24Oct
Studio complex gets an iconic name, completes BlueSky phase of master plan, enters agreement with Lagos government. Lagos, Nigeria – International experience design firm Storyland Studios’ partner, Del-York International Group, has signed an agreement with the Lagos, Nigeria state government formalising a studio city set to revolutionise the Nigerian film industry. With Storyland’s BlueSky now …
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26Sep
Executive Producer Tyler Thornberg brings a wealth of theatrical, film, TV, and themed entertainment expertise to the Storyland team. He’s a pro at taking projects from concept through completion, from themed attractions to experiential marketing campaigns. A Nashville resident, Tyler joined our team in the spring of 2022. Since then, he has embarked on …
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05Aug
Desiree Lukowiak is one of our incredible Spatial Storytellers here at Storyland Studios. An invaluable part of our team since 2017, Desiree brings a wealth of worldbuilding knowledge to the table–and we mean that quite literally. As an avid gamer and tabletop RPG enthusiast, Desiree has been enthusiastically immersing herself in interactive experiences for …
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12May
Amersham, England, UK – International experience design and production firm Storyland Studios is welcoming themed entertainment professional Jonathan Bonner to its UK team as Executive Producer. As a themed entertainment and attraction producer and project manager, Bonner has extensive experience in business development and will come alongside the UK team in its international outreach and …
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12Apr
Lake Elsinore, Calif. (April 7th, 2022) – Renowned international experience design and production studio Storyland Studios has been selected to master plan and design the latest addition to the world of immersive experiences: Sports Illustrated Hotels and Resorts, which are set to begin rolling out worldwide as early as 2023. These new destinations will feature …
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22Dec
Lagos, Nigeria – Storyland Studios, the experience design and production studio with offices in the US and Europe, has been selected to master plan and design a film city and entertainment industry campus, a sprawling, first-of-its-kind film industry hub in Lagos, Nigeria. The project sponsor, Del York International Group in partnership with the Lagos State …
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18Nov
Studios Occitanie Méditerranée is a new mixed-entertainment destination opening in 2025 ORLANDO, FL – November 18, 2021 – Ubisoft and Storyland Studios announced the development of the world’s first Ubisoft Entertainment Center at Studios Occitanie Méditerranée. This multi-brand themed entertainment experience is the first in a series of centers that will immerse fans and newcomers …
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04Oct
Amersham, United Kingdom – Storyland Studios is proud to welcome Sean Featonby as their new UK-based Client Development Champion, effective October 4th, 2021. With an extensive background in business development, sales, marketing, and project production in the global entertainment and themed attraction industries, Featonby brings a wealth of experience to the table. “Storyland Studios is …
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19Aug
LAKE ELSINORE, CALIF. – International experience design and production firm Storyland Studios is announcing a partnership today with leading video game publisher Ubisoft to develop a new generation of tech-enabled, in-person themed entertainment experiences. The agreement puts Storyland at the helm of designing two multi-brand themed entertainment offerings based on Ubisoft’s game worlds, for fans …
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27Apr
Lake Elsinore, CA, April 27, 2021 – Storyland Studios have been appointed to design a series of new location-based entertainment concepts for Grupo Cataratas, the largest tourism operator in South America. Grupo Cataratas currently operates six sites in Brazil, with more in development. In 2019 alone, the group welcomed nearly six million guests. The group …
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02Mar
Lake Elsinore, Calif. – Experience design and themed entertainment firm Storyland Studios is excited to announce its inaugural Storyland Design Challenge, an all-new, international concept design competition for freelance designers working in the themed entertainment industry. Freelance designers seeking to make their name in themed entertainment are invited to pitch their design concepts for immersive, …
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22Feb
Lake Elsinore, Calif. – Experience design and themed entertainment firm Storyland Studios is excited to welcome Jason Surrell to their rapidly expanding team as Executive Creative Director. Surrell, a veteran of both Walt Disney Imagineering and Universal Creative Group, brings a wealth of experience in themed entertainment and storytelling to Storyland. Most recently, Surrell served …
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17Sep
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Storyland Studios, an experience design firm that helps brands connect their stories in three dimensions, has received the Themed Entertainment Association’s (TEA) Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement on a Limited Budget for Poverty Encounter, a permanent exhibit at Children’s Hunger Fund (CHF), a non-profit in Los Angeles, California. The annual award brings …
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06Aug
HIRES MORE FORMER DISNEY LEADERS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (Lake Elsinore, CA, August 6, 2020) – Three-dimensional storytelling firm Storyland Studios announced today that the company has opened a new office in London, officially making the …
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18Apr
One of the springtime traditions I look forward to all year long is the Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) Thea Awards. “The Theas,” and the TEA Summit that they cap off, bring together many of our cherished friends, colleagues, clients, and co-creatives to celebrate the great achievements of the themed entertainment industry worldwide. But just like …
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11Feb
back·story \ˈbak-ˌstȯr-ē noun, plural back·sto·ries. a narrative providing a history or background context, especially for a character or situation in a literary work, film, or dramatic series. In themed entertainment design, we regularly employ a literary tool called “backstory.” Typically, this is used to provide color and context for a character. However, in Spatial …
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11Nov
First Ever Theme Park Site Returns as Go-To Site for Themed Entertainment Design Professionals ORLANDO, FLORIDA, November 11th, 2018 – ThemedAttraction.com, “The world’s most comprehensive site on theme parks and themed attraction design,” is relaunched as an online resource for themed entertainment industry professionals offering insights and interviews from the world’s foremost masters of …
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10Jul
One of our team sat down with Disney Imagineering Legend Bob Gurr to find out where the theme park industry is going in the future. Bob Gurr’s theme park career began in 1955 when he was asked to design the Autopia vehicles for Disneyland’s grand opening. From there, he designed practically everything on wheels at …
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22Mar
With the news today that a Marvel-themed land (including attractions for Spider-Man and the Avengers) will soon replace A Bug’s Land in Disney California Adventure, our comic-book-loving staff gave a collective cheer. But the good news came with the unexpected revelation that Disney had secretly closed the land’s anchor, opening-day attraction, the immersive 4-D theater …
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22Nov
Storyland Studios’ writer, Freddy Martin, sat down with Morleigh Steinberg to talk about how creating unique spaces for people to interact can positively affect human creativity and experiences. Morleigh Steinberg is a dancer, choreographer, director, filmmaker, lighting designer, and is married to U2 guitarist, The Edge. When I first met Morleigh Steinberg, artist and co-owner …
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14Nov
Lake Elsinore, CA, November 13, 2017 – The secret’s out. Storyland Studios is now a complete design and fabrication powerhouse serving story partners throughout the themed entertainment industry. Storyland Studios’ full-range of creative disciplines is directly inspired by the synergy and size of Walt Disney’s original design and fabricating team originally known as WED (Walter …
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05Feb
25Sep
We wish we could have made it stop, but this week Summer came to it’s bittersweet end. So we’re revisiting Summer’s most memorable fabrications that left lasting impressions on us. Some of these fabrications were crafted right here at Storyland Studios by our talented team, while others (credited below) left us awe inspired. Escape Velocity at Coachella This …
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31Jul
7 unique Ice Cream Shops we need to visit before Labor Day We’ve grown a little tired of all the self-serve froyo shops and have been searching for new chilly treats to try. We love the live & active cultures we get from our precious Pinkberry, but we could really go for something a little …
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