News Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind attraction confirmed for Epcot

[doctornick]

We've got the patent filing for the ride system.
http://www.wdwinfo.com/news-stories/disney-develops-new-rotating-roller-coaster-ride-vehicle/

I'm excited that it seems like it will be a novel system, so it will be something different than other roller coasters at WDW. But I hope they actually use the features to make it an A+ ride experience rather than doing "just enough". Please wow us!

 

[Timothy_Q]

Any specific reason for it being individual cars instead of a long train?

Can this have a decent capacity?

 

[Stripes]

Any specific reason for it being individual cars instead of a long train?

Can this have a decent capacity?

I'm pretty sure it will be a train. At least that's what some concept art from Japan depicted. Probably have to ask @marni1971.

 

[trainplane3]

Any specific reason for it being individual cars instead of a long train?

Can this have a decent capacity?

I can't remember who, but another insider confirmed it was 4 or 5 cars long.

 

[Timothy_Q]

I'm pretty sure it will be a train. At least that's what some concept art from Japan depicted. Probably have to ask @marni1971.

I can't remember who, but another insider confirmed it was 4 or 5 cars long.

Ah thanks! My mistake

 

[Incomudro]

Very cool.
This allows a coaster ride attraction with the swivel in the direction of the set piece ability of an omnimover.

 

[marni1971]

I can't remember who, but another insider confirmed it was 4 or 5 cars long.

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

Clickbait must be reading the forums again

 

[HauntedPirate]

Clickbait must be reading the forums again

No, no, he never lifts material from other sites... Pure coincidence, he assures you.

 

[Hatbox Ghostbuster]

Clickbait must be reading the forums again

Next it'll get picked up by the Disney YouTube "news" sites who, because of ad revenue and Patreon donations, ironically will get paid to share this information.

 

[GlacierGlacier]

Funnily enough, I was just talking to a patent lawyer from Universal today.

I'm interested in how this is being done. Is the patent under Disney? Or does it belong to Vekoma? Because it seems like it's being manufactured and developed over at Vekoma.

With traditional Disney-Unique ride systems like EMVs or the Shanghai Boats, they're developed and tested in Burbank or similar. Did they design and patent this coaster system, then have Vekoma finish up the work? It makes sense for Vekoma to work on the coaster portion, but it seems rough to have Vekoma do heavy design and engineering work and not get a patent out of it.

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

Hopefully they would’ve learned their lesson from Mission: Space and actually do the ride system themselves

 

[peter11435]

Hopefully they would’ve learned their lesson from Mission: Space and actually do the ride system themselves

Disney has almost never done a ride system entirely themselves.

 

[danlb_2000]

Funnily enough, I was just talking to a patent lawyer from Universal today.

I'm interested in how this is being done. Is the patent under Disney? Or does it belong to Vekoma? Because it seems like it's being manufactured and developed over at Vekoma.

With traditional Disney-Unique ride systems like EMVs or the Shanghai Boats, they're developed and tested in Burbank or similar. Did they design and patent this coaster system, then have Vekoma finish up the work? It makes sense for Vekoma to work on the coaster portion, but it seems rough to have Vekoma do heavy design and engineering work and not get a patent out of it.

Here is the full patent. It is patented by Disney.

http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-...r&OS=disney AND coaster&RS=disney AND coaster

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

They filed for it in April of last year. When did the GotG rumor start? Sometime in late 2016?

 

[tparris]

They filed for it in April of last year. When did the GotG rumor start? Sometime in late 2016?View attachment 320839

There were permits filed at some point in 2016 for an unknown project at UoE showing canal rerouting and a new building behind the pavilion.. That's when the rumors started and were also confirmed by insiders

 

[marni1971]

Did they not ride Escape from Gringotts?

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

I still haven't been on Gringotts, so GotG might be all new for me

 

[tparris]

I still haven't been on Gringotts, so GotG might be all new for me

It's a pretty fun ride... the first couple times. The majority of the ride is screens (you wear 3d glasses) just like the rest of universal for the most part.

 

[marni1971]

I still haven't been on Gringotts, so GotG might be all new for me

It uses their version of the ride vehicle technology described in the patent.