Dark Rides
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Alibaba Aur Chalis Chorr & Curse of
Salimagarh Adlabs Imagica, Mumbai
One of the more imposing attraction facades at Adlabs Imagica, India’s first theme park, is that on Alibaba Aur Chalis Chorr. This elaborate dark ride opened along with the rest of the park in March, courtesy of the Sally Corporation and Gosetto. Passengers take their seats in beautiful ride vehicles designed by Gosetto to look like a flying carpet, with shooters fashioned by Sally to resemble turn of the century flintlocks. To add to the action, the 4-seater cars rotate during the ride. A second dark ride, Curse of Salimgarh offers a more scary ride experience both in its content – which centres on dungeons, torture
Sinbad
rooms and the tale of a trapped princess – and also a special twist offered by the ride system. Passengers pass through almost 250 metres of eerie apparitions and haunted hallways until the six-seater cars make their way up a ramp to the second level, continuing until a surprising final scene where the floor seems to fall out from underneath and the vehicle drops 4m in a rapidly moving elevator. The latter feature was produced by the American rollercoaster manufacturer Premier Rides. “Recently there have been a number of popular rollercoasters with drops,” notes Sally CEO, John Wood, “however for many years now we have been dreaming of a dark ride with a drop. Salimgarh provided us with the ideal opportunity. We believe this component will add a substantial thrill to an already exciting attraction.”
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Sesame Street
Spaghetti Space Chase Universal Studios Singapore
The world's first Sesame Street dark ride opened this spring at Universal Studios Singapore, and it's unique not just because of its theme but also its ride system.
The suspended transportation was provided by Intamin and carries passengers through the attraction in rocket-themed ride vehicles as they pass by a succession of scenes that brings to life the world’s longest- running children’s television programmes with the aid of audio animatronic figures.
During the trip, Elmo accompanies riders via an onboard screen as they are taken on an outer space adventure featuring many other Sesame Street friends – and a few new ones. Kick-starting the story are the characters Macaroni the Merciless and his partners-in-crime, Zester and Shredder. Created especially for this ride, these gluttonous super villains are on a quest to steal all the spaghetti and noodles on Earth.
Floating above the ground, riders travel AUGUST 2013 35
along the route at varying speeds, encountering three inclinations during the ride to create the illusion of flying in space. The track, made of gentle zigzags, smooth ascents and descents, is connected to a freestanding steel support structure and the ride vehicles, powered by onboard motors, are fed by bus bars from above.
Intamin engineered the ride system with a moving belt in the station for continuous loading/unloading. Once inside the attraction, the vehicles travel independently and it is not possible to see the rocket in front or behind you. Increasing throughput for the park, the “moving station”, also allows passengers to embark/disembark quicker for another go!
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