Team Cap: SYWTBAI Season 14, Project Five Open Brainstorming

[kmbmw777]

Sorry. I had school. I like the idea of a Camelot attraction in the U.K.
I also know a bit about Roman/Norse mythology (thanks Ruordan).
I lov your pompeii idea.

 

[TrevorA]

I'm pretty hot on working with the Roman gods and monsters. But I also have a fair amount of expertise with English myths too - mostly the King Arthur material, so like knights and wizards and junk. If we decide to go with either of these I can suggest some literature for all of us to work off of*.

I'm hearing that we want to do a thrill ride, possibly a combination coaster/dark ride. I think that's an exciting idea for the material we're planning on working with! Does anyone have any alternate ideas for the type of attraction that we conceive for this project?

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Here are our top three myth cycles that we've been talking about:

German Fairy Tales (they're not technically myths but if the judges don't care neither should we!)
The Matter of Britain (this one's got a super rich amount of stuff we can work with)
The Matter of Rome (like I said I'm getting pretty fired up about this one)

Wildcard choice:

Japanese folklore (earlier I name dropped a very long Japanese movie about folklore we could pull from)

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Which of these is everyone most hyped for possibly using? We have enough time to try and pick a subject matter that we're all relatively passionate about. New ideas are also still welcome! I'm just trying to distill what we've already brainstormed.


---TrevorA


*MEW posted in the main thread that we can't use works of classic literature, but the majority of famous myths and folklore are collected in works which are now regarded as classic literature. @MANEATINGWREATH or @TheOriginalTiki , are we allowed to take inspiration from works like The Aeneid, The Metamorphoses, History of the Kings of Britain, or Morte d'Arthur? These stories don't exist outside of the literature, so if we can't use the texts we're kind of outta luck.

 

[Pi on my Cake]

I'm pretty hot on working with the Roman gods and monsters. But I also have a fair amount of expertise with English myths too - mostly the King Arthur material, so like knights and wizards and junk. If we decide to go with either of these I can suggest some literature for all of us to work off of*.

I'm hearing that we want to do a thrill ride, possibly a combination coaster/dark ride. I think that's an exciting idea for the material we're planning on working with! Does anyone have any alternate ideas for the type of attraction that we conceive for this project?

---

Here are our top three myth cycles that we've been talking about:

German Fairy Tales (they're not technically myths but if the judges don't care neither should we!)
The Matter of Britain (this one's got a super rich amount of stuff we can work with)
The Matter of Rome (like I said I'm getting pretty fired up about this one)

Wildcard choice:

Japanese folklore (earlier I name dropped a very long Japanese movie about folklore we could pull from)

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Which of these is everyone most hyped for possibly using? We have enough time to try and pick a subject matter that we're all relatively passionate about. New ideas are also still welcome! I'm just trying to distill what we've already brainstormed.


---TrevorA


*MEW posted in the main thread that we can't use works of classic literature, but the majority of famous myths and folklore are collected in works which are now regarded as classic literature. @MANEATINGWREATH or @TheOriginalTiki , are we allowed to take inspiration from works like The Aeneid, The Metamorphoses, History of the Kings of Britain, or Morte d'Arthur? These stories don't exist outside of the literature, so if we can't use the texts we're kind of outta luck.

You really know you're stuff! That's awesome!

Roman has me most excited, but I love Arthurian legends too! Like I said, I have no ideas for rides on Japanese mythology, but that doesn't mean I'm against using it if anyone else has ideas.

Coaster/dark Ride is my preference. I could see an EMV (like Dinosaur) being incredible too. I definitely vote we go thrill here. But again, I'm very open to other ideas too.

 

[kmbmw777]

For the Roman Mythology idea, we could have the queue/facade be a museum of Roman Mythology before entering "into" the ancient time of myths and monsters. Maybe tie it into Pompeii. Have a volcano based coaster to make up for the never built Mt. Fuji and fire Mountain.

Mt. Vesuvius. An adventure of godly proportions.

This has my vote.

 

[kmbmw777]

Also, I made a small demo for a Pompeii website. Not much is functional yet, but it looks very fun.
kevinb5665.wixsite.com/italy

 

[CookieMouse]

I could make it in Planet coaster if you give me a basic layout!

 

[kmbmw777]

I could make it in Planet coaster if you give me a basic layout!

I like that idea a lot. We do not have much going for the idea yet though.

 

[kmbmw777]

@Pionmycake @TrevorA

What are ur votes?

 

[TrevorA]

Pending Pi's opinion, if we're all into doing an Italy attraction that is a darkride/thrillride, I say we go for it!

The destruction of Pompeii by Mt. Vesuvius is not a myth or a story featuring gods/heroes, it's just a thing that happened. History stuff. We might be able to find a workaround, I just thought I'd throw that out there.


---TrevorA

 

[kmbmw777]

Pending Pi's opinion, if we're all into doing an Italy attraction that is a darkride/thrillride, I say we go for it!

The destruction of Pompeii by Mt. Vesuvius is not a myth or a story featuring gods/heroes, it's just a thing that happened. History stuff. We might be able to find a workaround, I just thought I'd throw that out there.


---TrevorA

That's true. Though if we included a trip to the Underword or something in the rode that would count?

 

[TrevorA]

That's true. Though if we included a trip to the Underword or something in the rode that would count?

Okay, I've got an idea. Since, unless the judges say otherwise, we're not allowed to use the actual myth stories of the Romans - adventures like the Aeneid - we could just create like a travelogue version of the mythology and take the riders to a bunch of different places: Olympus, the Underworld, Rome, Carthage, Crete, etc. Under this model, Pompeii could just be a setpiece as part of a larger journey that riders are taking.

Now that I've written it out, this idea sounds a lot like El Rio de Tiempo and Maelstrom. It's very Epcot.


---TrevorA

 

[Pi on my Cake]

Pending Pi's opinion, if we're all into doing an Italy attraction that is a darkride/thrillride, I say we go for it!

The destruction of Pompeii by Mt. Vesuvius is not a myth or a story featuring gods/heroes, it's just a thing that happened. History stuff. We might be able to find a workaround, I just thought I'd throw that out there.


---TrevorA

Yeah, Italy is my vote too.

And I know Pompeii is real history, not myth. I thought it might be cool to do a mythical take on that.

Like, have the eruption caused by a battle between Mars and someone or something along those line.

Travelogue ride could be pretty awesome though. I think of we are doing it as a coaster, we should stick to 3 locations though. Like maybe Rome as the Main part, tallest lift hill takes you into Olympus, go "underground" into the Underworld. A coaster moves fast, so we probably shouldn't plan too many location as you won't get to spend enough time in any of them then.

 

[TrevorA]

Yeah, Italy is my vote too.

And I know Pompeii is real history, not myth. I thought it might be cool to do a mythical take on that.

Like, have the eruption caused by a battle between Mars and someone or something along those line.

Travelogue ride could be pretty awesome though. I think of we are doing it as a coaster, we should stick to 3 locations though. Like maybe Rome as the Main part, tallest lift hill takes you into Olympus, go "underground" into the Underworld. A coaster moves fast, so we probably shouldn't plan too many location as you won't get to spend enough time in any of them then.

Ok we could combine all our ideas! Ascent to Olympus (lift hill), scene, fall to the underworld, scene, climax on an erupting volcano, and conclude with the founding of Rome.


---TrevorA

 

[spacemt354]

Yeah, Italy is my vote too.

And I know Pompeii is real history, not myth. I thought it might be cool to do a mythical take on that.

Like, have the eruption caused by a battle between Mars and someone or something along those line.

Travelogue ride could be pretty awesome though. I think of we are doing it as a coaster, we should stick to 3 locations though. Like maybe Rome as the Main part, tallest lift hill takes you into Olympus, go "underground" into the Underworld. A coaster moves fast, so we probably shouldn't plan too many location as you won't get to spend enough time in any of them then.

Athens is the backdrop to many Greek myths and legends, and is also a real city in Greece. Based on the rules, I don't see how that wouldn't count if you use Pompeii as a setting.

I also learned about Aeneid in a "Myths and Legends" class I had to take in college, so that should count for a project called "Legend of the Lost Legend"

 

[TrevorA]

Athens is the backdrop to many Greek myths and legends, and is also a real city in Greece. Based on the rules, I don't see how that wouldn't count if you use Pompeii as a setting.

I also learned about Aeneid in a "Myths and Legends" class I had to take in college, so that should count for a project called "Legend of the Lost Legend"

Yeah, the question I was asking was whether we could use those stories exactly.

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Another possibility in addition to or instead of the volcano could be a thrill scene in the Mediterranean Sea itself. Lots of terrible monsters live in that water!


---TrevorA

 

[kmbmw777]

Yeah, the question I was asking was whether we could use those stories exactly.

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Another possibility in addition to or instead of the volcano could be a thrill scene in the Mediterranean Sea itself. Lots of terrible monsters live in that water!


---TrevorA

Also Neptune!
I feel like the idea of using a coaster doesn't really capture the idea of a grand tour of Roman mythology worlds. If we did use a coaster, we would really have to limit the amount of places we would visit. An EMV or simulator may work better?

 

[kmbmw777]

Also, @TrevorA have you been a project leader yet?

 

[Pi on my Cake]

Also Neptune!
I feel like the idea of using a coaster doesn't really capture the idea of a grand tour of Roman mythology worlds. If we did use a coaster, we would really have to limit the amount of places we would visit. An EMV or simulator may work better?

I think I agree that an EMV might work better with this direction we seem to be going.

 

[TrevorA]

I think I agree that an EMV might work better with this direction we seem to be going.

Would it be possible to try, like, a boat EMV? The one thing all these places have in common is that they feature rivers/seas/bodies of water very prominently.


---TrevorA

 

[kmbmw777]

Would it be possible to try, like, a boat EMV? The one thing all these places have in common is that they feature rivers/seas/bodies of water very prominently.


---TrevorA

I think that could be really cool!