Queen's University · Themed Entertainment
We design the rides of tomorrow.
QTEDT — the Queen's Themed Entertainment Development Team — is a student-run club at Queen's University that designs original theme park attractions and competes in international themed entertainment competitions including TMTDC and IAAPA.
— QTEDT team at Orlando 25
What we do
We design theme park rides — end to end.
Every year we develop an original attraction, from story and ride system to branding and business case, and take it to TMTDC and IAAPA. We also run an internal project and a speaker series with guests from Disney, Universal, and more.
More about the club →Three teams. One ride.
Creative → Engineering → Business
Takes the competition theme and dreams up the ride: story, characters, and scenes. All original, no AI.
Makes it real with CAD models, structural maths, materials, and the code that runs the ride.
Researches the market, models cost and ROI, and packages it all into the final pitch.
Alongside them, Marketing runs our brand and Instagram and shares the club's work.