The Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) announced the new slate of TEA Thea Awards recipients. Out of the four award recipients in the “attractions” category, Disney took home two awards for Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance and Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway. Here are the announcements, along with some of our photos and video of the attractions. Congrats to the teams who brought these wonderful rides to life!
Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
The mind-blowing Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance is simply the most technologically advanced theme park attraction in existence today.
This attraction combines 60 years’ worth of WDI attraction design magic into one seamless, story-driven experience. The level of complexity and engineering are unparalleled and the experience integrates several completely unique ride systems. Dozens of individually complex systems are choreographed seamlessly to produce high capacity and redefine what a major marquee attraction can be.
Rise of the Resistance demonstrates how a detailed and legendary IP story can be told not just on a ride, but through a complete system of experiences that add up to much more than just the ride itself.
The entire attraction, from front to back, is one massive magic trick that leaves riders gobsmacked and represents the absolute pinnacle of how our industry can entertain an audience at a theme park.
Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway
This new, 21st century attraction is both surprising and mind-blowing; it keeps one engaged and delighted throughout the ride, making all guests feel as if they have literally stepped into an animated world in ways never imagined before.
With a combination of physical sets, Audio-Animatronics figures, animated media and projection-mapping techniques, all syncing in time with trackless vehicles and a catchy original song and musical score, it turns a two-dimensional cartoon world into an immersive, eye-popping experience. Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway raises the bar for all dark rides to come.
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