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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. 😋
But I wanna hear Paddy ask “what the devil is in there?!” 😂

Zach, buddy.... whatever drug is causing the alliteration, I think you either need more or less of it, not quite sure which.
When the first letters are vowels, it’s assonance.
 
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I don't see them putting another sim ride within the building, it hasn't gone too well for them looking at the past few attempts and the building gets a lot of use already with no ride in it. I see it being difficult to try and change it up after being closed for so long.
 
Strongly disagree. If the SWO flying theater ends up being reliable, I can't see BGW passing up an opportunity to provide another ride with AC while capitalizing on nostalgia with a Questor or Corkscrew Hill revival. It fits perfectly in their roadmap right now. Only way it doesn't happen if the flying theater in Orlando ends up being high maintenance
 
Strongly disagree. If the SWO flying theater ends up being reliable, I can't see BGW passing up an opportunity to provide another ride with AC while capitalizing on nostalgia with a Questor or Corkscrew Hill revival. It fits perfectly in their roadmap right now. Only way it doesn't happen if the flying theater in Orlando ends up being high maintenance
More important than AC in 2025, another ride with heat for the winter season! But I totally agree with your initial point!
 
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It was brought up by Zachary that a Mack Gameplay theater would be a great fit for the park and sim building. I brought it up in the recent survey conversation but did some additional searching and found two installs to look at. No clear ride on footage yet of ghostly manor but it is shaping up to be the experience I would prefer in the sim building.

One at Europa park - said to be mostly screens
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and ghostly manor at Paultons Park - said to be more of a mix of screens and physical items.
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I'm not opposed to another simulator in Killarney, as long as the screen is better than the one they just installed at Seaworld. At least it won't be VR. I think if the park goes through with this and the theoretical dark ride from the surveys, it will have an incredibly well-rounded indoor attraction lineup that you just don't see in regional parks anymore.
 
I'm not opposed to another simulator in Killarney, as long as the screen is better than the one they just installed at Seaworld. At least it won't be VR. I think if the park goes through with this and the theoretical dark ride from the surveys, it will have an incredibly well-rounded indoor attraction lineup that you just don't see in regional parks anymore.
Having an indoor coaster, simulator, and dark ride really would be a solid lineup!
 
Speaking of simulator, I would kill for it to be something smaller and more personal experience like Smugglers Run. Some sort of Corkscrew Hill redux where the pods only hold like 6-10 people at a time and the sim can be more immersive.
 
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I think something like that is too ambitious for current BGW personally (many different ride systems likely gets a whole lot harder to manage than one), BUT to give you some ammo to work with, Zeitgeist actually proposed a solution very much like that for SeaWorld's Wild Arctic back in the day.

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I like to see a vekoma madhouse themed to the old enchanted laboratory

if I being honest, given what happened with seaworld's ride, I feel like they should convert the ride to one of those gameplay theaters (maybe theme it to battle for eire)
 
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