Here's my idea for a new ride to keep up with all of the other parks. Since we have an Imagination, SPACE, Seas and Test Track Pavillion why not a weather one? I have mentioned this b4 but it fits in more with Imagineering. Anyway here's the coaster. The queue will be in the dark but every so often, a lightning bolt and thunder sounds will appear. Then the ride begins with you entering a yellow and black roller coaster train and as soon as your strapped in you'll plumet 80 feet down like a bolt. Then, you'll slow down to 25 mph where you'll be rained upon after words, you'll have a travel 50 feet and drop down and into a back-to-back bunnyhills and a sharp turn. The ride will end out with you going out of the building into a mini barrell roll and the ride ends.
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The Bolt-New EPCOT RIDE
- Thread starter Shelmerdine72
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stitch001
Member
A weather pavilion would be amazing. and having a weather experience ride, would be really neat, but a roller coaster might not work. It sounds like an awesome idea, but for a more "educational" thill, what if people sat in a car and the car would roll into diffenent rooms that would symalte weather. there could be a room with lighting taveling over head, and a room where the winds were high, and I do think a rain room would be amazing like you sugested. Basicly tell the story of a Thunderstorm. I love the que line thought, it would be really amazing to just walk through, even if there wern't a ride at the end of it.
Wannabe Walt
New Member
OOO! IDEA! How about either a coaster or a dark ride (like stich001 suggested) but have it go thru different rooms, not only for a thunderstorm, but for many types of weather. The simulations could be: Hot Summer Day, Cold Winter Day, Blizzard, Hurricane, Tornado, Earthquake, Thunderstorm, Hail and Sleet, Flood, and Tsunami. What do you think about that?
DarkMeasures
New Member
I would do it where the pavilian would be a merging of skys and weather taking use of the Soarin building.
But anyway, the main area of the paviliann would appear as it was storming out. Actual rain and windwould travel though the pavilian as guests walk through on covered paths. The main ride would be Stormrider and another flight based ride besides Soarin.
But anyway, the main area of the paviliann would appear as it was storming out. Actual rain and windwould travel though the pavilian as guests walk through on covered paths. The main ride would be Stormrider and another flight based ride besides Soarin.
WDWTestDummy
Member
man i would like to see the drawings for this, this sounds awesome!
Wow, positive feedback. I like the earthquake idea but like 6 10 drop bunnyhills and a fast complete turn for a tornado! Corrus here's a preliminary fact sheet from me.
Top Speed: 55 mph
Inversions: 1 (barrel roll)
Max Height: 110 feet
Max Drop: 80 feet (changed alittle)
I'm gonna make a new concept for a ride entitled "the Surf roller coaster"
Top Speed: 55 mph
Inversions: 1 (barrel roll)
Max Height: 110 feet
Max Drop: 80 feet (changed alittle)
I'm gonna make a new concept for a ride entitled "the Surf roller coaster"
FigmentDream
Member
Shelmerdine72 said:
What's the story?
Yellow and Black roller-coaster train? That is not themed that is decorated
Frankly, this sounds more like something for a Six Flags park than a Disney Theme Park
You need to develop a story for the ride that would begin in the queue line and continue and climax on the ride. The trains too need to be included in this story telling. Also if you are going to put this at Epcot it needs to have some sort of Educational value, which so far you have yet to demonstrate.
Wannabe Walt
New Member
I didn't mean the roller-coaster simulate those disasters, but instead there be individual rooms (this is why it would be better as a dark ride) that have simulators, 3d cinemas, special effects, and much more to make it seem like you are actually in that type of storm. The first room could be the Hot Summer Day then it gradually get colder and colder until you are in winter, than the blizzard. The blizzard would lead to hail and sleet. After that, it could gradually get warmer until you realize you are in the Caribbean, then you see a huge hurricane coming at you. You move to South Carolina, where there is a tornado, caused by the hurricane. Then a thunderstorm starts, rain pours around the guests, lighting strikes a tree in the set and it sparks fly everywhere. Water begins to rise around the guests until finally they move onto a cliff where they can see that the land below them is now completly flooded. Suddenly, the cliff begins to shake and the rains die down. There is a massive rockslide in the distance and the cars begin to move again to get to "safer" ground. Then you are swept to the California (or Japan...I can't remember which country Tsunamis form in) coast where you see a huge wave forming then you follow the wave across the ocean, to the other country/state and watch it hit and destroy everything in its path.
What do you think? It needs work, but its just a rough draft.
What do you think? It needs work, but its just a rough draft.
Walt: Your idea would be better kinda like Imagination in a way.
Figment Dream: Basically, my ideas would be more Six Flags oriented but when your my age you think more about thrills.
Figment Dream: Basically, my ideas would be more Six Flags oriented but when your my age you think more about thrills.
imagineer99
New Member
FigmentDream said:
I thought the same thing...
No imagination at all.
I think that a weather pavillion attraction would be better suited for a BRAND NEW ride system.
I picture a track based system that can attach to either the top or bottom of the vehicles depending on the room that it is entering. So, riders could glide over a fresh snow fall (track on the bottom) as animatronic kids have a snowball fight around you. Then, the track would switch to the top of the vehicles as you glide over a glorious sunset in a country setting.
The vehicles would be gyroscopic in nature. Thus, for some more "thrilling" aspects of the ride, guests woulld be thrust into the dangers of weather. Hurricanes, a tornado, and a climatic dive into a simulated tsunami would all be very realistic, using enviromental effects and motion simulated movement of the vehicles.
The ride would be consistently narrated. Guests would start out starring into a black abyss. All of a sudden, a small television set would illuminate. The "daily" weather report would be shown. Then, other television sets would illuminate into a giant wall in front of the guests. Weather reports would be shown from all across the world. Guests would be make the connection from how they perceive the world of weather, and it's much greater significance to the world.
The ride vehicles would glide into room after room as the narrator would explain how weather effects our daily lives. The narrator would also explain the scientific background behind different types of weather. A rainy day, a snow covered suburb (as previously described), and a sunny glide over a countryside would all be presented.
This would develop into the "thrill" part of the attraction. Guests would be shown the dangerous side of weather. The gyroscopic nature of the vehicles would give the vehicles 360 degrees of motion. As the guests clear the tsunami, they would be shown the future of meteoroligical technology (advance watch centers, satellites, and other technology).
The track would once again shift to it's overhead position, as guests would glide over a landscape at sunset. The musical score would build as the narrator would conclude that "the sky is truly the limit to our imagination."
All the non-thrill based show scenes would be INCREDIBLY detailed. Advanced animatronics would adorn each one, along with many cool effects. The thrill based parts would be both disorienting and chaotic. Many effects such as water, heat, wold be used here.
I have many other ideas. I would love to develop the more. Unfortunately time NEVER presents itself
FigmentDream
Member
Shelmerdine72 said:
Huh? What does age or thrills have anything to do with a story?
Tower of Terror has an amazing story from start to finish and is very thrilling, "thrill" is no excuse for not themeing something, you can have a story and thrill.
This is an Imagineering board, which would infer that the posts here would be about developing ones own ideas about theme parks and theme park attractions.
Not trying to get on your case ( and sorry if you think I am), but just letting you know what people are expecting and what is usually posted around here......
(BTW speaking of Weather Pavillions......
(Weather Works was my brain child, I also did some work on the script and concepts for Weatherific!, although none of it ever got put on the site)
I will work an a more-imaginated idea, Animal kingdom would be where it would be.
Wannabe Walt
New Member
Um...any new ideas anyone? Hasn't been a post for a month now!
WeLComeHomE OKW
Active Member
Weather...?
I think its an interesting idea, i agree that its more six flags, but even six flags as more situation coasters, and test track does test different weather stations, as well as station cool and wat not, been there done that, i think its interesting, but thats about where it ends in my mind, wat about something related to hercules, like with zeus and the whole lightning bolt, maybe it could add some new spizasss to MK, or maybe if u wanted to theme it for EPCOT, it could be some kind of water ride, not to take away from the water parks, but it could be in the whole transportation center like MISSION SPACE, and TEST TRACK, you could try to transform it into a 20000 leagues type thing, but more adventure, and high tech maybe revolved around atlantis, or Hurricanes, lol, since thats quite popular and prob wont go away, that could be innovative dealing iwht new under water techniques with the "rollar coaster", idk, i just think weather is way to vague for any theme park, hence the name theme, i mean if weather channel was makina theme park that would be kuul, think further into movie themes, i mean i think the whole wather thing could work in EPCOT, but it couldnt be a coaster like ppl were sayin, maybe u could put in some crazy story
like "you are about to embark on a journey to find the missing titanic stone"
lol :lol: idk, something crazy...., work on ideas, movie themes, more in detail thoughts on journey in rollar coaster, write a story like figmant said,
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I think its an interesting idea, i agree that its more six flags, but even six flags as more situation coasters, and test track does test different weather stations, as well as station cool and wat not, been there done that, i think its interesting, but thats about where it ends in my mind, wat about something related to hercules, like with zeus and the whole lightning bolt, maybe it could add some new spizasss to MK, or maybe if u wanted to theme it for EPCOT, it could be some kind of water ride, not to take away from the water parks, but it could be in the whole transportation center like MISSION SPACE, and TEST TRACK, you could try to transform it into a 20000 leagues type thing, but more adventure, and high tech maybe revolved around atlantis, or Hurricanes, lol, since thats quite popular and prob wont go away, that could be innovative dealing iwht new under water techniques with the "rollar coaster", idk, i just think weather is way to vague for any theme park, hence the name theme, i mean if weather channel was makina theme park that would be kuul, think further into movie themes, i mean i think the whole wather thing could work in EPCOT, but it couldnt be a coaster like ppl were sayin, maybe u could put in some crazy story
like "you are about to embark on a journey to find the missing titanic stone"
lol :lol: idk, something crazy...., work on ideas, movie themes, more in detail thoughts on journey in rollar coaster, write a story like figmant said,
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AndyP
Active Member
Forgetting the original roller coaster idea and using the dark ride/new ride system theme of moving from room to room and having different weather systems in different countries and having it narrated, the story could be based on how global warming is changing our climate, so it could be excellent effects as well as educational value, perfect for epcot.
AndyP's idea sounds good, I am just reviving an old thread.