MEDIA
RIDES
the world’s first inverting looping playground slide
The following account is recreated from interviews with those who were there, and then dramatised for the internet. All video footage contained below is...
VR Playground for your audience
Can you remember swinging in the playground as a child: enjoying sensations of speed and weightlessness as you swooped high and low; laughing with...
REPORTS
Engineering Fun: The Story of Orton & Spooner
I've been invited to guest curate the physics and engineering section of this new exhibition by the National Fairground and Circus Archive (NFCA) A...
VR Playground at Greenwich
We were swinging over the rooftops of London for three days, enjoying views from Greenwich hill. Our riders were set against a most dramatic...
Thrill Engineer Brendan Walker on the Science of Sensation
'According to Thrill Engineer Brendan Walker, the most thrilling moment of any theme park experience is just before it begins.
'That brief interlude between being...
EXPERIMENTS
Royal Caribbean’s Ultimate Abyss
In May 2016, Royal Caribbean set out to equip its newest cruise ship, Harmony of the Seas, with the most thrilling onboard activities and...
HANDBOOK
