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CAVU Designwerks Launches Intelligent Trackless Dark Ride Vehicle
25th November 2019- Media-based attractions specialist, CAVU Designwerks, has unveiled its intelligent trackless dark ride vehicle, the first of its kind in the industry. The trackless vehicle features intelligent [...]
CAVU unveils industry’s first intelligent trackless dark ride vehicle
21st November 2019- CAVU Designwerks, the media-based attractions specialist, has unveiled the industry’s first intelligent trackless dark ride vehicle. CAVU launched its self-driving vehicle (SDV) at the IAAPA Expo 2019 in Orlando. [...]
Guests to get their teeth stuck in
16th November 2019- CAVU Designwerks has partnered with DreamCraft Attractions, The Thinkwell Group and Framestore to develop an unprecedented attraction, The Twilight Saga: Midnight Ride. Launched this year at [...]
‘Twilight Saga’ VR simulator attraction is a team accomplishment
15th November 2019- Thinkwell links up with CAVU, DreamCraft, Framestore to thrill ZHUHAI, China — In a high-powered collaboration, design and production company Thinkwell Group has led a team [...]
Midnight Ride at IAAPA
12th November 2019- Entering the world of The Twilight Saga, Midnight Ride is a VR experience taking guests on a motorcycle thrill ride with Jacob and his Wolf Pack. [...]
Midnight Ride Profile
1st November 2019- Entering the world of The Twilight Saga, Midnight Ride is a VR experience taking guests on a motorcycle thrill ride with Jacob and his Wolf Pack. [...]
CAVU Designwerks to unveil next generation trackless dark ride vehicle at IAAPA Expo 2019
29th October 2019- Leave a comment CAVU Designwerks Inc, the media-based attractions specialist, will be unveiling its new trackless dark ride vehicle at IAAPA Expo 2019 in Orlando. CAVU [...]
Lionsgate Entertainment World Opens in China
1st August 2019- Lionsgate Entertainment World (LEW), Asia's first movie-themed vertical theme park, has opened during the first phase of Novotown, an integrated tourism and entertainment destination on the [...]
Case Study: VIVE Solves VR for Theme Parks with Busch Gardens Project
1st August 2019- BACKGROUND Busch Gardens Williamsburg is a stunning 135-acre action-adventure park based on authentic European themes. It has been voted the World’s Most Beautiful Theme Park by [...]
Inside ‘The Hunger Games’ World At China’s New Adult Theme Park
24th July 2019- Hollywood film studio Lionsgate opens its first adult-oriented Asian theme park this Summer with Lionsgate Entertainment World, launching in Hengqin, Zhuhai. The studio partnered with the Thinkwell [...]
Lionsgate Entertainment World vertical theme park announces opening date
2nd July 2019- Lionsgate Entertainment World has announced its opening date. The movie-themed vertical theme park has set the grand opening for July 31. Village Roadshow will be the operator for [...]
Lionsgate Entertainment World: A ‘World’s First’ Theme Park
19th June 2019- The eagerly-awaited Lionsgate Entertainment World is set to open this summer at Novotown Hengqin. Asia’s first movie-themed vertical indoor experience centre will feature some of the [...]
CAVU Designwerks, Thinkwell Group and Framestore to develop new rides for Lionsgate
3rd June 2019- CAVU Designwerks, the media-based attractions specialist, Dreamcraft Attractions, the integrated ride specialist, Thinkwell Group Inc, the global experience design and production company, and Framestore, the visual effects specialist, have announced [...]
A New Era of Motion Base Attractions
1st June 2019- Peter Schnabel, CEO CAVU Designwerks brings us up to speed Established in 2014, CAVU Designwerks provides attractions for a variety of entertainment applications. The company's original [...]
CAVU Designwerks expands to meet demand in Middle East
30th May 2019- CAVU Designwerks Inc, the media-based attractions specialist, has announced that it is establishing a presence in the Middle East. The new branch will service Riyadh, Beirut [...]
True Grit: theme park influencers talk about the importance of grit in attraction teams
21st March 2019- Grit—the passion and perseverance to achieve long-term goals—is essential for teams engaged in seasonal entertainment. We spoke to some key attractions industry leaders from last year’s [...]
Game Changers Introduced as a New Genre of Rides
1st March 2019- CAVU Designwerks, Framestore partner taking indoor attractions to next level AT: Tim Baldwin tbaldwin@amusementtoday.com VICTORIA, B.C., Canada — CAVU Designwerks, the Canadian-based provider of elaborately themed [...]
Visit China’s Hunan Province with CAVU Designwerks
15th February 2019- CAVU Designwerks, an attractions provider that specialises in delivering media-based attractions to the themed entertainment industry, announced the opening of ‘Beautiful Hunan’, a Flying Theatre in [...]
Park World Flying Theatre Issue
15th February 2019- The sky is the limit Flying Theatres have come a long way in recent years with improved content and new motion-based technologies working together to create [...]
Game Changers ride system brings new approach to interactive rides
1st February 2019- By Michael Mascioni INTERACTIVITY can easily become a gimmick and a one trick pony in rides. CAVU Designwerks, a developer of media-based attractions, and Framestore, an [...]
Best New Amusement Park Attraction
15th January 2019 Best New Amusement Park Attraction Each summer, amusement parks across the United States introduce park goers to a new lineup of attractions, from extreme thrill rides [...]
CAVU Designwerks Flying Theatre opens in Changsha, China
24th December 2018 CAVU Designwerks Flying Theatre opens in Changsha, China CAVU Designwerks Inc. (CAVU) announces the opening of its Flying Theatre in Changsha, China. The Flying Theatre is [...]
CAVU Designwerks’ Flying Theatre opens with great fanfare in Changsha, China
13th December 2018 CAVU Designwerks Inc has announced that its Flying Theatre in Changsha, China has opened with critical acclaim.CAVU is an attractions provider specialising in media-based attractions for the themed entertainment industry. [...]
Game Changers at IAAPA 2018
10th December, 2018 Take a look back at IAAPA 2018 and our debut of Game Changers our interactive attractions launched with Framestore. Your browser does not support the video [...]
The future of theme parks: Highlights from the industry’s annual expo
5 December, 2018 Arthur Levine, Special to USA TODAY Those who want to know what’s happening now in themed entertainment can head to Orlando, Florida, and visit its world-class [...]
IAAPA 2018: not to be missed at the IAAPA Attractions Expo this week
The IAAPA Attractions Expo 2018 in Orlando, Florida takes place 13 to 16 November at the city’s Orange County Convention Center. It’s a hugely exciting week and here’s some of [...]
CAVU Designwerks, Framestore to debut Game Changers in ride interactivity at IAAPA Expo
23 October 2018 - CAVU Designwerks, Framestore to debut Game Changers in ride interactivity at IAAPA Expo Media-based attractions specialist, CAVU Designwerks Inc. (CAVU), has announced a partnership with visual [...]
Busch Gardens Williamsburg’s new attraction
28 June 2018 - Busch Gardens Williamsburg’s new attraction for 2018 offers an exhilarating virtual reality (VR) experience on a motion simulator. It is, says park president Kevin Lembke, the first of [...]
CAVU Designwerks partners with Force Engineering to sell Linear Inductions Motors (LIMS) in China
03 May 2018 - CAVU Designwerks Inc. (CAVU), specialists in delivering media-based attractions to the theme park industry, has announced a partnership with Force Engineering, Ltd., (Force) to sell Linear Induction Motors [...]
Media Day Report: Battle For Eire at Busch Gardens Williamsburg
02 April 2018 - Busch Gardens Williamsburg’s motion simulator theater has quite the storied history. Originally opened as “Questor” in the area the park then known as “Hastings” in [...]
CAVU’s Peter Schnabel on ‘culturally significant’ Beautiful Hunan attraction
01 March 2018 - CAVU’s Peter Schnabel on ‘culturally significant’ Beautiful Hunan attraction Peter Schnabel, CAVU Canadian dynamic media-based attractions developer CAVU Designwerks (CAVU) has partnered with Macrolink Group [...]
CAVU Designwerks to provide turnkey flying theatre attraction for Beautiful Hunan resort in Changsha, China
01 Feb 2018 - Entitled Beautiful Hunan, it will be one of the landmark rides at Tongguan Kiln International Cultural and Tourism Center which is slated to open in June [...]
CAVU Designwerks to Unveil New Products and DreamCraft VR Venture at AAE
31 May 2017 - CAVU Designwerks Inc. (CAVU), specialists in delivering media-based attractions to the theme park industry, will unveil two new products and DreamCraft VR venture at the [...]
Ride Makers CAVU Team Up with One Bit Labs to Establish New Virtual Reality Company
24 Nov 2016 - DreamCraft combines the traditional dark ride experience with VR Media-based attractions specialists CAVU Designwerks and videogame development studio One Bit Labs have teamed up to [...]
Cavu Designwerks and DreamCraft Attractions Make VR a Social, Interactive Experience
18 November 2016 - Cavu Designwerks (Booth #1386) is on a mission to make the world of virtual reality (VR) a friendlier place with DreamCraft Attractions—a partnership between the [...]
DreamCraft Attractions Announces CEO and Unveils VR Product
16 November 2016 – DreamCraft Attractions, Ltd. (DreamCraft), a connected corporation of CAVU Designwerks, Inc. (CAVU], and One Bit Labs (OBL) announces today the appointment of its Chief Executive [...]
CAVU Designwerks Signs Deal to Create Turnkey Signature Attraction for New Resort in China
02 Nov 2016 - Innovative creator of media-based attractions, CAVU Designwerks, has been awarded a contract to provide a signature ‘turn key’ Flying Theatre attraction for a brand new [...]
CAVU Designwerks Announces New Company, Major Product Sale
November 2016 - Media-based attractions provider CAVU Designwerks, Inc. has announced the launch of a connected corporation and a major sale of one of its own products to a [...]
CAVU Announces Launch of New VR, AR & AI Ride Company: DreamCraft Attractions
18 October 2016 - CAVU Designwerks Inc. (CAVU), an attractions provider that specializes in delivering media-based attractions to the theme park industry, has announced the launch of its connected corporation, [...]
CAVU Celebrates EVP Harold Hudson’s Career-Long Commitment to Raising Safety Standards
11 October 2016 - Global media-based attractions specialist, CAVU Designwerks, has been looking back at the career of its Executive Vice President, Harold Hudson, who received the prestigious AIMS International [...]
CAVU Designwerks Previews Theater, Announces Alliance with Falcon’s, Kraftwerk
August 2016 - A ride manufacturer, media producer, and audio-visual systems integrator are teaming up to promote an innovative, large-format, motion-based dome theater that can display immersive 360-degree, 3-D content. [...]
CAVU Designwerks to Showcase Two New Products at Asian Attractions Expo
29 April 2016 - CAVU Designwerks, providers of next-generation media-based attractions, will showcase two new rides at the IAAPA Asian Attractions Expo (AAE) in Shanghai, China: Power Glider™ - a suspended powered dark [...]
CAVU Designwerks Unveil the “Power Glider™” Suspended Powered Dark Ride Coaster
31 March 2016 - CAVU Designwerks, innovators in next-generation media-based theatres and dark rides, has unveiled its latest new ride: the Power Glider™, a suspended powered dark ride coaster. https://youtu.be/-bt8EVtOG9U “CAVU [...]
Visibility Unlimited
10 January 2016 - CAVU Designwerks stands for Ceiling and Visibility Unlimited. The brains behind the company are Peter R. Schnabel and Daryl White, two experienced pros who presented [...]
CAVU Launches Groundbreaking Amazon Drifter Dark Water Ride at IAAPA Expo
16 November 2015 - CAVU Designwerks, experts in the creation of next-generation media-based theatres and dark rides, is launching the first dark water ride. According to the company’s CEO, [...]
CAVU AT IAAPA EXPO ORLANDO 2015
16 November 2015 - Daryl White, President of CAVU Designwerks talks at IAAPA Expo Orlando, 2015. Click the link below to view the full video. Your browser does not support [...]
CAVU Designwerks Lands First Contract
20 August 2015 - CAVU Designwerks has just been awarded a multi-million dollar contract for one of its next generation attractions by a major theme park in South East [...]
CAVU Designwerks Premieres at AAE 2015
15 August 2015 - CAVU Designwerks, a new Canadian attraction design company with offices in the United States and China, made its industry debut at AAE 2015. The company [...]
Peter Schnabel – Life is a Rollercoaster
6 July 2015 – If you have worked in the amusement industry for several decades, how do you stay fresh, on your game, ahead of change? If you’re Peter [...]
Schnabel and Partners Launch CAVU Designwerks – A Global, Media Based Attraction Provider
25 May 2015 - Peter Schnabel, a well respected figure in the amusement industry, has launched CAVU Designwerks, a global media based attraction provider. Joining him in the venture are [...]