Challenge 1: Hometown Heroes- Attraction
Challenge 2: Hometown Heroes- Store
Challenge 3: Hometown Heroes- Restaurant
Challenge 4: Hershey Park Ride
Challenge 5: Harry Potter Show
Challenge 6: Entertainment for Downtown Disney
Challenge 7: Two new pavilions for Epcot (Pairs)
Challenge 8: Live Show for DHS
Challenge 9: Character Dining
Challenge 10: Hotel
Challenge 11: Themed Land
Challenge 12: Theme Park
In this week, you will be designing a store for your hometown park. Please include the location and name of the store. Also, include a list of some merchandise that your store will be selling as well as including prices. Alas, stores are a huge part of the theme park business selling souvenirs and merchandise. In my opinion, this should be an easy challenge, as it does not require a whole lot of thought and description. As always, have fun and good luck with designing a new store for your hometown park.
As I've stated, you may now use pictures in your descriptions. Make sure noone posts before I announce the fired contestant. Yes, I will be only firing one a week during this competition.
Also, excited for the upcoming challenges, I really think I've got some good ideas you guys are going to like!
Tyler, just a reminder that I posted above for noone to post before the contestant is fired.
Nick, glad to hear you are looking forward to the upcoming challenges.
It should be a good season and I think I've got a fairly good mix. However, two challenges are still incomplete. I'd love to hear what you guys have to say for the hotel challenge and the theme park challenge! The only thing I'm against for in the theme park challenge is the designing of another disney park. We did 5th gate in the 1st season and disneyland water park in WPA. I'd love to hear your suggestions on which resort or geographic location you feel could need a theme park. As for the hotel challenge, I kept it generic last season allowing to design for whichever resort. This season, I want somewhat of a reason for building another hotel and to have it a bit more specific. Thanks for any suggestions! :)
Themepark: Honk Kong Disneyland is expanding fast, and more visitors are coming... how about a second gate after Hong Kong's expansion. Tokyo Disneyland is doing great and i would love to see a third gate with Disney Sea's quality. BuschGardens ______ (put continent for theme) in California to make a resort with Seaworld. Universal's 3rd gate. The Schiletterban(sorry if i didn't spell that right) theme park in Texas, bet you never heard of a themepark to go with a water park.
there are lots of possibilities.
And the poll is officially closed, meaning that Tyler Rizzo, you are the first person to be fired in Theme Park Apprentice 2.
Wonka's Factory is an attraction in itself. Located at Warner Brothers Movie World (Gold Coast, Australia) this huge Wonka experience is built just near the main gates to the park. Both paying guests to the park, and outside visitors can enter Wonka's factory through it's huge iron gates, either from outside the park or from within.
THE EXPERIENCE
Upon entering Wonka's Factory the first thing you notice is the amazing chocolate waterfall. Built over 6 stories high this waterfall and proceeding river, separates the factory into two spaces, the park side (for paying customers) and the open side, (For visitors not visiting the park)
For those people who have not paid to enter the park, they can only get a glimpse of the excitement across the chocolate river, and all can see the hundreds of clear piping leading out of the factory to places unknown.
T-shirts, caps and balloons are for sale, and don't forget Wonka's favorite treats like the Everlasting Gobstopper and the Wonka Bar. A surprise is in store inside 1/1000 Wonka bars... Free admission for a child to Warner Brothers MovieWorld.
Over on the park side of the river, guests can relax in the cool picnic area, surrounded by Wonka's edible plants (but no touching!). This is a welcome retreat from the hot weather and the chocolate river provides a picturesque spot for photographs with The Oompa Loompas who appear there during the day.
3-5 times daily a small show is held on the park side of the river. It is Willy Wonka himself. His boat enters from underneath the cascading waterfall and we can see both Willy and Charlie excitedly waving to the crowd.
Willy welcomes everyone to his factory and announces an exciting plan to upgrade his beautiful river! He asks for an adult volunteer from the audience who shakily gets on the boat with Willy and Charlie.
After some cajoling, Willy asks the volunteer to try some of his delicious chocolate river. What a treat! Never before has an outsider got to drink from the river! Taking a large ladle and handing it to the volunteer, the volunteer bends down To take a spoonful and falls in the river!!
Wonka is bemused! Charlie is excited and tells everyone to watch the pipes, and sure enough we see the shape of the volunteer slowly rising through. It is clear now to those watching that the volunteer was a plant! Being sucked up through the shoot is actually a dummy wearing the same attire as the plant. Meanwhile, the "volunteer" has taken refuge in a large space beneath the boat and escaped underneath the back of the waterfall.
We see the dummy become lodged in the tube high in the air. "ohoh!" says Charlie. All of a sudden we see animatronic Oompa Loompas appear along The cliff face. Singing one of their trademark songs we see the pipe start to swell beneath the dummy! Climaxing, the dummy shoots off into the tube! But we are not finished yet.
Just above the waterfall an Oompa Loompa is slowly turning a huge vault! As the vault opens a cascade of chocolate comes out spewing down the waterfall, and from the vault out pops our "volunteer" waving and smiling!
Charlie, Willy Wonka and the Oompa Loompas say goodbye to everyone as the boat floats back into the tunnel behind the waterfall.
THE MERCHANDISE
Wonka T-shirts
Helium balloons
Chocolate and Candy
Oompa Loompa Dolls
Oompa Loompa Wigs and costumes for kids
WHY
Turning a shop into an attraction in itself, helps guests forget they are spending. By having a show within the shop, guests will stay and watch the show and are more likely to spend money afterwards to remember the experience.
Opening the shop to non-themepark visitors allows people to get a taste of what's in store "on the other side of the river" and may entice them to buy tickets to visit the park. Having a "golden ticket" of free entry for a child excites families and encourages them to spend.
Having an upgrade booth and a footbridge at one end of the river allows people to buy tickets to enter the park and enjoy their day.
All the challenges are finally completed for this season and I have begun my research on the next season which will have an International theme! Of course we will be paying visits to the Disney and Universal parks overseas, but also to a few other major theme parks in Europe, Australia, and Asia! This season will be a huge cultural experience and will familiarize apprentices with golbal theme parks. With visiting cities like Paris, Tokyo, London, and Dubai, apprentice will learn about the uniqueness of theme parks out of the US.
Cedar Point is going to attempt a major promotional drive to promote the popularity of all the Peanuts characters: Charlie Brown, Linus, Lucy, Peppermint Patty, and especially Snoopy. The Peanuts franchise is no longer in production due to the passing of its creator, Charles Shultz, and Cedar Fair realizes that to continue to get the most financial benefit from its investments it must "sell" the characters and the entire concept to park visitors.
The Peanuts Gallery will be the largest shop at Cedar Point, and will be located at the front of the park. The Lotsapalozza shop will remain and continue to sell souvenirs, clothing, etc. themed on all of Cedar Point's attractions, but will have its emphasis refocused on Peanuts-themed items. All of the "carnival" games located between Johnny Rockets and Lotsapalozza will be dismantled and the new Peanuts Gallery will replace them. This part of Cedar Point is open early, before rope-drop, and will also will be among the last shops to close at night, letting visitors purchase, on the way to their car, those special items that they will only find in the Peanuts Gallery. All purchases can be held for park visitors until the end of the day, and can be sent directly to Cedar Point Resort guests' hotel rooms, or shipped home (for an extra charge).
The Peanuts Gallery is not your typical amusement park souvenir store, but a classy yet colorful and fun place to find high-quality Peanuts collectibles and media products. This is not the place to find "Snoopy for President" T-shirts or baseball caps with Woodstock sitting on the brim- that would be next door in the Lotsapalooza shop. The Peanuts Gallery specializes in two types of Peanuts merchandise: 1) high-quality gift, decorating and collectible goods, and 2) DVD and Blu-ray editions of the animated Peanuts television and feature films, and a large assortment of books featuring collections of the thousands of Peanuts strips created by Charles Shultz.
The Gift and Collectibles area will have areas featuring some of the best-known and loved Peanuts specials, such as "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown". Here you can find Peanuts jewelry and watches ($10 to $50), high-quality music boxes that play the famous Gus Guaraldi jazz music that is now such a part of everyone's Christmas ($20 to $100), and fine-porcelain collectible figurines of the entire Peanuts gang in their trick-or-treat costumes, along with dozens of other quality gifts and decorative accents for family, friends or yourself. These are not cheap knock-offs, but well-crafted, quality items. Prices would start at around $7 for some of the smaller gift items and could go to several hundred dollars for complete collections of some of the fine porcelain figurines.
A special section would contain a Hallmark Store, which would be unique in that it would sell not only the newest Peanuts ornaments (the first release anywhere of the current year's edition) but would also have collector's ornaments from past years available for purchase. These would sell from $10 up to nearly $50 for a rare piece in mint condition. Hallmark has long been a producer of high-quality Christmas ornaments, and collectors would love to be able to add to their collection or start a new one.
The Media area would be designed like a classy bookstore, with shelving loaded with hard-back and paper-back books about the sixty-year history of the Peanuts gang, collections of the thousands of daily and Sunday comic strips that have kept young and old alike entertained for generations, and DVDs and Blu-rays of all of the Peanuts animated features. Flat-screens would be showing some of them continually, to help introduce the less-well-known features such as "Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown!" and "Snoopy, Come Home!" to browsers and possible purchasers. CD's of the wonderful music that Gus Guaraldi created to accompany these classics will also be available for visitors to listen to on the way home from an exciting day at Cedar Point.
The Peanuts Gallery at Cedar Point- a classy and unique shop at one of America's best amusement parks.
Nick, your store can go in conjunction with your attraction if you want.
Specially Made Merchandise:
Kryptonite jewelry: Superman may not be able to where it but you sure can. The store will be selling stylish Kryptonite rings and necklaces that should become the new fashion statement of comic book fans. (Ring “$35” Necklace “45”)
Create your own comic book: This will be a unique experience you can only experience at Darien Lake. On a specialized computed you will design your very own character to put in a special comic book starring YOU. Whether you choose to be the hero or villain it will forever be a treasured memory. ($30)
Superman muscle shirt: This will be a very comedic shirt that will get you attention inside and out of the park. Underneath the shirt there will be a foam lining that makes you look as buff as Superman. The shirt will read “I got this body from riding the Superman”. ($25)
Lex Luther bald cap: Just a simple way to dress up as Superman’s archnemisis. ($10)
Other merchandise:
Superman shirts ($25)
Superman plush dolls ($6)
Superman movies ($20)
I figured alot of people didn't know when to post by, but please assume to post as soon as you can. We've only had 4 people post so far...
Name: "Tomarrows Goods Today!"
The theme and products in this store is not what you typacally see in most shops at any theme park. Products found here are thingsyou might have only seen on tv or in magazines.
At this location merchandise are unique and not found at Wal-Mart, Target, or any of the big box stores. Here you can find items usually found in Brookstone and Sharper Image stores or magazines.
Products:
Roomba: The robotic floor vacuum
Segways: Yes after seeing them and trying them out you can actually buy one here!
Bose Rabio Systems.
Sunglasses that double as tv screens. Yes they really do make these!
Fullbody Massage Chairs.
RC Hellicopters and Planes.
Various other things you actually see through out Future World and all also Carousel of Progress. This will be a highly unique offering at EPCOT which I would think they would have already put into either EPCOT or Tomarrowland.
Situated in Mardi Gras, this store will hold the treasures and oddities from LA Bayou to SFGA by the infamous Dr. Kingsbery. It will look like a built shack with dark insides with lush curtains, cushy seats, and odds and ends hanging from the walls. Dr. Kingsbery will walk around performing tricks and helping customers. Here is some what you can purchase at this shop:
Mardi Gras Masks: Just in time for a party! These Hand Made masks come in a variety of styles and prices. There is even a chance to make your very own ($20-$50)
Mardi Gras Beads: Come in all colors and styles from the basic to the very ornate ($1-$20)
Vodoo Dolls: Need a Good Luck Charm? Find the doll that you need! ($15)
Tarot Cards: See into the future with easily read tarot cards made exclusively for Six Flags! ($20)
King Cake: Come and get your piece of Mardi Gras Tradition Will luck beam on you with finding the baby in your piece? ($2 a piece)
Packaged Magic Tricks: Come and take home a magic trick that comes prepackaged in a box with instructions. Some include vanishing coin, levitating deck, and card tricks ($5-$30)
==LAGOON-A-SHOP==
==LAGOON AMUSEMENT PARK==
-T-Shirts
-Hoodies
-Magnets
-Postcards
-Shot Glasses
& More coll Merchandise!
When you first enter this shop, you are transported back to the amusement parks of the early 20th century, sights and sounds galore. To the right, you see a large model roller coaster much like a classic white wooden roller coaster traveling around the store, and to the left, a giant circus type tent. The store is giant with three levels, each with a specific time period theme.
In the middle of the store in place of an escalator is a giant "ferris wheel" which transports visitors to the different levels. Visitors walk into a sort of portal like walking into an elevator and wait until it stops at the top to get off, a nice and unique way to travel.
The first level is much like I decribed: an early 20th century amusement park theme. Walking around there will be all sorts of "game booths" and "attractions" filled with merhcnadise of Lagoon. All merchandise here has the classic Lagoon logo and merchandise taking folks back to the Lagoon Amusement Park when it was around in the early 1900's.
The next level up takes guests to the time of Lagoon's beginning broth, the 50's-80's. There is a very retro feel to the area, but still very much a classic amusement park. All sorts of merchanidse here with the logo of Lagoon at this time period as well as merchandise themed to the popular ride which opened during this time such as Jet Star 2 and Colossus the Fire Dragon.
The third level is 90's and beyond, showing you the present thrills and great attractions of Lagoon like Spider (Spinning Coaster) Rocket (S&S Drop Tower) and of course Wicked!, a top roller coaster in the world.
Each of the levels will feature photos and artifacts from each time period making this also much of a museum for the park. Lagoon has been around since the late 1800's and has a lot of history, so even if you don't know a lot about the park you will be amazed to see just how much history is connected to my home park!
This is in the Lickskillet section of the park( a western town). It would look like a large 2 story store from the outside. There would be a large front porch with a dozen rocking chairs and 4 tables with checkers. The 3 doors( swinging half-doors like in western movies) lead to the 3 sections: The jail, the General Store, and Bar. The jail has 4 cells. In 2 of them there are AA bad guys. One is a sleep occasionally snoring, and the other just glares at you and will say various things like,"This town's goin' down when i get outa here" or ,"This town's gonna burn". In the other 2 cells, on of the town sheriffs lets you take pictures of yourself inside for souvenirs.
In the bar, There is a short line to a bar that serves soft drinks. Everything is poured from large barrels on the wall. an unused pool table and 2 other tables sit in the corner.
In the main store, there is 2 areas of goods, the Lickskillet case, and the gun/checkout counter. All kinds of goods are sold. some include:
-wild west pictures($15-$40)
-food from back in the 1800's($2-$8)
-cowboy hats($5-$12)
-clothes from the 1800's($12-$35)
-boots($20)
-fake lassos($20-$40)
-all kinds of western collectibles from town models to well made action figures($20-$200)
-many more western related things
The Lickskillet case is like a museum case showing the original "Lickskillet", a pan from a restaurant that the town was named and built up from. The gun counter has large cases behind it with fake(and real that you can pick up outside the park) guns for play, hunting, or display. They are the store's specialty and range from $25-$500.
Feedback on this would be great!
Also, if the bar and jail are off topic i'll edit them out but there were other somewhat off topic things in other posts.
I do not come to this decision lightly, but my stories and my videos come first.
Thanks to all who enjoyed my first design, and rest assured; I will see you next season.
Location: Old Virginia, Kings Dominion
The log flume will be renamed to Blue Ridge Logging Adventure and the new store will be located a the exit to the ride. The store is easily accessed from the other side as well.
Log Flume Additions:
The ride itself would travel through a portion of the store. To view the ride from the store, guests can go up on a balcony and look over into the flume. A new building a would be built to house the store and a portion of the more boring part of the ride. Included in the building will be saw blades that randomly appear from the ceiling and walls and the occassional bucjet worth of water dropping from the ceiling (both only affecting guests riding the ride of course). Guests standing on the viewing balcony control the sawblades and buckets, a great joke to play on your friends (or random strangers).
Next: Store Description
Merchandise:
The main purpose of this store is to show off various crafts and souvenirs from around Virginia. The store is split basically into two halves. One half is things like Virginia T-shirts and other classic VA souvenirs (like "VA is for Lovers" car magnets. The other half is filled with local vendors and specialists who create personalized gifts and unique souvenirs with unbeatable Virginia charm. Some pricing includes:
T-Shirts: $15-$20
Sweatshirts: $25-$30
Car Magnets: $5
Hand-Crafted Items (vendor-sold) would vary depending on the vendor and purchased item. Price would be anywhere from $5-$100.
Other Notes:
-Guests who bought personalized, bulky, or fragile items can request that their merchandise be sent to the front gate, so that they can pick it up before they leave.
-Vendors would change periodically, so that every time guests visit they could find something new
So, come on down to the Blue Ridge Mountains Market, and find yourself a nice, unique gift or watch your friends get drenched on Blue Ridge Logging Adventures!
Cracker Barrel's lawyers await.
:)
I kid, I kid.
Now for a little problem we have...There is still 3 non-posters. I emailed them again. We will not be having an elimination this week. Just a message to everyone involved, please don't sign up and commit to competing if you cannot post on time or decide to drop out. Sorry if I'm coming over a bit rude, but I spend time in creating the challenge descriptions and devising this whole competition. The whole structure of the competition is devised on the people who are participating. More than likely, at least one, or possibly a few challenges I will need to drop this season, especially if we have more than one dropout this week. I understand that complications may occur where you find yourself to be too busy or overwhelmed with other things, but not posting on time and giving me no reason is absolutely no excuse after you have decided to commit yourself to a competition. It takes only a matter of seconds to post something on this thread or to send me an email stating something like "can I have an extension" or "I will be a little late on my idea". I check this thread and my email frequently enough to write back. I enjoy running this game, but when complications like non-posters and people dropping out occur frequently (and in every season), I tend to get irriatated a bit when I have to restructure the challenges and change aspects of the game. Thank you for listening everyone, and again sorry if I sound obnoxious or rude.
Now for a side note. Just a reminder that I will still be posting a poll even though we will not eliminate anyone this week. Its just a way for you guys to see how your ideas stack up against one another. I will be creating and submitting the poll tonight to the blog flume thread. The next challenge will be submitted probably tomorrow, as soon as I figure out what challenge(s) if and will be dropped.
Store name: Stunt Shop
Park: Disney's Hollywood Studios, Lake Buena Vista, FL
Located right next to the entrance of Lights! Motors! Action!, this store has everything a stunt fan or pure daredevil will go nuts for. This unique store is themed to a garage, with motorcycles hanging on the ceiling and memorabilia from famous action movies either on the walls or on the floor (behind glass, of course). The merchandise sold will be as simple as t-shirts and toys, to more complex items such as tickets to such daredevil events, and even the memorabilia!
Now if you want to talk about Battlestar Galactica....
a few comments:
I actually saw "WaterWorld"... I though it stunk up the place. A ripoff of "Dune" and "Road Warrior"... I think the personal attacks can be dispensed with. it sucks being eliminated but taking it personal and slamming people is out of line
I just never jumped on the Harry Potter bandwagon either. Not that there is anything wrong with the movies or the books. very well done in both cases. Just not my thing. But a lot of people like it. At least if you do a Harry Potter thing there is plenty of material to work with, so in that respect it will be at least fair
We still have 2 non-posters, so more than likely we will just continue starting with the competition tomorrow. The 2 others (Ty Mullins and Justin Miranda) have till the end of tonight to post.
From now on, the deadline will always be Saturday at midnight to post. No exceptions. Only once will the deadline be extended a bit more if needed, and the rest of that week you guys will have some time to rest up for the final four!
The poll and next challenge should be posted tomorrow, and just a reminder that noone will be fired this week. The challenge is pending on the two responses.
My home park being Kings Island, my shop will be "Adventure Outpost". Built at the exit to the famous Adventure Express roller coaster, this moderate-sized gift shop will feature a collection of adventure-themed souvenirs, merchandise, and apparel. Included in the list of items available:
-Leather hats
-Toy guns, whips
-Rubber snakes, spiders, etc.
-Adventure books
-Adventure Express merchandise
Adventure Express and its adventure theme is geared towards all ages, although younger children especially like it. Therefore, the majority of the shop is aimed towards the seven-twelve year-old, male age group. Beyond merchandise, the rustic-looking shop would also have a collection of clever details relating to Indiana Jones and adventure in general. These include:
-Maps and posters from exotic places on the wall
-The upper (un-reachable) shelves featuring such foreign objects as masks, primeval weapons, stone alters, etc.
-The distant voices of an explorer, apparently trapped within a hidden chamber beneath the shop and fending-off snakes, spiders, and other nasty creatures
Being at the exit to Adventure Express, all Express riders would pass through the shop after riding (about 900 an hour). This guarantees good business, especially due to the fact that guests are still in the "Adventure" mood after riding.
Once again, sorry for delayed posting- I'll try to get the next round in earlier.
Nathan: I really think you did an excellent job with this week's challenge. The store scenery sounded great and very immersive. I liked the idea of having a bit of a show in the candy shop. Of course the theme fit perfectly. My favorite of the week.
James: I really liked the name for your store and thought it was creative. Definately a good idea to bring in peanuts to Cedar Point. One of my favorites.
Andy: I know you had trouble posting, but I really did like the concept. Just try posting it in parts when you have this problem, or even email me, and I can see what I can do.
Jeff: To be honest, I thought this store was a bit akward, redundant, and far fetched. With Superman not being related to the ride of steel anymore, I could never see a mega store like this happening. Unfortunately, Superman is just not in the park anymore, the only bad change with losing the six flags status. The concept sounds good, but lets face it that this type of store would probably never be added.
Dan: I agree, definately a unique store to be placing in a theme park. It definately fits with the themes of Epcot and tomorrowland, but I'm not sure I would be buying this pricy, and bulky stuff and bringing it back to my home.
Anthony: Really cool theming for a store! Liked the idea of Dr. Kingsbery being an employee there!
Nick: I think you did a great job with your shop, regardless of you having one of the tougher theme parks. The theming and scenery sounded really great! Job well done! One of my favorites.
David: I liked the idea, but yes the bar and jail are a bit off topic. They weren't really linked to your store, but almost separate entities. If they were found in and incorporated in your store, that would have been better.
Adam: I loved the idea of the ride going through the store. It was a great way to bring some character to it. Good job. One of my favorites.
Jorge: Ok, well you didnt keep with your theme park which I stated that you had to do a couple of times. You actually jumped from Tampa to Orlando. Last week, I thought you brought your game. This week was a little limp in the description.
Ty: Better late than never. I liked the store to go with the coaster. You did a great job excentuating the theme of the coaster with the merchandise.
And omg I'm entirely sorry about forgeting to post the new challenge today! I'm submitting it right now! It will be the hometown heroes - restaurant challenge.
Oh and don't forget that all the contestants will be voting for the finale. That includes the two contestants that dropped out as well.
