Lets Ride the Rides

Amusement Park MagicLets Ride the Rides

Water slides or ridesWhere is your Favorite Amusement ParkWhats Your Favorite Ride?

What makes a ride the BEST?According to theme park enthusiasts

The best theme park rides use a lot of razzle-dazzle to immerse guests in their alternate universes, but they never forget to effectively tell a story. Engaging your senses, enveloping you, and placing you at the center of the action, great attractions make you forget about the technology behind the illusions and transport you to magical places.

What makes a ride the BEST?The best ride designers know that parks are all about shared experiences.

By taking the themed journeys together, families and friends create treasured memories.

The best rides transcend the moment and become a memory you cant wait to experience again. Old FavoritesCarousels or Merry Go Rounds have been entertaining people since the early 1900s

The fanciful and elegant old machine, with its painted ponies and chariots, lights, brass poles and mirrors,

Amusement Park DesignListen to the Disney Podcast and be able to list out the 10 rules they use

InvestigateFind at least 6 different rides,

look for their history

See how much you can find out about the technology that is behind each rideExample of InvestigationEach of your 6 should look like thisSpace the final frontierBeing able to experience something that is just beyond our reach. Disney has provided just such a ride Mission: SPACE Ride

New to Epcot Mission: SPACE is a groundbreaking, awe-inspiring attraction that delivers sensations unlike any you have ever felt (unless you're an astronaut) and replicates space travel with an astonishing degree of reality. It figuratively--and literally--takes your breath away.

Lets Experience It

As the flight continues there is a simulated feeling of weightlessness.

Each member of the four people in the vehicle has a mission to accomplish during the simulated flight to Mars.

Each mission's outcome depends on how well the team performs during the flight.How does the ride rateIt transports guests to an alternate reality for a captivating, magical experience. From the moment you see the sleek facade with its metallic hues, curved lines, and the planetary orbs that line its courtyard, you're swept into the immersive attraction and its promise to launch you into orbit. How does the ride rateHere's the story: You've arrived at the International Space Training Center (ISTC) in the year 2036 (apparently, NASA and Russia's Aerospace Agency will merge in the not-too-distant future), and deep-space flight has become commonplace. Your mission is to join a team of fellow trainees, and learn how to pilot a spacecraft to Mars.

How does the ride rateThe storytelling gets a bit muddled.

Most of the time Mission: SPACE reinforces the theme that guests are recruits preparing for an earthbound training exercise; occasionally, the attraction seems to imply that trainees will actually launch into space and travel to Mars.

Mission: SPACE at a glanceAbout Guide Rating (0=Yich!, 10=Wow!): 9 Thrill Scale (0=Wimpy!, 10=Yikes!): 7.5 Sustained G-forces can be unnerving; the Simulated liftoff and flight is very realistic; the capsule is quite confining. Attraction Type: Motion simulator using centrifuge technology Height Requirements: 44 inches Putting what we learn to workCreating an Amusement Park in AliceMarty: Mickey's 10 CommandmentsDisney OnlineDisney Insider2005Speech302833.16eng - disney insider mickey 10 commandments