Week 4: Reading from a Position

Wonder Woman was created in late 1941 a superhero and an homage to independent, strong, courageous women.  Like Superman, she has a secret identity and a secret history.  

My Theme Park would be age-appropriate for all family members starting off with the entrance gate having typical Persepolis columns interwoven with beautiful foliage and strong vines.  I would add gold-leafing on some of the sections. Since the graphic novels imply Paradise Island was somewhere in the Pacific my first attraction would be a beautiful boat ride throughout the “island.”
 

The boat will journey all the way to the other side of the Theme Park, so tired guests would not have to walk all the way back.  This attraction would have Steve Trevor’s World War II plane “crash” wreckage in the beginning with crates and vines around it.  As you journey through the misty crystal waters, there will be a “clay baby” area with pottery and waterfalls and mist machines creating humidity.  Some “creatures” would be encountered on this attraction, e.g. Kangas. 

There would be colosseums and training area structures as well as Temples constructed for Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Hestia and Aphrodite.   This is a mellow ride with a few waterfalls and some Centaurs and Pegasus. Exiting the boat left is Paradise Island Café, serving tropical drinks, sweet red wines, Mediterranean Gyros, Spanakopita’s and other Greek-themed foods.   To the right is Etta Candy’s Shop with delicious “Golden Lasso” licorice whips, Primary-colored cupcakes and cake pops and malted milkshakes in a 40’s theme. 

Straight ahead is Zeus’s Fury – a roller coaster mostly indoors.  You start off facing a huge Zeus ticked off with lightning above and cold breezes whipping your hair around, then up it goes, and each car rotates 180 degrees.  During this maneuver, there is an out of control feeling that causes disorientation.  This ride is based upon Zeus making Wonder Woman go into the pits of Themyscira to retrieve his greatest “treasure” – his son.  The coaster dips down and you can see gigantic treasure, an animatronic Hydras and other beasts.  

One interactive ride would be “Spirit of Truth” where you would sit in a domed track car and different “Villains” would make their appearance and  you would “shoot them” with a laser beam and earn points.  I want to embody her character “fighting” classic villains such as Doctor Poison, Cheetah, Ares, Circe, Doctor Psycho and Giganta.

I would also have a Wonder Woman Museum showing the history of Wonder-Woman and highlight some of the “before her time” aspects.  Particularly, her Golden Lasso/ Lie-Detector and some of the Slavery aspects.