Industrial designers learn industrial design at art schools. Film people are a very important to the success of themed attractions. Motion control simulator rides like Back to the Future at Universal Studios or Star Tours at Disney are technologies that opened up an entirely new area of expertise in themed entertainment field. Video and film production specialists are needed to produce the ride films for those attractions. Frequently, film people are also used in many other applications, from attraction pre-shows to commercial advertising in television.
Set designers create many different aspects of a theme park, both interior and exterior.
Set designers in themed entertainment are a hybrid of theatrical set designers and cinematic set designers. In fact many interior attractions like Pirates of the Caribbean at Disney are little more than a series of overlapping sets that a ride passes through. Set design can be learned at an art school or at a theatrical school. Graphic designers create all of the signage and some other architectural facade details at a theme park. Their trade is learned at art schools.