Nerdist: Things got pretty scary when Disney headed down to Austin for this year’s SXSW. But it was the good kind of scary. During its “The Future of World-Building at Disney” panel, the Mouse House debuted a new animatic concept video for the upcoming Monsters, Inc. roller coasterOpens in a new tab coming to Hollywood Studios. It will be Disney’s first vertical/suspended roller coaster ever.
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Im a hypocrite because I hate disney but i love monsters inc. I've been to Disney land maybe once as a kid but as I hear more about their frequent advancements in their rides my interest always peaked because I love tactically immersive experiences and built physical other worlds. The article shows a video of the beginning or loading portion of how the ride will start, and i think its super cool how machine like and rhythmic it looks, like you are a door on the verge of going into the factory. It is super awesome. Im actually pretty shocked that this hasn't been a ride already, taking how monsters inc came out around maybe twenty something years ago, and isthe sequence the ride in production is imitating is a literal ride in and of itself in the movie. Im excited to see more videos of it release because i loved this movie as a kid, and cant wait to see how all the colorful doors will be designed.
I'd initially seen this design online before reading the article and was similarly impressed with the technical specifications that would be involved for a ride like this, but I'm still curious about what the actual design factors that would be required for this kind of system would be and what lengths the programming goes to to protect passengers to the ride. Further, as our technology advances further and demands for better entertainment increase, I wonder if the management and proper execution of these rides will also increase in their standards as the safety and the necessary protocols to operate these machines potentially become more complicated and any fixes or maintenance to the system require much more expertise to properly staff operate and ensure the safety of these rides. Regardless, the mechanism involved in the ride is incredibly Innovative and exciting to see with further suspension in motion for each passenger.
I always wondered why there was never a ride based off of this scene. It is so iconic and literally looks like it is BEGGING to be turned into an attraction. I clicked on this article at first because I was interested about the ride (I love roller coasters, but I also don’t think I would ever find myself at Disney World, so a little weird for me) and wondered what a “suspended ride” was. It did not explain in the article besides stating that it would be Disney’s first, so I opened another tab and searched it up. From what I read, there aren’t many still operating in the world, with questions of safety as the suspended swinging motion wears out the tracks and the fact that inverted roller coasters can achieve close to the same effect, but with times evolving more are popping up. It seems like most of them are in Six Flags, which isn’t exactly known for having a stellar safety record, but Disney does tend to try to avoid possible lawsuits. I think that them introducing this coaster means it has gone through intense testing and engineering, so I am excited to see how it runs and if suspended roller coasters will make a comeback in the future of the amusement park world.
I am a Disney Vacation Club Member and a Disney seasonal pass holder, and my family tends to make the trip every year or so with my baby brother and me (if I’m not at school). I loved Muppet Vision 3D, and thought it was one of the most enjoyable attractions in Hollywood Studios. Lately, Disney has been as a whole trying to revamp Hollywood and build entire new expansions onto the park. I have thought that most of these have been relatively successful; Toy Story Land is very fun with lots of immersive experiences and family-fun rides, and while I am not a Star Wars fan I do enjoy the new rides that they built for the section and having interactions with the character performers walking around Launch Bay. I’m cautiously optimistic for this ride. I will always miss Muppet Vision, for sure, but I think that the Monster’s Inc. ride will be just as fun. The Great Movie ride was one of my favorites, and even though they have replaced it now with Mickey’s Runaway Railway it remains one of my favorites.
This rollercoaster seems really cool, and the vertical loading thing is something that I haven’t seen before that I think will be a lot of fun. Something that I thought was really interesting about this rollercoaster is the fact that it is a suspended coaster, a type of roller coaster that is not very commonly seen these days. I don’t know a ton about roller coasters, but from my understanding, the suspended coaster style has been pretty entirely passed over for the inverted coasters (which look very similar in the sense that the car is hanging from the track, but in a suspended coaster, the cars are allowed to basically swivel on the track). From what I’ve heard, suspended coasters are a pain because the swivelling cars put so much stress in weird places on the coaster, which means there needs to be basically constant maintenance and rewelding. I’m curious if Disney has engineered some modern style of suspended coaster to avoid this, or if they’re just going to foot the bill for the maintenance.
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