Thursday, July 6, 2017

Ship of Screams part 2

Guests decent into the barnacle encrusted engine room, the motors and  gears starts to come alive as transparent workmen warn guests to be careful from suffering the same fate as they did.

Inside the kitchen comes to life where the stove lights up as a great big cooking pot is stirred by invisible hands, pots and pans clang from the ceiling above.

In the crew's quarters, a group of skeletons can be seen playing a game of poker that seems to be going on for ages. 

The raft windings its way through the storage area as it doges falling crates. 

Guests then find themselves in an infernal boiler room, where the work men open the furnace as hot air blasts through them as the raft starts spinning out of control.

The rafts starts to joins other rafts as it spins through a vortex of water and lost souls that seem to be reaching for a light at the end of the portal. With a blinding flash of light, the room goes completely dark. Here the rafts unload to the docks where guests depart from their voyage.  

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. 

Monday, May 22, 2017

Mystic River Cruise

The Mystic River Cruise is a boat ride similar to the Jungle Cruise, only with the them of mythical creatures. In which guests will encounter a variety of creatures from folklore and legend. 

Guests will wind their way through a boathouse that is filled with books, supplies, maps, and sketches of the creatures that guests will encounter on their journey.  

Once guests board their boat, they're guide will introduce themselves as a member of the Mythological Creatures Preservation Society. A society dedicated to preserving creatures of myth and legend to find a save haven from the modern day world.  

Beginning their journey, guests will first encounter a unicorn grazing at the edge of the water. Dipping it's horn in the waters will cause the water to turn from dark and muddy brown into crystal clear blue.  

In a forested area, guests can spot the elusive Sasquatch hiding from within the foliage of the tree. 

A group of mermaids can be seen sitting on the rock. 

The head of a lake monster emerges in the water depths, but retreats back to the depths.

The guide and guests will then find themselves in a dark part of the river. The boat quietly pass a group of trolls that are cooking their own supper on a enormous cauldron.

The boat then enters a cave filled with jewels, gold, and unlimited treasures. But it also has the remains of skeletons in Medieval armor. A dragons sleeps soundly, but is awaken by the interlopers. The beast lashes out and roars in front of the guests. The guide manages to find an exit out of the cave before being roasted alive by dragon. After that harrowing escape, guests will disembark from their boat and end their journey,  

Saturday, May 20, 2017

Njoror


Nojor is a flue ride experience where guests take a voyage to the words of gods and monsters of Norse Mythology. 

Guests will start their journey by winding their way through a quint Scandinavian village. Standing dominant in the village is Yggdrasil, the great tree that connects all the nine realm.  Guests will then make their way through a mead hall, all adorned with weapons, torches, and hanging banners.      

They will then board their boats that shaped like viking ships with dragon heads.

The boat travels to an up hill ramp, where they travel to Alfheim, the realm of the elves.  A forest inhabited by sprites, gnomes, nymphs, and elves. 

Rhine maidens sing to the guests as the takes a sharp turn and into the Jotunheimr, a mountainous region homeof giants and trolls.
The trolls attempt to attack the guests as the boat dodges arrows and spears that are thrown by their attackers. The boat then takes a dive into another realm. Nidavellir, the underground realm of the dwarves.

The dwarves are hard at work in the forges. The heat of this realm starts to give way to a much more colder climate as the boat moves on into the realm of the frost giants.

The realm is depicted in snow and ice. A frost giant blows a blast of cold air as it passes by the boat.

The boat ascends to Niflheim, the realm of the dead, where they are ambushed by the souls of the dead.

At the the summit, guests will then finally confront with the monstrous serpent Nidavellir. This will then lead to the climatic splashdown.  


Guests may have survived from the jaws of Nidavellir, but their journey is not over yet. The boat will then ascend to the roots of Yggdrasil.
Inside the root starts to give way to becoming a rainbow of Birfost. At the summit is Valhalla, kingdom of the gods. The boat then takes a finale 100 feet plunge. Afterwords, guests will then disembark from their boats. 

Monday, May 8, 2017

Journey to Atlantis

I've heard the Journey to Atlantis has made some refurbishments, but I was kind of disappointed they removed the effects and storyline. So here are some of my ideas to improve the story for the attraction. 

Guests will wind their way through the base camp, where they are members of an expedition of discovery of the legendary lost city of Atlantis. They will then board on Mediterranean style boats. 

Guests travel through an underwater grotto, where they are greeted by a mermaid as she beckons guests to the city of Atlantis. 

Inside the city square, fountain statues come to life as water leaps from one place to another.

Unfortunately guests have stumbled in the temple of Poseidon, god of the sea and patron of the Atlantis, and he is not happy. "You would dare desecrate my domain, for this you shall suffer the same fate as the people of Atlantis."  

The boat will take guests into an up hill life through a vortex of blue light. Then go through  a second up hill climb and finally into the climactic splash down.
Put the ride isn't over yet, as guests are taken back to Atlantis for one finale time.

Guests dodge falling pillars as they witness the downfall of Atlantis. Just when all hope is lost, a light guides us through a min roller coaster and return to the surface world, safe and sound.