KingOfEpicocity
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I would think it would be a given with the ride vehicles since we pretty much know they're on a motion base.
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I would think it would be a given with the ride vehicles since we pretty much know they're on a motion base.
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HauntedMansionFLA
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Picture of the day!!!! It's cool that it's blending in with the real environment.
Princess Leia
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This looks really good! It blends in nicely, and it doesn't stick out poorly around the rest of the park (looking at you, Tangled Tower next to the Haunted Mansion).
articos
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Wait until the water is turned on.
flyerjab
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This post made my day!
A foolish mortal
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mikenatcity1
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Wow! The last time I was at AK was when Festival of the Lion King had just opened in its new spot and Camp Minnie Mickey had just closed...love this!
180º
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Like I said earlier, I've been poring over the blueprints lately with nothing to guide me except my own imagination and hints from our esteemed insiders. For the sake of discussion (and for those who can't bear to look at fuzzy blueprints), I'm posting my incomplete interpretation of the plans based on the blueprints, construction photos, and what's been said in this thread lately. Aside from probably being wrong on all counts, I still have SO MANY QUESTIONS.
Some more notes:
• I didn't bother labeling the backstage areas, though I'm fairly certain what they contain.
• I didn't label what the blueprints call "shafts," but they're the skinny horizontal rectangles in the middle of the building that appear on each level and I'm pretty sure they're for the transportation of 3D glasses from Cleaning on the lower level to Pick-Up on the upper levels.
• Some details from the blueprints don't align with construction photos, namely the exit staircase from Theaters A and B Level 5. In construction photos it looks like just a regular emergency exit stairwell extending the height of the building.
• I may be off on the level placement. Is level 4 really level 3 and level 3, level 2? Is level 5 actually level 4? Etc.
• Does it load on two levels or three? Or just one?
• The ride itself still confounds me. One idea that intrigues me is that rather than running all levels of one theater at a time (à la Soarin'), only one level of ride vehicles is in the ride at a time, while the other level unloads and loads guests. That's roughly the same system used at Tower of Terror in California and Paris. If it's a two-level system, this method could offer the same capacity as running both levels at the same time. If the ride is involved with so many moving screens, possibly props, and other effects, this system could simplify the show quite a bit by reducing the number of vehicles in the show at any given time to half. These reported moving screens could also rise or lower to meet whichever level is about to enter the ride.
Furthermore, what the heck will we ride in? Is it similar enough to the Vekoma system that we will be suspended from above in benches, feet dangling and all? Will the mechanism actually be below us, hoisting us into the sky like Astro Orbiter? Will we mount banshees on the loading platform, or will animatronic banshees appear from pits behind the lower screen after the top section splits? Will the banshees just be part of the projected video? Are there even banshees in the ride? What holds up the ride vehicles? What supports the moving screens?
Offer up your suggestions!
Some more notes:
• I didn't bother labeling the backstage areas, though I'm fairly certain what they contain.
• I didn't label what the blueprints call "shafts," but they're the skinny horizontal rectangles in the middle of the building that appear on each level and I'm pretty sure they're for the transportation of 3D glasses from Cleaning on the lower level to Pick-Up on the upper levels.
• Some details from the blueprints don't align with construction photos, namely the exit staircase from Theaters A and B Level 5. In construction photos it looks like just a regular emergency exit stairwell extending the height of the building.
• I may be off on the level placement. Is level 4 really level 3 and level 3, level 2? Is level 5 actually level 4? Etc.
• Does it load on two levels or three? Or just one?
• The ride itself still confounds me. One idea that intrigues me is that rather than running all levels of one theater at a time (à la Soarin'), only one level of ride vehicles is in the ride at a time, while the other level unloads and loads guests. That's roughly the same system used at Tower of Terror in California and Paris. If it's a two-level system, this method could offer the same capacity as running both levels at the same time. If the ride is involved with so many moving screens, possibly props, and other effects, this system could simplify the show quite a bit by reducing the number of vehicles in the show at any given time to half. These reported moving screens could also rise or lower to meet whichever level is about to enter the ride.
Furthermore, what the heck will we ride in? Is it similar enough to the Vekoma system that we will be suspended from above in benches, feet dangling and all? Will the mechanism actually be below us, hoisting us into the sky like Astro Orbiter? Will we mount banshees on the loading platform, or will animatronic banshees appear from pits behind the lower screen after the top section splits? Will the banshees just be part of the projected video? Are there even banshees in the ride? What holds up the ride vehicles? What supports the moving screens?
Offer up your suggestions!
OvertheHorizon
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^ I much admire the effort above.
danlb_2000
Premium Member
Very nice work, if nothing else this is a great starting point for further discussion.
180º
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I'd love to hear your thoughts on this, since you seem to be well-versed in the blueprints. Anything I missed?
danlb_2000
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I've looked at the prints, but your guess is as good as mine.
180º
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If my guess really is as good as yours, I take that as a compliment, since I hold your guesses in high regard.
No Name
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Incredible. Well done and thank you. I think you're close to correct, at least the big details are right. The lines are quite helpful and I had never put the whole thing together in my mind. Of course you not only did it in your mind, but then proceeded to illustrate it very nicely for us all to see.
It looks for sure like it loads on two levels. And I think there will be banshees in the ride, LOL. As for the number of floors, I am also confused, and hope someone like Dan knows. As for any other questions you have, I surely don't have any answers. But I do have more questions.
How do handicapped guests load? I'm guessing that there will be an evelator (or two) next to the exit stairs for theaters C and D, and they'll load on the same floors as regular guests.
How do regular guests get to floor 4 to begin with?
That's all for now. Thanks again.
GoofGoof
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Fantastic work. The only thing you are missing is the gift shop
. This is Disney, the ride has to exit into a gift shop.
toolsnspools
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The idea that the show screens would raise and lower to essentially create an upper and a lower viewing area make a lot of sense. Load on floor 5 while floor 4 is riding, then reverse. That would essentially put the ride at 8 theaters. It will allow for higher capacity on the ride with a smaller number of riders per show, making the actual show more personal.