Ty Granaroli has been creating and producing theme parks and attractions for over 30 years. His projects include developments throughout the world, including in China, Korea, Japan, Europe, Thailand, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Qatar and North America.
Ty started his career as a writer and creative director, leading the creative development for 6 Thea Award-Winning projects, including Star Trek: The Experience, The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man, Caesars Magical Empire, Hershey’s Really Big 3D Show, T2:3D and the M&M’s 4D attraction.
Ty’s successes includes creating projects for owner/operators Universal, Disney, Hershey and Paramount Parks, which he later joined as Vice President of Creative.
Ty opened his own design company, where he continued to design and produce outstanding attractions for a long list of international clients, with significant involvement in Warner Bros. Movie World, Abu Dhabi (another Thea Award Winner), where he created four of the main attractions and oversaw creation and production of all attraction media.
In 2018, Ty returned to Paramount to lead design, development and production for all Paramount and ViacomCBS LBE licensing projects, including the Star Trek and Nickelodeon brands. In 2020, Ty was promoted to Executive Vice President of Themed Entertainment and was also named to the Blooloop 50 Top Influencers list.
Ty Granaroli is the executive vice president of themed entertainment at Paramount Parks. For Paramount and others, he has designed notable attractions featuring many major intellectual properties.
At Landmark Entertainment back in the ‘90s, he co-created the show concept for Universal Orlando’s renowned Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man. His more recent credits include the award-winning Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi. Earlier in his career, Granaroli helped transform Paramount Parks into a popular regional US theme park chain before its sale to Cedar Fair in 2006. Even now, parent company Viacom has a significant park presence with Nickelodeon attractions around the world.
After various freelance projects and roles with Gary Goddard Entertainment, Wyatt Design and the Georgia Aquarium, Granaroli returned to Paramount in 2018 to ride a fresh wave of themed entertainment development. The studio now has projects ongoing in China, South Korea, the Middle East and the UK.
In 2022, Paramount Pictures signed an agreement with Indonesian company Kios to build a Paramount-themed destination in Bali, set to be one of the largest theme parks in Southeast Asia. The Paramount Pictures attraction will be located in Pekutatan, Jembrana. It is expected to soft launch in 2025 and will attract up to 5 million annual visitors.
