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The Rise of Immersive Shopping Experiences p. 64 ® MAY/JUNE 2022 Inside Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser p. 58 Water World Makes a Splash Ocean Park Hong Kong’s new water park is an amazing feat of design and constructionFEATURES Cover Story | page 48 Water World Makes a Splash WATER WORLD OCEAN PARK HONG KONG VINWONDERS DISNEY/MATT STROSHANEHARRY POTTER NEW YORK INSIDE | MAY/JUNE 2022 Ocean Park Hong Kong’s new water park is an amazing feat of design and construction ON THE COVER: A decade in the making, Water World Ocean Park Hong Kong is an all- weather, year-round water park, featuring 27 indoor and outdoor attractions, including the “Rainbow Rush” water slides. COVER PHOTO COURTESY OF WATER WORLD OCEAN PARK HONG KONG 54 Roaring into the Year of the Tiger Vietnam’s attractions are preparing for a post- pandemic boom 58 Inside Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser Guests live out their Star Wars story during the immersive two-night experience at Walt Disney World Resort 64 That’s Retailtainment Retailers are creating engaging, immersive experiences for shoppers2 Funworld | MAY/JUNE 2022 | IAAPA.org/Funworld O— DEBUT Genting SkyWorlds Brings Cinema-Based Attractions to Malaysia … 11 O— REGIONAL UPDATES … 14 O— FIRST LOOK Ferrari World Spotlights Women Race Drivers … 22 MAY/JUNE 2022 VOLUME XXXVIII • ISSUE 3 Funworld is a member benefit of IAAPA, the global association for the attractions industry. 31 ASSOCIATION NEWS EVENT RECAPS IAAPA FEC Summit Captivates and Engages … 32 IAAPA Middle East Summit Explores Fresh Attractions Across Dubai … 36 TEAM NEWS IAAPA Welcomes Two New Regional Vice Presidents … 42 BOARD OF DIRECTORS Applications Open for 2023 IAAPA Board of Directors … 43 NEW MEMBER SPOTLIGHT Puy du Fou Asia … 44 MEMBERSHIP Welcome New Members … 45 CALENDAR … 46 DEPARTMENTS LETTER FROM IAAPA … 8 AD INDEX … 74 TIM’S TURN … 76 ® 68 Bouncing Back from the Pandemic Three attractions share how they’ve reworked operations to adapt to challenges brought on by COVID-19 70 Mentoring the Next Generation of Industry Professionals Attractions programs inspire young people to look into future careers in the industry 72 How Attractions can Establish Effective Safety and Security Messaging Dynamic messaging across multiple channels can enhance guests’ awareness and comfortability INSIDE | MAY/JUNE 2022 Launch GENTING SKYWORLDS BUSINESS RESOURCES O— IN DEPTH Parque da Mônica Promotes Inclusion and Accessibility Through Programs, Events, and Social Media … 24 O— MOVERS AND SHAKERS … 26 O— WHAT’S NEW … 27 O— THE ART OF ATTRACTIONS A Spike in Rider Interactivity … 28 SCENIC WORLD SKYLINE ATTRACTIONS SIX FLAGSAxess is providing a contact-free entry experience. Upgrade your park to become COVID-19 friendly and reduce the amount of contact between staff and guests. All our gates enable zero contact while scanning tickets or passing through the entry of your park. The scanner reads and validates the ticket contactlessly and triggers the doors to open. Besides that the number of people can be set if rides have limited occupancy. See our solu- tions on: teamaxess.com UNBEATABLE FUNPARK ENTRY4 Funworld | MAY/JUNE 2022 | IAAPA.org/Funworld Rope Drop Funworld (ISSN 08923752; mailed in Canada under IPM #0902179) is published bimonthly by IAAPA, 4155 West Taft Vineland Road, Orlando, FL 32837; phone: +1 321-319-7600. Periodicals postage paid at Orlando, FL, and additional offices. The purpose, function, and nonprofit status of this organization have not changed during the preceding 12 months. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Funworld, 4155 West Taft Vineland Road, Orlando, FL 32837. 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IAAPA shall not be liable for any loss, damage, injury, claim, or otherwise, whether an action in contract or tort and further shall not be liable for any lost profits, or direct, indi- rect, special, punitive, or consequential damages of any kind (including without limitation attorneys’ fees and expenses). 4155 West Taft Vineland Road | Orlando, FL 32837 USA +1 321-319-7600 Funworld Magazine Team Managing Editor, Funworld Magazine Juanita Chavarro Arias JChavarroArias@IAAPA.org Managing Editor, Global Communications and Digital Content Scott Fais SFais@IAAPA.org Assistant Editor Kendall Tamer KTamer@IAAPA.org News Editor Keith Miller KMiller@IAAPA.org Contributing Editors Mike Bederka michaelbederka@gmail.com Juliana Gilling julianagilling@gmail.com Advertising Sales Advertising@IAAPA.org Production Manager Michelle Wandres MWandres@IAAPA.org IAAPA.org/Funworld IAAPA Chairman of the Board Ken Whiting, ICAE IAAPA President and CEO Hal McEvoy, ICAE IAAPA Chief Engagement Officer and Executive Vice President David Mandt IAAPA Vice President, Global Marketing, Communications, and Membership Patrick Haller IAAPA Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Jakob Wahl IAAPA Asia Pacific Vice President and Executive Director June Ko IAAPA Europe, Middle East, Africa Vice President and Executive Director Peter van der Schans IAAPA Latin America, Caribbean Vice President and Executive Director Paulina Reyes IAAPA North America Vice President and Executive Director Michael Shelton IAAPA.org ® WATER WORLD OCEAN PARK HONG KONG Excitement All Year Round Water World’s realization saw its ups and downs before coming to life amid the Hong Kong landscape, where it now welcomes local and international guests to its year- round 27 indoor and outdoor attractions, including “Tropical Twist” and “Cyclone Spin” twin slides. Read more on p. 48. CORRECTION: In Funworld’s March/April 2022 issue, “Brazilian Cable Car Park Honors its Employees, History, and Local Ecology” incorrectly stated that the second segment of Bondinho Pão de Açúcar, or the Sugarloaf Cable Car, was completed in 1972. This segment that runs from Morro da Urca to Sugarloaf Mountain was actually completed in 1913. We regret the error. A corrected version of the article is available at IAAPA. org/SugarloafCableCar.www.lagotronicsprojects.com Turnkey Dark Rides & Walkthrough Attractions We are your partner for Traditional Dark Rides, Interactive Dark Rides, Media Dark Rides & Walkthroughs Including Interactive Systems , Media & Games, Audio , Video, Lighting, SFX and Animatronics !Next >