Soarin' Expansion and new Soarin' Around the World film

[DisneyCane]

Like I said before... Other iMax installations have taken a month to do a screen and projection upgrade. These are also omnimax curved screens which add complexity too.

But they would be doing refurb work too while they could. It would be rediculous to take the ride down for an extended period, create huge new demand by installing a new film, and then set yourself up to need another major refurb so much sooner because you didn't take advantage of the opportunity.

When IMAX upgrades a commercial theatre to laser, they also change it over to their new 12 channel sound system. This requires a decent amount of new wiring and mounting work. Many times the theatres will replace or refurbish seats at the same time.

A projector installation doesn't take that long. If it did, converting all movie theatres to digital would have taken decades. The only major difference when installing laser projectors is connecting the fiber optic lines from the laser rack to the projectors.

I'm sure the screens take several days (maybe even 2 weeks). What I was saying is that there is no way those two theatres were down as long as they have been because of projector and screen upgrades. There had to be other work being done to the ride system.

 

[flynnibus]

When IMAX upgrades a commercial theatre to laser, they also change it over to their new 12 channel sound system. This requires a decent amount of new wiring and mounting work. Many times the theatres will replace or refurbish seats at the same time.

The smithsonian theatres did not upgrade their seats... and the audio add is 6 speakers (4 on ceiling, 2 on wall).. and they were down for a month.

Comparing digital upgrades is apples and oranges.

But not sure why any of this is a discussion at all... Disney takes it time during refurbs? NEWS AT 11!

They redid two leading edge tech IMAX theatres, did housekeeping, and upgraded the ride systems. No one really even knows what changes were made to the ride itself to set it up to run for another 5-25 years. In the grand scheme of things, this turnover was relatively short.

 

[Goofyernmost]

The smithsonian theatres did not upgrade their seats... and the audio add is 6 speakers (4 on ceiling, 2 on wall).. and they were down for a month.

Comparing digital upgrades is apples and oranges.

But not sure why any of this is a discussion at all... Disney takes it time during refurbs? NEWS AT 11!

They redid two leading edge tech IMAX theatres, did housekeeping, and upgraded the ride systems. No one really even knows what changes were made to the ride itself to set it up to run for another 5-25 years. In the grand scheme of things, this turnover was relatively short.

That would be a good comparison to Soarin if the Smithsonian seats move large numbers of people up in the air and over the top of the screen and haven't had preventive maintenance in 11 years.

 

[MrPromey]

The pre-show was always digital, as it uses LCD flat screen displays. I am guessing that either:
A: This was done accidentally, or
B: This was done to emphasize the "Over California" part of the current run.

(Slaps forehead) Of course! I was thinking of the crappy ride film quality the last several years. I should have thought that through a little more before I posted!

 

[BiffyClyro]

Soarin... IN IMAX please

 

[KingOfEpicocity]

Soarin... IN IMAX please

Is it not already?...

 

[BiffyClyro]

Is it not already?...

Techinically I guess but the quality of the original could of done with an IMAX quality update.

 

[Adam N]

What you described is something that could've been done very fast had they paid for it to be done as such.

Sorry, I meant ride vehicles. They rebuilt them. So they had to do test and adjust as well as adding the new programming.

 

[Goofyernmost]

Techinically I guess but the quality of the original could of done with an IMAX quality update.

Unless all these past pages are just a gigantic waste of time... I believe that is what they have done.

 

[KingOfEpicocity]

Sorry, I meant ride vehicles. They rebuilt them. So they had to do test and adjust as well as adding the new programming.

Is it true the Shanghai soarin is even more enhanced than its counterparts?

 

[danlb_2000]

Is it true the Shanghai soarin is even more enhanced than its counterparts?

Based on the videos there doesn't seem to be anything enhanced about the Shanghai version with the exception of the queue.

 

[KingOfEpicocity]

Based on the videos there doesn't seem to be anything enhanced about the Shanghai version with the exception of the queue.

I heard from Dynamic attractions Twitter that it was vastly better technically. But I didn't know what that means.

 

[danlb_2000]

I heard from Dynamic attractions Twitter that it was vastly better technically. But I didn't know what that means.

Dynamic Attractions does have their own version of Soarin that appears to provide a larger range of motion, but the ride system used in Shanghai appears to be the same as the other Soarins.

 

[KingOfEpicocity]

Dynamic Attractions does have their own version of Soarin that appears to provide a larger range of motion, but the ride system used in Shanghai appears to be the same as the other Soarins.

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I knew that. Maybe they were getting the two confused.

 

[FigmentJedi]

Dynamic Attractions does have their own version of Soarin that appears to provide a larger range of motion, but the ride system used in Shanghai appears to be the same as the other Soarins.

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Trying to figure out if Dynamic Attractions's Soarin system is the same one that's at Mall of America now considering this talk of Flying Theaters starting to pop up outside of Disney.

 

[KingOfEpicocity]

Trying to figure out if Dynamic Attractions's Soarin system is the same one that's at Mall of America now considering this talk of Flying Theaters starting to pop up outside of Disney.

I really find it interesting all the extremely complex and frankly ugly solutions they've come up with.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Dynamic Attractions does have their own version of Soarin that appears to provide a larger range of motion, but the ride system used in Shanghai appears to be the same as the other Soarins.

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Dynamic Attractions' Flying Theatre is not too dissimilar from what they built for Disney. The key difference is that the carriage which still holds all of the rows is located before the riders when loading and then flips forward 90 degrees. This is actually the system that Wanda has used.

Trying to figure out if Dynamic Attractions's Soarin system is the same one that's at Mall of America now considering this talk of Flying Theaters starting to pop up outside of Disney.

FlyOver Canada and FlyOver America use the i-Ride built by Brogent Technologies and sold by Vekoma.

 

[aaronml]

FYI, the actual first scene of SATW, The Matterhorn (the real one in the Alps), is shown briefly in this video at 00:51.

 

[GrumpyFan]

Dynamic Attractions does have their own version of Soarin that appears to provide a larger range of motion, but the ride system used in Shanghai appears to be the same as the other Soarins.

Wrong! DA's Flying Theater does not have as much range of movement as Soarin'.
DA's platform does not have left-right tilt like Soarin does.

 

[BiffyClyro]

Unless all these past pages are just a gigantic waste of time... I believe that is what they have done.

Alright snappy.