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[doctornick]

I would be shocked if both don't open at the same time

That's the thing. Between the release of the concept art (including putting it at One Man's Dream more recently), the construction already ongoing, the need for more attractions at DAK and Cameron's involvement, I'm pretty convinced that the boat ride will open in 2017 along with the entire land. Heck, there's even Cameron's people talking about these really advanced AAs that are being developed and the boat ride is the most sensible place for them to be. All signs IMHO point to it opening with the rest of the land.

But when Martin speaks, I listen. And it has me worried given his comments.

 

[Atomicmickey]

Well, remember that New Fantasyland opened piecemeal. Could be they're
going to do the same, here. I think we could all argue that doing it that
way isn't right, and that it didn't work for NFL, but who knows, maybe it
did work for them, and maybe that's what they're doing.

 

[Tom]

The equipment can all be built inside later?

I assume so, yes. It's not good practice to construct a building that has to be disassembled later to remove equipment from inside. Also, it would need to be weather-tight and dust-free before they put expensive ride systems in.

 

[matt9112]

I assume so, yes. It's not good practice to construct a building that has to be disassembled later to remove equipment from inside. Also, it would need to be weather-tight and dust-free before they put expensive ride systems in.

Haha.......ha

 

[dstrawn9889]

I assume so, yes. It's not good practice to construct a building that has to be disassembled later to remove equipment from inside. Also, it would need to be weather-tight and dust-free before they put expensive ride systems in.

LOL

 

[dstrawn9889]

you have a one piece shower stall/tub in your home? how would you get that out when it fails?

 

[Master Yoda]

you have a one piece shower stall/tub in your home? how would you get that out when it fails?

Through the front door which is usually the way it got in.

If you have a sliding glass door you can pop out both sides and have a 6' or better opening.

 

[danlb_2000]

you have a one piece shower stall/tub in your home? how would you get that out when it fails?

Cut it up and install a three piece.

 

[dstrawn9889]

most of the time a tub is too wide to get through a standard doorway, and most times those combos are placed before an exterior wall is studded and dried in

 

[Vinmann]

Cut it up and install a three piece.

Yep. This is how we do it.

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

Well, remember that New Fantasyland opened piecemeal. Could be they're
going to do the same, here. I think we could all argue that doing it that
way isn't right, and that it didn't work for NFL, but who knows, maybe it
did work for them, and maybe that's what they're doing.

looks like two different levels of boat ride, and a deeper well for a over the falls type of thing

Have they said how many people can ride the Soarin and boat ride per hour?

 

[danlb_2000]

Have they said how many people can ride the Soarin and boat ride per hour?

If the flying ride is using Vekoma's flight simulator ride system as suspected then it supports 90 riders per theater. So if we assume a 10 minute ride cycle that would be 90 * 4 theaters * 6 cycles per hour = 2160 per hour.

We know very little about the boat ride to it's impossible to estimate.

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

If the flying ride is using Vekoma's flight simulator ride system as suspected then it supports 90 riders per theater. So if we assume a 10 minute ride cycle that would be 90 * 4 theaters * 6 cycles per hour = 2160 per hour.

We know very little about the boat ride to it's impossible to estimate.

Great thanks - hopefully the boat ride can get a lot of people through it per hour. The flying ride could do 2160 per hour. I don't know if that's good or not. Would anyone know what that compares too .

 

[danlb_2000]

Great thanks - hopefully the boat ride can get a lot of people through it per hour. The flying ride could do 2160 per hour. I don't know if that's good or not. Would anyone know what that compares too .

That is pretty good. Soarin is only around1600 per hour.

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

That is pretty good. Soarin is only around1600 per hour.

Great - thanks. I appreciate all of your information you give us.

 

[RSoxNo1]

If the flying ride is using Vekoma's flight simulator ride system as suspected then it supports 90 riders per theater. So if we assume a 10 minute ride cycle that would be 90 * 4 theaters * 6 cycles per hour = 2160 per hour.

We know very little about the boat ride to it's impossible to estimate.

I have reason to believe the capacity will be lower.

 

[Tom]

Haha.......ha

LOL

 

[Tom]

I have reason to believe the capacity will be lower.

I concur.

 

[RSoxNo1]

That is pretty good. Soarin is only around1600 per hour.

Soarin is closer to 1400.

 

[GoofGoof]

Great thanks - hopefully the boat ride can get a lot of people through it per hour. The flying ride could do 2160 per hour. I don't know if that's good or not. Would anyone know what that compares too .

It would be real good. That's roughly 26,000 riders in a 12 hour park day. I believe that's around the average daily attendance if you believe TEA attendance numbers. It would be the highest capacity ride at AK next to Dinosaur. That number assumes optimal load/unload times so I would expect the actual number to be lower.

Here's a sight which lists ride capacity. It's not my sight so I can't vouch for accuracy, but it seems pretty good to me:

https://crooksinwdw.wordpress.com/2013/12/14/theoreticaloperational-hourly-ride-capacity-at-wdw/