M OV IE PARK G ERMANY EM EA
BOTTROP / GERMANY
A long -te rm c re ative par tn er ship be twe e n th e a mu semen t par k ’s inte rna l te a m, integr ator Ben tin Proje c ts, a nd man u factu r er Q -SYS allows th e Hollywood inspire d Movie Par k Ger man y to h ouse vibra nt an d in n ovative e nte rta inme nt offer in gs. At a modern theme park, the guest experience is shaped just as much by what visitors hear and see as by the rides themselves. At Movie Park Germany, this understanding has driven the park’s technical team to develop a highly adaptable, venue-wide AV infrastructure, enabling continuous creative evolution while maintaining operational reliability. Working in close collaboration with integration partners, including Bentin Projects, the park’s in-house specialists have spent the past several years building out a unique system architecture centred on the Q-SYS Full Stack AV platform. The result is a unified control environment spanning audio, video, lighting, show control, and special effects across the entire site. While external partners have supported implementation, the vision behind the park’s AV transformation has been led internally. This in-house technical team has formed a strong bond with the Q-SYS theme parks division, allowing for a continuous dialogue where the manufacturer and the venue can share ideas and come up with new, inventive methods of deploying and using the technology. Torsten Haack, Q-SYS EMEA Theme Parks Director, stated: “This theme park is always first on my list to turn to when we’re introducing new add-ons to the Q-SYS Full Stack AV platform. I love visiting this venue. The teamwork and innovation behind the scenes are incredible.” The driving force behind most audiovisual innovations at Movie Park is the venue’s technologically ambitious pair, Walter Weijten and Fabian Jung. They are joined by Christian Pieper and a whole host of skilled team members. “We handle most of the design and programming of the park ourselves,” began Walter Weijten, Supervisor of Audio & Entertainment Technical at Movie Park Germany. “From lighting to audio to special effects like smoke machines, we design and programme everything through Q-SYS. For our annual special events like Christmas or Halloween, we spend the whole year thinking about how the park should feel and how it should evolve. We’re using Q-SYS to create vivid atmospheres throughout the park that perfectly fit each season.” This long-term, creative approach has shaped how the technology has been deployed. What began
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