You've said 1750 was its ballpark throughput, which gives a theoretical 5.7 minute ride.
cf: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1enrAcUhBTsXcSQVAqamjnVaWBAu_M1rKe1UYF2pRXyk/edit?usp=sharing
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You've said 1750 was its ballpark throughput, which gives a theoretical 5.7 minute ride.
cf: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1enrAcUhBTsXcSQVAqamjnVaWBAu_M1rKe1UYF2pRXyk/edit?usp=sharing
Close, but no water.
The Battle Escape ride will use a Local Positioning System to move a car around like Shanghai's PotC moves the boat around. Look up a YouTube video of Mystic Manor in Hong Kong or Ratatouille in Paris. Battle Escape uses that system but will ramp up the effects to 11, like in SPotC.
There are rumblings, according to insiders, to take the Shanghai PotC boad ride mechanics and replicate it at WDW with a different IP, likely Indy and then put it in DAK or DHS... maybe.
EricsBiscuit
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No but there are rumors of an Indy ride at DHS or DAK that might use the same ride system.
britain
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Close, but no water.
The Battle Escape ride will use a Local Positioning System to move a car around like Shanghai's PotC moves the boat around. Look up a YouTube video of Mystic Manor in Hong Kong or Ratatouille in Paris. Battle Escape uses that system but will ramp up the effects to 11, like in SPotC.
There are rumblings, according to insiders, to take the Shanghai PotC boad ride mechanics and replicate it at WDW with a different IP, likely Indy and then put it in DAK or DHS... maybe.
As cool as the Shanghai pirates system is, it still doesn't seem fast paced enough for an Indy style adventure. It's like an water omnimover, which is good for cinematically viewing events, but not really for having events happen TO you.
But I digress... Yay SW:GE!
Marc Davis Fan
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New aerial photos of Galaxy’s Edge from our friend Bioreconstruct on Twitter:
Above: I believe the smaller yellow arrow is pointing at what will be the exit corridor for Battle Escape.
Above: I believe the smaller yellow arrow is pointing at what will be the exit corridor for Battle Escape.
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Marc Davis Fan
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...and even more from Bioreconstruct:
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danlb_2000
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culturenthrills
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Close, but no water.
The Battle Escape ride will use a Local Positioning System to move a car around like Shanghai's PotC moves the boat around. Look up a YouTube video of Mystic Manor in Hong Kong or Ratatouille in Paris. Battle Escape uses that system but will ramp up the effects to 11, like in SPotC.
There are rumblings, according to insiders, to take the Shanghai PotC boad ride mechanics and replicate it at WDW with a different IP, likely Indy and then put it in DAK or DHS... maybe.
It also helps that the same team that worked on Shanghai Pirates is working on the Battle Escape ride.
Old Mouseketeer
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Close, but no water.
The Battle Escape ride will use a Local Positioning System to move a car around like Shanghai's PotC moves the boat around. Look up a YouTube video of Mystic Manor in Hong Kong or Ratatouille in Paris. Battle Escape uses that system but will ramp up the effects to 11, like in SPotC.
There are rumblings, according to insiders, to take the Shanghai PotC boad ride mechanics and replicate it at WDW with a different IP, likely Indy and then put it in DAK or DHS... maybe.
Is that really accurate? This is the first I've heard of PotC using LPS. I thought with the dual underwater track system that control would be hardwired through the track to each of the "tractors" pulling the boat (or whatever they're called). Can anyone shed light on this?
I didn't mean to imply that SPotC was LPS. More like the seemingly free movement. Different mechanics same-ish result.
Yes. Potc Shang is on a series of track and two bogies that can each run on independent tracks.
EricsBiscuit
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Not true. It can be fast. The last "drop" at the end of the ride is done using the magnets because there's no lift. And there's other parts of the ride where you're really whipped around.
TP2000
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I hate math, but I love this kind of stuff.
I would bet two churros that the hourly capacity of the Millenium Falcon ride is somewhere around the 1680 of a six minute ride experience.
And that's assuming everything goes perfectly and all six seats are filled in every cockpit, which they won't be. The real-world and dealing-with-clueless-tourists-and-entitled-AP's reality of the per hour capacity is probably somewhere around 1550 per hour.
That's not good, to be honest.
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The whole ride is "done by magnets"
britain
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Physics dictates that you cannot be whipped around in water faster than you can in air (like on the EMV Indy Jeep or a mine cart roller coaster).
EricsBiscuit
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Yes but my point was it's not a water omnimover
Old Mouseketeer
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Although they had a patent for a water omnimover.
WDWtraveler
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Photo update as of Saturday, April 21, 2018. The earth on top of the Grand Avenue tunnel has been "forested" with trees recently, completely obscuring the Star Wars Land rockwork. The addition of these trees not only separates the sight lines between the two lands, but from the Grand Avenue side it gives the appearance that a hillside exists over the tunnel, looking more like the Los Angeles it was built to resemble.
Skibum1970
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Ah yes, however, when I'm in Star Wars land will I see them? Obviously, those are Earth trees and I don't know if our trees are found on other planets. That would totally destroy the illusion for me and I couldn't get past the fact that Earth trees are showing up in Star Wars land.
I might break down and throw a regular tantrum in the hopes of scoring a FP+.
I am just joking. I like the addition of trees in the parks. Makes them feel alive, especially when water is used in waterfalls or streams.
doctornick
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they do, but that's not the ride mechanism used for Shanghai's POTC.