Theme Park Apprentice: Challenge 8

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Omnidroid Attack- This thrill ride is a "Dumbo on steroids". Riders tumble and spin around on the Omnidroids arms over 50 feet in the sky as the life-sized robot comes to life through animatronics and other special effects. While you can control your vehicle, the robot occasionally overrides as part of the story, occasionally going on its own random route!

Incredible Spin!- This Mauerer Sohne Spinning Coaster features the same layout as Crush's Coaster in Disneyland Paris all themed to The Incredibles with the same story line as the movie. The pre-show features the lab where "that one little woman" gives you your misssion all while showing off her latest suites and all. Then you entire the ride as you spin your way trhough to stop Syndrome once and for all!

The Attack- In this show, The Omnidroid Attack attraction comes to life. The spherical head put on a show (if the arms went along, the riders would be on one heck of a ride), shooting red laser beams from its eye as Syndrome tries to take over the world. But never fear, the Incredibles are here to save you all!

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IncreDiner- This sit down service restaurant features all American food including many kids favorites all theme dto the incredibles!

Syndrome's Snacks- This villainous, quick service stop features delectable sweets and snacks.

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Spiderman VS Venom- On this Vekoma Dueling Coaster (Exact Layout and colors of Battlestar Galactica at Universal Studios Singapore) Choose your side as you take this archenemy battle to all new heights!

Tower of DOOM- You are all invited to Doctor Doom's menacing castle for a ball- of course this is so until you arrive. Dr. Doom easily captures the guests and forces them into his latest contraption (in reality, a HUSS Giant Top Spin). Once you board the ride, you are quickly spun through pitch black darkness before tumbling past fire, water, and fog effects. Then the contraption stops at the very top and becomes a show as riders watch The Fantastic Four stop Dr. Doom right before them on a giant screen. The ride then goes tumbling once more through darkness until it ends at the bottom where the Fantastic Four thank you for helping them stop Dr. Doom.

Iron Man: The Ride- This attraction is very similar to Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey. The first preshow has visitors at the Stark Expo, where Tony Stark himself arrives (as shown at the end of the video three posts above) as Iron Man for a great show. The show soon turns wrong as War Machine and the other robots turn on the entire Expo and Iron Man. Then riders board, "entering their own Iron Man suits" to help Iron Man fix everything. Riders are then on for the ride of their life as they are propelled through the World of Iron Man simulated on screens and through animatronics, fog, fire, lasers, light, and more.

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MARVEL Comics- This would be the world's largest comic book store, featuring everything from comics to other MARVEL merchandise.

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Spidy Stop- This quick service stop is where the arachnid man's favorite place to get snacks!

Thor's Hammerburgers- This sit down restaurant features all sorts of grilled foods such as hot dogs, hamburgers, tantalizing ribs, steaks, and more!

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Star Tours II- Who says Star Tours II is going into the former Star Tours location? This amazing attraction will be much like the first, except in 3-D and with three different beginnings, middles, and ends to guarantee a different experience every time!

The FORCE- Think California Screamin' but faster, taller, maybe even longer, and decked out with Star Wars themed vehicles, a pumping soundtrack, lights, fog, and more to put this coaster at the top of many lists.

Jedi Training Academy- Okay, so this has been at Disneyland and DHS for a while, but now it has moved here. This time though, guests of all ages will have fun as a totally new show with all new effects and a new story line.

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Star Shop- Here fans can buy all kinds of Star Wars merchandise as well as buy their on-ride photos from The FORCE.

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Chewie's- This sit down restaurant features all sorts of star-wars themed meals complete with a visit from the chef- Chewbacca!

Yoda's Yogurt- Here you can buy all kinds frozen yogurts: Star Wars style!

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Avatar: The Ride- The fans can't get enough from this attraction I created from a couple rounds ago. Pandora is in dire need of help and it is up to you to save their planet.

Na'vi River Rapids- This rapids ride is sure to knock Kali River Rapids and Grizzly River Run off the top of the list as the amazing beauty of Pandora is brought to life on this fun raft ride.

Avatar: The Spectacular!- This show features amazing actors, visual effects, and more as guests relive the great movie.

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Pandora Place- Here you can buy all sorts of Avatar merchandise.

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Eywa Eatery- This sit down restaurant features Avatar themed cuisine.

Neytiri's- This quick service stop features "Pandoran" snacks.

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Hercules: The Legend- This Mack Water Coaster takes riders from the depths of the Underworld to the heights of Olympus as the riders embark on an adventure through the tales of Hercules- ending with a 100 foot plunge into water.

Philoctetes Phling- This Tea cup style ride is themed to the trainer of Hercules himself!

Battle of the Hydra- This epic show features Hercules as he battles a giant animatronic version of the multi-headed hydra from the movie. Will Hercules succeed as usual or will he perish?

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Olympus Outfitters- Here you can buy all sorts of Hercules merchandise.

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Herk's- This quick service restaurant features amazing snacks.

Pizza of the Gods- This sit down restaurant feature exactly what the name says: Pizza so delicious the gods dine on it!

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Prince of Persia: Sands of Time- This simulator (much like the Simpson's Ride with the IMAX screen) takes riders on an adventure through Persia as riders help protect the dagger from evil.

Prince of Persia Epic Stunt Spectacular- This stunt show much to the likes of Indiana Jones is quite the spectacle as Prince Dustin jumps buildings and escape danger.

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The Flea Market- This amazingly Persian themed shopping area boarders the streets of the entire land where you can buy all sorts of Persian merchandise.

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Princess Tamina's Persian Restaurant- Here you can dine on amazing Persian food, and don't worry, there is a kids menu if one's stomach can't suffice devouring Persian food!

Dustin's Donuts- Donuts in Persia? Hey, why not, especially when this quick service stop delivers some of the best donuts around!

EPIC: A Nighttime Spectacular- What better a way to finish off your day at Disney HERO Park than with a bang? This nighttime show will deliver a show full of fireworks, water screens, mist, fountains, lasers, and other special effects. What more? This show will practically dwarf all other in Walt Disney World.

This area is all about the dunes and rocks. once you enter, you can't see anything else around. you're practicaly lost, and yet there's a path. due to the lack of shade aside from the outpost, oasis, and attractions, the walking area is small.

Attractions:
-Indiana Jones and the Metal of the Sky-a small roller coaster with wide single cars holding 20 people each. This takes you around the Desert and through caves racing against Belloq to find a precious metal.
-Desert Storm- this spinner first starts low until the the ride really picks up. in speed and height.
-Aladin-this dark ride travels to the cave with 40 others. Any guesses of who?
Restaurants:
-Oasis-a nice sit down restaurant with unique food from the desert.
-Outpost Restaurant- a simple counter service place
Shops:
-Outpost Store- a store with necessities from the middle of the desert
-the Cave's Treasures-treasures from Aladin

next up (or maybe next week) the Grasslands

Former Contestants: Make sure to please send me a message with your vote since we are keeping it annonymous!

EDIT: Of course if Anthony and I voted, we would have to vote for each other (wouldn't be very fair if we voted for our own), so maybe we shouldn't. (You probably already had that figured out and I just missed it). Anyway, Good night everyone, and Go Celtics! I mean Go Lakers, as every team I cheer for looses!

And what's with the centering on the website??

A few notes however, next season will probably start June 21st. Two Contestants will be eliminated instad of 1, due to the contraint with the theme. Plus this is a big time consumer for me. But the lack of available challenges relating to water is my biggest concern, but I'm working on as many as I can presently. Once we reach the Top 4 or Top 3, depending if we have an even or odd number of contestants, one will be eliminated that week

Also, yours truly would like to join in on the fun. Since i've decided against deciding the eliminations myself, I may decide to join the competition while retaining your mc position. But, we will see how much time i really have for that!

^Dan, you make a good point! I may decide to post a poll once we are done, but it will not affect the results in any way. The results will stand by the votes of the contestants and myself.

Finally, this just in. The current score is 3-2. I will not reveal who is in the lead, or who has voted so far.

The vote is unfortunately tied at 3-3. I haven't heard anything from Kevin Smith, the only remaining contestant. I will email him once more, and hope that he replies. Otherwise, We will have to go to some sort of tiebreaker. We may not be doing this finale voting next season, as it may be hard for everyone to return a vote on a timely notice.

Nick: Strange choice of lands. Not innovative in a few of the attraction. Bad choice in icon. Too many thrills. Would never use avatar. More potential, could have been better. Great presentation. Capitalized on Marvel acquisition.

Anthony: Incomplete attractions. Bad use of flat and midway rides. Carnival Atmosphere. Would be better as half park or add-on. Would only change 2 things. Original and deep story line. Great theme. Good music choice. Loved reusing submarine ride. Innovative.

LOL, its all good! I think my break from the TPI community is apparent here since many of these attractions take inspiration from DCA, a park, while everybody likes to hate on the site, I love it. Seriously, it was great the last time I was there.

But we are negative all around! Why all of the sudden with the comments? Coming up with five solid lands was a bit of a challenge for me. You can probably guess which ones were my first choices :)

I'm not implying anyone here dislikes either of you or your ideas, but you had to expect negative comments. Nick had six criticisms and two compliments, while Anthony had four criticisms and five compliments. I'd say that's a pretty good ratio for a final product. Recall this is a theme park you're designing, not an arcade or a playground. There's a lot to be considered, far too much for one person to handle. I think you should be happy you made it this far and received the constructive criticisms and compliments you did. In fact, I'm sure some of the other contestants, including myself, would have appreciated this much feedback on our ideas. You learn from your mistakes.

UPDATE: We will be turning to the poll for our tiebreaker. Sorry guys for the delay, we shall have our 1st ever Winner of TPI Apprentice by Thursday or Friday!

Anthony, I love the concept and think this could be the most marketable to Disney. It has a theme that has been explored a little bit at DHS, but could use its own park. I will review each land.
The entrance was well thought out and fit well within the park.

Fantasia: I loved the ride choices; however, it kept me wanting more. I would have liked to see you implement the Fantasia Gardens ride that would incorporate the Pastoral Symphony and Dance of the Hours. I can see why others would be left out such as The Rite of Spring or The Nutcracker Suite, as their inability to fit in well with the theme. The two choices from Fantasia 2000 would wonderful in this land.

Blues/Jazz: My favorite of your lands. Using the Princess and the Frog was wonderful in this land! I also liked the Chicago Blues Coaster and the Dueling Pianos. It worked very well as a combo of Disney and New rides.

Rock: Another great land! Great music choices! I can’t help but wish Rock n Roller Coaster was built here instead. Excellent ideas implemented in this land, especially the use of the submarine ride!

Silly Symphonies: I thought the show sounded a bit broad, but the rides were good! Would have liked you to use the Music Land short.

Pop: It sounded very generic and Un-Disney. I would have liked to see AI Experience here. Radio Disney would not interest me in particular, but was a good choice. And Poppin’ coaster, well wasn’t my favorite idea. The theme sounded like a knockoff of Universal’s Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit.

Nighttime Show: I would have liked to have known the music implemented in this show. It may have been best suited to one song, as Hard Rock Park's Bohemian Rhapsody was.

In conclusion, I loved the theme and most of the lands. There was a few choices that could have been used here, that you failed to use in the park, but great job all in all. The park was very original and kept to originality. I would have liked to have seen a country themed land and a further expansion in Fantasia.

Incredibles City: I liked it, but thought it focussed alot on the Omnidroid. I guess you would have more ideas though if there was an Incredibles 2. I didn't like that you reused Crush's Coaster here, it struck me as unoriginal. I thought Anthony's 4D show would have worked very good in this land.

Marvel Studios: Throughly enjoyed capitalization on Marvel acquisition. It was great and gave building this park meaning. Again, you made Iron Man similar to Harry Potter, though. And the Spiderman Coaster was the same as the Battlestar Galasctica coaster. I loved the Fantastic 4 Ride!

Coruscount: I didn't think this was needed at all. Star Wars is at DHS, and doesn't need its own land. It was unoriginal, and again with The Force Coaster comparison to California Screamin.

Pandora: My favorite land, but highly unlikely to be acquired by Disney. I liked all of the attraction selections.

Olympus: My favorite land! Excellent theme, and great rides. Loved the use of Hercules Finally! The Water Coaster sounded like a great experience!

Persia: The movie isn't doing as well as Disney hoped. I thought the attractions were good, but were compared to other attractions again.

In conclusion, the theme was great, but didn't live up to its potential. I disliked the originality that I know your capable of. Another problem is that the themes are so specific to one movie or franchsie. What happens if these attractions are hated? The lands would most likely have to be completely rethemed, which is not Disney's objective.

The other challenge I had, because I didn't want to be considered at an advantage, was the moving of already established attractions at a Disney Park for my park. Of course, Rockin Roller Coaster would fit perfectly to my park along with the American Idol Experience and the Silly Symphony Swings.

It really doesn't matter! Win or lose, it was fun to see what others came up with! I had a blast and can't wait for next season!

So all in all, I feel I did alright. Any comparisons to other attractions already around was to give an image for the people to see. If you went to the park (of course if it was actually real), you would not find much simularity between Crush Coaster and the Incredibles Coaster (the layout, being the only thing similar, is in the dark and you are spinning!) The Iron Man coaster is similar to Harry Potter, but its theming is what makes it unique, and I did not feel an Iron Man themed S&S 4th Dimension monster fit into Disney.

Coruscount I put in, because there is such a large fan base for Star Wars, it is very marketable. I felt it deserved a whole park, but I didn't think that would get me very far in this competition. The FORCE Coaster is similar to California Screamin' only in track type. Unique layout, theme, effects, music, etc.

Pandora obviously will never be bought by Disney (though I hope Universal buys into it!) But how can you not impliment a movie that so many have seen and come to like so much. It almost won best picture, and even you were convinced of the attractions being nice! ;D

Thanks for your comments on Olympus. I really felt this was perfect for the park, surprised Disney hasn't used Hercules yet. The show is also much more spectacular than I described, but it was getting late. :D

I guess I must have missed the mark on Persia. While the theming and attractions sound like were a success, I had thought this was a wonderful movie. I guess I forgot there has never been a movie I have disliked and that it might not have been as good as I thought for others. :)

And I was quite surprised in the beginning about the HERO: An Epic History. I came up with it last minute actually. But the more I thought about it, the more I was proud to have come up with an idea to respect and give back to the heroes in real life as well as entertain with some of the superheroes America has come to know and love!

I love your concept. Now that Freestyle Music Park is near gone, you have taken the musical concept and added the Disney touch.

Fantasia: I actually really enjoyed the flume ride. Every time I have ever heard of the Sorcerer's Apprentice being brought up as an attraction, I have felt a bit split whether I agree with the decision. But I think you met the mark with this ride! I also enjoyed the Firebird coaster. I have always remembered this part of Fantasia in particular and have always felt it deserves more recognition.

Blues/Jazz: I also like the Princess and the Frog attraction. The only thing I did not understand was the Chicago theming of the coaster, but honestly, the ride sounds great! I would ride any coaster any day!

Rock Lagoon: I loved this land too, especially the play on words for each attraction. I can totally picture the giant record wheel in the sky and the Yellow submarines too!

Silly Symphonies: Unique idea on the dueling swings rides. I liked it! Silly Symphonies 4D sounds WILD and the Three Little Pigs dark ride matches Disney perfectly!

Pop: I liked this land. I felt the coaster was great, but I understand the difficulty you probably had with this land. The nighttime show sounds spectacular!

So all and all, this park is great. It fits the Disney theme and surely is giving my park a run for its money. The one thing that is hardest to compete with is your imaginative descriptions. I spent hours trying to match your descriptive quality for my rides alone.

Maybe I shouldn't be helping "the enemy" but I feel someone needs some good comments. I mean you can't expect the same kind of detail we put in to our previous SINGLE rides to work for every single little attraction. I felt both Anthony and I did well for coming up with somewhere around 24 attractions, 5-6 shops, and 10 restaurants! Generally that is something that takes Imagineers some months and years. Just saying...

EDIT: Also to Tim and other past contenders who gave constructive criticism, don't take any of this as an attack towards you, I just wanted to give my comments for Anthony and explain my park a bit. that is all, no harm no foul. :)

The names seem much more clever and it would be a park I would greatly enjoy since I am a little saddened to see Disney, mostly Magic Kingdom style parks, turn into princess central. I come from a family of all boys so we would definaly have liked this one! I also felt that it was similar in some ways to the Lost Continent, my favorite land until Harry Potter gave them the eviction slip!

I agree! Star Wars needs its own land for the simple fact of "Star Wars Weekends" could really expand into something bigger and better not possible at DHS!

Call me cheering for the enemy, but I like Nick's alot! Why not use Pandora to whoever made this comment?

I have been very impressed with everybody's submissions though!

Also Tim, looks like you will need a thread for the final results all together as this one is about to be archived.