Shark Attack!
SHARK ATTACK!
Queue/Load- After entering the Dark Gorge section of Atlantica, you'll find this attraction. In the broken hull of a large ship, you'll find the entrance into Shark Attack! Guests enter the broken hull of a ship. Once inside, the reflection of rippling water echoes against the wooden walls of the ship. All around, seawead and coral moss sprout from the floor. One of the most intense rides at the resort! It has a similar style to Dinosaur! and the vehicles share the same style of movement.
After entering the broken hull, the rippling rays of water are projected onto the walls of the wooden ship and onto sandy floor of the ocean. Scattered about the hull are many human items that have once been lost. Some of these items include, a dinglehopper, standing on a pedestal, a canon, a ticking grandfather clock, and even a music box, which occasionally plays Part of Your World, sending the beautiful music box chimes echoing eerily across the room.
Towards the end of the queue, guests board the loading dock, where they board sunken shipwrecks (The.ships are built like the Dinosaur! vehicles. So the ships aren't actually floating, instead each vehicle literally had the ship built around it.) Guests arrive at the loading station and set off.
The Open Sea- The ship moves out of the broken hull and into the large, open sea. The room is filled with fog and projected with a blue, shimmering light. Scenery is very minimal, due to the fact that there isn't a lot to see through the thick for. However, if you look close enough, you may be able to spot a Hidden Mickey, made of stone, lying in the oceanbed.
The Sunken Ship- The ship enters into a gaping hole on the side of a sunken ship. The ship is identically remodled after the one seen in The Little Mermaid. The ship moves past a large broken window, which is actually a video screen in disguise. As the ship passes the window, a large shark happens to prop its’ way into the window. Thankfully, the shark is too big and relentlessly exits the window, waiting for the guests to leave the ship.
Shark Chase- Now, the intense part of the ride kicks in! For the remainder of the attraction, you are faced against the large white shark seen in the movie…and this thing is scary! This section of the ride makes heavy use of smoke machines and lighting effects. As you exit the other side of the large ship, the shark is waiting right there for you!! The vehicle kicks into gear and you high-tail it out of there!
The ship shakes the riders back and forth in an uneasy motion. You continue onward before seeing the shark crash through the wall beside you! The ship springs forward and dips the passengers down into a dark coral valley. Here, only darkness is visible. The ship moves through the room in silence for a few seconds. Suddenly, the roar of the large shark comes from behind you! The vehicles rapidly ascend into the Ship Graveyard. Here an enhanced shark animatronic, suspended on a Kuka arm, chase the guests. The vehicles rapidly swim (well, drive) through the hole of a large anchor, before passing through a cavern. From behind, you hear the large shark get stuck in the anchor.
Unload- You move through the cavern, before the scene opens to the large shark that is stuck in the anchor. He snaps wildly, as the vehicles pass by. The ships move out of the cavern and into the unloading dock, where the guests exit the attraction.