Phantasialand, CentrO, Lego Discovery Center…. An interesting introduction to the industry and track. The next week it was already back to work and start on our project! No commissioner for this project, since we created our own park. The assignment had a few requirements. The park had to be located in one of the selected countries in Europe and it should be feasible. Conducting a … Continue reading Year 2: Project 1 – The Feasibility Study
Rutger de Wit is the European Theme Park Talent of 2016 NTHV university’s special track Attractions & Theme Park Management hosts first contest Last night the NHTV announced that Rutger de Wit from Franeker, the Netherlands is the first European Theme Park Talent. He will receive his prize on the open day of the university on 12 March. The NHTV University of Applied Sciences in … Continue reading Press release: Theme Park Talent Winner Announced
One of our alumni, Yannick Dolman, creates vlogs and other Attractions and Theme Parks related content for his Youtube channel. He was kind enough to share his videos with us. Please check out the video below on what it is like to live and work in The Walt Disney World Resort Orlando. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK47pmsGHFw] Continue reading The Disney Internship: a video impression
Today’s economy is an experience economy. A simple product is no longer sufficient for the customers. The inspiration for this article was a visit on the 16th of January. Safaripark Beekse Bergen is trying to follow this movement of creating experience just like many other parks, which was clearly expressed during the visit. One popular way for creating an experience is theming. Africa has been … Continue reading The experience economy at Safaripark Beekse Bergen
Hi There! Let me introduce myself. My name is Ivan Koole and I studied ATPM from 2010 till 2012. Right now I’m working as an Operational manager at the Tikipool and it is based in the Duinrell attractions park in Wassenaar. Next to this I also provide a helping hand on different other locations at Duinrell like the entertainment team and nightlife. Most of my … Continue reading Alumni Interview: Ivan Koole
Teacher and student were always the connection between zoos and visitors. Nowadays, a shift is visible from education to experience. Storytelling remains a widely used tool in creating experiences in all leisure activities. Zoos worldwide and their stories were the final topics the last project revolved around. Closely involved in the process of concept development were our supervisors, Goof Lukken and Bart Stadhouders, who provided … Continue reading Project 3: storytelling in zoos
My name is Nicky van Beek. This fall semester 2015 I studied at Rosen College in Orlando, Florida. Rosen College is a part of the University of Central Florida. This means you are officially a student at UCF, however you’ll be living on another, much smaller campus (Rosen campus) that is located in the heart of Orlando’s tourists center, about 30-45 minutes from main campus. … Continue reading Exchange at Rosen College in Orlando, Florida
To show the possible future for you as an Attraction and Themepark Management student, we’ve interviewed Geert van Heugten. He is an alumni member of the study and the perfect example of how far you can come with a good plan. Geert van Heugten, Dutch, living in Amsterdam works currently as Business Development Account Manager with ProSlide Technology Inc. ProSlide is the world’s best water … Continue reading Alumni interview: Geert van Heugten
A couple years ago, if anyone had told me that I would end up living in the Netherlands I would have probably not believed them at all. Back then, I was not familiar with the Dutch culture, or even the country. I had only visited it once with my family for a few days, but I was no more than 9 years old. So how … Continue reading Living in the Netherlands
