The Great Movie Ride II - Main Competition Thread

[ThemeParkPriest]

Of course Dollywood gets the first major modern Vekoma coaster in the US. In retrospect that makes perfect sense and I really should have seen it coming. I think the most exciting part of this is how much it rounds out Wildwood Grove as a land. It's a really great area to walk through at night, but this will for sure be the big cornerstone the land needs and hopefully take some of the demand off of Dragon Flyer. I think the park desperately needs a proper dark ride to compliment Mystery Mine and Blazing Fury as themed experiences, but this is definitely another worthy investment. I do hope the coaster is a bit more forceful than Firechaser, which is a really fun ride with some great theming but lacked any kind of pop in the thrill department outside of the launches.

I feel bad for bailing on this comp, as it did have an excellent roster of prompts. My Lagoon trip happened to land on the Vegas coaster prompt which I would have loved to work on if the timing was better. After I got back from the trip work just got really crazy and my schedule never recovered after that. I really do think a more short term elimination-based competition work work well, as I think the structure of eliminations does add a level of interest and drama that the non elimination ones just don't. I think the pop in/pop out structure, as well intended as it is, works better in the context of larger brainstorming efforts. I've also been playing around with the idea of doing an Armchair Imagineering comp in the Prometheus style using Zoom or Streamyard. I absolutely don't want the concept of Armchair Imagineering comps to fade away, but I do think we as a collective group should be looking into ways to evolve the concept. As great of a hub as this site is, message boards are a dying art and diversifying how the games can be played could really give this community a boost. I've been wanting to bring the idea of Armchair Imagineering to the broader Facebook ORG scene for a while now.

And by the way, I for one, caught the teaser for something upcoming when you were a cohost…

 

[ThemeParkPriest]

Disney's next StoryLiving community...

The Biltmore Community Center
Asheville, NC

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Click here for details: Biltmore Community Center

It's a happy day when Rocky, the mascot of both UNC-Asheville as well the Biltmore Community Center, will be in the NCAA Basketball tournament. Maybe our work here helped them get over that bump. Anyways go Bulldogs (but moreso the Golden Eagles)!

 

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Presents....

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Introduction
Guests of Dollywood come to this remote park in the mountains of Tennessee for wholesome entertainment and the reputation the park has for its storytelling on a level akin to the upper tier Disney and Universal parks, but with the home, personal touch of a private park. Our dark ride expansion to the Wildwood Grove section of the park hopes to be in line with this philosophy.

Attraction Location

Our dark ride attraction - The Mountain Breeze - takes into account the new coaster coming to the area, located in the bright blue section in the map above. This section of the park will give us the flexibility of space for our attraction, and also add to Wildwood Grove in a capacity that will be needed as more guests flock to this section of the park for the new coaster. This will be a nice, family-friends option to offset those crowds while still being a unique attraction on its own.


Ride Map

The attraction will take inspiration from several other dark rides, in particular the layout of the canals at Shanghai Disneyland. While our attraction will be mostly an indoor boat ride akin to the Navi River Journey, this layout from above provides a unique view of how our attraction will flow in the confined space we have provided in Wildwood Grove.

The attraction will center around mysticism in the mountains, told less through narration and more through visceral experience. Akin to Navi River, this attraction will be about the atmosphere moreso than animatronics or narration - it will be about you being immersed in this imaginative forest and world that is set up through the theme of Wildwood Grove. The attraction itself will attempt to ground itself in the mysticism of Americana mountains, in order to be better immersed in Dollywood itself.

Attraction Stats
Ticket - C-Ticket
Type - Dark Ride
Height Restriction - None
Length - 5 min 25 sec
Attraction Capacity - 1,975 guests per hour

Attraction Queue

Guests meander through an enchanted forest of imagination through wooded bridges and into small cottages on their way to board the boats to begin their journey.

Ride Vehicles

The attraction vehicles will be similar in capacity and size to that of the Navi River, with a capacity of 4-6 per boat.

Attraction Ride-Through


Scene 1
Your journey begins outside as you board your boats amid the trees, hearing a mixture of pumped in bird sounds with the sounds of nature itself. The water skips along at a slow pace as you become immersed in the surrounded now from the level of the water vs standing, which provides a unique perspective of the tall timbers that surround you and the natural air that you breathe. Your boat begins its journey by turning left and going deep into the forest.

Scene 2

Now you enter the dark ride portion as whatever time of day it is outside suddenly turns to nighttime along the mountain river as you coast along your journey. Once your boat goes inside the dark ride show building, you continue to trek along, now hearing crickets and sounds of nighttime animals as you continue along as see the full moon in the distance as a howl can be heard from far away.

Scene 3
Guests encounter more mystical creatures now. Guests encounter a unicorn to their left in animatronic form, glowing white against the night-sky. This immersion begins to have the guests ponder what type of forest they are being immersed in.

Scene 4
The unicorn gives way to glow-in the dark butterflies as the piano music swells around you.

Guests see these glowing creatures from all sides of the boat and continue to go deeper into a cave of butterflies.

Scene 5
Guests begin hearing the crescendo of the music as the butterflies move around them, creating a sensory overload experience.

Scene 6
Guests see sparkles in the distance as luminescent rain begins to float onto the mountainside.

Scene 7

The forest is aglow in neon lights as you reach the peak of the mystical forest and then begin to exit back to the unload area.

Conclusion
We hope you've enjoyed this trip through the forests of Dollywood.​

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