Animatronics and interactive gaming feature in the new Justice League rides
SALLY CORPORATION
JOHN WOOD CHAIRMAN AND CEO
What is your most recent dark ride? Justice League: Battle for Metropolis 4D, which opened in both Six Flags Over Texas and Six Flags St Louis in May. It features a well-
known IP – Justice League – with Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and others, pit- ted against villains like the Joker and Lex Luthor in an battle to save Metropolis. A team of specialists worked on the installation which features an Oceaneering
DOF vehicle (motion-based) and incredible animatronics, show action equipment, real fi re and 3D video by Pure Imagination. The gun and targeting system were created by Alterface and the scenery by Lexington Scenery. Our senior designer, Rich Hill, devised the concept, script, storyline and all video, in conjunction with the design group at Six Flags. It’s the fi rst mixed-media interactive dark ride on a motion-based platform in North America.
Have you made any engineering, design or manufacturing breakthroughs or advancements? The transition from all physical sets and scenery to a mixture of 3D media and physical sets and show elements is one of our important new breakthroughs. The other is the addition of the Unreal 4 game engine in our video which enhances the interactivity and game portion of the show.
Can you describe the current market? The market for dark rides has never been hotter. Partly this has been stimulated by the success of other dark rides in the industry but it’s also a natural evolution. For the past couple of decades large regional theme
Sally Corporation, based in Florida, has been creating dark rides since 1977
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The market for dark rides has never been hotter
parks have focused on thrill rides and rollercoasters. However, there’s much more a park can be than a place for thrill rides and they’re increasingly appreciating the benefi ts of our family-oriented rides.
What are you doing that other dark ride makers aren’t? Our company’s been in the dark ride business for three decades. As a result, we offer a wide spectrum of successful dark ride products. We’re a full-service company providing everything from initial concept design through project management, manufacturing and installation. No one in the industry has installed
as many dark rides for as many satisfi ed customers as Sally Corporation.
What have been the biggest changes for ride makers in recent times? The fi rst trend-setting element was ETF’s trackless ride systems that can go anywhere, point in any direction and get there at almost any speed. The next was the Oceaneering multiple degree of freedom vehicles that allow riders to move along with the movies or show action elements. When it comes to the show elements of
rides, new ideas are almost always born out of the hard work and success of the Disney or Universal creative teams. They set the high water mark for us to aim to fl oat on.
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