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No kidding, what is that all about? Let kids be kids!

Maybe they're changing all their rotating rides to move counter-clockwise because of that rumor that was started last year about counter-clockwise motion being more fun than clockwise. I think it was started by the same guy that started the rumor of '84 that the yellow tea cup was the fastest...

I completely agree!! IMHO, this is my big problem with Iger's model for WDW. One of the great things about DL from the very start was the great emphasis that Walt and others placed on IP. Walt saw IP as a major foundation for developing parks. That is why he worked with persons like Karl Bacon...

The original movie was awesome. The music was great (the composers of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" actually had to fight with the studio to keep that song in the movie, guess those MGM executives looked sheepish when it won the Oscar for best song), actors were great (Jack Haley that played the...

I agree, it seem like Disney feels that having exclusive licensing to classic stories is all they have to do. For example, they made the OZ movie but I keep reading reviews saying it was terrible, but that Disney will make money on it nonetheless because everyone will go to see it. Will the new...

Well, Iger had to take over, I mean with the blockade of the Trade Federation and all... ;) Or maybe Iger learned how to do a "Jedi mind meld", I hear that is getting really popular among those in seats of power

Thanks for the info Absimilliard... It's loading now on my other computer. Yeah this looks great, it's the same technology. So these types of roller coaster seats are actually pretty well known and used. I guess the big differences are Disney's seats are facing forward and they don't go down...

Yes, I agree, there is a lot to patent law and practice. And the far majority of prior art doesn't prevent an application from getting a patent, especially when the application does a good job of differentiating its invention from similar technologies by making strong arguments like improved...

Well, the picture isn't loading but here is the video of "Nighthawk" showing a very similar process to the Disney patent application for riders being loaded in upright seats and then reclined back.

Thanks for the reply Timekeeper. I completely understand what you are saying. Yes, the America Invents Act will change the U.S. policy of "first-to-invent" to "first-inventor-to-file" in just a couple weeks. But unfortunately this patent application still falls under the old law. But that's not...

Funny post taz0162, I immediately got the slow-motion image of it going directly up into the air and the person behind getting driven right into it.

You're absolutely right absimilliard: more than a decade ago Vekoma had this technology as seen here, But Disney wants a patent now for the legal claim of: 1. A roller coaster, comprising: a track defining a ride path with a load/unload portion and a ride portion; a vehicle with a body...

Wow! I think a U.S. patent examiner working on this Disney patent may want to see this information. Cause of course Disney can't get a patent for a technology that someone else has already developed. I'm sure there are some subtle differences but it seems like the Disney patent was trying to...

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I think it's because I like so many stories equally (just about anything Disney, HP, SW, LOTR, etc.) that the thing that gets me really excited about a new ride is the technology. That's what really makes the difference for me. I mean it's nice that Disney and Universal fight over rights to...

It kinda begs the question, "Does Disney, nowadays, invent only for what they need or do they occasionally invent just for the sake of discovering a wonderful, high-potential, new technology or do they do both?" I'm just trying to imagine the meeting where someone said "Ok, we need a ride that...

Yes, even after filing a patent, several things can happen like 1) the patent application could be abandoned, 2) the patent application could be granted a patent and the patent invention is used, 3) the patent application could be granted a patent and the patent invention is not used, 4) the...

You guys bring up a good point about the timeline of a new ride. For example, I've seen Disney's "Roller Coaster Vehicle" patent for what looks like the mine train ride and the first date of filing for any patent application related to this invention goes back to June 24, 2010. The first major...

Disney has developed a new roller coaster car to improve our ride experiences. I'm not sure if they have a specific ride/park/theme in mind for this, but please post if you have any inclination. The gist is, they put reclining chairs in the cars so that you are in a reclined position during the...

My apologies to Corey P and Absimilliard. I was totally wrong. I had attended a Raytheon recruitment event and we were shown video of all these wonderful things that Raytheon has developed and one was the Sum of All Thrills and I even asked questions about it and Raytheon gave the impression...