The Piston Peak Rally: I have to point out that the circular information about the ride system main attraction for Piston Peak is WILD!... If the patents are to be taken at face value, that is. I remember seeing content creators taking the "We Call It Imagineering" mockup at face value, and thinking they are jumping the gun, by claiming this was proof that there would be a rail in the final design, as that's not even what was being explained. Over time, I just believed that they're probably right, and all of the early speculation, and the timing of the one ride company having a similar trackless tech demo the year before was just a coincidence, and a trackless Free-Range system was probably just a pipe dream. Now, here we are again! What's most impressive to me, is just how secret this stuff has been kept, even if this was something they tried and abandoned. I'm even wondering if maybe that mockup was to throw any competitors off the scent?
I'm with some of you guys, in that I find it pretty hard to believe that they would give a driver very much control, even with a responsive space cushion override system, it just seems like there's just too many things that could go wrong. What if someone goes too slow, will it slow down the ride for everyone behind? Will it keep you from turning too far, and going back down the track? Yeah, the voting system is something that I could see, but to be totally honest... if it truly just ends up being virtually "trackless", in that there is no visible slot, rail, or wires, and there are maybe even several pre-programmed race scenarios, I think that just this part would still be a HUGE milestone for what's possible with a ride system!
I really hope that's what we are going to get, because I haven't really been as excited for the ride as much as I have been for what this faux National Park will look like, as a major vibe that I'm really looking forward to. I know that it seems a lot of people don't seem as keen on it, especially some of the content creators, who I feel have been veering more and more into toxic territory... Meanwhile, I've been looking at both concept art pieces (which clearly show the same place) and thinking: "Are you not seeing what I'm seeing? "This is not "going cheap" it seems to be going really, really big, actually! Maybe low expectations are good, but also, toxicity usually just breeds more toxicity.
I live not too far from Rocky Mountain Nat Park, and fantasy parks aren't a big selling point for some people who live out here, but I'm just happy to see this stuff represented in a Disney Park, and also don't get the hate, as long as you don't see the vehicles from Frontierland, it looks like it should be some amazing scenery, judging by what they have done with the rockwork in Disneyland/DCA!
