danlb_2000
Premium Member
I wonder if this might be some form of overflow area for the boat ride.
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I wonder if this might be some form of overflow area for the boat ride.
Clamman73
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*shrugs* That's what I thought at first...that's why I was wondering how deep that area is to actually hold a decent amount of volume. Maybe just for the service area? I don't know if other boat rides like Small world, Pirates and Splash have a service area that's able to drain when the ride section is still full. Not sure how that behind the scenes stuff works...
Next Big Thing
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Small World, Pirates and Splash all have retention ponds behind the respective attractions.
Rteetz
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Could this be an underground pond of sorts?
ToTBellHop
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Another question: the trough for the boat ride looks different than small world or Pirates. Wonder what the ride system is.
Eastonm7
Member
The caption on the picture suggested the ride system could be like pirates in Shanghai. Could be an interesting fit
What kind of system is Pirates in Shanghai and how is it different? I didn't realize it was different.
It'd probably have some pretty good views with the river there and especially if the bioluminescent lighting at night can be seen through the trees.
The more I look at this pic the more I think this is the maintenance bay area bc of how close the track is to the wall that isn't built yet. It'd be kinda hard to put the amount of theming we saw in the concept art in that narrow of a spaceI'm thinking so. Look at this picture and you can see the concrete footer/retaining wall go at an angle from the front post of the un-enclosed part of the building towards that small entry door on the enclosed part. Definitely gonna have a wall go up here eventually. My guess is an access area to get ride parts inside like the access area on the opposite side that @danlb_2000 pointed out the black pieces may be part of FoP (which I think it is btw). I'm going to be studying these pics all night long lol.
Eastonm7
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It is supposed to be a new omnimover boat ride or an underwater controlled boat ride system. The picture attached is of the construction and the track looks the same from what we can see in the picture
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doctornick
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I know before some have suggested that maybe the boat ride goes outside in front of the two show building to get an outdoor view of the floating mountains and then heads back. Doing so would mean that the trough in front of the show that would (in theory) carry the boats would need to be covered at least at some points with guest paths to walk up to the entrance of Flight of Passage. I can't quite see if there's any gap from the boat ride show building that would allow for the boats to leave the building to go outside.
rioriz
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dgp602
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This is great. WDWMagic has THE best members. Good job guys!
dgp602
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The pictures show just how complex this construction and design must be..
I had heard about this before but never actually seen it until now. Wasn't this done because it was visible from Kilimanjaro Safaris and AKL?
JCtheparrothead
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the scale on this place is really starting to become a reality. People look very small next to those mountains. Hurry up 2017!
LSUxStitch
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Yup, it's not only a Disney thing either. I drive past one in Louisiana every day that looks exactly the same. In an area with a lot of foliage, companies dress em up to make them fit in better. Honestly, it makes them stand out like a sore thumb to me lol