It has been many years since I've been on SeaWorld Orlando's Journey to Atlantis, a combo dark ride and water coaster that opened at the park in 1998. I remember that the attraction looked really neat when it was announced, complete with a flushed out storyline, plenty of theming, and both water and coaster elements.
Then I rode it and... well... the ride is awkward. The theming comes across as a little nutty, and between making an attempt at actually following the story (which is quite confusing) and playing name-that-Danny-Elfman music, it's a bit of a blur. What seemed cool in concept was a bit odd in reality.
I'm thinking about this because there's not too much exciting going on right now, and I happened to be on You Tube and came across a pov of the ride. Then I found some more, and in the end I wanted to share the ride's kookiness with you all. Enjoy.
27 Haziran 2012 Çarşamba
SeaWorld Orlando's Journey To Atlantis
A Western View - Southern California's New Big Hitters
Lately I’ve been focused on photo updates and lost sight ofwriting articles that are more than just captions. Today we’re going to switch it up and I’mgoing to review the 2 major dark rides that recently opened in SouthernCalifornia, Disney California Adventure’s Radiator Springs Racers and UniversalStudios Hollywood’s Transformers: The Ride – 3D.
Radiator SpringsRacers
First up is Radiator Springs Racers, which opened lastFriday at Disney California Adventure (DCA). Cars Land is the final puzzle pieceto the DCA billion dollar overhaul, and Radiator Springs Racers is the starattraction of the all-new land.
Upon arrival to the park around 7:20am I noticed the usuallybusy Disneyland looked like a ghost town with almost no one trying to enter thepark. Across the esplanade, DCA hadhundreds, if not thousands, awaiting their chance to enter. It was very clear that Disneyland’s littlebrother has finally been noticed by guests to the resort. The majority of the crowd opted to getfastpasses before waiting in line, making it easy for me to sneak into a short15 minute wait thanks to the single rider line.
The ride begins with a slow, but breathtaking, drive alongthe land’s amazing rockwork and past a waterfall. Disney uses spectacular music to emphasis thesites you see. It’s hard not to getchills as you emerge from a small tunnel and the waterfall comes into viewwhile the great music reaches a crescendo.
Not only does the ride have great theming, but so does that queue. |
Here is where Lightning and Sally separate the cars so theycan race along side of each other. Youare sent into either Ramon’s paint shop or Luigi’s tire store. Both rides I ended up in Luigi’s where youstop and view your car. Guido quicklydrops under the floor and moments later your car’s reflection is shown with newwhitewall tires.
Moving from the shops you have a brief encounter with DocHudson who gives you some advice and sends you to the starting line. Again, Disney works their magic as theanimatronic looks amazing and syncs perfect with the car audio. Just as you pass Doc you hear him on the“radio” finishing his instructions before the race. The switch from the animatronic audio to theonboard audio is seamless as if he never stopped talking.
After the race is over you drive into a cavern with taillightsjutting from the roof and floor. Thisscene was the only one I didn’t care for as the props looked like they weremade of plastic and didn’t blend well with the amazing rockwork. Here you get a final word from Mater andLightning and then you head into the station to exit.
Overall the ride is amazingly solid and a lot of fun. The dark ride portion is one of the bestDisney has ever done and the race is up there on the thrill scale for a Disneyride. Radiator Springs Racers gets astrong A grade from me. The ride is sure to be a must for all visitors for many,many years to come, just expect to have to wait.
Transformers: TheRide – 3D
Next up, Universal Studios Hollywood has put in its bid fordark ride dominance in Southern California with the new Transformers: The Ride– 3D. The ride, which was announcednearly 3 years ago, opened officially on May 25th and has beengetting some outstanding reviews. I setout on a mission the ride and judge for myself.
The entrance is not easy to miss. |
Once aboard I had a vague idea of what to expect. Prior to my visit, I made it a point to avoidany POVs on YouTube and be fully surprised with the experience. I have ridden Curse of DarKastle at BuschGardens Williamsburg; so I thought I knew what the ride would be like, at leastfrom a movement standpoint going from screen to screen, but boy was Iwrong.
The ride is incredibly fast paced. It gets going from the first scene and neverlets up. Drawing from my memory of DarKastleI recall always noticing when we got to a new movie screen, with Transformersthe surroundings and videos blended seamlessly. There was a few times where I felt speechless at the quality of themingand sheer size of the sets, only to realize that huge scene I was looking atwas all CGI projections on a screen. I’mnot sure I’ve ever experienced such visual quality from a projected film on anamusement park attraction.
Like the park's Simpsons ride, Transformers has humorous and fun videos playing in the queue. |
By the end of the ride, the cars return with laughingcheering guests who are still riding the adrenaline rush. And this ride succeeds in getting youradrenaline pumping, in fact I’m not sure a non-coaster has ever got my bloodpumping quite like this thing.
After my ride I thought about how I would describe thisattractions. It’s not an ok ride; shoot,I can’t even describe it as a great ride. The only two words I can really say are game changer. What this ridesays is that Universal will no longer back down in submission to Disney’s irongrip on the Southern California market. This ride doesn’t just say Universal can also build big themed darkrides, it says they can build them better. I will make one of the boldest statements I’ve probably ever said abouta ride; Transformers is the best amusement park attraction I have everexperienced. My grade for it is an A++.
That will wrap us up this time. Check back later this week for a brief lookat Buena Vista Street before we bring you full coverage of the openings of LEXLUTHOR: Drop of Doom and SUPERMAN Ultimate Flight.
Opening Soon: Toy Story Mania! at Tokyo DisneySea
Tokyo DisneySea, the second theme park that makes up the Tokyo Disney Resort, is gearing up for the official launch of Toy Story Mania! on July 9th, 2012.
The ride is already very popular in both Disney California Adventure and Disney's Hollywood Studios here in the U.S., but the Tokyo version marks the first time the ride has moved outside the States.
As the Tokyo resort has been doing for decades now, they've built a fairly amazing looking plaza for the new ride, called Toyville Trolley Park, which fits in among the American Waterfront themed section.
This screen capture gives you just a bit of an idea how the area turned out, and it is from this You Tube video that I highly suggest checking out.
For photos of the new area during the daylight check out this post on a French site. The area's color scheme is definitely unique, and I'm sure it looks great in person. Check out how neat the cast member's uniforms are, too!
Celebrate the 4th at Legoland Florida
Legoland Florida is planning to celebrate the park's first 4th of July with quite a bang this year during the park's Red, Brick and Boom fireworks show. Spreading the fun over four nights, July 4th through 7th, Legoland's special glasses turn "ordinary fireworks into million of exploding LEGO bricks."
The park will have extended hours each of the four nights, staying open to include the fireworks at 9 pm. The festivities will also include backyard games on the Mansion Lawn, and guests can also build your own star to add to Legoland Florida's LEGO American Flag in the Fun Town Plaza.
In the evening there will be a dance party in Miniland USA with DJ Renee, and just prior to the fireworks visitors can check out the Battle for Brickbeard's Bounty pirate-themed pre-show in the park's ski-stadiums.
It's great to see the park continue to evolve and expand their offerings! Sounds like quite a fun 4th of July bash for families visiting the greater Orlando area.
Morey's Pier Opens Two New Water Attractions
New Jersey is filled with a wonderful assortment of seaside amusement and water parks, and Wildwood's Morey's Piers is easily one of the largest and most well known.
The Morey family has amusements spread out over three different piers, two of which contain water parks. Those two locations, named Ocean Oasis and Raging Waters, are both the focus of the capital spent for the 2012 season.
It may seem almost silly to have a water park located literally next to the ocean, but since the beaches are destinations for hundreds of thousands of week long family vacations each year, it actually makes perfect sense.
© Morey's Piers |
Raging waters has totally redeveloped the park's lazy river attraction and renamed it River Adventure. The experience has been themed top to bottom with what appears to be plenty of woodsy, naturalistic elements.
Many sections feature elaborate rockwork along the course, and in other area large fallen trees erupt with water that cascades down on riders. Plenty of other waterfalls and even geysers keep those floating around on their toes, so to speak. There's even a cove in one area that allows passengers to sneak into and relax, if they choose.
© Morey's Piers |
While the Adventure River is decidedly a relaxing addition to Raging Waters, the Ocean Oasis park has taken the other route and added a high action slide.
Actually, if we want to be technical they've gone and added six different mat racing slides in one tower from Proslide, known as Wipeout. One of many such attractions that have opened at water park across the country this Summer, Wipeout puts six different riders, lying forwards on a mat, against each other as they slide down rolling hills and race for the finish.
The checkered finish line and banner add to the race excitement, and as has already been proven at other parks these high capacity slides are always a hit.
Now, Morey's, when's that huge wooden coaster that's going to span two piers going in? I kid - we think 2012's additions help even better round out an already stellar selections of rides!
25 Haziran 2012 Pazartesi
Spreading Cheer this Winter at Lake Compounce
Bristol, Connecticut's Lake Compounce amusement park celebrated the first official day of Summer by announcing something that is the polar opposite of today's hot weather: a holiday celebration event.
Named Holiday Lights, the park seems to have taken a cue from the super successful event of the same name that took place for the first time last Winter at sister park Kennywood. During Holiday Lights Lake Compounce will be covered in twinkling lights, many of which are home to one of twelve different displays. Each half hour the lights will come alive with a show programmed to festive music.
Activities will also include a ride on the Polar Railway, along with a select few family and children's rides - weather prohibiting of course. Costumed characters, groups of carolers and fire pits will help keep guests warm both inside and outside during the event.
The man himself, Santa Claus, will also be available for a visit and a photo. Plenty of gifts and crafts will also be available as well.
Holiday Lights starts on November 30th and runs each weekend until the 23rd of December. Admission is $14.99 for adults, and $10.99 for kids, but is free for any 2012 or 2013 season pass holder.
Cooling Off at Clementon in Big Wave Bay
© Clemention Amusement Park
Phew, today's a hot one here in the Northeast! Few days are as perfect as this one to cool off at your favorite water park, and if you're able to visit Clementon Park and Splash World their new attraction is just what you're looking for.
The park's Big Wave Bay has opened to guests, which includes 23,000 square feet of rolling waves that visitors can cool off in. The development, seen above as a finished product, also includes new restroom and changing facilities.
In order to fit Big Wave Bay into the park two existing rides had to be relocated, the Samba Tower and Kite Flyer. Plenty of new cabanas that are available to rent for the day, and new shade structures are also adding comfort for guests. On top of all that the park has changed their food options to include a tiki bar for adults.
In all the addition represents one of the largest expansions Clementon Park has ever seen.
SeaWorld Orlando's Journey To Atlantis
It has been many years since I've been on SeaWorld Orlando's Journey to Atlantis, a combo dark ride and water coaster that opened at the park in 1998. I remember that the attraction looked really neat when it was announced, complete with a flushed out storyline, plenty of theming, and both water and coaster elements.
Then I rode it and... well... the ride is awkward. The theming comes across as a little nutty, and between making an attempt at actually following the story (which is quite confusing) and playing name-that-Danny-Elfman music, it's a bit of a blur. What seemed cool in concept was a bit odd in reality.
I'm thinking about this because there's not too much exciting going on right now, and I happened to be on You Tube and came across a pov of the ride. Then I found some more, and in the end I wanted to share the ride's kookiness with you all. Enjoy.
A Western View - Southern California's New Big Hitters
Lately I’ve been focused on photo updates and lost sight of writing articles that are more than just captions. Today we’re going to switch it up and I’m going to review the 2 major dark rides that recently opened in Southern California, Disney California Adventure’s Radiator Springs Racers and Universal Studios Hollywood’s Transformers: The Ride – 3D.
Radiator Springs Racers
First up is Radiator Springs Racers, which opened last Friday at Disney California Adventure (DCA). Cars Land is the final puzzle piece to the DCA billion dollar overhaul, and Radiator Springs Racers is the star attraction of the all-new land.
Upon arrival to the park around 7:20am I noticed the usually busy Disneyland looked like a ghost town with almost no one trying to enter the park. Across the esplanade, DCA had hundreds, if not thousands, awaiting their chance to enter. It was very clear that Disneyland’s little brother has finally been noticed by guests to the resort. The majority of the crowd opted to get fastpasses before waiting in line, making it easy for me to sneak into a short 15 minute wait thanks to the single rider line.
The ride begins with a slow, but breathtaking, drive along the land’s amazing rockwork and past a waterfall. Disney uses spectacular music to emphasis the sites you see. It’s hard not to get chills as you emerge from a small tunnel and the waterfall comes into view while the great music reaches a crescendo.
Not only does the ride have great theming, but so does that queue. |
Here is where Lightning and Sally separate the cars so they can race along side of each other. You are sent into either Ramon’s paint shop or Luigi’s tire store. Both rides I ended up in Luigi’s where you stop and view your car. Guido quickly drops under the floor and moments later your car’s reflection is shown with new whitewall tires.
Moving from the shops you have a brief encounter with Doc Hudson who gives you some advice and sends you to the starting line. Again, Disney works their magic as the animatronic looks amazing and syncs perfect with the car audio. Just as you pass Doc you hear him on the “radio” finishing his instructions before the race. The switch from the animatronic audio to the onboard audio is seamless as if he never stopped talking.
After the race is over you drive into a cavern with taillights jutting from the roof and floor. This scene was the only one I didn’t care for as the props looked like they were made of plastic and didn’t blend well with the amazing rockwork. Here you get a final word from Mater and Lightning and then you head into the station to exit.
Overall the ride is amazingly solid and a lot of fun. The dark ride portion is one of the best Disney has ever done and the race is up there on the thrill scale for a Disney ride. Radiator Springs Racers gets a strong A grade from me. The ride is sure to be a must for all visitors for many, many years to come, just expect to have to wait.
Transformers: The Ride – 3D
Next up, Universal Studios Hollywood has put in its bid for dark ride dominance in Southern California with the new Transformers: The Ride – 3D. The ride, which was announced nearly 3 years ago, opened officially on May 25th and has been getting some outstanding reviews. I set out on a mission the ride and judge for myself.
The entrance is not easy to miss. |
Once aboard I had a vague idea of what to expect. Prior to my visit, I made it a point to avoid any POVs on YouTube and be fully surprised with the experience. I have ridden Curse of DarKastle at Busch Gardens Williamsburg; so I thought I knew what the ride would be like, at least from a movement standpoint going from screen to screen, but boy was I wrong.
The ride is incredibly fast paced. It gets going from the first scene and never lets up. Drawing from my memory of DarKastle I recall always noticing when we got to a new movie screen, with Transformers the surroundings and videos blended seamlessly. There was a few times where I felt speechless at the quality of theming and sheer size of the sets, only to realize that huge scene I was looking at was all CGI projections on a screen. I’m not sure I’ve ever experienced such visual quality from a projected film on an amusement park attraction.
Like the park's Simpsons ride, Transformers has humorous and fun videos playing in the queue. |
By the end of the ride, the cars return with laughing cheering guests who are still riding the adrenaline rush. And this ride succeeds in getting your adrenaline pumping, in fact I’m not sure a non-coaster has ever got my blood pumping quite like this thing.
After my ride I thought about how I would describe this attractions. It’s not an ok ride; shoot, I can’t even describe it as a great ride. The only two words I can really say are game changer. What this ride says is that Universal will no longer back down in submission to Disney’s iron grip on the Southern California market. This ride doesn’t just say Universal can also build big themed dark rides, it says they can build them better. I will make one of the boldest statements I’ve probably ever said about a ride; Transformers is the best amusement park attraction I have ever experienced. My grade for it is an A++.
That will wrap us up this time. Check back later this week for a brief look at Buena Vista Street before we bring you full coverage of the openings of LEX LUTHOR: Drop of Doom and SUPERMAN Ultimate Flight.
Fresh Silver Dollar City Construction Photos
If there were any doubt that Silver Dollar City's new coaster was going to have some wicked overbank turns that doubt can officially be put to rest.
Some new photos just uploaded today onto Flickr show the current state of the large turnaround being built that will take place after the immensely steep first drop. The last ledger that has been put into place to hold the ride's track is quite upside-down, and looks rather radical.
This ride just keeps getting more and more interesting with each segment they build!
24 Haziran 2012 Pazar
Waiting on the 11 AM... Recon finds her stronger but...
Recon has found a lower pressure than expected and as they usually do they upped the wind speed based on that pressure reading and other wind data from the planes. Mind you that area of extreme weather over the Eastern Gulf and the West Coast of Florida is NOT the center of Debby. It is however, the weather area associated with Debby. Also, note how far south that weather goes... even firing up over the Yucatan in what seems to be a moisture tail. Oh what a tale this storm is...
Debby is now 60 mph, moving slowly to the north at 3 miles per hour and areas to her East in FLORIDA are getting tropical storm conditions and trouble with twisters spawned by Debby who is still in the Gulf with very little deep convection around her developing center.
A difficult call for the NHC as they gave an over reliance I think to the European and wrote off the GFS.
What changed?
The models. In the middle of the night all the models pulled right (east) including their fickler lover the European. To put it bluntly. What a bummer ... or as some kid said to me last night "sucks for them"
Rolling eyes. Teenagers... will they give that sort of commentary when they are thirty? Possibly. Some teens never grow up, they just get bigger.
Will Debby grow up? That is the question.
Water vapor shows a path North and NNE.
The NHC will most likely drag their huge cone back a bit towards the right and everyone is waiting to see what they will say when their discussion comes out.
I might suggest reading the NWS discussion from the different cities involved as they are forecasting for their area and not going with the official forecast any longer.
http://www.weather.gov/
Also, lastly... this is not just about the front... the front moving slow is a casualty not just of it being late June but of a slow pattern and cut off lows further up the pike than just the frontal boundary. Steering patterns are not set, neither has Debby fully developed.
Either way... Florida is getting weather... a lot.
Their 4am discussion left a big door for them to make major changes at 11.
" IT SHOULD BE
NOTED THAT WE HAVE LIMITED SKILL IN PREDICTING TROPICAL CYCLONE
INTENSITY CHANGE.
WITH INFRARED IMAGERY THE CENTER...ALTHOUGH PARTIALLY EXPOSED...HAS
BECOME A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT TO LOCATE AND THE FIXES FROM TAFB
AND SAB ARE ABOUT 50 MILES APART. MY BEST ESTIMATE OF INITIAL
MOTION IS SLOWLY NORTHWARD...OR 360/3. THE TRACK FORECAST FOR THIS
STORM IS EXTREMELY CHALLENGING. THE SYNOPTIC REASONING IN PREVIOUS
ADVISORIES WAS BASED ON A MID-LEVEL RIDGE BUILDING TO THE NORTH OF
THE TROPICAL CYCLONE.."
You cannot blame the NHC for Debby being unpredictable, tropical weather is always unpredictable and that is why it is so fascinating to watch. They correct their errors in real time every six hours or as conditions warrant.
Stay tuned. Maybe with this storm the better graphic to look at is the Mariners 123 rule... and not the cone.
Besos Bobbi
NHC Hangs Tough.... edges cone to the right a bit...
That song stays in my mind, "Waiting for the World to Change" but this time we are waiting for the words to change from the NHC to reflect the changes in the models....however they have hung tough with their Westward Ho track....
Loop: http://www.intellicast.com/Storm/Hurricane/AtlanticSatellite.aspx?animate=true
Though they are now talking La and parts of Mississippi while Florida is getting hammered by severe weather from Tropical Storm Debby and what looks like a new possible swirl, center forming closer to the coastline.
As for me... am going to stick with the thought that Mobile Bay would be more realistic with all of the weather further to the east over Pensacola Bay and areas to the East.
Watch out for Twisters in Tampa and other areas along the West Coast of Florida. If you live to the North of Debby, stay prepared and cautious.
Massive power outages now being recorded in Florida from Debby. As I said yesterday, the financial toll will climb in Florida which is not even in the cone. Go figure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuyTcQjt5YM&feature=youtu.be <--- very good
Best discussion right now is out of Hurricane City, as Jim Williams gives a very in depth discussion in real time including discussion of severe weather warnings in Tampa happening NOW. He also put it out before the NHC gave out their much awaited 11 AM...which is gutsy and good.
Maybe after the weather associated with Debby makes landfall in NW Florida or points west, her naked center will move west ... time will tell.....
They may be right, they may be crazy.... but they are going home with the girl they brought to the dance... or they may be looking for her, hope she doesn't run off with the Canadian or they will be up a creek without a model to support their forecast.
Enjoy the song, an old boyfriend liked it a lot... fun music to enjoy while watching Debby do Florida on TWC and waiting to see if the European wants to do Nola now...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo9t5XK0FhA
They may have to change this later to correct the beginning grammatically...or not... Avila wrote it so who knows.. Usually we begin sentences with a capital letter but hey, it can't be easy to stick with the plan when the model you based it on... decides to go east on you...
Note the last sentence... they may have to change this... at any time...........
Besos Bobbi
Ps... sipping Volluto Nespresso...one sugar... will try and go easy on the caffeine after Debby has moved on...
http://www.nespresso.com/sensations/US_en
"it is a very difficult and highly uncertain forecast this morning.
Debby has been moving very slowly toward the northeast...040 at 3
knots...while the wind radii have been expanding in the eastern
semicircle. This has prompted additional tropical storm warnings
and watches for portions of the Florida coast.Debby continues to be sheared with most of the thunderstorm activity
north and east of the center. This shear is expected to continue
for the next day or so...although some decrease in the shear is
possible after that...particularly if the ECMWF verifies. The
official forecast is a little less aggressive than the previous
forecast...but remains above most of the explicit intensity
guidance.The track forecast is even more complex. The GFS insists on a track
toward the northeast as Debby becomes embedded within a large
mid-latitude trough. However...the ECMWF and the HWRF build a ridge
to the north of Debby and forecast a westward track. Given the
westward turn inherited from the previous forecast...as well as the
historical strong record of the ECMWF...the new official forecast
moves Debby initially a little bit to the northeast to reflect
current trends but then turns the cyclone back toward the west or
west-northwest in 24 to 36 hours. A majority of the GFS ensemble
members now are consistent with the deterministic run...which was
not the case yesterday...making a stronger case for the eastward
solution. We must be ready to make a change of the forecast track
at any time."
Tropical Storm Debby's "Weather" Making Landfall
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/gmex/flash-rb.html
There she goes... inland..............
.http://www.esl.lsu.edu/webpics/goes/Storm/AOI0/latest_wv_loop.gif
That GFS model and the ensemble was tossed out like yesterday's garbage by the NHC in favor of the European model.
Now seriously, considering how poor the European Union is doing these days why would you trust the European ??? Well, just saying. Even the Canadian model called this right.
I'm not going to sit here and wax poetic on an empty swirl that is naked but swirling that the NHC wants to hang onto until the new European model comes in so that they can then explain why they changed the cone just in time to say that Debby made landfall within the cone..which is currently way over to the west of where the weather is happening.
This is a prime example of why people go online to their favorite sites, blogs and chat rooms to discuss weather.
Take www.hurricanecity.com with some of the best forecasting around by Jim Williams. he has just added a link for power outage info ... as power is going out all over random parts of Florida.
Look at www.flhurricane.com and you can see the reports coming in all over the whole state of FLORIDA in real time..
Twitter tweets: https://twitter.com/BigJoeBastardi/status/216938796716011521/photo/1
This isn't the first time this has happened, happens now and then... being stubborn is not always a good trait. Understandable when you have to answer to various parameters but this whole Debby mess reminds me of Irene when they stubbornly tracked a naked swirl to Naples where Jim Cantore stood around waving his arms on the beach looking for weather while Miami was underwater and being blown apart by the "weather mass" of Irene........
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Irene_(1999)
The idea is to warn people of the WEATHER ... and you can't just pass that off to the NWS as the "weather" is part of the storm...not just a naked, closed circulation center.
Keep watching... by 2pm ...soon the NHC might update their cone... this one goes down in the record books and there will be a lot of complaining about the models but the models have been good, one was wrong...the European. It's sort of like taking the wrong girl to the prom and watching the love of your life dance away with another guy. Not pretty...
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