The little boat is a ride along pool float for either a baby or a child within the age demographic outlined. The theme of the float is inspired by the movie Cars without actually using any of their characters. His name is Kris and he is inspired by a 1950′s Chris Craft boat. Behind the windscreen is where the child would sit. It could be adapted as a baby boat by adding a canopy top in order to keep those harmful rays out. After intensive online research, I came to the conclusion that boat based inflatable pool toys are not offered and the only Cars themed pool ride along was of the main character.

The second test design is a kids inflatable punching bag, also called a bop bag. The idea came from looking at all the punching bags available on the market. Most of them have rather friendly looking characters and no real foes. I thought this could be rectified with a punching bag in the form of a ninja. Ninjas are still popular, especially with the release of the LEGO Ninjago line, and they could either be considered friend or foe. The punching bag would be water weighted for extra striking power and have outstretched 3D arms in which to attack with.

First impressions do matter when it comes to design, and so therefore I will give you my two cents on the vehicles I have driven over the course of my time at the hotel. Most of these posts will be the highlights and I will not show you every car, because most of them tend to fade into the background (especially rental cars from Chrysler).

The first car is a Maserati Quattroporte, an italian luxury sports sedan. Sumptuous interior with a nice and throaty sound to the engine. Reverse was located on the center console, which took me a few seconds to find. And as with most high end cars these days, it was a steering mounted paddle shift tranny.