Indoor ski resorts require massive engineering, structural support, and GFA to make them happen. Thinkwell created Snoasis as an alternative model to indoor ski slopes by creating the world’s first snow park.
The all-indoor climate-controlled attraction includes a variety of snow play activities, an ice sculpture garden, the world’s first ice skating trail, snow caves, a café in the snow, a nighttime aurora borealis light spectacular, and live performance stage.
Designed for families, groups, and corporate bookings, Snoasis is a manageable footprint and capital cost to create a compelling snow-based experience.
For this studio-based theme park Thinkwell created a series of attractions, including a Monkey King Dark Ride that immerses guests into an interactive fantasy where they travel down a garden path lined with storybook statues, bas reliefs, and plaques that tell the amazing story of Monkey King.
During this interactive adventure, guests experience each chapter of Monkey King’s life, in which they are greeted by whimsical characters, faced with obstacles in an underwater world, and taken on a magical journey they will never forget.
Paramount Studio’s theme park for South Korea was to feature an all-new land called “Pop Zone.”
This area featured the most up-to-date trends and media experiences, including a K-Pop stage, an interactive trackless dark ride based on School of Rock where the ride vehicles themselves became musical instruments in a bigger interactive “music video.”
The icon for the zone, a volumetric display that splayed out over the central plaza in Pop Zone, featured dozens of media screens, real-time feeds from guests, and a looping coaster.
Samsung Oasis is a digital destination unlike anything in the world—a must-see landmark experience featuring totally immersive environments, next-generation attractions, and state-of-the-art interactives.
It is a totally immersive state of the art branded experience focused on the concept of “connection.” Here guests can connect to the Samsung brand, the city of Singapore, and each other in extremely engaging, highly innovative, and deeply rewarding ways.
The fastest launch coaster in all of Europe, Furius Baco propels riders from 0 to 83 mph in less than 4 seconds.
Conceived, designed, and installed by Thinkwell for PortAventura, this heart-pounding thrill ride features a custom track layout integrated into the existing lagoon, and features an imaginatively woven storyline, beautiful theming, unique show scenes, hilarious animatronics and special effects, custom-produced media, and an original sco
Inspired by the blockbuster Twentieth Century Fox film series, this family adventure at Movie Park Germany takes riders on an odyssey through a frenetic frozen world.
From glacial valleys to lava-ravaged ice caverns, guests journey by boat as they follow Manny, Diego, Sid, and Scrat on a brand-new Ice Age adventure.
Created in collaboration with the Academy Award-winning Blue Sky Animation Studios, the ride features over 50 unique animated dimensional figures and a multitude of immersive special effects, including a real snow flurry, explosive steam geysers, smoldering magma fissures, and intense blasts of heat and cold.
Opened in 2012, this Batman-themed ride was the first steel inverted roller coaster at an Australian theme park.
Thinkwell developed the story, concept design, theming and implementation strategy for this blockbuster-themed rollercoaster attraction, based on The Dark Knight, for the theme park in Australia.
In celebration of the 75th anniversary of DC Entertainment’s Batman, Warner Bros. VIP Studio Tour opened a new exhibit featuring the authentic artifacts from the films. Thinkwell worked closely with Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment to create this permanent exhibit, which is a featured addition on the studio’s historic backlot. This immersive experience reveals the exceptional creativity and craftsmanship that brought the films to life.
The exhibit is set in two locations: the Warner Museum and the Picture Car Vault. Guests are able to get up close to the iconic costumes, gadgetry, and vehicles used in all seven Batman movies. Expert tour guides accompany guests to iconic locations from the movies and to the museum, in which the entire ground floor is dedicated to the Caped Crusader. This display marks the first time that artifacts from all seven films have ever been exhibited together.
Created in partnership with Broadway Video, this cutting-edge new attraction brings to life over 35 years of classic characters and sketches from one of the longest-running and most groundbreaking comedy television shows in history.
This unique destination attraction celebrates the unique comedic legacy of Saturday Night Live for longtime fans with iconic environments, sets, and costumes from the show, and also introduces it to a new generation through highly interactive media content and immersive technology.