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News Disney Files New Patent for Ride System That Can Lift and Reposition Vehicles Mid-Attraction

trainplane3

trainplane3

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Oh, so this is what I caught a whisper of a few weeks ago. The idea sounded interesting as well as the use. How well it'll work or actually end up developed, who knows. But as simple as this looks, there's quite a bit they need to pull off to make it actually work consistently.
 
Disgruntled Walt

Disgruntled Walt

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In the Parks
No
This could make for an interesting second attraction in Piston Peak, though I'd honestly love to see a ride legitimately leaving the ground to jump over gaps, like Donkey Kong is just simulating.
 
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dlfan1313

Active Member
I reckon it will be down at least 30% of the time. (This science-based, factual claim includes any "B-Mode" Implementation Disney might enable to discredit my claims.)
 
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Touchdown

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If it’s what I think it is, it is surprisingly low tech. The boom travels on its own rail and is adjusted by changing the elevation of that rail, suddenly ending said elevation will cause the cars to pop up into an airtime moment before shocks slowly bring them back to the ground.
 
HauntedPirate

HauntedPirate

Park nostalgist
Premium Member
How much space does Piston Peak have for a second attraction? If they wanted to use this on something of the scale of Test Track or RSR? Absolutely. Using this on a small scale secondary attraction in a land-locked development? 🤔

Think this, on a slightly larger scale.
 

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dmc493

dmc493

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Everyone keeps saying it could be the secondary ride, but this feels like an answer to the main attraction? You can position the arm away from the main guest point of view when they're seated, this allows you to feel like the car would be traversing the dirt path naturally, avoiding objects, hitting jumps, etc? It really wouldn't be that hard to hide the arm in the load/unload areas.

others have mentioned kuka arm rides, which easily hide their arms in load/unload
 
_caleb

_caleb

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Touchdown said:
I’m pretty sure it’s going to be closer to this:

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Yeah, sounds like it from @lentesta's posts in the Piston Peak/Villain's land thread:
lentesta said:
I have been told by reliable sources that this is indeed for Piston Peak. The names in the patent are a hint.
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lentesta said:
I think it’s the family ride. A spinner.

It could be a configuration like Alien Saucers with 3 clones attached. One could have motorcycles, one cars, and one boats, as shown in the patent.

That kind of appeal and re-ridabilitybwould boost Lightning Lane use too.
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But the patent does seem to provide for a broader application. Here's hoping we see it used in a variety of ways.
 

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