Thursday, June 22, 2017

Ship of Screams Part 1

Ship of Screams is a haunted house type dark ride with a trackless system. Set in an cruise liner,  where guests encounter the lost souls who perished at sea on the S.S. Leviathan. 

The S.S. Leviathan stands dominant in the port, emerged from it's watery grave for over 80, 90 or 100 years. Barnacles and rust seems to cover the ship. Guests will ascend to an escalator where they will enter the ship. They walk through a short hallway where a cast-member dressed in old fashioned navy clothes that will escort them into the pre show.

The pre show room is an octagonal shaped with the portrait of a sea captain of the ship. The room and portrait goes under a strange metamorphosis. Thunder clouds start to form and the waves thrash violently, while the wallpaper starts to peel, so too dose the portrait of the Captain changes into a ghastly version of his former self. Lighten from the windows flash, the room the is engulfed in darkness but returns back to normal. Expect for the portrait.    

Guests will emerge from the pre show and into the grand staircase, once full of splendor now in neglect and despair. Here guests will board life boat rafts that will take them into two separate sections of the ride that will take them to the upper  and lower decks of the ship 

Upper Decks 


Entering the flooded 1st class hallway, it is lined with closed doors and portraits. Door knobs and handles twist, shake, and bang by unseen hands; as if someone or something is trying to get out. 

Paintings and antique photographs morph into macabre images of ghouls and monsters. 


Near the end of the hallway, a ghostly figure can be seen hovering over a large body of water and vanishes before our eyes. 

Inside one of the bedroom, four poster canopy bed shakes and moves by itself by a shadowy figure jumping by the lamp light as a child's laughter can be heard. 

The ships lounge is full of ghosts socializing with one another. A group of ghostly women are sharing a cup of tea, while a spectral musician can be seen playing on the grand piano.  

Transparent dancer waltz and float on the ballroom dance floor as band plays a rather macabre melody, so to does the raft spins as it seems to join the party.  

Rhine River Cruise

The Rhine River Cruise is a boat ride  based on the early concept for Epcot's World Show Germany Pavilion, that will transport guests into iconic locations of Germany.

Guests will wind their way through a medieval gothic hallway of a medieval castle with hanging banners and coat of arms. Guests will then board on the boats. 

The boat glides through the Medieval town of Heidelberg.

Guests will pass through the festivities of Oktoberfest pavilion, as towns people sing, dance and feast. 

In a Alpine village, the room temperature will feel like it's freezing inside as snow falls from the ceiling. 

The boat then gild through the dense Black Forest, here guests can spot various characters from fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm. 

In the clearing a cottage comes into view that seems to be made of cookies, gingerbread, and candies. Hansel and Gretel can be seen making a meal from the cookie shingles, while the man eating witch can be seen peeping in the windows.

One can see Little Red Ridding Hood talking to the wolf that she is going to Grandmother's house. 

The tall tower from Rapunzel stand dominant in a clearing, with her golden hair blowing in the wind.

On a hill stands Snow White in the glass coffin as the Seven Dwarves stand in a sim circle mouing over her.

Cinderella can be seen sitting in under the shade of a tree beneath her mother's grave. A beam of light hits her and her rags turn to a splendid ball gown.  

The finale room displays the iconic Castle Neuschwanstein, home of the mad King Ludwig.