One month before the Open Qualifying round registration deadline, we have 18 teams registered, with a few additional teams starting to fill in the individual and team registration forms. Promotion of the competition is by word of mouth; we don’t use a website and advertising. Any university theme park design club can contact me to inquire. Inquiries after April 30 will receive the 2026 announcement.
The contact person must be a student or a student club. The competition involves a NDA process, which means that competition work cannot be submitted for academic credit or recycled in a portfolio, as faculty, staff, professional mentors, and family cannot see the challenges or help with the solutions.
Open Qualifying participation is required:
OQ Registrations due 30 April, Challenge due 31 May
Invitations issued by 1 July
Invitational registrations completed by 15 September
Arrival at Universal Orlando Resort 12 November
Challenges 13-16 November
IAAPA Expo at Orange County Convention Center 17-21 November (optional)
