Trinity Florida site, designed to redefine North Tampa community as Florida’s ‘Sports Coast’, revealed in massive multi-use lifestyle development project announced at IAAPA 2024 Expo in Orlando. Plans for the nation’s largest sports entertainment community development were announced at the 2024 IAAPA conference in Orlando. It’s a place designed for thousands of fans, teams …
Storyland Studios, a global experience design and strategy firm composed of former Walt Disney Imagineering, Universal Creative and Merlin Entertainments alumni with offices and staff across the US and Europe, has assembled a world-class creative team of industry leaders across multiple disciplines to create and deliver a broad range of themed environments, both spatial and …
In its heyday, many people in the region made the drive to the mountain town to get a glimpse of the old west… MAGGIE VALLEY, N.C. — With the summer travel season here, many of will be heading to the beach or the mountains or some other family friendly destination. But years ago, that destination …
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Storyland Studios, the global experience design and strategy firm comprised of former Disney Imagineering, Universal Creative and Merlin Entertainments alumni with offices and staff across the US and Europe, has become the presenting partner of the 2023 Theme Index and Museum Index Report, to be released in summer 2024. The TEA/AECOM Theme Index and Museum …
As Walt Disney once famously said, “Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.” This quote is proven factual across the industry every season, as new capital is put in place at large and small parks worldwide. With major investments expected to …
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Storyland Studios, the full-service experience design and strategy firm, has confirmed it has renewed its sponsorship of IAAPA, the global association for the attractions industry. Following the firm’s presence at IAAPA Expo trade shows and summits worldwide last year, Storyland Studios has committed to supporting IAAPA with its expos, conferences, education and events – across …
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Auburn-Opelika, Ala. – Storyland Studios, the international experience design firm, has been selected to design and create an all-new interactive visitor experience for the Auburn-Opelika area in eastern Alabama. Created in partnership with Auburn-Opelika Tourism, as well as local artists and craftspeople, this new experience will utilize innovative technologies to tell the surrounding community’s story …
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Storyland Studios, a global experience design and strategy firm comprising former Disney Imagineering, Universal Creative and Merlin Entertainments alumni with offices and staff across the US and Europe, has added Landscape Architecture practice to its studio’s integrated services. Landscape architecture has long been a service Storyland includes in its master plans. For more than …
Storyland Studios are delighted to announce Porto Boega, a new attraction on Boega Island in Portugal in partnership with BlueCrow Capital. This 50-hectare island sits next to the border between Portugal and Spain, on the Minho River. The island was previously a farming settlement, yet has now been unoccupied for many years. Porto Boega will …
Storyland Studios, the global experience design and strategy firm comprising former Disney Imagineering, Universal Creative and Merlin Entertainments alumni with offices and staff across the US and Europe, has revealed details of LIBERTYLAND USA, a new family entertainment and residential destination in the Mount Rushmore area. The development will be the biggest development of its …
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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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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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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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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 …
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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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 …
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, …
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 …
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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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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