One of the things mentioned at the passholder town hall was more theming for Pantheon/new rides, but that got me thinking, what should they add to Pantheon theming-wise?
Other than a tagline to better define the ride:
I would redefine the parts of the coaster and what they relate to gods wise.
The opening can stay Minerva. She’s the goddess of wisdom arts, trade, victory, and strategy. So the opening should look like a beautiful garden.
Next the launch is Mercury and the spike is Neptune; just simplify this by making this whole section Mercury. I would put in a bunch of Roman columns evenly spaced because it will add to the sensation of speed. Off train audio of horses and stampeding.
The top hat is Jupiter. The first time up the spike I would have sound of rumbling thunder. Then as you go over a clap of lightning and Thunder as you go down.
Next the dive and outward bank should be Neptune, and given its down by the Rhine, I would want to see a water splash effect when you are at the bottom. Then up at the outturn bank a long arm of a kraken and speakers that scream as you go through.
As you go to the end that’s now themed to Pluto. Given he’s god of the dead, I would invoke those kind of legends by putting in a gate before the stall, and a sea of red plants, and the same at the other inversion with one last gate.
Leaving the queue for last here. I would make it look like a portal with a statue of Mercury, who was the god of tricksters. I would put something indicating that Mercury is opening a portal to the home of the gods. So the queue should look like a very exotic garden, with lots of grape vines, flowers, cypress trees, and Roman columns holding up shade screens.
