- Jan 28, 2013
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Smells should be the next big revolution in rides.
After 90 minutes in line, all I want is fresh air.
But seriously, olfactory theming is the next frontier. I know it's riddled with difficulties though. It's hard to disperse a fragrance where you want it and then have it dissipate. The humidity, temperature, wind, everything effects it.
Not to get off topic, but I was part of a group that tested out Tower of Terror when they were human-testing the new drop profiles for the randomizer thing they do now. The imagineers had some boxes with fragrance inside for us to smell. It smelled like burning rubber and hot metal. Really effing cool. They were going to install it in the ride, but they had cancel the installation since the Safety folks feared there would be no way to tell if there really WAS a legit mechanical problem when the whole elevator shaft constantly smells like there was a fire. :shrug: