DAK 'Encanto' and 'Indiana Jones'-themed experiences at Animal Kingdom

Purduevian

Purduevian

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Grantwil93 said:
What i don't like about the trackless rides at WDW is how flat they are by necessity.

Rise has the elevator and drop, which helps mitigate it, but I think you can do more with tracked vehicles like in little mermaid where you can gradually change elevation, go "up and down the stairs" and rotate the vehicles to focus where you want.

Thats why I'm pumped this might be a modern take on the Figment system. I don't want them to rely on the same things as Rise does to achieve height changes. Trackless will get worn out as a concept if every new ride uses it in similar ways.
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Apparently Cars road rally will be trackless and with elevation changes.
 
Purduevian

Purduevian

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TrainsOfDisney said:
It’s not a trackless dark ride though. Like it’s a completely different system.
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My understanding with the lack of ramps for current trackless dark rides is the issue of tracking a vehicle on the ramp (3d space vs 2d space). If Cars road rally is actually trackless and has elevation changes, there must be a solution to that issue that can be copied into a dark ride.
 
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Grantwil93

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Purduevian said:
My understanding with the lack of ramps for current trackless dark rides is the issue of tracking a vehicle on the ramp (3d space vs 2d space). If Cars road rally is actually trackless and has elevation changes, there must be a solution to that issue that can be copied into a dark ride.
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Im hoping there is. Because to me it's the weakness of trackless dark rides. I just wonder if it being "off road" is part of the solution and therefore won't be able to be as easily used inside on regular track floors.
 
Disnutz311

Disnutz311

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With all the issue of ROTR and the rumored "puck to signal" and timing issues, one would think that building a mountain with ramps, edges and cliffs would scare Imagineers a little. May the trackless ride never go off track...
 
Purduevian

Purduevian

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Disnutz311 said:
With all the issue of ROTR and the rumored "puck to signal" and timing issues, one would think that building a mountain with ramps, edges and cliffs would scare Imagineers a little. May the trackless ride never go off track...
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My understanding of the current trackless system is that it uses a series of pucks in the ground that tell it how far a vehicle is from it.

in 2d space
1 puck would know the vehicle is somewhere along this circle
2 pucks would know the vehicle is at 1 of 2 points
3 pucks would know exactly where a vehicle is

in 3d space
1 puck would know the vehicle is somewhere along a sphere
2 pucks would know the vehicle is somewhere along a circle
3 pucks would know the vehicle is at 1 of 2 points
4 pucks would know exactly where the vehicle is

On the surface, the solution seems to be 25% more pucks in the ground... plus a LOT more software
 
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Timothy_Q

Timothy_Q

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Purduevian said:
in 3d space
1 puck would know the vehicle is somewhere along a sphere
2 pucks would know the vehicle is somewhere along a circle
3 pucks would know the vehicle is at 1 of 2 points
4 pucks would know exactly where the vehicle is

On the surface, the solution seems to be 25% more pucks in the ground... plus a LOT more software
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If you add a 5th puck you can send the ride vehicle back in time
 
Stripes

Stripes

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Based on the plans, I estimated that the Encanto show building will be about 74,000 square feet. For context, the Haunted Mansion show building, another omnimover ride, is about 45,000 square feet.

I’m sure Encanto will have a larger indoor queue than Haunted Mansion, but even with that in mind, this will be a fantastic addition to DAK.
 
Agent H

Agent H

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Stripes said:
Based on the plans, I estimated that the Encanto show building will be about 74,000 square feet. For context, the Haunted Mansion show building, another omnimover ride, is about 45,000 square feet.

I’m sure Encanto will have a larger indoor queue than Haunted Mansion, but even with that in mind, this will be a fantastic addition to DAK.
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I’m more excited for the encanto ride than the Indiana jones one
 

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