Roller Coaster Inspection 101
Welcome to Roller Coaster Inspection 101! If you’re a frequent visitor of amusement parks you are probably aware that the roller coasters are inspected on a daily basis in order to ensure the rides run...
Jan 31, 2024
theme park design
2023
The Coaster101 Podcast: Champions of the 2023 Theme Park Design Competition
The 2023 TPEG ALUMNI Community Theme Park Design Competition is in the books and the top teams have been announced. On this week’s episode of the Coaster101 Podcast, we welcome the champions of the 2023...
May 30, 2023
2021
Coaster101 Podcast: Thinking Like A Theme Park Creative with Patrick Kling
We’re all theme park fans, but there’s a fine line between fan and theme park creative. Sometimes, as a fan, it’s difficult to see why things are done the way they’re done, but everything happens...
Jul 13, 2021
ISU TPEG’s Ride Engineering Competition
This Saturday, April 17, 2021, Iowa State University’s Theme Park Engineering Group is set to debut the only Hands-on Engineering Competition in the Attractions Industry. Ride Engineering Competition Commissioner, Charlie Wickham (whom you might remember...
Apr 13, 2021
Engineering a Dark Ride Vehicle with Matthew Musial
Over the years, we’ve seen some incredible student projects that just seem to keep getting better and better. From Kate Kujawa’s wheel material experiments, to Team 31’s Infinity Gardens, to Carnegie Mellon’s Student Built Dark...
Mar 17, 2021
Team 31 Showcase: 2020 TPEG Alumni Theme Park Design Competition Winner
When the COVID-19 global pandemic hit earlier this year, hundreds of college students with lifelong dreams of working in the themed entertainment industry saw summer jobs and hard earned internships evaporate before their eyes. Luckily,...
Jan 14, 2021
2020
The TPEG Alumni Community Theme Park Design Competition 2020
When the COVID-19 global pandemic hit earlier this year, hundreds of college students with lifelong dreams of working in the themed entertainment industry saw summer jobs and hard earned internships evaporate before their eyes. Luckily,...
Oct 14, 2020
Building Better Rides: What Should Attraction Designers Focus On?
It’s no secret that Disney and Universal design some of the world’s most up-to-date rides and attractions, each striving to amaze guests more than the last. While theme park enthusiasts and thrill-seekers enjoy intense, airtime-filled...
Aug 10, 2020
Book Review + Giveaway: Imagineering an American Dreamscape
The concept of a theme park — although popularized by Walt Disney — extends far beyond the boundaries of Mickey Mouse and big-shot movie studios. Imagineering an American Dreamscape: Genesis, Evolution, and Redemption of the...
Aug 5, 2020
Highlights of Students in Themed Entertainment 2020
The second annual Students in Themed Entertainment (or SITE) was held on the campus of The Ohio State University this past weekend. College students from twenty-four universities and over twenty industry professionals came together to...
Jan 23, 2020
2019
Registration now open for SITE OSU 2020
Ohio State Theme Park Engineering Group has announced they will be hosting SITE OSU, their themed entertainment and amusement industry conference, again in January 17 – 19th, 2020. Students In Themed Entertainment (SITE for short)...
Nov 3, 2019
Themed Entertainment and Haunt Design with Designer Nate Mitchell
Halloween events at theme parks across the country are becoming more and more intricate with incredibly detailed set design and back stories. But these haunts don’t happen overnight. We were able to catch up with...
Sep 30, 2019
