Originally Posted By dshyates This Little Mermaid dark ride is supposed to be utilizing an omnimover system. The one on the Litte Mermaid DVD uses a system like Peter Pan. My question is, is the system used in Pan an "Omnimover"? I'm hoping it is a ride on scale and scope to rival, no, to blow away the Haunted Mansion. It really could happen you know. 1960s technology vs 2008. Mickey work your magic.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss One of the features of an Omnimover is the ability of the individual cars to rotate, allowing the ride designers to "edit" the scenes riders will see. Peter pan doesn't do that. System aside, I an *extremely* sceptical of the veracity of the LM rumor for DCA.
Originally Posted By TMICHAEL I'm guessing it might be more like the Peter Pan at WDW with a continuous "Omnimover" style load/unload but still with the over-head track. Then again, they could be planning a full Omnimover and utilize the existing "ClaMobiles" from Nemo and Friends from EPCOT. Or even a HORIZONS style suspended system. There really are many things that could be done to get ridership numbers up on a dark ride.
Originally Posted By aracuanbird I don't think rotating ride vehicles defines an omnimover. Horizons was an omnimover and didn't rotate. Buzz rotates, but not to any preprogramed scheme.
Originally Posted By TMICHAEL >>>Horizons was not an Omnimover.<<< Yes, Horizons and The World Of Motion were both OMNIMOVER's.
Originally Posted By TDR_Fan Has this attraction even been confirmed, or is it just a rumor. First the Ratatouille coaster and now this.
Originally Posted By TDR_Fan Oh yes, Carland. Are all of these simply unofficial projects, or have they been approved?
Originally Posted By bean "Has this attraction even been confirmed, or is it just a rumor. First the Ratatouille coaster and now this." how about both
Originally Posted By bean and Carland is pretty much a done deal. One of the others ones is still up in the air
Originally Posted By TDR_Fan Really? I wasn't expecting them to approve so many attractions all at once. When are these two attractions slated to open?
Originally Posted By bean Construction for some of these things start October. Golden Dreams might not return after the Halloween overlay (at least maybe not in the same location) oh and its not only three attractions. More like 10 and counting
Originally Posted By TDR_Fan How many E-ticket attractions have they approved so far? And I'm assuming that this is over the span of a decade like they mentioned?
Originally Posted By bean At the moment Carland is a pretty much a go. There are 3 to 4 other "E" tickets in some kind of design phase. Basically one for each land
Originally Posted By TDR_Fan I thought DCA was pretty landlocked in terms of expansion. Besides the Timon Lot for Carland, is there space in the park for all these attractions?
Originally Posted By bean Well Timon lot is much bigger than most peole think. Carland will not take up all that space. Timon still has abut 20 acres of expansion space. Also each land in DCA was built with spaces for more attractions. Since some sections are being redone, it also gives wdi the oppurtunity to increase space. Notice how WDI has been able to squeeze attractions in Disneyland eventhough it seemed there was no more room. There is still plenty of room in HPB. There is also room in grizlley peak and even in condor flats. Eventually when all is said and done there will still be room in Paradise pier. You just need to get creative.
Originally Posted By TDR_Fan Looking at an aerial map of DCA, there doesn't seem to be much room for a large show building. Where are the Ratatouille coaster and Little Mermaid attraction going? It seems a lot of movement/demolishment is needed for them to free up space for an E-ticket attraction outside of the Timon Lot.
