News – Page 11 – Kathryn Woodcock, PhD CCPE ICAE PEng

March 2020 Ride Report Recaps

March 2020 cases are reflective of the extensive closures of amusement parks around the world. There was only one event reported.

February 2020 Ride Report Recap

February 2020 was quite similar to the previous month which may be due to the closure of multiple amusement parks due to COVID-19. There were four (4) incidents in the month of February with incidents happening all over the world.

January 2020 Ride Report Recaps

The month of January was relatively quiet with three captured incidents. Two of the three were waterpark incidents, one of which will be highlighted in this month’s recap.

Presentation: Come to your senses: improving access for guests with vision or hearing disabilities

Come to your senses: improving access for guests with vision or hearing disabilities, Themed Entertainment Association, SATE (Storytelling + Architecture + Technology = Experience) Conference

Patent: Amusement park attraction control management system and method

Woodcock, K. 2019. Amusement park attraction control management system and method. U.S. Patent 10,449,462 B2. 2019 October 22.

Paper: Global incidence of theme park and amusement ride accidents

Woodcock, K., 2019. Global incidence of theme park and amusement ride accidents. Safety Science 113, 171-179. Link

Deaf academics across disciplines and generations

Chovaz, C., Snoddon, K., Campbell, L. Leduc, V., Woodcock, K., 2019. Deaf academics across disciplines and generations. 9th International Deaf Academics and Researchers Conference, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland, 11–13 May.

See link from Dr. Chovaz’s site.

Paper: Disability and participation in amusement attractions

Woodcock, K., 2018. Disability and participation in amusement attractions. Journal of Themed Experience and Attractions Studies 1, 38-53. Link

Humanly possible

Professor and researcher Dr Kathryn Woodcock shares her thoughts on the role of guests in amusement ride safety and human factors in attractions design

Published in Attractions Management 2017 issue 4

CNE 2017 Construction week field trip

This year, three Ryerson Engineering students joined the CNE construction field trip. Aside from posing with Squirtles (Pokémon game prizes likely to be the hot commodity this year), they had the opportunity to join me in shadowing some ride inspections and watching the assembly of Canada’s largest fair.