Star Wars Land announced for Disney's Hollywood Studios

HauntedMansionFLA

HauntedMansionFLA

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Mike730 said:
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Mike730 said:
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Courtesy of @marni1971
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Coaster Lover

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marni1971 said:
The motion base programming would dictate the limit, not the ride system.
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Technically (and I know I'm splitting hairs here), but wouldn't it be more accurate to say that the ride seats/restraint system dictate the height limit more so than the motion base programming? While the ride seats/restraints are typically designed based on the expected amount of motion, ultimately, it's how the restraints actually secure you and how height may impact that securing that dictate the height limit. Otherwise, one could argue that Mission Space: Green Team or Soarin' should have no height requirement (or much reduced height limits). Also why Magic Kingdom's Splash Mountain (with lap bars) has a 40" height restriction while other log flumes (of similar height) around the country without lapbars have height requirements of 36" (or less).
 
marni1971

marni1971

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Coaster Lover said:
Technically (and I know I'm splitting hairs here), but wouldn't it be more accurate to say that the ride seats/restraint system dictate the height limit more so than the motion base programming? While the ride seats/restraints are typically designed based on the expected amount of motion, ultimately, it's how the restraints actually secure you and how height may impact that securing that dictate the height limit. Otherwise, one could argue that Mission Space: Green Team or Soarin' should have no height requirement (or much reduced height limits). Also why Magic Kingdom's Splash Mountain (with lap bars) has a 40" height restriction while other log flumes (of similar height) around the country without lapbars have height requirements of 36" (or less).
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I was trying to suggest the programming of the base is more prone to lead to a limit as opposed to it being an LPS, traveling theatre, omnimover, etc. A trackless ride could move at 2mph but if the base spins 360 degrees and tilts 30 degrees the ride system speed is pretty irrelevant when it comes to height limit.

Of course, like you said, it also depends on how the guest is restrained and if the restraint has a minimum specification to work properly.
 
Master Yoda

Master Yoda

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Coaster Lover said:
Technically (and I know I'm splitting hairs here), but wouldn't it be more accurate to say that the ride seats/restraint system dictate the height limit more so than the motion base programming? While the ride seats/restraints are typically designed based on the expected amount of motion, ultimately, it's how the restraints actually secure you and how height may impact that securing that dictate the height limit. Otherwise, one could argue that Mission Space: Green Team or Soarin' should have no height requirement (or much reduced height limits). Also why Magic Kingdom's Splash Mountain (with lap bars) has a 40" height restriction while other log flumes (of similar height) around the country without lapbars have height requirements of 36" (or less).
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2 factors tend to go into determining the ride height.

The first, like you stated, it the actual restraint system. Certain restraint systems will not work well when a rider is below a certain height. This is a pretty cut and dry number provided by the engineers that design the ride.

The second is ride intensity. This is much more of a judgement call. If the people that run the park feel that a ride is too intense for younger riders, then a height limit can be imposed that exceeds what is recommended to keep smaller kids off the ride. A great example of this was the old Alien Encounter. This was a theater show where you did not have any movement whatsoever yet a height limit was imposed due to all the complaints guest service got from parents who's kids had the utter crap scared out of them.
 
Rodan75

Rodan75

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marni1971 said:
I was trying to suggest the programming of the base is more prone to lead to a limit as opposed to it being an LPS, traveling theatre, omnimover, etc. A trackless ride could move at 2mph but if the base spins 360 degrees and tilts 30 degrees the ride system speed is pretty irrelevant when it comes to height limit.

Of course, like you said, it also depends on how the guest is restrained and if the restraint has a minimum specification to work properly.
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If there is no height requirement for this ride, would that mean it is super tame overall...or that there are multiple ride profiles like Sea World deployed on their LPS?
 
BrianLo

BrianLo

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Mike S said:
@BrianLo mentioned in this threads DL counterpart that the Battle ride has no height limit. Imagine that. In all this expansion the most family friendly ride is one of SWL's E Tickets ;)
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Lap sitting may be restricted preventing infants lacking trunk support, but that's kind of an irrelevant demographic when it comes to ride enjoyment (plus parent swap will be in force). Mickey, if it goes through, will probably be the most family friendly though. Technically you could bring up 'expansion' I suppose.
 

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