Water park of an inspired future

Visit the Water Park of an Inspired Future!

If there is a universal language, it is probably the one that’s shared by children at play. Anyone who has ever watched kids playing together, even when divided by the largest language barrier, has witnessed the amazing connective power of fun.

On this installment of Saturdays Around the World, we are going to a theme park unlike any other. Morgan’s Wonderland, located in San Antonio, Texas, is the brainchild of a man by the name of Gordan Hartman. He was inspired by his daughter, Morgan, to create a space of inclusion where people of all abilities can play together! And it looks pretty awesome.

So let’s discover the people and innovations that made this place built to celebrate the connective power of fun, a reality.

Since opening its doors in 2010, the park has been a haven for people across the globe to connect, play, and, most importantly, share in those moments together. In 2017, they expanded the park with the addition of Morgan’s Inspiration Island, a completely accessible water park.

But in order to make this dream a reality, Hartman and his team had to tackle a problem: how do you make a waterproof motorized wheelchair?

The New York Times did a beautiful profile of Morgan’s Inspiration Island, and how a remarkable team of innovators found an ingenious solution to that problem. It’s an amazing story of how vision, ingenuity, and out-of-the-box thinking can create life-changing experiences!

The layers of innovation here really do point to how amazing this world is! From the work that Human Engineering Laboratories is doing on projects like the Pneuchair to improve accessibility for individuals with disabilities, to the vision of passionate people like Gordon Hartman to build spaces of inclusivity and connection.

These are the innovators, particularly when combined in projects like Morgan’s Inspiration Island, that should make us all optimistic about our collective future.