Bazyliszek and Justice League interactive dark rides receive Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement - Alterface

NEWS RELEASE

    Bazyliszek and Justice League interactive dark rides
     receive Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement
   Recognized by TEA during IAAPA Attractions Expo in Orlando
Wavre, Belgium, 28 November 2018 - Alterface is proud that two outstanding dark rides they empowered
with interactive technology, received the prestigious annual Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement.
During IAAPA Attractions Expo in Orlando, USA, the announcement was made by the TEA Committee that
Bazyliszek in the Polish Legendia park was awarded for Outstanding Achievement (AOA) in the category
limited budget. Justice League: Battle for Metropolis was awarded for AOA in the category attraction.
Like the TEA - Themed Entertainment Association itself, the Thea Awards were created to bring recognition
to achievement, talent and personal excellence within the themed entertainment industry.
The Thea Awards are now internationally recognized as the equivalent of an Academy Award in the
themed entertainment industry. Each year over a hundred highly qualified achievements from all over
the world compete for a dozen awards. The awards will be officialised during the formal Thea Awards Gala
held on April 13, 2019 at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, California, USA.

Bazyliszek Park Legendia Chorzow, Poland
AOA – Attraction: Limited Budget

“This unique attraction introduces interactive, dark-ride storytelling to an emerging theme park market
(Poland) and builds on a unique and local cultural context. Bazyliszek uses modern storytelling tools
and immersive environments to explore the myth of the Basilisk – a reptilian monster, part serpent/part
rooster with magical powers and a deadly glance. In the Monster Hunters Guild mansion, in the Magical
Forest zone of the park, guests are enlisted to go to the village of Kurkow to battle the Basilisk and free
the village. Bazyliszek is an outstanding model of an attraction that speaks to its regional audience. It is
well-executed, elegant, engaging, colorful, fun and fresh.”
The Bazyliszek ride in Legendia, Poland, had already proven its value in Europe with four other awards
during EAS in Amsterdam: a Parkscout Awards for Europe’s Best New Rides 2018, a European Star Awards
for Best New Ride 2018. And Park World Excellence Awards assigned the first prize in the category Family
Ride of the Year and Best Use of Technology for the trackless vehicles.
Alterface has overseen the total ride experience as main contractor for the attraction, applying their
latest interactive technology including video mapping, gameplay, show control and shooting devices.
Jora Vision has been devising the décor and theming, and ETF crafted the trackless Multi mover vehicles.

Benoit Cornet, CEO & Founder of Alterface, concludes: “We invite anyone interested to go interactive to
come to us with a basic idea, or even without a clue on how to get started. Our services include specialist
advice, technology provision, media production, gameplay definition and storytelling. Alterface can be
the driving force in developing a new attraction from A to Z, in close cooperation with its network of
complementary expert partners. The outcome will be an attraction puller for the park, entertaining young
and old with an unseen and immersive experience.”

JUSTICE LEAGUE: Battle for Metropolis
Six Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia, California, USA
AOA – Attraction (Wild Card Rule)

This story-driven adventure for guests of all ages blends dimensional and animated sets, animatronics,
3D video, special effects, projection mapping, laser stun-blasters, interactive targets, a scoring system,
a musical score and more aboard custom motion vehicles. The TEA Thea Awards Committee wrote,
“Narrative-based, full immersion storytelling is an impressive new direction within a park system better
known for iron rides – while staying true to the Six Flags brand. With seven JUSTICE LEAGUE attractions
in seven parks since 2015 (the one being awarded, at Six Flags Magic Mountain, was installed in 2017)
Six Flags and their team have achieved a commendable, constant upward trend of artistic and technical
improvements and set an example for the industry.” [The Wild Card rule allows TEA to acknowledge this
achievement of today even though it is an evolution of a project that began before the start of the
eligibility period for the current Thea Awards cycle.]
The Justice League rides have been a true success story, already recognized with a Thea Award in
2016. Since the first successful opening in Six Flags Over Texas, six more ‘Battle for Metropolis, Justice
League’ attractions were opened across the United States. Alterface works closely with its partner
Sally Corporation in building the interactive technology. The latest upgrade in Six Flags Magic Mountain
includes toroidal screens, interactive projection mapping and enhances the shooting on animatronics.
This has resulted in a more spectacular and immersive experience for the visitors.
Benoit Cornet, CEO & Founder of Alterface, concludes: “This has been a very special IAAPA show for
us, with great recognition and visibility across the entire event. As a pioneer in interactive dark rides
and theatres, we are very pleased to see interactivity and mixed-media getting more attention and
recognition in attractions. These can bring the park to a next level of digital entertainment, building on
their strengths in physical family experiences and ensuring a strong edge for the future. Alterface will be
pleased to advice and support them in these efforts.”

About Alterface
Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Belgium, Europe, Alterface operates globally with US office and
Asian branches in Beijing and Xiamen, China. The Alterface team creates and develops end-to-end
interactive mixed-media attractions for dark rides, spinning & duelling theaters and walkthroughs. These
are customized to fit local cultures and traditions, offering high quality standards and an unrivalled
support system. Alterface offers creative services and advanced technologies including the patented
show control system Salto!, NOMAD wireless pointing & shooting, non-linear Erratic® Ride and proprietary
IP Popcorn Revenge®.
Visitors can enjoy Alterface rides in Warner Bros. World™, Jardin d’Acclimatation, Legendia, Qingdao
Wanda, Phantasialand, Six Flags, Lego Discovery Centers, Cedar Fair, Carowinds, Ferrari World, IMG, Lotte
World, Yumiyuri land, Hub Zero, Comics Station Antwerp and many more.
Alterface received in 2018 multiple awards for its Bazyliszek ride in Legendia Poland: THEA Award for
Outstanding Achievement, European Star Award, Park World Excellence Award and Parkscout Award.
For more information visit www.alterface.com
Press contact
Anja D’Hondt – Public Relations, Flower & Feet
anja.dhondt@alterface.com +32 468 231005