Subject:
|
Re: Dark Rides (was Re: Rollercoasters)
|
Newsgroups:
|
lugnet.off-topic.fun
|
Date:
|
Thu, 3 Jun 1999 11:51:18 GMT
|
Viewed:
|
971 times
|
| |
|
|
In lugnet.off-topic.fun, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> Space Mountain, arguably, is almost a Dark Ride because of the
> planetarium aspect, as well as things such as the spacemen on the lift
> hill, the "launch control" commentary, the spacewarp tunnel coming out
> of the load, and the conveyor belt scenes on the exit.
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
> And Haunted Mansion is one of my all time favorite non coaster rides.
I don't know the California one really well, but I rode the Orlando one many,
many times (I lived there for three years- Orlando, not the Mansion).
Did you know that in one, the "stretching room" at the beginning has a raising
ceiling, but in the other, the floor goes down? It's true.
eric
|
|
Message has 2 Replies:
 | | 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 (...) (27 years ago, 3-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
|
Message is in Reply To:
| | 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 (...) (27 years ago, 2-Jun-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
|
27 Messages in This Thread:
 
 
- Entire Thread on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
This Message and its Replies on One Page:
- Nested:
All | Brief | Compact | Dots
Linear:
All | Brief | Compact
|
|
|
|
