We are Building a Theme Park

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Like daddy, like daughter. Rarely has there been two people whose brains work so eerily similar. Inspired by the Imagineering Story a daddy began to dream with his 11 year-old daughter about what it would be like to create their own theme park. This resulted in the genesis of a full-fledged, multi-discipline creative project. This podcast exists to document and expose this on-going journey as these two dreamers dive deeply into the creative process, solve challenging problems and have a whole lot of fun. You are invited to follow along and even participate in this magnificent adventure!

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Episodes

Timeless Tales and Becoming a Builder

In this episode Zoe and Clayton talk about their recent trip to an R&D facility where they learn about 3D printing and prototyping. In addition to this they spend time sharing an original story they came up with telling the origins of the Timeless Tales land of the theme park. Come hear the tale of Mr. and Mrs. Huggins and how their imagination and love led to the creation of Mr. Huggins Wonderful Living Library. Shout out to EquipmentShare for showing us around their R&D department. htt...

Jan 18, 2023•35 min•Season 1Ep. 7

Themes in Theme Parking - Part 2

Welcome back!!! In this episode we continue our exploration of the eight different theme ideas that we have come up with thus far. In the first episode we covered four ideas and in this episode we tackle 4 (and a half) more. These ideas include my personal favorite The Main Frame (a world inside a computer), The Box (a land devoted to board games), The Clock (a world exploring time) and The Body (a land devoted to the human body). But wait, didn't I say 4 and a half. Listen as we come up with a ...

Jan 11, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Themes in Theme Parking - Part 1

We are finally ready to start talking about the themes that our theme park will have. This is the first part of a two-part episode that will discuss four different theme ideas we have contrived. The discussion explores rides, attractions, food, experiences and concepts that these areas would possess. Join us to hear more about these themes which include: Timeless Tales (a magical library), Subterra (an original underworld), Candyland (a tasty and joy-filled land) and also a land too be named lat...

Jan 04, 2023•38 min•Season 1Ep. 5

Themes in Theme Parking - Preview

We are back! After a little break we are going to be releasing a couple episodes just after the new year. In those episodes we will be exploring 8 different themes we have come up with for our theme park. Join us January 4th when we dive back into building a theme park together.

Dec 18, 2022•4 min

We Went to Disneyland and Learned...

We went to Disneyland for Eleanor's birthday! As we enjoyed our time, Zoe and I made some observations. We thought you would enjoy hearing them and that we also know these observations will help us in our endeavor to design and build a theme park. During this episode we also introduce you to a tool that we are using to design and visualize the park called Planet Coaster . This tool is a video game that you can also play and begin to let your imagination run wild with. We also talked about our ne...

Nov 23, 2022•39 min•Season 1Ep. 4

The Imagineering Story

The Happiest Place on Earth didn't happen on accident. That may seem obvious, but do you realize just how much time, thought and effort went into creating the gold standard for theme parks, namely Disneyland? Join us as we share the lessons we gleaned from Disney+'s tremendous 6-part series called the "Imagineering Story." In this episode we will talk a little about our own experiences (including a guest experience from little sister Eleanor) and we will talk about how Disney Imagineers created ...

Nov 16, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Referencing References

Rides, books, characters, songs, feelings, movies, people, history, civilization, religion... where can we pull reference from when we are attempting to begin the creative process? In this episode we explore that question. We don't merely explore that question we actually go through an exercise where we identify, sort and group these references in a way that reveals to us what natural themes we would like to have be a part of our theme park. We will be practicing the art of "silent sorting" this...

Nov 09, 2022•43 min•Season 1Ep. 2

What are we doing?

You may be wondering, “who are these crazy people and what do they mean by ‘We are Building a Theme Park?’” In this episode Clayton and Zoe introduce themselves and the podcast, dive into the creative process, and share their “success criteria” for this project. They also share what the “end-product” may look like and from where some of their inspiration has come (including novels, Disney parks and documentaries). Interact by: Sending us a voice message at https://anchor.fm/we-build-theme-park/m...

Oct 30, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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