Top 10 most technologically advanced Disney rides in the world?

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retroeric

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What attractions would make this list? You don't have to rank them in order unless you want. Just name 10 and you can include the overseas Disney rides as well.
 
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bhg469

bhg469

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Mission space
Test track
ToT
Tough to be a bug
EE
RnRC

All pretty advanced, i would conside mission space the top though. Its unlike anything around.
 
marni1971

marni1971

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Spaceship Earth (any version)
Universe of Energy (if you know all the details of how the attraction operates)
Both the original JII & Test Track were way ahead of their time
Orlandos ToT
the EMV (Indy DLC and Dinosaur DAK)
Poohs Honey Hunt TDL
Space Mountain DLP (either version)
The American Adventure (for reasons see the UoE)
Armageddon WDSP
 
WDWFREAK53

WDWFREAK53

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marni1971 said:
Spaceship Earth (any version)
Universe of Energy (if you know all the details of how the attraction operates)
Both the original JII & Test Track were way ahead of their time
Orlandos ToT
the EMV (Indy DLC and Dinosaur DAK)
Poohs Honey Hunt TDL
Space Mountain DLP (either version)
The American Adventure (for reasons see the UoE)
Armageddon WDSP
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I didn't even know Armageddon was a ride...I thought it was a show :lol:

What is it like? Anything we have over here?
 
hokielutz

hokielutz

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Expedition Everest
UOEnergy
Test Track
Tower of Terror
EMV from Dino & Indy
Mission Space
The American Adventure
philharmagic
Splash Mountain
Toy Story Mania (coming soon)

This list is based on my limited knowledge and only North America experience at Disney.
 
marni1971

marni1971

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WDWFREAK53 said:
I didn't even know Armageddon was a ride...I thought it was a show :lol:

What is it like? Anything we have over here?
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Yeah yeah.... so`s The Am Ad! And both are far superior from a technology standpoint to Everest - though good, DAKs mountain offers nothing new.

Armageddon is a show in the round - a group of 40-50 guests at a time enter a replica of the MIR Space Station control room. The doors close, the lights dim, the show begins. The computer picks up meteors on radar. They get closer. Hi Def screens open in the walls representing windows. We see them hit the station. Pipes burst. Smoke spews from them and through the floor. Bits of ceiling collapse. A corridor leading off from control bursts into flames (with an air curtain to protect the guests) - the same safety technology is also in the finale, when the entire centre of the room bursts into flames (as the floor drops (!) and the lights go out)

What is the most advanced part of the show is what guests can see but can`t understand. An airlock blows out, spewing sparks all over. The sparks, and smoke from the ruptured ceiling pipes, flow out of the airlock and into space beyond. Stand nearby, and you feel the wind rushing past you as the air `escapes` into `space` - before the emmergency door closes. Here`s the clever bit. The entire main show space in a vacum chamber. You enter through 2 sets of double doors for a reason. As the show begins, the air pressure inside the chamber is increased, and the pressure in the intermediate room surrounding the show space is decreased. As the airlock blows, the high pressure floods into the vacum - just like it would in space. Totally real, and totally convincing.
 
palmage

palmage

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Technology only, not enjoyment.
  1. Mission Space
  2. Soarin
  3. Tower of Terror
  4. Dinosaur
  5. Everest
  6. American Experience
  7. Universe of Energy
  8. Alien
  9. Test Track
  10. Any of the 3D shows
 
kcnole

kcnole

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What is the most advanced part of the show is what guests can see but can`t understand. An airlock blows out, spewing sparks all over. The sparks, and smoke from the ruptured ceiling pipes, flow out of the airlock and into space beyond. Stand nearby, and you feel the wind rushing past you as the air `escapes` into `space` - before the emmergency door closes. Here`s the clever bit. The entire main show space in a vacum chamber. You enter through 2 sets of double doors for a reason. As the show begins, the air pressure inside the chamber is increased, and the pressure in the intermediate room surrounding the show space is decreased. As the airlock blows, the high pressure floods into the vacum - just like it would in space. Totally real, and totally convincing.
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Wow, that actually sounds fairly cool. I've always been told it was an awful attraction but that sounds nice. (A similar concept, but more advanced to what Universal does with Twister and Backdraft). I'd actually like to see something like that here.
 
alpop

alpop

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Space Mountain (DLRP - Version 1)
Rock n Rollercoater (WDW)
Phantom Manor (DLRP)
It's Tough to be a bug
Test Track
Soarin
Dinosaur

They are the ones that stand out for me.
 
EpcotServo

EpcotServo

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My list...

1: Mission: SPACE

2: Universe of Energy

3:Soarin'

4:Indiana Jones Adventure-Temple of the Forbidden Eye

5: Expedition Everest-Legend of the Forbidden Mountain
 
Fun2BFree

Fun2BFree

Active Member
marni1971 said:
Yeah yeah.... so`s The Am Ad! And both are far superior from a technology standpoint to Everest - though good, DAKs mountain offers nothing new.

Armageddon is a show in the round - a group of 40-50 guests at a time enter a replica of the MIR Space Station control room. The doors close, the lights dim, the show begins. The computer picks up meteors on radar. They get closer. Hi Def screens open in the walls representing windows. We see them hit the station. Pipes burst. Smoke spews from them and through the floor. Bits of ceiling collapse. A corridor leading off from control bursts into flames (with an air curtain to protect the guests) - the same safety technology is also in the finale, when the entire centre of the room bursts into flames (as the floor drops (!) and the lights go out)

What is the most advanced part of the show is what guests can see but can`t understand. An airlock blows out, spewing sparks all over. The sparks, and smoke from the ruptured ceiling pipes, flow out of the airlock and into space beyond. Stand nearby, and you feel the wind rushing past you as the air `escapes` into `space` - before the emmergency door closes. Here`s the clever bit. The entire main show space in a vacum chamber. You enter through 2 sets of double doors for a reason. As the show begins, the air pressure inside the chamber is increased, and the pressure in the intermediate room surrounding the show space is decreased. As the airlock blows, the high pressure floods into the vacum - just like it would in space. Totally real, and totally convincing.
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Armageddon show at WDSP + Alien franchise = Solid new ride for DHS. Anyone with me? :lol:
 
JDM

JDM

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Nobody mentioned MONSTERS LAUGH FLOOR or TURTLE TALK!

And while not technically "rides", they are more technologically advanced than anything else I've seen.
 
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retroeric

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JDM said:
Nobody mentioned MONSTERS LAUGH FLOOR or TURTLE TALK!

And while not technically "rides", they are more technologically advanced than anything else I've seen.
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This thread is getting some surprise answers. I guess I probably should have phrased the question a little differently. Maybe not technologically advanced, but the attractions with the most complicated engineering with regards to vehicle movement, animatronics, special effects etc. I love Turtle Talk and Monsters INC, but I don't think they rival, say, Everest or Test Track in this regard.

And I'm surprised no one's mentioned Indiana Jones at DL.
 
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mpdb6

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Indy/Dinosaur
Tower of Terror(WDW)
Test Track
Journey to the Center of the Earth(TDS)
Midway Mania(The 3D interactives will be very impressive)
Pooh's Hunny Hunt(TDL)
Turtle Talk(Not a ride but pretty advanced technology)
Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage
Mission Space
Aquatopia(TDS, laser guided vehicles)
 
Tim G

Tim G

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  1. Mission Space (Orlando)
  2. Test Track (Orlando)
  3. Journey to the Center of the Earth (Tokyo)
  4. Dinosaur (Orlando) Indy (Anaheim)
  5. Space Mountain (Paris)
  6. Universe of Energy (Orlando)
  7. Poohs Honey hunt (Tokyo)
  8. Tower of Terror (all parks)
  9. Alien Encounter
  10. Journey into your Imaginations
 
JDM

JDM

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retroeric said:
This thread is getting some surprise answers. I guess I probably should have phrased the question a little differently. Maybe not technologically advanced, but the attractions with the most complicated engineering with regards to vehicle movement, animatronics, special effects etc. I love Turtle Talk and Monsters INC, but I don't think they rival, say, Everest or Test Track in this regard.
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Well, no, if that's the criteria they don't.
But Real Time Animation, in my opinion, "out-techs" any sort of ride on a track or robotics.
Just sayin'.
:)
 

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