Multirider Attraction Designs

The first established branch is Multirider Waterslides. Research can explore raft formats, loading and unloading, tower access, open and enclosed flumes, water flow, splashdown or runout systems, attraction capacity, family and group use, theming, indoor and outdoor operation, construction, maintenance, and possible new design directions.

The page is intentionally broader than waterslides. Future work may explore multirider mechanical rides, compact dark rides, track systems, boats, simulators, interactive attractions, and other attraction types when School Of Stores has enough research to define useful concepts.

Multirider attractions create a shared experience among families, friends, and other groups. Research can examine how seating or raft layouts, interaction between riders, shared storytelling, group reactions, accessibility, loading patterns, capacity, and repeat-ridership affect the design of an attraction.

As with one-person attractions, a multirider design can become a repeatable model with multiple physical installations. School Of Stores can explore how a concept moves from an illustrated design to a defined model, prototype, manufactured system, installation, operating plan, and potentially a family of related models.

Possible destinations to research include waterparks, resorts, indoor waterparks, amusement parks, municipal aquatic centers, family entertainment destinations, hotels, campgrounds, tourist destinations, and other settings that can support the attraction footprint, utilities, staffing, safety systems, and guest capacity.

School Of Stores can investigate capacity, footprint, cost, throughput, loading and unloading, water and mechanical systems where applicable, accessibility, safety standards, theming, maintenance, manufacturing, staffing, insurance, permitting, and operations. Depending on the results of research, some of these explorations could point toward future innovations in multirider attractions.