Inside Evermore, where the future of theme parks is not about rides but play

[fractal]

Not sure where this belongs, but with the new Star Wars resort coming I thought it clearly speaks to a "new" and welcome (in my opinion) movement in Theme Parks.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...ore-future-of-theme-parks-20181109-story.html


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The future of theme parks might just be in a Salt Lake City suburb. This is where you will find Evermore, where one of its star attractions is not a state-of-the-art coaster nor a thrill ride populated with scenes from a recent superhero movie. Instead, it is a tavern called the Crooked Lantern.

To get to the Crooked Lantern, one of the oddest and liveliest bars west of the Mississippi, you must dodge the druids near the town border, walk past the aviary without being distracted by the woman with a baby dragon and hang a left at the gaggle of buzzing faeries.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Not sure where this belongs, but with the new Star Wars resort coming I thought it clearly speaks to a "new" and welcome (in my opinion) movement in Theme Parks.

http://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...ore-future-of-theme-parks-20181109-story.html


snipit...

The future of theme parks might just be in a Salt Lake City suburb. This is where you will find Evermore, where one of its star attractions is not a state-of-the-art coaster nor a thrill ride populated with scenes from a recent superhero movie. Instead, it is a tavern called the Crooked Lantern.

To get to the Crooked Lantern, one of the oddest and liveliest bars west of the Mississippi, you must dodge the druids near the town border, walk past the aviary without being distracted by the woman with a baby dragon and hang a left at the gaggle of buzzing faeries.

It's an interesting concept....It would be like they took the idea of The Adventurer's Club and expanded throught the Adventureland area or more park-wide like AK...

 

[JIMINYCR]

Looks like it would be fun and entertaining. A large segment of people are drawn to the interactive, personal experience they can take part in. Disneys given us a taste of this with the guest interactive Hollywood citizens and other street performers. They really miss the mark when they started removing their presence in the park and restricting the performances. In our area the escape rooms are growing in popularity with providing an entertaining challenge.

 

[eliza61nyc]

Very cool concept and agree with a previous poster who said it reminds them of the adventurers club.

 

[networkpro]

It's an interesting concept....It would be like they took the idea of The Adventurer's Club and expanded throught the Adventureland area or more park-wide like AK...

Actually not, the Adventurer club opened in 1989 and was very limited in scope. Eight years prior to that there was a novel by Larry Niven called Dream Park (1981) which covered an immersive theme park.

 

[winstongator]

I got excited When I heard Disney’s code name for either galaxy’s edge or the hotel was Delos.
West-world+WWoHP+theVoid = my imagination run amok

There are some incredible things they can do. Some might be too cm/cost intensive. If that’s the case, maybe they’re done once in a while?

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Actually not, the Adventurer club opened in 1989 and was very limited in scope. Eight years prior to that there was a novel by Larry Niven called Dream Park (1981) which covered an immersive theme park.

I was giving it more like an example....

 

[networkpro]

I got excited When I heard Disney’s code name for either galaxy’s edge or the hotel was Delos.
West-world+WWoHP+theVoid = my imagination run amok

There are some incredible things they can do. Some might be too cm/cost intensive. If that’s the case, maybe they’re done once in a while?

Not exactly something you'd want your guests to know about, killer robots culling the crowds.

 

[larryz]

Not exactly something you'd want your guests to know about, killer robots culling the crowds.

Absolutely true.

So they're starting with the Skyliner to see just how tolerant the visitors will be...

 

[King Racoon 77]

Absolutely true.

So they're starting with the Skyliner to see just how Flammable the visitors will be...

FTFY

 

[MisterPenguin]

Not exactly something you'd want your guests to know about, killer robots culling the crowds.

Well... the crowds *do* need some culling...

 

[Disstevefan1]

Although Disney is hinting we may see something like this in the new Star Wars hotel, I think (If the Star Wars hotel experience actually happens) this will be a premium experience and will be very expensive, further enforcing a class system within the parks, but that's another post for another discussion...

I think Disney is working to minimize live actors for the "regular" theme park guest. For Disney, live actors cost more and cant be controlled like their animatronics.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Hey, what ever happened to Evermore?

Oh...

This...

EVERMORE: The Rise and Fall

Lengthy, but very good. A lot applies to all theme parks. tl;dw Evermore opened up only very partially done (despite what PR and some vloggers showed). It kept changing trying to find a way to be successful. Did something things well, and the things that weren't done well were very bad. Laid...

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