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Adventuredome adding El Loco
Coming soon to The Adventuredome at Circus Circus Las Vegas, El Loco will be the second coaster of its kind in the United States and the sixth worldwide.
Built beneath the roof of this indoor theme park,
the S&S-built attraction will ascend 70 feet before diving over and under in a backwards motion, delivering a negative 1.5 “vertical-G.” The ride’s unique elements include a 45-degree outwardly banked turn, a greater-than-straight-down diving drop, and a 180-degree turn that races over the edge into a barrel roll. The 75-second ride
features 1,300ft of track. El Loco replaces The Adventuredome’s Rim Runner flume ride, one of the park’s original four attractions. “We are committed to reinventing The Adventuredome experience with fresh and exciting rides for new and repeat guests,” says vice- president of operations Tom Nolan. “The addition of El Loco to The Adventuredome is a significant move in our efforts to entice a new generation of rollercoaster lovers.”
adventuredome.com
Cruden recreates Lyon
...in Lyon!
Part of the Lyon race track created for the simuator
Imagine racing around the streets of Lyon in a Formula 1 race car. Now thanks to a new offering from the simulator supplier Cruden you can do the next best thing. Visitors to the French city’s I-WAY attraction can now feel the speed on a 7.9 km virtual track taking in landmarks from the French city including old Lyon and Opera, plunging passengers into the Croix Rousse tunnel and crossing the Saône and Rhône rivers several times.
Six individual simulators are featured, simulating speeds of up to 320km/h (around 200mph), in addition to six Citroën C2 cars that can be driven around a special rally cross track based around the Place Bellecour. “We devise a new experience for our customers at least once per year,” explains I-WAY general director Pierre Nicolas. “Following the success of our race track on the moon, the Lyon street track is our special attraction this year. After its first three months, 80% of our guests now want to drive it and we are attracting more interest from locals who find driving around familiar streets makes the track easier to learn.” “We create all the cars, tracks and the 3D environment for our simulators in-house,” explains Cruden commercial director Frank Kalff. “To build a virtual race track, we take data from various sources such as LIDAR/laser scans, CAD data or create the content ourselves from scratch. Then come the hours of making it look exactly right to a professional level of accuracy and image generation. And, importantly for the attractions market, we do not charge a licence fee.” Opened in 2008, I-WAY is described as the world’s first professional motion simulator centre. Last year it welcomed around 70,000 guests.
i-way-world.com Huss introduces new
AV-based ride concept Huss Park Attractions has announced the development of a new ride concept with an audiovisual component. Utilising a 12m diameter, circular gondola similar to those used on the company’s Sky Tower observation tower, the Explorer will accommodate up to 70 passengers, including wheelchair users. Outside the glass windows of the gondola, guests can see high definition projections on a 360° surround screen. Content will be unique to each installation and possible options include a sub-aqua environment, space, the eye of a storm or other spectacular scenery. In fact, it can be almost anything an operator chooses, from a calm, scenic journey to a white knuckle thrill ride. Refreshing the ride is simple and cost effective with only the media needing to be replaced. A pre-show option is also available. Huss is being tight-lipped about exact specifications of the ride, including any potential sales. This will not be the first AV-based ride experience from German ride designer, which has already produced two motion bases using hydraulic systems originally developed for its Enterprise ride. They are currently in use on Soarin’-style attractions at Ferrari World Abu Dhabi and with the OCT group in Shenzhen, China.
Following news of a new rival event last issue, Park World can now name the date and location for ScareCon 2014.
Now in its sixth fear-filled year, Europe’s original conference for the haunted attractions industry takes place at the Islington Metalworks in London on Thursday, June 20.
Delegates are promised a full programme of seminars from industry professionals, including case studies from Alton Towers’ Scarefest, Zombie Shopping Mall, Hop Farm Freak Week and more to be confirmed, plus a handful of trade stands. Whether shopping for that essential prop or looking for some help and advice on a new project, this is the place to find it.
Admission has been slashed to just £10 for 2013, or £25 for those wanting to let the hair down at the freaky dress ScareBall. Then, once the lights drop and the music stops, a small group of people will take part in The Vigil – “the ultimate overnight scare experience” – set in a genuinely haunted building.
scarecon.org 14 MARCH 2013
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