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  Re: Dark Rides (was Re: Rollercoasters)
 
(...) Mr. Toad is a motorized car using a guide rail to follow a predefined path through an essentially flat area, Peter Pan is a suspended overhead tracked ride (uses overhead chain conveyor technology), Pirates is a guided boat ride, small world (...) (25 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: Dark Rides (was Re: Rollercoasters)
 
(...) Actually, in my original post (which was longer) there was a mention of both the lift hill scenes and the conveyor belt exit. But I decided they watered down my point, so I removed them. :D (...) I don't know the California one really well, (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: Dark Rides (was Re: Rollercoasters)
 
(...) Yes. Both are cool effects and at first you have trouble distinguishing that it's a little "off", since the pictures and trim are exactly the same, IIRC. I think my favorite meta-part of Disneyland is the differences. It's enough like Magic (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: Dark Rides (was Re: Rollercoasters)
 
(...) And sadly, Mr. Toad is gone. The Grand Adventures of Winnie the Pooh opened in its place yesterday. (...) Pirates and Small World are both unguided. The system that the Haunted Mansion uses is an omnimover system also used for the Toy Story (...) (25 years ago, 7-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
 
  Re: Dark Rides (was Re: Rollercoasters)
 
(...) The roof goes up in Tokyo, Paris, and Florida, but you go down in California. (25 years ago, 7-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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