By the way each round lasts 10 days (less if everyone finishes early), and each poll (that sees who moves on) will last 2 days. This challenge ends on Sunday, January 16th. I will be giving reviews to each player so you know what I thought of it. Good luck!
Intro: Coming Soon to Toon Town in Disneyland, California is “Dog-gone Maddness”. Dog lovers can unite at the new dark ride experience celebrating the dogs of Disney. Disney has made movies about quite a few loveable pooches. They include 101 Dalmatians, Oliver and Company, Lady and the Tramp, and Bolt. This ride will take you on an adventure to rescue the dogs of Disney.
Ride Specs: The ride will be about 2.5 minutes in length. It will be a generally mild moving, classic dark ride with modern touches. The ride vehicles will be rounded, and shaped like dog bowls. They will accommodate up to four guests per dog bowl. As with the Snow White’s Scary Adventures Dark Ride, each dog bowl will feature the name of a famous Disney dog on the front of it.
Scene 1: A Welcome by Goofy
This scene will be the opening of the ride. It will take place in the dog pound where the evil Pete has captured a number of Disney’s famous dogs. Overhead, you will hear Goofy’s voice asking you to help rescue the dogs and reunite them with their owners. However, he warns you, that you will encounter troubles on your path to rescue the dogs. You then enter your dog bowl and are off on the ride to save the dogs.
Scene 2: The Dog Pound
The first thing you see is the evil dogcatcher Pete, saying that you will never free the dogs. Well fortunately, it does not take much to distract him. You startle him and his keys fall to the floor, and you then free the dogs that are all in the cages. The cages will briefly open, and the dogs including Pongo, Perdita, Tramp, Lady, Bolt, and Dodger all escape. But unfortunately your adventure does not stop there.
Scene 3: The De Vil Capture
As you approach the doors to the next scene, you start to hear some familiar music. “Cruella De Vil, Cruella De Vil, if she doesn’t scare you, no evil thing will…” It seems that Cruella De Vil was just waiting for these dogs to be let free. She lures the dogs into Horace and Jasper’s van with Canine Crunchies. However, as you enter the next scene, you see that Goofy is driving the car!
Scene 4: Bolt’s Home
It seems that these dogs have been taken from all of the world. You begin your journey by visiting Hollywood to drop off Bolt with his owner, Penny. She thanks you for your courage and “I thought I Lost You” is heard in the background. Seen is Penny petting and welcoming home Bolt.
Scene 5: Lady and Tramp’s Home
The next stop on the voyage home is in Connecticut. Lady And Tramp are both dropped off and reunited with their family. They are then seen having a romantic spaghetti dinner to the sounds of “Bella Note”.
Scene 6: Dodger’s Home
In this scene, you start your journey across the country to NYC. But when you get there, you see the evil Sykes has taken Dodger’s friends captive. Dodger jumps to the rescue with the help of the other dogs, and sends Sykes into the Hudson River. The dogs free Tito, Georgette, Einstein, and Francis. They are then reunited and are seen at a party with Fagin, Oliver, and Jenny. “Why Should I Worry” is heard in the background.
Scene 7: Pongo and Perdita’s Home
For this scene, you start by hearing boats at New York Harbor, and then enter a tunnel. In this tunnel, you are surrounded by screens, similar to the Fantasia sequence in the great movie ride. On the screens there are a number of boats and plenty of water. This is your passage way into London. It is very snowy, and you then see a red car getting closer to you. It is Cruella again, but she skids into the snow, and you get away. You then make it to the Radcliffe Family farm, where Pongo and Perdita are reunited with their 99 children. The song “Dalmatian Plantation” is heard in the background.
Scene 8: Return
In the final scene, you return to Orlando where Goofy is thanking you for all you have done. You board out of your dog dishes and head into a "Disney Tails" Shop that sells pet merchandise.
Once guests wind through the queue full of old Disney theatrical posters, the guests board their vehicles, which are oval shaped and have a Mickey Mouse head on the front. Each vehicle holds 8 guests, 4 rows with 2 per row.
The vehicles take off and the ride begins. The first room is based on the 1928, underrated gem "Steamboat Willie". The background would be black and white with Mickey piloting the boat. The ride vehicles would bob along to feel like it was on the water. Captain Peg-Leg Pete would then arrive and hurl Mickey off a bridge. The ride vehicles would seem to hurdle downwards with Mickey. Shortening the short, when Mickey hits the water, the vehicles shudder and steam fills the room. when the steam clears out, the vehicles are floating down a river in the jungles from Tarzan.
The vehicles would float down the river. Guests could see the different animals and hear the sounds of them as well. Suddenly, Tarzan and Jane drop down from a tree and begin socializing with the gorillas. Then, they all hear gunshots. It turns out Clayton was not killed, and now he's back for revenge. Tarzan and Clayton begin fighting, and Tarzan is thrown against the vehicle. The vehicle begins spinning out of control. The background blurs. When everything is back to normal, the guests are in the world of Aladdin.
The vehicles now seem to be flying, like a magic carpet. Guests feel the wind blowing in their hair as they soar over Agrabah. Suddenly, you are flying side by side with Aladdin and Jasmine, who are flying on the magic carpet. Genie also appears and makes some cheesy Disney jokes before Jafar appears down below and tries to use the Genie to become an all powerful sorcerer. He cannot get Genie's attention, so the guests continue flying. they fly through a cave and when they exit, they are in The Lion King.
The vehicles race across the savanna with Simba and Nala. As they run across the savanna, chasing butterflies and what not, the come to a valley. they and the guests slide down into the valley. They hear rumbling, and find that the wildebeests are stampeding. Simba and Nala successfully get out of they way, but the guests are stampeded. The vehicles shake and rattle. Dust fills the air, and no one can see what's going on behind the dust. Suddenly, the dust clears and the guests find themselves in front of the Cinderella Castle.
All the Disney characters are surrounding the castle: some in front, some on top, some just flying around. They all wave and wish guests a great day at Disney World. This part would be updated to fit in new Disney characters, like the ones from the newest movie, Tangled, for example. The vehicles would then travel back to the loading and exiting area.
Location:
Tomorrow land
this ride would take over the area once held by the Tomorrow Land speedway.
Back Story:
After having returned from their previous adventure to Paradise Falls, Carl and Russell find out that Muntz has survived, returned to civilization and promised to bring back a whole family of his famous bird as a way of clearing his name. Now Carl, Russell and YOU must race Muntz to Paradise Falls to save the Kevin's family.
Ride Specs:
Each vehicle will hold 4 riders in two rows. The back row will be slightly raised and each person will have a seat with a simple lap bar as opposed to a bench seat. The ride vehicle will have a hydraulic arm connected to an overhead track. The vehicle itself will look like a typical "old man" car (Oldsmobile, Lincoln, etc) only it will be topless to avoid obstructing views. The arm for the overhead track will be attached to the back of the car and be disguised as a bunch of balloons attached to the rear bumper. The arm will be capable of tilting the car left and right forward and backward (much like the pitch and yaw of a plane) and rotate the vehicle 360 degrees so it can face backwards. The back seat will have control over the pitch and yaw and the front seat will be equipped with two shooters similar to those used in Toy Story Mania.
Queue:
As riders approach the queue they will see what appears to be construction on a new building. Scaffolding, traffic cones, and other construction props will obscure the ride structure. Once past this guests will find, hidden amidst the construction, Carl’s house. The queue will continue into the house where guests will see a progression of events from the movie in candid pictures on the walls. The pictures will begin with Carl and Ellie as children and move all the way through the conclusion of the movie. The queue will end at a preshow in which guests are standing behind a wingback chair and will view a news report on a flat screen tv above Carl’s fireplace. The report will cover the basic idea of the back story stated above. Carl will have been sleeping in the chair until the report comes on. One the report finishes guests will see Carl’s audio-animatronic hand reach for the phone on the side table and call Russell. Carl explains to him that they need to beat Muntz to Paradise falls before it’s too late. He then tells Carl to meet him in the garage where he has a secret weapon prepared. Guests would then be ushered into Carl’s garage where the walls are lined with helium tanks, power tools, and inflated balloons. Awaiting guests is the ride vehicle and a stand to don a pair of 3d glasses.
The Ride
Scene 1
After loading guests will quickly leave the load area out the front Carl’s garage and begin moving down the street. Carl’s voice comes over the speakers and explains that the riders in the front will need to work the shooters while the riders in back use the joystick to aim the car. Carl then exclaims that they don’t have enough balloons to get airborne and encourages the front riders to pump up more balloons with their shooters. The car will rotate left to a 3D screen filled as the riders pump the shooter balloons will appear on the screen. At the end of the screen the car will rotate forward and the car will lift on its mechanical arm into the clouds (a mixture of fog effect and prop clouds)
Scene 2
As the car climbs the sound of Muntz’s Zeppelin can be heard in coming closer. The car will then rotate right and Carl will announce that the front riders need to give Muntz all they’ve got while the back riders aim for them. This 3D screen will be curved and roughly 25 ft. in diameter. Muntz’s Zeppelin will appear and begin firing at the car. Meanwhile the riders in front will fire away and the riders in back will aim as the Zepplin moves around on the screen. After Muntz pulls ahead Carl tells you that you need to lose altitude to catch and to start popping balloons. Balloons the drop down onto the screen and the riders aim and shoot as tiny air cannons burst air onto the riders. At the end of the screen the car rotates forward and drops through the same cloud effect as before.
Scene 3
Once out of the clouds Paradise Falls can be seen in the distance as well as can Muntz’s Zeppelin landing in the basin below the falls. The car continues to descend through a lush canopy of treetops until landing inside the stone labyrinth that Kevin and her family live in. Carl explains that they need to lure Kevin and his family to safety with chocolate or they will be caught by Muntz’s new pack of dogs. The car rotates left pass by stone monoliths. Between the stones are screens set back slightly and Kevin and his family members appear on them. Every so often Doug will appear sniffing out the trail of the birds and making his trademark comments. When the front riders shoot chocolate to them, the birds catch it and seem to follow. At the end of the labyrinth the car rotates backwards.
Scene 4
Once rotated backwards the car will have a screen to the left and to the right. The rear riders may point the car at either one. Running up to the car through the fog are Muntz’s dogs. Carl explains that the shooters have a special attachment that shoots cones of shame. Now the front riders must shoot cones of shame onto the dogs to stop their advance. After this harrowing journey, the car rotates forward.
Scene 5
In Muntz last ditch effort to get the bird he attempts to run you down with his Zeppelin, which is directly in front of you. As you careen towards it Carl implores the rear riders to bank right. The car banks right and narrowly avoids the collision. The car then faces a scene in which Muntz’s Zepplin is wrecked and dangling on a cliff with Muntz himself dangling from the Zeppelin on a rope. The car then turns into a path of dense vegetation and Carl and Russell can be seen celebrating and thanking you for your help in protecting Kevin’s family. The car will them come to a stop at what appears to be an oasis. The exit line passes by a photo op. with figures of Kevin and his family and with Carl, Russell, and Doug, at an award ceremony for bravery.
Hercule's Daring Adventure!
Intro: Mount up on your Pegasus and ride alongside Hercules as he fights the most evil creatures to ever have come out of Tartarus,led by the underworld god, Hades!
Description: this is a dark ride through the classic Disney movie of Hercules. This ride is a combination of animatronics, fire,cold blast of wind, lightning affects, and smoke. The ride will also be in 3-D at some parts. The line will show many pictures of the greek gods fighting their many enemies. The line will also show pictures and tales of Greek mythology. The ride is about 8 min long. The story is being narrated by the muses.
Vehicle description: the vehicle will be a Pegasus with real flapping wings in the front. The Pegasus will be a 4 person seater. Arm bars go over your head when you get in. A robotic arm on a track will hold the vehicle. The robotic arm will be able to rotate the vehicle 360 degrees and bend the vehicle back and forth and left and right. The vehicle will spin and accelerate throughout the story. The top speed of the ride will be 10mph and it's lowest speed will be 3mph.
Scene 1- you get on the Pegasus and is lifts slightly up above a thick veil of smoke.
Above the smoke, you enter a small quite room where a baby in a crib is being watched while his parents (zues and hera) look over him. (animatronics) At the bottom of the scene, 2 of hades henchmen (I can't remember there names at the moment) are preparing to poison herc. The muses explain what's happening and the lights slowly dim out. There are screams and flashes of light showing the henchmen stealing herc.
Scene 2-( 3-D) is seen in different situations as he grows up on the farm. He eventually decides to leave and goes to the temple of zues.
Scene 3- herc arrives the temple of Zeus and prays to him when flash of lightning hits a giant animatronic zues which begins to move and talk. The muses describe what herc is doing and what is happening simultaneously.
Scene 4- the Pegasus goes higher into the air and you come to a couple of animatronic/3-D videos of herc training with Phil.
Scene 5- The muses narrate the Pegasus and it starts to accelerate a little more as it goes downhill to the underworld. The Pegasus circles around a big animatronic Hades who is talking to the fates (3-D) through a crystal ball.He often gets angry and his hair flows blue fire and his clothes shoot fire when he hears herc is still alive. Hades says how he is going to send herc a little surprise.
Scene 6- the Pegasus continues on to a animatronic scene of herc fighting a centaur and saving Meg. The muses explain what is going on and the Pegasus is quickly whisked away through a corridor of screens with 3-D images of a city and herc, Phil, and Pegasus traveling through it when you all of a suddenly hear a scream.
Scene 7- the muses narrate the Pegasus to a scene where a room is completely dark until giant animatronic eyes start to glow and the head of a hydra stick out of a cave. The room goes dark again and riders enter another completely dark room that is really big Lights flash and you see a 2 story animatronic hydra with multiple heads biting and flinging around trying to eat you. A dim lights come on and the ride accelerates to it's top speed twisting, turning and shaking around and under the hydra working your way up to the top of it's heads. When you get to the top you see Hercules pod against the side of the clifan and the muses describe how that kills that hydra.
That is the first part to my ride and I hope you enjoyed it! In reality, this would have been about the first 4 minutes of the ride.
Jumping into the fray.....
"THE RETURN OF OSWALD"
Magic Kingdom guests walking down Main Street USA will find banners hanging from the outside of the Main Street Cinema proclaiming the world premiere of a new film debuting today, "Mickey Mouse, Behind the Magic". Where, until recently sat a merchandise location, now sits restored the grand old movie house. Upon entering the queue inside, the old main room has been restored with classic silent Mickey cartoons playing. This time though, something is different. Sharp eyed guests will see sneaking through the backgrounds of the classic films an ink blot, that somehow manages to engulf and seemingly delete what it covered. Of course our eyes must be playing tricks on us. We know these classic Mickey toons like the back of our hands and we never noticed anything like that before.
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Your private box is now heading into the main theatre as an audio animatronic Mickey in full tuxedo beckons you to the front of the theater. He's saved a seat right next to him in the front row. We move slowly down the long aisle looking at the large screen now showing a scene from the Band Concert where the tornado is sweeping all the musicians into the air. This time something is amiss. The small ink blot we noticed in the first rooms screens is now engulfing the screen in front of us and the winds on screen are now enveloping the theater. Our private box is jiggling and letting loose of its very foundations as we are sucked in to the screen and into the cartoon itself.
The screen opens up and closes behind us as we are in front of a giant imax screen, buffeted by the winds as Mickey (who has been sucked into the screen with us) and we moved about the center of the tornado and unceremoniously dumped on the ground.
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We are now back onto real sets, as we follow Mickey, a next generation walking audio animatronic figure with concealed walking mechanism in the feet and legs. We can see all around us that we are back on Main Street USA, but something is not quite right. The sky is a purple and silver hue, occasional lightning flashes appear and the buildings seem askew, the foundations jutting off in weird angles. Mickey is confused by this but asks us to follow him down the road and towards the castle. As we approach the well known "Partners" statue, Mickey is aghast to see that the rodent holding Walt's hand is not him anymore, but a rabbit."What's going on here? Somebody better start explaining things." Mickey says.
Our vehicle then rounds a corner into another giant imax room as Oswald whisks in front of us riding an old Disneyland "Flying saucer" vehicles from the Tomorrowland of the 1960s. He welcomes us, zipping around with Mickey holding on for dear life. Oswald lets us know we've been brought here, a place for old and forgotten things like himself. He's decided to bring Mickey here because he feels cheated. Why should Mickey get all the attention, when he was there first. Its his turn for the spotlight again, and besides, he says he's lonely, no friends. He then hitches us to the back of his flying saucer and gives us a tour of his home which he calls "the Wasteland".
We then move into the next room, zipping back and forth, up and down still attached to the saucer where we see the sights of the Wasteland. Operated and being worked upon by a near army of audio animatronic gremlins are a 3 car 60s era Monorail Red, skyway buckets, a TWA Moonliner rocket, a Keelboat, the Nautilus submarine and other retired and lost attractions. "They're beautiful aren't they. They're gone in your world but they live on here forever." Mickey appears being carried off by a host of gremlins, marching in formation and barking orders to each other, as is they've seen one too many world war 2 movies.
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Oswald calls out to us to follow him to his castle home "Dark Beauty Castle".
We turn to the next scene, a live set, racing up the turrets of the castle to the magic mirror in the top room, walls collapsing around us and disappearing from the collapse of reality (using a pepper's ghost style illusion.) Oswald yells for us to go through the mirror to our own world,leave him, his time is over. We head through the mirror in an effect similar to the opening doors at the top of the 5th dimension room of the Tower of Terror. We are now in a final imax room as Mickey grabs Oswald's hand and pulls him in with us as we swirl through a lightshow of smoke, strobes and images of hundreds of cartoons depositing us once again in the Main Street Cinema in our world.
We enter the final room as an audio animatronic, walking Oswald asks Mickey "But Mickey, what happens to me. My home is gone and I don't have any friends." Mickey gestures him to look as our vehicle swings 180 degrees around to the view of Mickey and Oswald animatronics standing in front of a new version of the Partners statue with Walt holding Mickey's hand, and Oswald's with his other hand. "Oswald," Mickey says, 'THIS is your home and THESE are your friends." Gesturing to us and the dozens of Disney characters now surrounding them. "Welcome back...brother!"
We now disembark and into a meet and greet area with Mickey and Oswald ready to have their picture taken with you in front of the Mickey/Walt/Oswald Partners statue.
Hope you enjoyed reading that half as much as I enjoyed coming up with it.
Scene 8- You go through a doorway and the Pegasus slows down to it's slowest speed and goes through many different stages with different animatronic meg's singing her song, "I won't say (I'm in love)". The muses are also seen in many places among the stages just like in the movie. At the end of her song (which is greatly shortened of course) thick smoke starts to billow from a statue and a animatronic hades appears and reminds Meg of their deal.hades then kidnaps Meg and more smoke and flames erupt.
Scene 9- As the Pegasus leaves to another scene, the muses explain how hades threatened to take megs life if he didn't give him his powers and if Meg got hurt, he would get them back. (throughout out this narration, images from the movie+small simple animatronics act out the scenes.
Scene 10- the Pegasus goes over a large pit (tarterus) and a whole bunch of titans stair back at the riders saying "free us hades!". The Pegasus then wisp around and you find a animatronic hades in his chariot about to set the titans free.
Scene 11- the muses narrate how herc had killed the cyclops and now must go face the titans before Meg dies. The Pegasus accelerates and goes to a 3-D screen of her flying up to the titans who are climbing Olympus.
Scene 12- the Pegasus goes through a maze. Constantly moving through the maze, are movie screens on a moving conveyor belt that will be timed perfectly so that every time a new Pegasus comes to the scene, a screen is in front and behind it projecting 3D images of herc fighting the titans. Throughout the fight scenes, the Pegasus will turn to the right or left and show a animatronic version of the Titan, trying to kill the rider by throwing rocks, blasting cold air, and the lava titan will send a wave of lava toward the rider. This will be done by having the Pegasus turn all the way around and the screen that is behind it will show a image of lava pouring through the set. The last scene on the 3d screen is herc throwing the titants into the stars, killing them like in the movie. The Pegasus will increase speed again and leave through the gates of the underworld.
Scene 13- the muses explain how Meg has died and herc jumped in the river styx to get her soul back. The riders pass a huge animatronic stage that shows herc bursting throughout the gates to the underworld on top of Cerberus, the three headed dog. Each of the dogs heads are growling and hades is standing in front of them while herc demands to get megs soul from the river Styx.
Scene 14- the pegasus goes through a tunnel that is bright green with spinning should all along the walls. Herc is swimming above the Pegasus and as you leave, you see him get older and he's carrying megs soul with him.
Scene 15- the muses explain how herc is now a god and the song, "a star is born", begins playing and a animatronic grouping of the gods, Hercules, Pegasus, Meg, Phil, and the muses are waving good bye to you as you exiting to the exit dock.
I hope you enjoyed my ride and please post feedback as to how you thought of it, and if you didn't like it, please say so. I like getting constructive criticism of my rides so one day when I actually make them, I know what people like and dislike. Thanks for reading!
My entry in the dark ride category is based on the modern classic, “Beauty and the Beast,” and takes place in a show building themed to the Beast's castle. It is large and dark, in contrast to the surrounding areas of Fantasyland. The attraction is built on a large scale, akin to the upcoming Little Mermaid ride, the equivalent of a D or even E ticket attraction, rather than the typical C of days of yore.The queue passes by Maurice's cabin, where various sounds of his inventing can be heard, including the occasional small explosion and billow of smoke. Various failed contraptions are strewn through the yard, with those closest to the queue having interactive elements.
The queue moves through the village and for a short distance through the woods, before entering the show building proper, The hall is home to a series of stained glass windows duplicating those from the beginning of the film. As the guests file through the queue, each window is highlighted in turn with lighting and the backstory is told through voice-over narration, as well as traditional storybooks placed beneath each one. At the back of the hall, guests enter their ride vehicles, the ever popular Omnimover cars are shaped like the Beast's head, and appear to be carved from wood,
The first show scene has Belle at the fountain reading while the townsfolk sing about how unusual she is, that “Belle.” In the next scene, Gaston tries to kiss Belle in her cottage, but she ducks and he falls through the door. As the vehicles move around to the outside of the cabin, a muddied Gaston vows that he will have Belle as LaFou attempts to pull him from the mud. Next we see Maurice with his woodchopping machine, telling Belle that he is off to the fair with his invention.
Here the mood turns darker . Maurice is now in the castle looking for shelter as a number of the servant household items pop up around him to his amazement and Cogsworth warns about the master's wrath. The Beast's shadow suddenly appears on the wall with a growl as the servants disappear in fear. The next scene is short, with Belle in the forest looking for her father, before finding the castle.
The Beast is finally seen full body, as Belle offers to trade places with her father, which the Beast accepts, his final words are for her to never enter the West Wing. An elaborate “Be Our Guest” scene has the riders surrounded on all sides by audio-animatronic cutlery and dinnerware singing and dancing to the famous song, with Lumiere as the Master of Ceremonies.
Belle has entered the West Wing against the Beast's wishes, and he throws open the door, enraged, finding her in his inner sanctum, and with the magical rose shedding yet another petal. She turns to flee. The next scene is outside the castle, with the Beast trying to protect Belle from the audio-animatronic wolves. The next short scene has the injured Beast being tended by Belle.
As the ride vehicles move on, they are surrounded by a film montage of scenes of Belle and the Beast becoming closer, culminating in the vehicles entering the Ballroom where Belle and the Beast dance. I envision these being next-gen A-A figures that can move with the fluidity and grace of the movie.
The story moves forward rapidly with Gaston leading the villagers in an attack on the castle. Another set piece has elaborate special effects as the household items defend the castle, with the ride vehicles surrounded on all sides by the chaos.,but at the edge Gaston can be seen leaving the fray in search of the Beast. We see Gaston and the Beast struggle and fall through the window onto the roof before the ride vehicles exit another window to view the aftermath. The Beast, wounded, attempts to save Gaston, but Gaston refuses his help and falls.
The next scene takes place as a number of ride vehicles line up along the perimeter of a rotating disk containing three stages, allowing for a longer, more elaborate finale, akin to the rotating drum stage used in the Journey Into Imagination attraction at WDW. Belle attends the dying Beast, and as the final petal falls from the enchanted rose, she admits her love for him. Special effects transform him from the Beast to the newly restored prince.
The ride vehicles turn away as we re-enter the (second) ballroom, where Belle and the prince dance, surrounded by the transformed housefhold items, and we hear the final strains of the title song.
We of course exit through a Beauty and the Beast-themed gift shop!
Taking the Place of the old skyway station in Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom, Ichabod's Frightful Ride will be, in most ways, a classic dark ride. It also will act as a bridge (ahem) between Fantasyland and Liberty Square.
The cars will look like carages pulled by a phantom horse that will tell the story of Icobod Crane taking us to Sleepy Hollow, his school room, and his courtship of fair Katrina to the dismay of Brom Bones. As we follow Ichabod out of the party, the Headless Horsemen appears and chases the carrage in the roughest part of the attraction with close encounters with animatronic headless horsemen, tight turns, and physical effects such as fog, wind, and drops. The climax comes as we are chased though the bridge by the headless horsemen which is done by projection, animatronics, and force prospective. Somehow the Headless Horsemen makes it to the other side and throws his Jack O latern head at us and we go though a door with stars and flashing lights (like Mr Toad). As we round around the bend to the front of the attraction, we see a broken jack o latern on the ground with Ichabod's hat.
Note: for all you Disney insiders out there, I too know that technically speaking, the attraction can not fit in that space, but we are going to pretend that the space onstage equals the space backstage.
This is a suggestion to all in here. Before you post your idea, have someone else read it and give you suggestions about things they don't understand. When you write it, you know in your mind exactly what it looks like. Others might not see it that way and you want to be sure your readers (and voters) see what you see. Also, if you're doing an attraction based on a film, don't assume your audience has seen the film. Be descriptive.
There are some really talented contestants in here. This is going to be fun to follow!
Ride cart: The ride cart will be all black and designed much like the new Harry Potter rides carts. The benches will be all black so as to mimic the look of the Smoke Monster. The ride also runs very similarly to the Harry Potter ride, but instead of having the cart largely moving side to side, the cart is tilted so it feels like the entire ride is zooming forward. This holds the illusion that you are sitting on the front of the Smoke Monster.
Queue: The queue will run through different areas on the island. Starting at the beach, the line would wind through the shelters the survivors used. The line goes to the barracks and winds through Ben’s house and the room he uses to call the monster. Finally, you board the ride at the “Heart of the Island,” where the Smoke Monster was “created.”’
Ride:
1. The ride starts out over the Heart of the Island, complete with a pool and a waterfall. The cart goes up and over the waterfall and enters the forest.
2. The cart zooms through the forest as set trees on the left and right are ripped out of the ground. The typical smoke monster noises are heard all around. For people who didn’t watch Lost, the following YouTube video has pictures of the smoke monster complete with noises. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1NheXIfTiY&feature=related
3. The ride stops suddenly in front of a video screen where it hovers for a second in front of Locke, in a scene reminiscent of Locke’s first encounter with the Smoke Monster. The ride hovers, continuing to bob around, then zooms off back into the forest.
4. The ride exits the forest in front of the Sonic Perimeter Fence with at least four posts on the set. It hovers for a second, and then tries to go through it. The ride simultaneously stops and begins to shake while the noise is heard. Here’s another video that details the noise. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpzeYUmhDbo
5. The ride heads off to the left, and continues towards the barracks. From here to the end, the ride moves quickly with a bunch of drops, raises, and turns, without really slowing down. It races around facades of houses and fences and back into the woods. It heads to the temple where it goes through the courtyard, darting in and out of columns. It takes off back into the woods and heads to the foot with four toes. Once there, it darts inside, before disembarking in Jacob’s chamber. To the left of the ride, the entirety of the chamber can be seen.
Our drop-outs are:
David Sutter and Ben Basford
And now time for review:
Tim- I think you had the most creative idea of all the ideas this week. You took a challenging idea and turned it into something cute and creative. Although I feel it was missing something, yours was one of my favorites.
Tom- Amazing! I loved the storyline and the fact that guests got to interact with the ride. I think your ride was my absolute favorite of the week
Damond- I liked how you picked Hercules. This is a very underrated movie, so I think you're ride would help shed some light on this gem. There really wasn't anything bad about your entry, so it earns a spot as one of my favorites.
Joseph- I really liked your use of Epic Mickey (being the big gaming nerd I am :D), but I couldn't help but be confused by your submission. I really couldn't tell when guests were in the vehicles or if they were walking. However, I loved the storyline
Randall- You had a very good submission. Although Beauty and the Beast is a bright, colorful tale, I couldn't help but find the dark mood to be kind of creepy for Fantasyland (Snow White too). If it wasn't so dark, I would enjoy it more.
Anthony- now I know you are running low on ideas because of TPA, but I couldn't help but love your submission. This is another underrated gem. I also liked how this ride sort of bridged Fantasyland and Liberty Square. One of my favorites.
Eric- I've never watched Lost, so I have no idea what the Smoke Monster is. I like how you were creative and used a popular ABC show, but like Joseph's ride, I was slightly confused by the storyline of the ride.
you said that it was great and that you couldnt think of anything wrong, but what do you think could make it greater?
Anyway, good efforts on all parts. Looking forward to reading everyone's future concepts. Good Luck.
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