Tokyo Subway Rollercoaster

[PeterAlt]

Years ago, Disney showed concept art for an expansion of Japan at EC that would have consisted of a Giza entertainment district and a rollercoaster called Mt. Fuji. The concept art for Mt. Fuji showed a rollercoaster inside a replica of Mt. Fiji going in a chaotic zig zag tangled mess of track. I always wondered what kind of special effects riders would see if not complete darkness, but that has nothing to do with this post.

Anywho, those that know me here know that I have an interest in urban mass transit systems. Today, while researching the Tokyo subway system, I found this:

http://japanesetease.net/tokyo-arteria-tokyos-underground-map-as-a-vivid-3d-model/

The Tokyo subway consists of lines that are part of the public system, plus many privately-owned systems. Most maps of the Tokyo subway only show the public system. If you include the private systems, the map gets extremely complicated. Lines criss-cross each other on various levels of vertical depth, never actually intersecting.

Any way, the link above shows the system in three dimensions and you can see what I mean. When I saw this, I was immediately reminded of the concept art for the Mt. Fuji rollercoaster and its chaotic zig-zagging complicated mess of track. The difference is the Tokyo subway is really real and under Tokyo, while nothing really exists inside of Mt. Fuji. A Tokyo subway rollercoaster, ironically is the same idea as Mt. Fuji but based on a real "world" that's really beneath the streets of Tokyo rather than a fiction world inside a Japanese real mountain!

There's so much that can be done creative wise on this idea that I will just shut up and let everyone imagine the possibilities...

 

[Omegadiz]

It is,without a doubt , an ingesting take. I actually like the idea because its fresh, however I have a few gripes. Fr the most part Epcot is symmetrical, and even though the Matterhorn was proposed once before, I still think it would seem pretty weird to have a random looming mountain in the back. The idea is great though! I just, on a personal level see it for epcot or taking place inside a mountain. Now something with the same concept for maybe another resort like HKDL's second gate, or somewhere in the mess that is Paris would be very cool themed to the New York Subway system with maybe 3 dueling coasters based on different subway lines. In case you were wondering what kind of show building this would work with, it would be in an area with a themed NY skyline so the actual ride would take place in a near by building with a high rise facade.

 

[PeterAlt]

It is,without a doubt , an ingesting take. I actually like the idea because its fresh, however I have a few gripes. Fr the most part Epcot is symmetrical, and even though the Matterhorn was proposed once before, I still think it would seem pretty weird to have a random looming mountain in the back. The idea is great though! I just, on a personal level see it for epcot or taking place inside a mountain. Now something with the same concept for maybe another resort like HKDL's second gate, or somewhere in the mess that is Paris would be very cool themed to the New York Subway system with maybe 3 dueling coasters based on different subway lines. In case you were wondering what kind of show building this would work with, it would be in an area with a themed NY skyline so the actual ride would take place in a near by building with a high rise facade.

My idea would NOT be the Mt. Fuji as WDI proposed. Since my idea is the subway, the ride would be hidden out of view in a show building, with an illusion of going underground.

 

[Omegadiz]

My idea would NOT be the Mt. Fuji as WDI proposed. Since my idea is the subway, the ride would be hidden out of view in a show building, with an illusion of going underground.

oh. Sorry, i think i just misread or read your original post too fast.