Unlimited budget. Complete freedom to dream. No constraints. Unfettered, out-of-the-box creativity. Isn’t this the ideal scenario to design the best attraction experience? Of course not. In an article for Businessweek, Marissa Ann Mayer, CEO of Yahoo, wrote: “When people think about creativity, they think about artistic work — unbridled, unguided effort that leads to… Continue reading.
On my drive to work this morning, I started to wonder to myself, “why are there no roller coasters that are encapsulated in bubbles?” To me, it seemed like a pretty cool design idea. If you were creating some kind of space or aquatic-themed ride, or The Jetsons, putting the riders in some kind of… Continue reading.
After nearly 50 years of business and at least five major, national, annual conferences, fall 2013 welcomed the very first time that PGAV Destinations exhibited at a conference – The Association of Science-Technology Centers (ASTC), October 19-22 in Albuquerque, NM. Sure, for decades many from our teams attended these prestigious events – working the floor,… Continue reading.
I was a member of the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex’s Space Shuttle Atlantis design team. I was fortunate to see the project from its conception through completion. In the course of three years, I transitioned from a casual space enthusiast to a walking, talking, space shuttle encyclopedia. I will never forget the day I met a space… Continue reading.
Faster than some speeding bullets; unstoppable by rain, sleet, snow, and Earthquake; and virtually un-crashable. Look, out in Palo Alto! Is it Superman? The Flash? The interwebs? No, it’s the Hyperloop, Elon Musk’s proposed revolutionary transport. The wonderful cocktail of science fiction and science possibility, the Hyperloop claims it could generate more power than it… Continue reading.
Last year my family and I had the great privilege of living in Orlando, FL – Celebration, FL to be exact. We spent just shy of 15 months in the Sunshine State and took every advantage of all she had to offer. Our freetime was filled with lazy days at the beach, playing at the neighborhood pool, and of… Continue reading.