Does a Dark Ride have to be on a track?

[mdbeaudoin]

How about...

How about "Dinosaur" in Animal Kingdom?:shrug:

 

[kcnole]

I should add that it would be highly unlikely for Disney to ever produce a ride such as a trackless Indiana Jones. If you notice, all of the trackless rides move rather slow. If some computer malfunction were to occur, and the vehicle drifted away from the sensor, it probably wouldn't roll more than an inch before the whole ride shut down (because the car was moving slowly to begin with). If a glitch ever occurred in a fast moving vehicle, I'm sure you could imagine the unsettling results.

ahem, Test Track is a high speed system which is not on a track.

 

[spoodles]

Regarding ToT not being a dark ride:

Cuz anything that has a fast or speed element to it, isn't a dark ride.

Well at least one "expert" disagrees. Check number 6 on his list of top 10 dark rides:

http://www.hauntedreport.com/dark_rides/

 

[spoodles]

LIB! MR ducks.

(Someone had to do it... )

Thanks. I thought nobody got it!

 

[Mecha Figment]

ahem, Test Track is a high speed system which is not on a track.

yeah it is.

 

[kcnole]

That list of top ten dark rides is absolute bunk though. How does WDW's Haunted Mansion receive a much higher billing than the much better Haunted Mansion in DL.

 

[hack2112]

That list of top ten dark rides is absolute bunk though. How does WDW's Haunted Mansion receive a much higher billing than the much better Haunted Mansion in DL.

Because he's a purist? Or completely insane. Take your pick.

 

[Justin Jones]

ahem, Test Track is a high speed system which is not on a track.

Test track is on a track, ahem. You can see the track in the attached link...

http://www.laughingplace.com/Guide-Attraction-39.asp

 

[marni1971]

ahem, Test Track is a high speed system which is not on a track.

Almost, but not quite. Test Track has a second `track` beam under the `roadway` - where another 18 wheels keep each car on the track. It was clearer to see on that TT deviant, Rocket Rods, which straddled the beam.

With that said, though, I should add that it would be highly unlikely for Disney to ever produce a ride such as a trackless Indiana Jones. If you notice, all of the trackless rides move rather slow..

Erm.... Poohs Honey Hunt at TDS is anything but slow. The biggest issue with speed is how long the stored power charge can run for before it needs recharging.

 

[Justin Jones]

Almost, but not quite. Test Track has a second `track` beam under the `roadway` - where another 18 wheels keep each car on the track. It was clearer to see on that TT deviant, Rocket Rods, which straddled the beam.Erm.... Poohs Honey Hunt at TDS is anything but slow. The biggest issue with speed is how long the stored power charge can run for before it needs recharging.

I guess our defintions of slow are different. I consider a ride like Test Track to be, well, fast, and a ride like Pooh's Hunny Hunt to be slow.