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Re: Dark Rides (was Re: Rollercoasters)
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Thu, 3 Jun 1999 11:51:18 GMT
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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 (...) (25 years ago, 3-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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  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)

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