Bairstow
Well-Known Member
Oh, wacky!
What a weird use of a suspended 4D coaster.
I wonder what kind of speeds this Mack system is capable of.
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Disney Playing catch up with Universal... Potter Disney's biggest mistake in 20 years...
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Oh, wacky!
What a weird use of a suspended 4D coaster.
I wonder what kind of speeds this Mack system is capable of.
Bairstow
Well-Known Member
It wouldn't surprise me if those are the very machines that will be going into Soarin' over Pandora.
FutureWorld1982
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In my opinion, Europa-Park has always offered the most complete theme park experience anywhere. Disney should take note of the way the Mack family takes care of Europa-Park.
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Mouse Trap
Well-Known Member
Now this would add a little bit more excitement. I'm still not a fan of screen rides, whether it be Escape from Gringotts or Soarin, but at least this adds dimension.
TP2000
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Adds dimension? How so? The seat rows seem to have a more limited range of motion than the Soarin' vehicles.
It's a nifty trick to see how the theater transitions from horizontal to vertical, but the mechanics of it don't seem to provide anything new from a ridership experience. If anything, it seems more limiting than Soarin' both dimensionally and creatively.
Agree it seems limited
mahnamahna101
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Can't believe how many dark rides and coasters are at Europa Park... wow.
danlb_2000
Premium Member
Based on the plans that were leaked a while back, it appears that it will be based on a ride system like this (if not exactly this).
http://www.vekoma.com/index.php/specialities-and-attractions/panoramic-flight-simulator
FigmentJedi
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danlb_2000
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Mike S
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They even feature ripoffs of Disney rides
Is that supposed to be their "Dinosaur"? Dang, reminds me how good we really have it even with all of WDW's problems.
FigmentJedi
Well-Known Member
Nope. It's called Universe of Energy. They cut out all that educational bullcrap and got down to why people give a damn about the ride.
Mike S
Well-Known Member
Wow. Our UoE Dinosaurs are still better.
Tony Perkis
Well-Known Member
You shut that nonsense up.
First how many show buildings are on this ride?
I could see people hopping onto Dragons as they take off for flight. This ride system would work for that.
The ride vehicles would have to be more staggered then the seats in the video. Which is why I was asking how many show buildings are in this ride?
Being able to fly your own Dragon would be very cool!
AndyMagic
Well-Known Member
When you say show buildings I assume you mean show scenes and the answer is 1. In the end, it doesn't matter how nifty the transitioning mechanism is, the final result is still a bunch of people watching a movie for 5 minutes. The best part of Soarin is the initial ascent from the ground. After that, you're stuck in place shimmying from side to side to a poorly produced video with no transitions. I wonder what artificial fruit smell they will pipe in on the Pandora ride to convince people that hanging benches in front of an IMAX screen qualifies as the next great Disney ride. Sigh.
Tom Morrow
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Something like this would be great for the Monsters Inc door coaster THAT WE NEVER GOT
Yeah, if this is what's coming for Avatar, I can't muster up any sort of excitement for it. Like @AndyMagic said, moving through physical space will always be more impressive. I am okay with screens on rides when they are used in innovative ways (FJ, Spiderman, Transformers, Ratatouille), but I think simulators where you stay in one place staring at one screen are old hat and should not be done anymore, outside of enhancing existing ones (Star Tours 2.0, Despicable Me, Simpsons).
Fast_Eddie
New Member
I didn't read all the points , so not sure this was made. If you research numbers of attendance, u'd see disney figured years ago that they didn't have to do anything, and people came to the parks. They didn't gain much nor did they lose much, so would you spend 100s of millions for new attraction when the same amount of people came to the parks yearly, with small growth. Uni studios seemingly has to spend billions to get the little bit they get to come and won't be able to keep this up. Eisner started this when animal kingdom was built when he gutted the budget and didn't finish the park.
Californian Elitist
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You don't think this is a good thing, do you?
Tom Morrow
Well-Known Member
We do know this, but some of us would rather root for the resort that's trying over the resort that now routinely does as little as possible.
Except Universal will be able to 'keep this up' for a while as long as they maintain this aggressive and ambitious strategy.