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 QTEDT develops an original themed attraction concept — story, ride system, structure, branding, and business case — and submits it to the Themed Media & Theme Design Competition (TMTDC) and IAAPA Expo. We also run an internal project and a speaker series with leaders from IAAPA, Disney, Universal, and WhiteWater.
We're a home for engineers modeling ride structures, creatives illustrating worlds and characters, and operations leads owning the market strategy and financials behind every concept.
More about the club →Three disciplines. One ride.
Engineering · Creative · Operations
CAD, math models, materials, structure, safety, GUI control systems and VR.
Concept art, stylization, world-building, and ride storytelling — original work, no AI.
Target market, branding, promotional strategy, and the financial case for the build.