facility-driven' leisure services such as theme parks. However, the effect of the level of newness of physical surroundings on repurchase behaviour and the method for measuring the perception of the level of newness of physical surroundings by comparing the past experience with present …
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Visitors to a theme park - Motives and satisfaction: The case of Janfusun, Taiwan
… the pre, during and post visit behaviours of theme park visitors. This study took place at Janfusun Fancyworld, which is situated at Gukeng village Yun-Lin County, Taiwan. The park was the first Taiwanese theme park to achieve ISO 9002 and has hosted over 2 million visitors every year almost …
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A new wave in cities--a research/theme park for the city of Boston
Thesis (M.C.P.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 1985.
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Developing talent management hybrid model for business growth and sustainability: the case of Malaysian theme park industry
The Theme Park industry is part of the tourism and hospitality programme that relies more on human capital to deliver its products and services. The sense of human touch is predominant because the talent is actively involved in the entire process from designing, constructing and operating it. Due …
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Homespun Fun: Theme Parks, Suburbia, and the Postwar Child
Scholars of theme parks and their histories recognize that a carefully crafted family-friendly environment is the cornerstone of the themed amusement landscape dating back to the 1950s. From marketing and promotional material; to in-park signage and ride narratives; to the themes of childlike …
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Interactive Audience-Controlled Live Storytelling Technologies
… While some forms of entertainment, such as theme park attractions, have used many of these technologies over the years, live storytelling events, such as theater productions, have made limited use of technology to facilitate audience interactions. The goal of this project is first to analyze …
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Utopian Expectations as Observed Using SWOT Analysis at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, Virginia
… BGW, many of which served to re-classify the theme park development from that of a premier theme park to a themed amusement park. The research question was concluded on by indicating that there was no apparent sincere or consistent attempt being made to perfect the numerous venues at the park, …
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Modeling Crowd Mobility and Communication in Wireless Networks
… mobile sinks, and opportunistic communication in theme parks. The two main directions of our contributions are human mobility models and strategies for the mobile sink positioning and communication in wireless networks. The first direction of the dissertation is related to human mobility modeling. …
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The design of a multi-axis rotational amusement park ride coupled with architectural and thematic elements
The art of creating a successful theme park ride involves seamlessly fusing complex mechanical systems with elegant architecture. More importantly, it is the job of telling a story that serves as a foundation for designing effective themed rides. This project involves the conceptual design of a …
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Tourism in crisis: A qualitative content analysis of SeaWorld's Twitter response to Blackfish
… of employee training at the aquatic zoological theme park SeaWorld. Considering the immense reputational damage suffered by SeaWorld, this study uses qualitative content analysis to examine SeaWorld’s Twitter (twitter.com) response to the Blackfish crisis. An inductive method of coding …
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People and Place: A Journey Through Film, Tourism, and Heritage
<p>Old Tucson Studios is a theme park where film, tourism, and heritage all converge through the American Western genre. During national social change, Westerns increase in number to reflect national values and identity. Westerns that ally with landscapes and people are potentially the most …
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Identifying an Optimal Dining Plan System for the Entertainment Industry
… the field, guests would most likely access one theme park or resort and view the various dining locations in the area they are in. This study forced participants to constantly switch between theme parks and resorts. If participants were also in a theme-park environment, they may also be more …
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HolyLand U.S.A. and Other Stories
… speculative in mode, whose settings—a religious theme park, a Japanese game show, a far-future conglomo-corp supercity—are sites of spectacle and performance against which its characters, whether from misperceptions or a self-destructive impulse, fail despite—and often because of—their best …
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SPONGE RINK Masas Esponjosas y Circulaciones Trifónicas
… de resort building y un caso de estudio de theme park. Para el primero, se toma el caso del Walden 7 de Ricardo Bofill, diseñado y construido entre los años 1970 y 1987, ubicado en el municipio de San Justo Devern en Barcelona, España. Para el segundo, se toma el caso de la pista de patinaje …
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Approximate translation : media, narrative, and experience in urban design
… neighborhood of Allston into Allstonland (a theme park in Hong Kong), New Allston (a revised Allston with six interventions organized around Platonic Forms), and a live model of New Allston. The live model is developed as a new form of architectural and urban design representation that can …
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How to Incorporate Accessibility into Theme Parks
… on the topic of inclusive opportunities in theme parks for people with disabilities. The purpose of this study was to explore design and operating dissonance that exists between entertainment industry businesses, specifically theme parks, and those guests that are disabled and discuss how …
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Design and Implementation of an Interactive Animatronic System for Guest Response Analysis
<p>In theme park based entertainment applications, there is a need for interactive, autonomous animatronic systems to create engaging and compelling experiences for the guests. The animatronic figures must identify the guests and recognize their status in dynamic interactions for enhanced …
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Random Access Memories: Mechanism and Metaphor in the Fiction of William Gibson
… the television rerun, the historical theme park, the ready-made antique. From this transition emerges a nostalgic subject immersed in a perpetual present, absorbed by the spectacles of recall. Many of the fiction writers of the first American generation after television articulate …
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