Design a Dark Ride!

[spacemt354]

Can anyone please help me with my Mickey idea, since it seems like my thread dedicated to it has mysteriously disappeared?

Here's what is happening: color is stolen by an antagonist, likely Pete, who then leads Mickey on a chase through the cartoon world. The black and white world of "Steamboat Willie" and others justifies this. You follow Mickey and paint various things different colors with paintbrushes mounted on your ride vehicle. Somehow, towards the end of the ride, the color is restored. But I'm having difficulty with that. Can anyone please help me with that? And also with the ride vehicles? All I know is that they need to be in the Mickey color scheme of red, yellow and black.

Maybe as you approach a forest, the color is restored by Sorcerer Mickey? And the forest could also be a homage to "Flowers and Trees" which I believe was the first Disney short film to be produced in full color.

 

[mharrington]

It doesn't follow the Mickey color scheme but it does provide a fitting vehicle that not only matches the ride, but adds an interactive element. The concept art I found below would make guests the final spots of color and would use the paintbrushes to bring color to cartoons made black and white by Pete.

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That's a good idea. Make that in the Mickey color scheme. Is that supposed to be a paint can, though? I'm a little wary about that. Maybe it could be like a paint container from "Pinocchio":

 

[mharrington]

Maybe as you approach a forest, the color is restored by Sorcerer Mickey? And the forest could also be a homage to "Flowers and Trees" which I believe was the first Disney short film to be produced in full color.

I'm thinking of avoiding Sorcerer Mickey; it's becoming too cliched. Anyway, here are some ideas of mine:

It starts off near a wharf with the boat ("Steamboat Willie") on it, but then it goes into several vignettes of Mickey shorts, such as a jungle ("Jungle Rhythm" and maybe "The Castaway"), a dynamite blasting area ("The Delivery Boy") and a service station lot ("Mickey's Service Station").

 

[spacemt354]

I'm thinking of avoiding Sorcerer Mickey; it's becoming too cliched. Anyway, here are some ideas of mine:

It starts off near a wharf with the boat ("Steamboat Willie") on it, but then it goes into several vignettes of Mickey shorts, such as a jungle ("Jungle Rhythm" and maybe "The Castaway"), a dynamite blasting area ("The Delivery Boy") and a service station lot ("Mickey's Service Station").

Those sound good to me.

 

[mharrington]

Those sound good to me.

The main problem is I have no idea how to link some of them together. It could start out by the wharf and you float after the steamboat, similar to Pete trying to escape on the steamboat here (starts at 20:56):


You would chase the boat under the bridge at 21:21 in the video, and beyond the gate lies the jungle, where you get lost. But that's all I got right now.

 

[mharrington]

The only name I can think of for this ride is something like "Mickey's Colorfully Timeless Twist". But I seriously need help with ideas for linking scenes. After the jungle, I have no idea what's going to happen. So can anyone please help me??

 

[brb1006]

I'm imagining a two dark rides based on Disney Animated films from the 70's.

The Aristocats: This dark ride has riders riding inside a vehicle resembling a 19th century motorcycle based on the one Edgar rides in the film. The dark ride follows the events of the original movie where guests are taken through various scenes in the film. I'm imagining the animatronics for the cats (Mainly Duchess,Thomas o'Malley,Toulouse,Marie, and Berlioz) can have the same facial technology that was used for the seven dwarfs mine train mainly for the eyes. I'm picturing a big room that features the "Everybody Wants To Be A Cat" scene. The building that has the ride can resemble the house where the cats live at along with their owner. I wish I knew what the queue would be like.

The Rescuers: This ride is half motion-simulator and half roller coaster based on The Amazing Spider-Man attractions and Escape From Hogwarts in Universal. This ride takes place after the second film where riders are joined by Miss Bianca and Bernard on a new rescue mission. This ride features new special effects and some old such as water splashing onto riders or their vehicle shaking during certain scenes. The queue has animatronics of the Rescue Aid Society members similar to the queue for Escape From Hogwarts and the leader would make a speech to guests about the mission. The second half has an animatronic Evinrude The Seagull talking to guests about his history with Bianca and Bernard and how they become a rescue team. A screen next to Evinrude has Bianca and Bernard talking to their seagull friend and also talking to guests about their involvement with the latest mission. I don't know what the plot is but i'm picturing it being pretty epic and similar to Down Under but with an even better plot.


I wish I was good with drawing or sketching concept art. Because my ideas and vision on my two dark ride ideas would be great. I hope someone on the forums is good with doing concept art. Especially if they seen both of the films.

I would love some help with this idea. So anyone is free to help with these two ideas.

I do imagine The Aristocats attraction to be exclusive to Disneyland Paris or Tokyo Disney Resort.