Volcano Bay Construction & Preview Discussion

[bob albert]

You gotta sign a waiver for that I bet lol. I'll do it. But imagine a malfunction? Doors don't open? Hope they have a fail safe haha.

You would only have to seal it up to a certain fill point after which the water could drain out the sides. The height requirement would limit the fill amount tho.

 

[quinnmac000]

To go back to the mat racer patent, I am going to be surprised that it doesn't come around when the park opens. It makes so much sense, as it could be a prime example of using the Tapu Tapu technology in the best way.

I also missed that the mats can also be used to illuminate effects on the outside of the slide...so tapu tapu while going on it and then uses it light to show off outside designs for people standing in the queue.

 

[Mr. EPCOT]

:saywhat:

 

[quinnmac000]

Can we also talk about Uni potentially broadcasting your face while going down a mat slide across the park...I know when you enter the park, you agree to be used for marketing and advertising purposes but this sounds like a nightmare as some people make really bad facial expressions.

Another fun fact is the fact it has the ability to be made for different modes. Such as holiday, night mode, etc. Christmas lights and sounds while going down slides at VB sounds pretty awesome

Lastly it seems if the mat racer slide is implemented, Tapu Tapu is fully customized to your preferences. So you will input, your favorite name, your favorite color, sports team etc and it will utilize that to enact certain modes within the park. For the mat racer it specifically mentions that as well as uses your fave genre or music to create the soundtrack for your ride while going down which you make at the ride kiosk before boarding.

 

[mitchada04]

With the drop slides, I saw an image from the patent earlier today with an inlet pipe and then an outlet pipe just below the waist of the person. So that's your fail safe!

 

[quinnmac000]

Drop slide also can have double tanks so the panel outside the enclosure fills with water and the enclosure fills with water to give the illusion it is over your head. Also talks of projection mapping to show certain effects such as a blade coming through the enclosure light effects, and motion effects are possible with this. (That is scary if you are in the tank and it starts shaking or tilting etc).

 

[tielo]

Can we also talk about Uni potentially broadcasting your face while going down a mat slide across the park...I know when you enter the park, you agree to be used for marketing and advertising purposes but this sounds like a nightmare as some people make really bad facial expressions.

Another fun fact is the fact it has the ability to be made for different modes. Such as holiday, night mode, etc. Christmas lights and sounds while going down slides at VB sounds pretty awesome

Lastly it seems if the mat racer slide is implemented, Tapu Tapu is fully customized to your preferences. So you will input, your favorite name, your favorite color, sports team etc and it will utilize that to enact certain modes within the park. For the mat racer it specifically mentions that as well as uses your fave genre or music to create the soundtrack for your ride while going down which you make at the ride kiosk before boarding.

I know the camera is pointed at your face but how fast will we see other body parts on the screen.

 

[epcyclopedia]

And that's why rides with on ride photos have an Edit position whose job it is to delete those pics before they are shown.

 

[DragonSlayer]

"a microphone for capturing sounds from the rider" sounds... unpleasant.

 

[Scott W.]

And that's why rides with on ride photos have an Edit position whose job it is to delete those pics before they are shown.

Good old Flash Mountain.

 

[Dan B]

Morning all (UK), a few recent updates I could find:

Dan over at Midway Mayhem with a new video up and also the link to the related facebook post with plenty of photos:

Midway Mayhem - Photos | Facebook


A couple random photos:

 

[Dan B]

Continued....

And a big update from Bioreconstruct I have posted the twitter posts first so you can see all of the non aerial photos then I have embedded all of the large aerial photos as they are worth seeing as large as possible:

 

[Dan B]

Continued:

 

[Dan B]

Here are all the aerial photos worth embedding as large images:

 

[Dan B]

Continued:

And breath..... now I need half a day to have a look at all of those images closely, between Bioreconstruct and Midway Mayhem we have a great update there. Enjoy

 

[randompixel]

What tube type will Yellow Curve + Green Funnel combo be? I'm guessing Green + Blue Wall at the other end will be 4-person cloverleaf. The four slides in the middle I'm guessing are single-tube.

The high speed curve ones I've only seen toboggan style tubes on, but would they work for the green funnel? I can't see there being different tube types on one tower?

 

[Dan B]

What tube type will Yellow Curve + Green Funnel combo be? I'm guessing Green + Blue Wall at the other end will be 4-person cloverleaf. The four slides in the middle I'm guessing are single-tube.

The high speed curve ones I've only seen toboggan style tubes on, but would they work for the green funnel? I can't see there being different tube types on one tower?

I presume the high speed turns one is likely the yellow slide (orange in promotional video) currently being installed which has these tubes:

The blue and Green near the CB tower have the same tubes so I assume they will use this type on all of the large diameter slides.

 

[randompixel]

4x clover leaf. I guess that's good for capacity!

 

[UAN17]

Are softs expected for May?

Would be disappointed to miss both this and Avatar (and probably Rivers of Light!!)

 

[UK-Trigg]

Are softs expected for May?

Would be disappointed to miss both this and Avatar (and probably Rivers of Light!!)

I'm hoping for early April, probably pushing it but one can hope.