Project 2027: New Killarney Sim Building Attraction?
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I think a Corkscrew Hill version of the flying theater could fit perfectly.
If this park gets new flats in Davincis Garden, a resurrected car ride and a flying theater I would be very impressed with the parks line up of attractions!
If this park gets new flats in Davincis Garden, a resurrected car ride and a flying theater I would be very impressed with the parks line up of attractions!
I’d hold off until we see what happens in Orlando- so far reviews are mixed and who knows what reliability looks like until a few months in…
I’ll let somebody else go more into details if they want, but the short answer is no. It’s more similar to Star Tours if you want a Disney comparison.
Flight of Passage was made in house and is sort of a hybrid of Soarin with individual moving seats that coexist with the moving platforms.
Flight of Passage was made in house and is sort of a hybrid of Soarin with individual moving seats that coexist with the moving platforms.
Sadly they use the building for far too many things to make it easy to change to a flat ride
- Summer camp they use it
- Howl-O-Scream makeup room
- Christmas town dinner with Santa Claus
Expedition Odyssey appears half baked, and if they bring that to BGW...ugh. The quality of video looks like something from 2008.
This needs to be next level,
This needs to be next level,
Glad they got the first swing and not us. BGW is a park leaning into its past and aiming for higher quality theming, SWO is a park rapidly expanding and trying to distance itself from Blackfish and its reputation. I’d imagine there would be more thought put into the experience here. The quality of the video is something easily fixable
If we got the ride system in question, I would hope that we would use another animated film with a fantasy theme like Corkscrew or Eire rather than a realistic, filmed video like Europe in the Air or Expedition Odyssey. The animated ride films seem to consistently turn out better and age better.
Eire had a bunch of problems, but I don't think the visual quality of the film was one of them. I don't see why Falcon's Creative or similar couldn't provide a ride video of a similar quality for a flying theater. In fact, one would assume the quality ceiling could be notably higher given the technological advancements since Eire, the lack of a need for spherical video, and the lack of a need for Eire's interactivity layer.
I know it gets brought up all the time, but a new Corkscrew Hill in a flying theater format really is the dream, yeah? I don't know if the Mack system is capable of a particularly dynamic ride a la Corkscrew, but even if it was a tamer iteration, I think it could work.
Maybe instead of a box full of tiny little people strapped into tiny little seats, Patty and Fenton could find a group of tiny little humans magically bound to a log in the forest? Just spitballing here.
Eire had a bunch of problems, but I don't think the visual quality of the film was one of them. I don't see why Falcon's Creative or similar couldn't provide a ride video of a similar quality for a flying theater. In fact, one would assume the quality ceiling could be notably higher given the technological advancements since Eire, the lack of a need for spherical video, and the lack of a need for Eire's interactivity layer.
I know it gets brought up all the time, but a new Corkscrew Hill in a flying theater format really is the dream, yeah? I don't know if the Mack system is capable of a particularly dynamic ride a la Corkscrew, but even if it was a tamer iteration, I think it could work.
Maybe instead of a box full of tiny little people strapped into tiny little seats, Patty and Fenton could find a group of tiny little humans magically bound to a log in the forest? Just spitballing here.
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Either a high-definition remake of Corkscrew Hill, or another high-fantasy, Irish myth inspired ride like Battle for Eire would be perfect. I'd be perfectly okay with either or if done well.
Either a high-definition remake of Corkscrew Hill, or another high-fantasy, Irish myth inspired ride like Battle for Eire would be perfect. I'd be perfectly okay with either or if done well.
thisIf we got the ride system in question, I would hope that we would use another animated film with a fantasy theme like Corkscrew or Eire rather than a realistic, filmed video like Europe in the Air or Expedition Odyssey. The animated ride films seem to consistently turn out better and age better.
Eire had a bunch of problems, but I don't think the visual quality of the film was one of them. I don't see why Falcon's Creative or similar couldn't provide a ride video of a similar quality for a flying theater. In fact, one would assume the quality ceiling could be notably higher given the technological advancements since Eire, the lack of a need for spherical video, and the lack of a need for Eire's interactivity layer.
I know it gets brought up all the time, but a new Corkscrew Hill in a flying theater format really is the dream, yeah? I don't know if the Mack system is capable of a particularly dynamic ride a la Corkscrew, but even if it was a tamer iteration, I think it could work.
Maybe instead of a box full of tiny little people strapped into tiny little seats, Patty and Fenton could find a group of tiny little humans magically bound to a log in the forest? Just spitballing here.
maybe its time for Busch gardens to revive corkscrew hills with updated animation, its about time
Maybe you could say the flying theater ride system in particular would make such an attraction dramatically more popular (I'd argue that point too), but I think the easiest argument against a new Europe in the Air is that Corkscrew Hill was beloved and Europe in the Air was very much not.
I sorta suspect Soarin's success somewhat stems solely from Soarin' simply being Soarin'. That sounds silly, but succinctly, Soarin' started something in this space the swarms had seldom seen sooner. Soarin' is THE flying theater. Many, many millions of mortals have moved through those turnstiles to travel throughout Europe. Any imitator intending industry entry inevitably endures endless evaluations of equivalence. For a modern model to manage matching its mass magnetism, it must massively meliorate Soarin'. Actually achieving parity presents distinct difficulty since Soarin' benefits bigly from filmmakers in-house within Disney. Further frustrating attempts at satisfying Soarin' connoisseurs, countless dollars died synthesizin' Soarin'—significantly surpassing SeaWorld's spreadsheets.
I sorta suspect Soarin's success somewhat stems solely from Soarin' simply being Soarin'. That sounds silly, but succinctly, Soarin' started something in this space the swarms had seldom seen sooner. Soarin' is THE flying theater. Many, many millions of mortals have moved through those turnstiles to travel throughout Europe. Any imitator intending industry entry inevitably endures endless evaluations of equivalence. For a modern model to manage matching its mass magnetism, it must massively meliorate Soarin'. Actually achieving parity presents distinct difficulty since Soarin' benefits bigly from filmmakers in-house within Disney. Further frustrating attempts at satisfying Soarin' connoisseurs, countless dollars died synthesizin' Soarin'—significantly surpassing SeaWorld's spreadsheets.
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Zach, buddy.... whatever drug is causing the alliteration, I think you either need more or less of it, not quite sure which.
I'd love to see a new and improved Questor, personally. If the elf guy is Irish this time around and the footage leans into the natural beauty of the Irish countryside, so much the better.
I rode Soarin' over Europe once.... (To me) It was extremely dull and had no repeat ride value whatsoever. If they were going with something in that style they may as well just hang pictures of the countryside up in the queue line and have people just step across the ride and exit without sitting down.
I enjoyed Eire but the headsets were a tad clunky. Don't think they could have approached that much better though. Something appropriately themed, well animated, with a story would be great. Not a new sentiment but my two cents. I'm glad there is some variety of talk on getting a ride back in that building, hope it moves forward.
I enjoyed Eire but the headsets were a tad clunky. Don't think they could have approached that much better though. Something appropriately themed, well animated, with a story would be great. Not a new sentiment but my two cents. I'm glad there is some variety of talk on getting a ride back in that building, hope it moves forward.
Your comment of repeat ride value is what I hope is the main focus of any replacement for this ride/attraction. I wasn't here for any other iterations prior to Battle for Eire, but that experience while interesting the first go round had nothing to keep me wanting more of it outside of some air conditioning.
I often find myself massively overthinking next steps for BGW. If I think logically and take the park's recent nostalgia plays into account, I'd be shocked to see anything other than a Corkscrew Hill revival in that space. You could definitely do something CH related with a flying theater