IAAPA Announces 2022 Brass Ring Award Winners - Laughing Place

IAAPA is currently happening at the Orange County Convention Center, and the 2022 IAAPA Brass Ring Awards winners were announced.

What’s Happening:

Winners:

Top Family Entertainment Center of the World

Live Entertainment Excellence

Most Creative Property-Wide Event, Amusement Parks and Attractions, Including Water Parks, Annual Attendance More Than 1 million

Most Creative Sports/Stunt Show

Most Creative Multimedia Spectacular

Most Creative Halloween Haunt, Show, or Experience

Most Creative Christmas/Holiday Show

Best Theatrical Production, Amusement Parks and Attractions, Including Water Parks, With Annual Attendance Less Than 1 Million

Best Theatrical Production, Amusement Parks and Attractions, Including Water Parks, With Annual Attendance More Than 1 Million

Best Live Edutainment Performance Act

Best Atmosphere/Street Show Performance Act

Human Resources Excellence

Best Employee Engagement Initiative

Best Employee Reward and Recognition Program

Best Innovation in a Training Program

Marketing

Best Digital Marketing Campaign

Best Integrated Marketing Campaign

Best Outdoor Advertisement

Best Public Relations Campaign

Best Social Media Campaign

Best Television or Digital Video Commercial, Annual Attendance More Than 1 Million

Best Television or Digital Video Commercial, Annual Attendance 250,000-1 Million

Best Television or Digital Video Commercial, Annual Attendance Less Than 250,000

Games and Merchandise Excellence

Best Apparel Item

Best Hard Good Item

Best Plush Item

Best Visual Merchandising

Food & Beverage

Best New Menu Item, Annual Attendance Less Than 1 Million

Best New Menu Item, Annual Attendance More Than 1 Million

Product

Major Ride/Attraction, Product cost of more than US$5 million
1^st Place, Sally Dark Rides, VOLKANU — Quest for the Golden Idol
2^nd Place, Premier Rides, Epiq Coaster

Major Ride/Attraction, Product cost of US$2 to US$5 million
1^st Place, DOF Robotics, Digital Park: Mission Space
2^nd Place, Triotech, Double Walkthrough "Hive Break"

Major Ride/Attraction, Product cost of less than US$2 million
1^st Place, ABC Rides Switzerland, C3
2^nd Place, Josef Wiegand Gmbh & Co. KG, U-Drop Dry Slide

Family Ride/Attraction
1^st Place, Zamperla Group, Big WaveZ
2^nd Place, ALTITUDE RIDES And ATTRACTIONS LLC, Get Hammered Tower Ride

Water Park Ride/Attraction, Product cost of more than US$2 million
1^st Place, WhiteWater West, Blasterango Battle
2^nd Place, Wiegand.Waterrides GmbH, 4-passenger Fusion Slide of "BigBang" and "Lotus"

Water Park Ride/Attraction, Product cost of US$2 million or less
1^st Place, Vortex Aquatic Structures International, Dream Tunnel
2^nd Place, ProSlide Technology, Inc., SwitchBACK

Patron Participation Ride/Attraction
1^st Place, Game of 1000 Boxes, Game of 1000 Boxes
2^nd Place, Eldorado Climbing, Kinetix Action Towers

Product or Service used by Consumers
1^st Place, Vantage, Virtual Pass Processing
2^nd Place, Smarte Carte Inc., Dual Sided Locker

Product or Service used by Facilities
1^st Place, Amusement Products LLC, VirTech™ Virtual Technician
2^nd Place, Avius, Optimus Artificial Intelligence Powered Agent Assist

Prizes, Plush, and Retail and Food Products
1^st Place, NXT Capture, NXT PicturePass
2^nd Place, Penny Press Factory LLC, Gem Penny Press

Games and Devices
1^st Place, Coastal Amusements, Inc., Break the Plate
2^nd Place, UNIS Technology Ltd., Wicked Tuna 4P

Virtual and Augmented Reality
1^st Place, Valo Motion, ValoArena
2^nd Place, Creative Works, Limitless VR

Exhibitions, Shows/Productions, Theatrical Equipment & Supplies, Displays & Sets
1^st Place, Zigong Lantern Group, Ancient Egyptian Illumination & Sphinx Tunnel of Hieroglyphics of Light / Example of a Themed Masterpiece, handcrafted illuminating lantern art, custom designed toward any theme imaginable
2^nd Place, LightUpToys.com, LLC, LightUp Disco Display Cart

Services, Equipment, and Supplies
1^st Place, Extreme Engineering, Flex Shade System
2^nd Place, Semnox Solutions, LuminOS – Next Generation LinuxOS based Debit Card Readers

Best New Product Concept Award, Major Ride or Water Park Ride
1^st Place, Extreme Engineering, Parkour Around
2^nd Place, EUROGAMES, OVERLANDER

Best New Product Concept Award, Attraction
1^st Place, Wibit Sports GmbH, Wibit Peakz
2^nd Place, Polin Group, Cosmos

Best New Product, Other Product/Service
1^st Place, ZED Digital, ZIG
2^nd Place, VITO Fryfilter, VITO VL oil filter system

IMPACT Award Winner
Vantage, Virtual Pass Processing

Best Exhibit Awards
100-399 Square Feet, 1st Place, 3DXScenic
100-399 Square Feet, 2nd Place, Amazing Magnets
400 – 499 Square Feet, 1st Place, Themics Philippines Inc.
400 – 499 Square Feet, 2nd Place, Ellis & Associates
500 – 899 Square Feet, 1st Place, Vlocker North America LLC
500 – 899 Square Feet, 2nd Place, Daniels Wood Land, Inc.
900 – 1,200 Square Feet, 1st Place, Wibit Sports GmgH
900 – 1,200 Square Feet, 2nd Place, Sandy Creek Mining Company
1,201 and Larger Square Feet, 1st Place, Apple Industries
1,201 and Larger Square Feet, 2nd Place, Coastal Amusements

IMAGE Award Winner
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