http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog Orlando area attractions and theme park information and news Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:12:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2011/11/16/sum-of-all-thrills-attraction-at-epcot-now-also-an-interactive-online-game/ http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2011/11/16/sum-of-all-thrills-attraction-at-epcot-now-also-an-interactive-online-game/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:36:21 +0000 Darcie Vance http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/?p=10609 The Raytheon Company is introducing a new component to their Epcot ride, Sum of all Thrills, which allows you to design a ride online at home. The virtual reality experience teaches kids (and adults) how to build a roller coaster by using math. Math and science are intergraded into an online game that allows students [...]]]> http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2011/11/16/sum-of-all-thrills-attraction-at-epcot-now-also-an-interactive-online-game/feed/ 1 http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2011/02/18/bill-nye-the-science-guy-to-be-part-of-national-engineers-week-at-epcot/ http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2011/02/18/bill-nye-the-science-guy-to-be-part-of-national-engineers-week-at-epcot/#comments Sat, 19 Feb 2011 01:03:40 +0000 Matt Roseboom http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/?p=8321 You can see him every day at DisneyQuest helping guests build their own Cyberspace Mountain roller coaster and at Epcot in Ellen’s Energy Adventure. But next Wednesday, Feb. 23, Bill Nye The Science Guy will be live and in person in Innoventions West at Epcot as part of National Engineers Week. This year marks the [...]]]> http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2011/02/18/bill-nye-the-science-guy-to-be-part-of-national-engineers-week-at-epcot/feed/ 2 http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2010/02/25/new-exhibit-in-epcots-innoventions-lets-you-take-a-break/ http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2010/02/25/new-exhibit-in-epcots-innoventions-lets-you-take-a-break/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:11:19 +0000 Matt Roseboom http://www.attractionsmagazine.com/blog/?p=5382 A new long-term exhibit recently opened in Innoventions at Epcot that will bring visitors face to face with the nanoworld. “Take a Nanooze Break” features a series of interactive, continually updated displays that allow visitors to manipulate models of molecules, study everyday items at the nanoscale, and interact with scientists and engineers who conduct the [...]]]> http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2010/02/25/new-exhibit-in-epcots-innoventions-lets-you-take-a-break/feed/ 0 http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2010/02/08/videophotos-grand-opening-held-for-new-smarterplanet-exhibit-in-epcots-innoventions/ http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2010/02/08/videophotos-grand-opening-held-for-new-smarterplanet-exhibit-in-epcots-innoventions/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:56:06 +0000 Matt Roseboom http://www.attractionsmagazine.com/blog/?p=5206 IBM recently unveiled a new experiential exhibit at Innoventions at Epcot. SmarterPlanet offers visitors to the park a “behind-the-scenes” glimpse of how technology is helping solve the world’s most complex problems – from reducing road traffic and city crime to improving food safety and local water supplies. “The new SmarterPlanet experience brings to life the [...]]]> http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2010/02/08/videophotos-grand-opening-held-for-new-smarterplanet-exhibit-in-epcots-innoventions/feed/ 0 http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/10/14/the-sum-of-all-thrills-design-your-own-ride-opens-in-innoventions-at-epcot-video-photos/ http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/10/14/the-sum-of-all-thrills-design-your-own-ride-opens-in-innoventions-at-epcot-video-photos/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:34:49 +0000 Matt Roseboom http://www.attractionsmagazine.com/blog/?p=3980 The Sum of all Thrills, a new attraction and ride sponsored by Raytheon, opened today at Innoventions East at Epcot. The Sum of all Thrills lets guests create their own ride experience by choosing a ride theme: a roller coaster, bobsled or jet plane. Using multi-touch object recognition tables, guests use math and engineering-based tools [...]]]> http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/10/14/the-sum-of-all-thrills-design-your-own-ride-opens-in-innoventions-at-epcot-video-photos/feed/ 2 http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/10/07/photo-of-the-kuka-robotics-arm-simulator-coming-soon-to-innoventions-at-epcot/ http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/10/07/photo-of-the-kuka-robotics-arm-simulator-coming-soon-to-innoventions-at-epcot/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:37:53 +0000 Matt Roseboom http://www.attractionsmagazine.com/blog/?p=3830 KUKA Robotics Corporation has announced that their RoboSim 4-D Simulator ride system will be part of the upcoming new Innoventions attraction at Epcot called The Sum of All Thrills. The KUKA RoboSim 4-D Simulator creates a 4-dimensional experience through 3-D robotic motion and “wind,” by controlling air movements to stimulate the senses providing a more realistic [...]]]> http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/10/07/photo-of-the-kuka-robotics-arm-simulator-coming-soon-to-innoventions-at-epcot/feed/ 2 http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/08/21/concept-art-for-the-sum-of-all-thrills-coming-soon-to-epcots-innoventions/ http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/08/21/concept-art-for-the-sum-of-all-thrills-coming-soon-to-epcots-innoventions/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 21:23:46 +0000 Matt Roseboom http://www.attractionsmagazine.com/blog/?p=3004 A few months ago, we told you about The Sum of All Thrills, the exhibit that is coming soon to Innoventions at Epcot. The exhibit, sponsored by Raytheon, will feature Innoventions’ first ride in the form of a robotic arm simulator. Now, we have received some concept art depicting what The Sum of All Thrills [...]]]> http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/08/21/concept-art-for-the-sum-of-all-thrills-coming-soon-to-epcots-innoventions/feed/ 2 http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/07/24/epcot-photo-update-2/ http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/07/24/epcot-photo-update-2/#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:08:20 +0000 Matt Roseboom http://www.attractionsmagazine.com/blog/?p=2756 Some friends were in town this week so we made a full day trip to Epcot. Here are some things that caught my eye. We start at the front of the park where the line for Spaceship Earth was very long early in the day. A tip for those who don’t know: wait and ride [...]]]> http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/07/24/epcot-photo-update-2/feed/ 0 http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/05/19/the-great-piggy-bank-adventure-grand-opening-at-epcot-photos-and-videos/ http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/05/19/the-great-piggy-bank-adventure-grand-opening-at-epcot-photos-and-videos/#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 01:04:26 +0000 Matt Roseboom http://www.attractionsmagazine.com/blog/?p=2116 The Great Piggy Bank Adventure had its grand opening this morning in Innoventions West at Epcot. The attraction is presented by T. Rowe Price. Pictured above with Mickey Mouse are, from left, Epcot Vice President Dan Cockerell, T. Rowe Price Chairman and CIO Brian Rogers, T. Rowe vice chairman Price Edward Bernard, and Walt Disney [...]]]> http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/05/19/the-great-piggy-bank-adventure-grand-opening-at-epcot-photos-and-videos/feed/ 2 http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/05/18/the-great-piggy-bank-adventure-opens-tomorrow-at-epcots-innoventions/ http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/05/18/the-great-piggy-bank-adventure-opens-tomorrow-at-epcots-innoventions/#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 19:44:24 +0000 Matt Roseboom http://www.attractionsmagazine.com/blog/?p=2104 The Great Piggy Bank Adventure, Presented by T. Rowe Price, opens tomorrow, May 19, bringing basic saving and investing concepts to life in a fun and captivating way through a live, first-of-its-kind interactive experience at INNOVENTIONS at Epcot. It features a series of entertaining games that bring to life and teach key financial themes of [...]]]> http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/05/18/the-great-piggy-bank-adventure-opens-tomorrow-at-epcots-innoventions/feed/ 0 http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/04/16/raytheon-to-bring-robotic-arm-ride-simulator-to-innoventions-at-epcot/ http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/04/16/raytheon-to-bring-robotic-arm-ride-simulator-to-innoventions-at-epcot/#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:38:28 +0000 Matt Roseboom http://www.attractionsmagazine.com/blog/?p=1695 As revealed to Disney cast members via their online web portal called the Hub, Walt Disney Imagineering is working with Raytheon to develop a new motion simulator attraction for Innoventions at Epcot. The attraction is called “The Sum of All Thrills” and will allow guests to design a roller coaster, jet plane, or bobsled ride using real-life [...]]]> http://attractionsmagazine.com/blog/2009/04/16/raytheon-to-bring-robotic-arm-ride-simulator-to-innoventions-at-epcot/feed/ 5