Imagineering Class:
Earn a certificate in Theme Park Design
It’s a fun online class for everyone.
If you want to design theme parks for a living, here’s the class that shows you how, and offers you a certificate to show your accomplishments. It’s a terrific online class that lets you study at your own pace. You’ll explore:
- art direction
- story writing
- themed architecture
- ride control
- show control
- audio and video
- lighting
- mechanics and hydraulics
- animatronics
This all-new version includes hours of videos!
You can work at your own speed, and upon completion receive a certificate recognized by many companies in the theme park industry. You’ll also receive:
- Lists of companies that do theme park design
- Industry trade organizations
- Roller coaster, haunted house and attraction links
- Tips on how to find jobs in the theme park industry
Theme Park Design Workshop is a college-level course, but it’s open to everyone with a sincere interest in theme parks and a desire to have fun.
Your Instructor
Steve Alcorn is a theme park engineer and the author of Theme Park Design: Behind the Scenes with an Engineer, Building a Better Mouse, and Curious by Design. He helped create attractions at Walt Disney World, Universal Studios, and theme parks worldwide during his career at Alcorn McBride Inc. He’s been teaching online courses for over 25 years and has worked with more than 100,000 students.
The course includes:
Syllabus
Theme Park Design Workshop features 54 videos with accompanying discussion forums
where you’ll interact with Steve Alcorn and other classmates.
The People Behind the Park
About people as a theme park’s most important asset. Designing parks with operators, staff, and guests in mind. Introduce yourselves and discuss favorite attractions.
Attractions — Where Story is King
All types of attractions: Gravity Rides, Dark Rides, Boat Rides, Simulators, Theaters, food service, and merchandising. Begin creating your own attraction.
Planning Your Attraction
Blue Sky through initial story creation. Fitting story to audience and real-world design constraints. Polish and sell your attraction to “management.”
Your Creative Team
The last completely right-brain stage before engineering begins. Firm up your attraction so that physical design can begin.
Project Phases
Sprint through all phases: concept through design, construction, installation, test, and grand opening. Plan all activities for opening day.
Engineering Your Attraction
Survey engineering disciplines. Start spending money on buildings and expensive things. Spot the technical challenges ahead.
Show Control Engineering
The meat of the course. Put on the Show Control Engineer’s hard hat and get down to the real work of designing a theme park attraction.
Ride Control Engineering
Who is the first passenger on a theme park ride? A sandbag. Discover why sandbags have very low health insurance costs.
Audio / Video Engineering
Leave ride control pressures and explore Audio/Video Engineering. Describe the sights and sounds of your attraction.
Other Engineers
Designs complete, equipment fabricated and installed. Meet the other technical team members as they struggle to ready the attraction for opening day.
Designing an Entire Theme Park
History of theme parks from Disneyland. Play the role of billionaire eccentric and create an entire theme park, just the way it suits you.
The Future of Themed Entertainment
Survey themed entertainment beyond theme parks. Career strategies. Crystal ball into the future of the industry.
Here’s What Students Say:
This course was awesome. Mr. Alcorn’s real experiences with theme park design made the lessons very easy to understand. The opportunity to create a ride helped bring everything together and was a blast.
I managed to get a job in the Themed Entertainment industry here in the UK. I truly believe that sending e-mails with my projects made from knowledge picked up in the class and from your advice helped. I’m writing to say a big thank you for the course.
THANK YOU for all the work you put in, for replying so fast, for sharing your knowledge, and for setting up the forum so we can keep in touch.
Well done! Now I’m better equipped to handle my new theme park design job.
What a complete set of lessons! No place on web has covered so much about this topic. I didn’t NEED to be an engineer to enjoy or understand any topic. My only regret is that it’s over!!
I thoroughly enjoyed the course and thought it not only gave me a more in depth understanding of theme parks, but also inspired me even more to become a theme park engineer.
It was an unusual course that really answered some of my questions about Imagineering. I don’t think there is anything else like this.
The course was fantastic. Steve’s dedication and input was truly worth the price. It has helped me immensely in continuing with my dream for a job in Themed Entertainment.
Class begins as soon as you sign up!
Enroll Now — $299 $199