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Why hasn't anyone licensed star trek for a park
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case88
Active Member
It was liscences by Paramounts Carowinds in Charlotte, NC for a while before Cedar Fair bought the park. They had the "Borg Flying Coaster" (Now Nighthawk) and even a "Star Trek on Ice" ice skating show. Imagine a Klingon ice skating! Other Paramount properties were used at Carowinds (Top Gun and Wayne's World which was an entire land of Carowinds).
ChrisFL
Premium Member
Universal Studios Florida had a cheesy star trek option as part of the "make your own movie" thing for a few short years.
Besides that, there was the Star Trek experience in Las Vegas which was around for several years.
Also, if you go to Kennedy Space Center, they have an exhibit which includes several Star Trek things including the original bridge and I believe the engine room from TNG
Besides that, there was the Star Trek experience in Las Vegas which was around for several years.
Also, if you go to Kennedy Space Center, they have an exhibit which includes several Star Trek things including the original bridge and I believe the engine room from TNG
Not trying to start a war I just thought with the new movies and over 50 years of things to pull from it would be a good franchise for a theme park. I didn't know they were in six flags at one time. I knew about the Saudi park but that's it
Thanks I didn't know this.
donsullivan
Premium Member
The Star Trek franchise got wrapped up in licensing structure within Viacom before it started getting busted apart in recent years. Carowinds Parks used to be called Paramount Parks and was part of Paramount Pictures which together was bought by Viacom in the late 90's and along with the amusement parks, they also operated the Star Trek Experience at the Vegas Hilton and had rights to the Star Trek content in their park properties.
Paramount Pictures built the parks group for just that purpose so they could leverage their properties in a model like disney does. It's unclear though how that licensing agreement morphed when the parks were sold to Cedar Fair a few years ago.
Paramount Pictures built the parks group for just that purpose so they could leverage their properties in a model like disney does. It's unclear though how that licensing agreement morphed when the parks were sold to Cedar Fair a few years ago.
I wouldn't call it planned, it was a little more than a blue sky concept. They had approval from Paramount, money in place, concept art and a sales pitch.
http://collider.com/star-trek-enterprise-vegas/157942/
alissafalco
Well-Known Member
A ride yes, a park no. My family did actually do the make your own Star Trek movie back in 1992. Its pretty cheesy but funny to see now.
Can we go yet?
Active Member
I would like to see a Star Tours style Kobayshi Maru from the second movie. (I think it as in the second movie, correct me if i'm wrong) 
With the new movie coming out next year I don't know why Universal won't attempt to pick up the rights if it does really well.
With the new movie coming out next year I don't know why Universal won't attempt to pick up the rights if it does really well.Star Trek: The Experience at the former Las Vegas Hilton was a fantasticly themed and executed attraction. In the end there were two motion simulator rides (the original TNG themed Klingon Encounter and the newer Voyager themed Borg Invasion 4-D), the "history of the future" in the queue area, and a recreation of Quarks bar and the promenade from DS9. My last ride was November 2007, 10 months before it closed. We rode both rides a few times, and got drinks in Quarks Bar. I still have bottles of Romulan Ale (really bad blue colored beer) at home. The whole thing was on par with what I expect from Disney - Paramount Parks did a great job. The immersion into the Star Trek universe was incredible. "Beaming" onto the transporter pad, walking through the Enterprise-D corridores, riding the turbolift, and then setting foot on the "functioning" Enterprise-D bridge (staffed with officers in uniform at their stations) brought tears to my eyes it was so beautiful. For those 10 years, the Enterprise felt real. Plus, the drinks at Quarks were dangerously good (and big).
I haven't been back to the resort that used to be the Las Vegas Hilton since they closed The Experience, and I don't have plans to. There is no draw to that part of Vegas any more. Its just another hotel now.
There are plans to re-open it...but those plans have yet to be realized. If it does, I highly recommend it. It was a great experience. It was...fun... (sorry for that cheesy reference)
I haven't been back to the resort that used to be the Las Vegas Hilton since they closed The Experience, and I don't have plans to. There is no draw to that part of Vegas any more. Its just another hotel now.
There are plans to re-open it...but those plans have yet to be realized. If it does, I highly recommend it. It was a great experience. It was...fun... (sorry for that cheesy reference)
LithiumBill
Well-Known Member
I second what Admiral said. The Vegas experience was amazing. WARP CORE BREACH was a drink that nearly landed me on my back for a two day bender...
muteki
Well-Known Member
They had a rollercoaster at Carowinds for a while, it wasn't themed toe much though. Think they had a model of the smaller spherical borg ships that it went around, but that was pretty much it. Kinda sucked because they had to stop running (or remove, my memory is hazy) Carowind's version of the Libertybelle to build it.
Growing up in the area and knowing people that worked there, it was always rumored that they would get a whole Star Trek section, but as popularity waned in the nineties it never materialized.
Growing up in the area and knowing people that worked there, it was always rumored that they would get a whole Star Trek section, but as popularity waned in the nineties it never materialized.
Florida_is_hot
Well-Known Member
Star Trek Movies never were popular ???
Does not look bad to me....... each movie net over $92 million on average. All the movies net Paramount $1,014,325,878
12/7/1979 Star Trek: The Motion Picture $11,926,421 $82,258,456 $139,000,000 $35,000,000
6/4/1982 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan $14,347,221 $79,912,963 $96,800,000 $12,000,000
6/1/1984 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock $16,673,229 $76,471,046 $87,000,000 $18,000,000
11/26/1986 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home $16,881,888 $109,713,132 $133,000,000 $24,000,000
6/9/1989 Star Trek V: The Final Frontier $17,375,648 $52,210,049 $70,200,000 $30,000,000
12/6/1991 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country $18,162,837 $74,888,996 $96,900,000 $27,000,000
11/18/1994 Star Trek: Generations $23,116,394 $75,671,262 $120,000,000 $38,000,000
11/22/1996 Star Trek: First Contact $30,716,131 $92,027,888 $150,000,000 $46,000,000
12/11/1998 Star Trek: Insurrection $22,052,836 $70,187,658 $117,800,000 $70,000,000
12/13/2002 Star Trek: Nemesis $18,513,305 $43,254,409 $67,312,826 $60,000,000
5/8/2009 Star Trek $79,204,289 $257,730,019 $385,680,446 $140,000,000
6/29/2012 Star Trek 2 - - - -
Totals $1,014,325,878 $1,463,693,272 $500,000,000
Averages $92,211,443 $133,063,025 $45,454,54
Does not look bad to me....... each movie net over $92 million on average. All the movies net Paramount $1,014,325,878
12/7/1979 Star Trek: The Motion Picture $11,926,421 $82,258,456 $139,000,000 $35,000,000
6/4/1982 Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan $14,347,221 $79,912,963 $96,800,000 $12,000,000
6/1/1984 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock $16,673,229 $76,471,046 $87,000,000 $18,000,000
11/26/1986 Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home $16,881,888 $109,713,132 $133,000,000 $24,000,000
6/9/1989 Star Trek V: The Final Frontier $17,375,648 $52,210,049 $70,200,000 $30,000,000
12/6/1991 Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country $18,162,837 $74,888,996 $96,900,000 $27,000,000
11/18/1994 Star Trek: Generations $23,116,394 $75,671,262 $120,000,000 $38,000,000
11/22/1996 Star Trek: First Contact $30,716,131 $92,027,888 $150,000,000 $46,000,000
12/11/1998 Star Trek: Insurrection $22,052,836 $70,187,658 $117,800,000 $70,000,000
12/13/2002 Star Trek: Nemesis $18,513,305 $43,254,409 $67,312,826 $60,000,000
5/8/2009 Star Trek $79,204,289 $257,730,019 $385,680,446 $140,000,000
6/29/2012 Star Trek 2 - - - -
Totals $1,014,325,878 $1,463,693,272 $500,000,000
Averages $92,211,443 $133,063,025 $45,454,54
LithiumBill
Well-Known Member
NEW Trek from JJ Abrams might spark more interest in new attractions... if the next movie does as well as the last.