EE in theme parks???

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<p>Just wondering how much EEs are used in theme parks...I know MEs are used a lot but yea</p>

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<p>What's with all these EE questions... I'm pretty sure anywhere you see a lot of electricity used, some kind of Electrical Engineer was employed to make it work.</p>

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<p>Roller coasters are typically designed by structural engineers, FYI...</p>

<p>Not that there are a whole lot of companies around anymore that can solely subsist on coaster design, since that market kinda tanked around the time of the dot-com crash, but whatev.</p>

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<p>Go to the job postings by those companies (Disney, etc.) and see what they're looking for.</p>

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<p>Example of EEs in themed entertainment projects...
<a href="http://www.gnanengineering.com/entertainment.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.gnanengineering.com/entertainment.htm&lt;/a>
<a href="http://michael.coote.us/career/resume.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://michael.coote.us/career/resume.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>The Fantastical Engineer: A Thrillseeker's Guide to Careers in Theme Park Engineering by Celeste Baine
<a href="http://www.engineeringedu.com/store/fantastical.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.engineeringedu.com/store/fantastical.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>Unfortunately, UCs_dad, the ones who make the Disney rides are called Disney Imagineers, and the waiting list for that career path is longer than the line for Space Mountain on a sunny, 70-degree SoCal Saturday in July... You're "encouraged to submit resumes", but they more or less fall into a bottomless pit. Disney Imagineering doesn't have "open positions".</p>

<p>My resume's in that bottomless pit, somewhere... It ain't lonely.</p>

<p>Much like demolitions engineering (like, the really awesome building-implosion kind...), theme park engineering is something that requires 30% being-the-best-in-your-field and 70% luck. Being named Loizeaux (for demo) or Disney also helps.</p>

<p>I'd say good luck, but then I'd have to arm wrestle you for the spot that I want. ;)</p>

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<p>My old adviser was a Director of the Imagineering program...</p>

<p>I feel like a nerd.</p>

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<p>wow thanks for all the feedback..it sure sounds like a tough field to land a career in</p>