Thinkwell Group
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Thinkwell Group is an experience design and production agency that was founded in 2001 with headquarters in Los Angeles, California.[1] In 2022, TAIT acquired Thinkwell Group.[2]
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| Company type | Private company |
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| Industry | Experience design |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California , U.S. |
Key people |
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Number of employees | Approx. 201 (2019) |
| Website | thinkwellgroup |
Since 2006, the firm has gone from approximately 35 employees to approximately 180.[3][4]
Some of the firm's projects include Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter,[5] Leavesden; Ski Dubai, an indoor ski resort in the Mall of the Emirates; NatureQuest, at Atlanta's Fernbank Museum of Natural History; the Wizarding World of Harry Potter Grand Opening Event for The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Parks and Resorts' Islands of Adventure theme park in Orlando, Florida;[6] and Jurassic Park Institute Tour, a 50,000-square-foot traveling educational attraction based on the movie Jurassic Park.[7]
In China, the firm has produced inEontime World, a massive indoor theme park, and SongSong Town, an "activity park" inside LeSong Plaza, both in Harbin,[8] and Warner Bros. Fun Zone in Macau, opened in October 2015 a hotel and casino mega-resort, Studio Cit. The firm has designed Monkey Kingdom (Beijing), based on the 16th century Journey to the West Chinese folk tale,[9][10] and Jurassic Dream, an indoor theme park in the Heilongjiang Province.[11][12]
In 2015 the firm opened the first major expansion to the Warner Bros. Studio Tour London – The Making of Harry Potter, which includes a recreation of Platform 9 3/4 and the original Hogwarts Express train. Also for Warner Bros., the firm designed and produced the interactive attraction, Stage 48: Script to Screen at the Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood. The firm also opened two museum projects, Aquanaut Adventure: A Discovery Zone at the Georgia Aquarium and the Worlds of Puppetry Museum at the Center for Puppetry Arts, the Fast & Furious: Supercharged attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood, and The Hunger Games: The Exhibition, a traveling exhibition created in partnership with Lionsgate based on The Hunger Games movie and book franchise.[13]
The firm was contracted by Expo 2020 Dubai as content master planners and designers.[14]
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