Ride & Show Engineering, Inc.

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Ride & Show Engineering, Inc.
TypePrivately owned
Industry Engineering services
Founded1984
FounderEduard Feuer and
William Watkins
ProductsEntertainment attractions, show action equipment, and transportation systems
Website www.rideshow.com OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Ride & Show Engineering, Inc. is an American private company that conceptualizes, develops, and builds attractions, show action equipment, and transportation systems. In 1984 Eduard Feuer and William Watkins, the former Senior Project Engineer and Chief Mechanical Engineer, respectively, for Walt Disney Imagineering, established Ride & Show in California.

Contents

Ride & Show designs, engineers and fabricates simulation and motion base systems, boat ride systems, and people movers; floor-mounted ride systems for dark ride attractions; monorails; and numerous show action and special effect equipment for large and small entertainment projects worldwide. [1] [2]

Industries

Ride & Show's clientele extend beyond typical amusement parks and range into:

Projects

Ride & Show's first project was to redesign and rehabilitate the chassis and install new bodies for the Disneyland Mark V monorails for Messerchmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB) of Germany. Shortly thereafter Disney contracted Ride & Show to design and supply the Maelstrom boat ride system for the Norway Pavilion attraction at Epcot. [3]

The company has created and developed a number entertainment and specialty projects in a variety of forms.

Completed entertainment projects

ClientLocationProjectRoleCompletion DateNotes
Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB) Disneyland, Anaheim, California Mark V Monorail Engineering & Refurbishment1987Transportation System [1]
MCA Universal Studios Hollywood, California King Kong Engineering, fabrication and installation of the tramway motion bridge1986Show Action Equipment
MCA Universal Studios, Hollywood, CaliforniaMiami Vice Action SpectacularEngineering, Fabrication and installation of helicopter, mine train and falling tower1987Show Action Equipment [4]
Disney EPCOT, Orlando, Florida Maelstrom Engineering, fabrication & installation of the Boat Ride System1988Boat Ride System [2]
MCA Universal Studios Hollywood, California Earthquake: The Big One Engineering, fabrication and installation of the tramway simulator platform1989Show Action Equipment
Ridewerks, Ltd.Burbank, CaliforniaTurbo Tour Motion TheatersEngineering & Development of 3-axis Motion Theater1990Joint Venture Partnership with Iwerks Entertainment [5]
MCA Universal Studios Florida, Orlando, Florida Earthquake: The Big One Engineering, Fabrication & Installation1990Tram Motion Ride System & Show Action Equipment [4]
MCA Universal Studios Florida, Orlando, Florida Jaws Engineering, Fabrication & Installation1990Boat Ride System & Large Animation [4]
Hong Kong Science Museum Hong Kong Science Museum, Kowloon, Hong KongThe Energy MachineEngineering, Fabrication & Installation1991Museum's Signature Exhibit [6]
Denbies Co. Denbies Wine Estate, Dorking, United KingdomIndoor Wine TourDesign, Engineering, Fabrication & Installation1991Ride System
Papalote Museo del Nino Papalote Children's Museum, Mexico City, MexicoInteractive Ball & Rail MachineDesign, Engineering, Fabrication & Installation1992
Toyo Engineering Corp. Shima Spain Village, Isobe, JapanAdventure LagoonShow Design, Engineering, Fabrication & Installation1993Turnkey Attraction – Boat Ride and Show Systems
Taiwan Folk VillageTaiwan Folk Village, Taichung, TaiwanAdventures of Cheng HoShow Design, Engineering, Fabrication & Installation1995Boat Ride Show Systems
Museum of Discovery and Science Museum of Discovery and Science, Ft. Lauderdale, FloridaThe Great Gravity ClockDesign, Engineering, Fabrication & Installation1995
Schwager Davis Inc.Buffalo Bills & Primadonna Hotels, Primm, NevadaUnitrak MonorailEngineering, Fabrication & Installation1998Transportation System
USJ LLC Universal Studios Japan, Osaka, Japan Back to the Future: The Ride Engineering, Fabrication & Installation of Pre-show Ball & Rail2001
Taipei Astronomical Museum Taipei Astronomical Museum, Taipei, TaiwanCosmic AdventureEngineering, Fabrication & Installation2002Turnkey Attraction Omnimover and Show Systems
Kangwon Land Casino & ResortKangwon Land, Sabuk, South KoreaAlien EncounterDesign, Engineering, Fabrication & Installation2004Turnkey Attraction
Battaglia Inc. Lotte World, Seoul, South KoreaPharaoh's FuryDesign, Engineering, Fabrication & Installation of Special Effects & Show Action Equipment2005

Completed performance stage projects

ClientLocationProjectRoleCompletion DateNotes
House of Blues Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CaliforniaSwinging Bar & StageEngineering, Fabrication & Installation1994
House of Blues Chicago, IllinoisStageEngineering, Fabrication & Installation1996
House of Blues Myrtle Beach, South CarolinaStageEngineering, Fabrication & Installation1997
House of Blues Downtown Disney, Orlando, FloridaStageEngineering, Fabrication & Installation1998
Virgin Megastore Downtown Disney, Orlando, Florida Virgin Megastore Engineering, Fabrication & Installation1998Performance Platform and Canopy Entrance [7]

Completed specialized engineering projects

ClientLocationProjectRoleCompletion DateNotes
Self-Realization Fellowship Self-Realization Fellowship Lake Shrine, Pacific Palisades, California Mahatma Gandhi World Peace MemorialEngineering, Fabrication & Installation1998Canopy Structure
Flowserve Corporation Multiple LocationsHydraulic VehiclesEngineering and Fabrication1998-2008For the removal of motors in nuclear power plants
The Archdiocese of Los Angeles Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles, CaliforniaThe Great Bronze DoorsEngineering, Fabrication & Installation200250,000 lb. Doors with 300-year design life [8]
Dynamics Research US Army Training SimulatorFabrication2006Simulator steel platform and aluminum cab structures

Patents

Ride & Show Engineering has been assigned four patents in the entertainment industry.

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References

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  2. 1 2 Rappaport, Mike (March 13, 2002). "Ride & Show success finds funding Export-Import Bank helping firms expand internationally". San Gabriel Valley Tribune.
  3. Rene, Luna (October 11, 2000). "Design firm has some magic of its own". Inland Valley Times. p. 2.
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  8. Graham, Robert (2002). The Great Bronze Doors for the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angles. Los Angeles, Calif.: Wave Pub. pp. 108–125. ISBN   0-9642359-3-5.
  9. US 552722, Brown, Ronald L. & Feuer, Eduard, "Amusement ride car system with multiple axis rotation", published 1996-06-18, assigned to Ride & Show Engineering, Inc.
  10. US 5791903, Feuer, Eduard; Brown, Ronald & Somwong, Banyat, "Flight simulator with full roll rotation capability", published 1998-08-11, assigned to Fir Ride & Show Engineering Inc.
  11. US 5453011, Feuer, Eduard & Brown, Ronald L., "Flight simulator", published 1995-09-26
  12. US 8641540, Feuer, Roland & Sellers, Matthew, "Inverted simulation attraction", published 2014-02-04

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