Flying Theatres
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partner and founder of MackMedia, Michael Mack. “A flying theatre is one of the best attractions in the world,” he tells Park World. “Moreover, it is an indoor attraction, particularly suitable for families.” This spring the German park will launch Europe's largest
flying theatre project (see page 36), featuring two I-Ride systems by Brogent Technologies and a ride film from MackMedia. Based in Taiwan, Brogent has already supplied two I-Rides in North America, Fly Over Canada in Vancouver and Fly Over America at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. A third standalone set-up called This is Holland! will open later this year in Amsterdam. Last summer Dynamic Attractions was responsible for the
ABOVE: A HEXaFLITE flying theatre in China from Simtec Systems
ride used a spherical screen combined with an open top cabin. The disadvantage of a cabin arrangement with rows behind one another is the obstructed field of view, especially downwards. Now with our HEXaFLITE system, flying is much more realistic!” One person who does not need to be convinced as to the potential of flying theatres is Europa-Park managing
LEFT: Suspended Theater concept from Falcon’s Creative and Oceaneering
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Here, in alphabetical order, are are some of the key flying theatre ride systems Park World is aware of. Apologies for any omissions.
Dynamic Flying Theatre Manufacturer: Dynamic Attractions, Canada Notable features: The original flying theatre system. 18 installations worldwide, past present and future
Flyboard Manufacturer: Dynamic Motion Rides, Austria Notable features: Not a flying theatre in the classic sense with suspended seats, rather a motion base with passengers riding in a standing/prone ride position
Flying Theatre Manufacturer: Simworx,UK/Mondial, The Netherlands Special features: Unique
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combination of movements as riders move up and down, sideways, forwards and backwards while their legs dangle below
Free Flight Manufacturer: CAVU Designwerks, Canada Upcoming installations: Macrolink Group, Changsa, China (2018)
HEXaFLITE Manufacturer: Simtec Systems, Germany Installations: Seven locations to date, eight upcoming, mostly in China
I-Ride
Manufacturer: Brogent Technologies, Taiwan Upcoming installations: Europa- Park, Germany, and Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2017); plus projects in Spain, Abu Dhabi and China TBA
Movie Base/Movie Base XS
Manufacturer: Huss Park Attractions, Germany Upcoming installations: Dream Island, Moscow (coming in 2018, in partnership with Kraftwerk Living Technologies)
SkyRide 6-DV Manufacturer: SimEx-Iwerks, Canada
Installations: Enchanted Kingdom, the Philippines (see page 34)
Suspended Theater Manufacturer: Falcon's Creative Group/Oceaneering, USA Special features: Big 'reveal' as theatre roof is ripped away to reveal screen
The Flyer Manufacturer: Triotech, Canada Upcoming installations: Pier 39, San Francisco and Chinese location TBC (both 2017)
ride system behind Wings Over Washington, targeted at tourists at Pier 57 in Seattle, and the first of what the firm hopes will become several standalone flying theatre facilities. This December, Dynamic launched three new flying theatres in theme parks, namely Extraordinary Journey at Futuroscope in France, Krrish: Hero's Flight at Bollywood Parks Dubai and and FlyVenture at Lotte World in Seoul, South Korea. Stefan Rothaug at Brogent believes the reason some park operators have been slow to embrace flying theatres until now is because “high budget media-based attractions still have to prove themselves as profitable investments. Most investors prefer to stick with proven products like rollercoasters when they do e-ticket investments.” Brogent's partnership with the Vekoma Rides
Manufacturing should help the Taiwanese firm reach more of those park clients, just as Mondial's agreement to supply part of the structure for Simworx's new Flying Theatre should increase the Dutch company's exposure to buyers other than parks and showmen, its traditional customer base. Other companies supplying flying theatres include Huss
Park Attractions with its Movie Base XS, Triotech with The Flyer, SimEx-Iwerks with SkyRide 6-DV (see page 34), CAVU Designwerks with Free Flight, and Falcon's Creative Group and Oceaneering, who have teamed up to market the Suspended Theater – see details elsewhere on this page.
In part two of this feature we will examine the marketing potential of flying theatres, the importance of getting the right marriage of ride system, film and AV, plus examine what kind of ride films work best. Read the piece in full at
parkworld-online.com/flywithme
ABOVE: An interesting perspective of Studio City Macau’s Dynamic Flying Theatre, courtesy of Kraftwerk Living Technologies
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