The Future of Theme Parks at IAAPA Expo 2022

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how fluid the Motions are I feel like I'm  gonna vomit these VR things are a nightmare okay guys we're currently in Orlando Florida  at the Orange County Convention Center for   IAAPA Expo if you don't know what that is  it's where companies and theme parks from   all around the world fly in here they show  off the latest and greatest Technologies and   Innovations for theme parks the latest ride  Vehicles So Much Madness happens in there   I cannot wait to show you guys everything all  right we are heading in look at this entrance   Expo these giant snakes along the pillars it's  very overwhelming if you do not have a game plan you actually lose weight on these away it's  just destroying they're wrapping your muscle   you look amazing today you see keep a moment  oh this is the new SeaWorld coaster so this   is gonna be the pipeline surfing coaster  it's gonna be coming out spring 2023 at Sea   World here in Orlando but you're standing  I've ridden standing coasters before but   as a guy your nuts just get wrecked so I'm  hoping this isn't too bad for guys to ride foreign foreign foreign this is not the Flintstones uh that I  grew up watching what is that what's going on   there Fred I know they have the grogu over here  that we saw like Comic-Con now this booth is   current Studios they do all the floats for the  Universal Mardi Gras Festival I don't know what   the theme is for this year but last year was  awesome like the Space theme and everything so   I asked them what's going on with the Mardi Gras  floats for this year so they said the floats are   done floats are made first then Universal designs  the costume they said 2024 is even gonna be better   than 2023 they said Universal already kind of  proposed their idea for 2024 Mardi Gras that's   how far in advance the Universal's thinking  the event hasn't even happened and they're   already planning next year so I'm really excited  for Mardi Gras this year at Universal Studios I literally came to put my ear over here okay  with a little squeeze you can make condimenting   fun move your guests with a new attraction  I've now seen it all this is a condiment   cow you squeeze that's utter and uh it's all  about form I don't know I've never done this oh pretty good cow very healthy cow I'm like I'm  off to the flame I saw a Slimer uh so I think   they have a Ghostbusters VR game and I got to see  this it's like uh Doc Brown did a hover conversion   on the Ecto one it can now fly no I find that  VR is kind of this like gimmick the only time   that I've really truly been impressed is there  was the void at Disney Springs they had a Star   Wars version and a Disneyland they also had a  Marvel version but I believe in New York they   also had a Ghostbusters version I missed out  that was the only time I was blown away with   what VR was and the potential that it had  but since then I haven't been impressed so   let's see how this is at the Ghostbusters  VR Academy I like the little detail we got   the Ghostbusters patch right there all right  so you use a blaster and then the vest has it   like vibrates this is the only time you'll  ever probably see me with a six cat foreign foreign just looks like a PS3 graphic Wii shooter  it's missing that immersion like there's   like vibrations and everything but it doesn't  feel like how the boy did where you feel like   you're truly immersed they were saying it's  like a five minute game it normally costs   like eight dollars per person for that uh there's  the mushroom right yeah how you doing Mr bear you   look adorable right now oh God this company  is called Hospitality robot is it a company   that has all these little automated robots when  you go to like a sushi restaurant this is the   company that you purchase them from it's probably  heater on the bottom keep the pancakes warm then   the top to keep your beer and sandwiches cold  look at this robot I'm trying to enhance so um okay so I guess the question is will belly button  flushes be the plushie of 2023 my God I hope   not I it's supposed to look like a gnome but  a hat on but it just looks like a hat with   a belly button going to the outdoor exhibit  I always find it very strange then you like   enter and exit through like their little  snowman hole I think this is like one of   those giant snow builds where like blows  the feathers and everything interesting   um backdrop you can either have happy little  snowman or a mug shot back truck you can   purchase your very own zip line setup not too  long of a zip line probably like two seconds foreign I'd be so bored but I guess kids now love  their little Instagrams Falcon Water tag   extreme giant tub of just water and then  you fill it up with your little water gun all right so what are these sensors that's called  the IPS system basically the way that works is   it connects to our scoreboard and as soon as it  lights up let's say red team hits that they get   a point the water goes in here if it fills up to  here and the ball hits game over then you're out   that's really cool for like camps and everything  this is jack-o-lantern Journeys we are one of the   leading pumpkin making businesses we make all the  stuff in-house out of different foam high density   material and we carve it the best part about  our pumpkins is that they don't rot the heart   to the touch they last about five to eight years  depending on what we're doing with them rain you   know if you're putting outside indoor guys the  limit if you have a design movie character logo   just something you want there's no limits Overkill  we can carve it we can make it a big panel thank you the average price for one of those pumpkins that's  like custom sculpted they're not printed on there   it's all hand sculpted it's about 550 per pumpkin  they can do any character you can watch so Star   Wars character Marvel character a giraffe they  could carve it and sculpt it for you this is   where you could buy all the claw machines the  club machine here we go let's see does it get a   little alien yes yes oh oh no they have a claw  machine and the prize is winning a plush cloth   look someone actually playing Halo in the year  2022. it's a Bridgewater Studios what is this   so they can blow that box up to being five  feet tall no seam just one giant solid piece we come over here so this talks to our printer we  have resin and the laser does all of the shapes   through here and when it's done this whole tray  is going to pop up and then we come over here   comes out and it's all gooey we have to take  all of the support off put it in the wash system   and then we cure it and then this is the final  product all right let's just look at the level   of detail this is all a single print they didn't  attach anything it is all printed like this that   is crazy how far printing has come now for all  your little yacht parties you can get this it's   like an inflatable little island of a table and  a place to sit down and chug your beer all right   so this company is called embedded they're the  company that has all the software for like your   game cards and everything in arcade so as you know  there's like the game cards right where you swipe   and you earn your tickets and put your credits  now you can have your smartphone so there's an   app on your smartphone now you can tap and save  your tickets and everything there's nothing worse   than I would buy a game card and I would lose  the game card and uh yeah but now it's on your   phone you're not gonna lose your phone are you  struggling this company is making plushes of the   nfts of like celebrities nfts that they have Snoop  Dogg owns this one but isn't this snoops property   then the design I'm very confused with how these  nfts now work with people creating plushes okay so   this is kiteman Productions they are the company  that made kite tails at Animal Kingdom the booth   that I'm looking at right now is called ping  Studios they make all those collectible popcorn   buckets for AMC the people go wild for you have  to get like reservations and pre-orders and they   sell for insane prices and the best popcorn  buckets and products that you can buy yeah so   they were saying this is the bowl that's gonna be  coming out for Avatar too it's gonna have its own   little Banshee on the side of it that's pretty  cool then there's going to be a collectible   sipper that's going to go along with it this is  a VR experience of Santa you can ride his sleigh   to say something the camera is on so right right  now I can see I have a giant white beard I'm Santa   Claus right now I got two reindeer okay perfect  we're jumping we're jumping oh I'm flying now   what is going on I just heard that  Santa thing as you can see by my face   I feel like I'm gonna vomit it was fun  though PS2 Graphics I do want to hurl   oh my God that was rough that was like  riding front row Guardians of the Galaxy I made it to the motherland Ben soft pretzels  we're here we have found it this line has   the longest line here it's probably like 20  people in front of me to get a pretzel thank   you so much oh look at that pretzel goodness  I always find it interesting there's all these   companies spending millions and millions  and millions of dollars and I'm just here a company that makes all the furniture out of  like plastic balls have a little spray bottle   and you uh shoot the little duck now on this side  of the entrance it's a little different it's all   like Ocean Thinking giant octopus there's like  projections up there look at this Thomas and   Friends Adventure train this thing is massive  and his eyes are actually moving can we get them   moving come on top oh there we go I love like good  creature sculpts and this stuff is amazing foreign foreign foreign there's like maggots inside the horse's muscles  it's all decaying so creepy now the Guinness   world of records and Ripley's Believe It or Not  have their own booth they have a lot of really   cool props more than a million crystals but it  was kind of a 911 inspiration but what's great   here is what different artists see as a palette  a palette doesn't have to be a 16 by 20 piece of   canvas right here's here's a Mini Cooper you know  more than a million Swarovski Crystals let's come   up with this unique patriotic beam and again just  a great vision by artists to say this is Art to me   it's one of the things we celebrate at Reckless  because you know is something unique you know   things you can't see anywhere else so we're happy  to have this piece in our collection so they have   dinosaur eggs here the Stockholm Olympic torch  the first four minute mile stop watch it's from   1954 then there's a half mummified head right here  we have Han Solo's Blaster this is used in Return   of the Jedi by Harrison Ford and also his stunt  double now right here they have Marilyn lemon   Rose famous giraffe now this has been more  famous because Kim Kardashian wore it and uh   you know kind of tore it but it is beautiful  said Marilyn Monroe saying happy Birthday Mr   President wearing this gown during the president  JFK's 1962 birthday Gala at Madison Square Garden   in New York City tell Adventure Park there's gonna  be He-Man versus Skeletor laser tag opened in 2023 thank you foreign I know this company makes a lot of  the animatronics for the theme parks now Animax makes some crazy  animatronic how fluid the Motions are I just murdered out for like 45 minutes I  was at the Animax little booth they do all   the animatronics pretty much for Universal like  the Jurassic world exhibit that they have in San   Diego right now the veloci coaster Raptors they  did Hagrid they have the new version of donkey   it's really cool to see a behind the scenes like  footage clip of that their animatronics are just   so fluid and lifelike so I'm really excited for  what they have planned coming up with universal   it's gonna be good so that was really cool to kind  of pick their brain and kind of see the behind the   scenes process we have a claw machine here for  sale it says smart crane used 800 but goodness   you get a you get a free KFC plush where's the  KFC plus the company nft uh the boot that they   have is really cool I talked that for a little  bit so they're like the company when you need   fur for anything so they did like the bantha fur  or for like the Grinch fur or like when lucasfilm   needs like a Wookie that's the company that  makes all of that first so it took eight days   11 hours and 44 minutes to print and there's  four separate sections that put it together   now a staple of iapa is getting your free Little  Mini Melts these are always so good all right so   they now have laser tag VR they're doing their  laser tech VR honestly I would just rather do   actual laser tech but I would just rather be  in the real world and be in a cool set um then   beat in like cheesy Minecraft Laser Tag I'm not  the biggest fan of Inflatables but I do think   this one is great it's a Jurassic world one you  have like little Flames they kind of wave back   and forth My Favorite Things is these little uh  stickers go so wrong so quick I come with non-slip   vinyl I can be used wet or dry rent me out six  different ways yeah they really just said that   I'm made to laugh I say you enter in through  like the water right you go over this little   obstacle course I dodge all the Raptors in their  Blues coming after you and then there's a giant   T-rex coming after you and then you climb up here  you know like the exploding volcano and then you   slide down but you gotta watch out because  there's a Dilophosaurus at the end so this   whole thing is only like six grand If I Was A  Millionaire I would honestly buy a split this   in my backyard for like barbecues if you guys ever  want to start your own business I highly suggest   buying these Inflatables some are only a couple  thousand dollars you rent them out to birthday   parties for a couple hundred dollars you make your  money back so quick this is called Penguins Escape   did we hit this I guess you're a penguin police  guard right you have your baton and the penguins   are trying to escape so you gotta uh smack them  on their head kind of morbid this is one of the   coolest entrances for like a VR experience it's  called the orb game inside this giant like orb   there's this massive window the seats move Let's  test it out so they have illuminated steps you go   inside this really cool Dome so these are gonna  be the chairs that move I love the texture on the   ceiling okay we're all set up and ready to rock  and roll oh here we go oh God we just finished   another VR Graphics are amazing Graphics look next  gen I got the pricing it's over a hundred thousand   dollars just for the unit they said they charge  around twelve dollars per person lasts around   six minutes again honestly wasn't very good  it just doesn't make sense for anybody to buy   that because you're not gonna make money out then  you add in how much you're paying for electricity   and maintenance not very profitable I feel like  I'm gonna vomit these VR things are a nightmare foreign we've all seen these scooter pal things  at the mall this is where they bought   them the companies came to IAP and bought the  stuff here those are the best things here in   ayapa it's a claw machine are  you gonna get anything oh no now this is the company International mascot  they made the new Jeffrey the giraffe mascot   friends that is a wrap on 2022 here in Orlando  Florida let's go back to the office talk about   my thoughts about the current industry changes  and improvements okay guys we're back let's talk   about iapa Expo 2022 now I talked with so many  different companies about so many different things   about theme parks and you know what I kept hearing  the words epic Universe they're all working with   universal there's so much that's happening with  this new theme park and I don't think people are   prepared with what Universal is about to pull off  with epic Universe if it does open in 2025 it's   gonna give Disney a real run for its money and  this is going to be I think like the decade the   rise of universal projects that are coming the  animatronics everything is going to be amazing   and it's really gonna make a big impact in the  theme park industry now let's talk about half   the show floor is all VR VR personally to me is  a gimmick are we at Ready Player one level yet   no but all these people and all these companies  are here spending millions of dollars from this   crappy VR it's not very good the only thing that  I've ever enjoyed I said earlier in the video was   the void that was the number one VR experience  I've ever had the graphics are not there yet   with the VR the immersion is not there yet with  the VR all these people are installing all this   VR stuff and it's already kind of like outdated I  don't think there's gonna be a big change in the   VR industry until Facebook or they're better  known as meta figures out the whole VR thing   that if one is gonna figure it out it's gonna be  Facebook because that's what they're investing   all their money into I think in five years we're  gonna be having a very different conversation but   for right now VR is just not there it's it's not  very good and just kind of cheesy and corny and a   gimmick kind of like 3D TVs there was a rumor  that Universal Studios was going to have this   ride and you were going to be on a broomstick  but you're gonna be doing VR and apparently it's   been delayed or canceled and I'm kind of glad  because just the technology is not there yet   let me know down in the comments what are your  thoughts about VR do you hate it are you a fan   of it if you enjoyed this video make sure to hit  that like button if you haven't already hit the   Subscribe button join the family I love the family  because I'm gonna keep you up to date all things   Theme Park and entertainment around the country  hi guys I love you all I'll see y'all very soon foreign looks like the box is nude and  they're just covered up with the logo

2022-11-21

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