Name That Attraction
Riders take a boat past singing dolls representing countries around the world on this Disney attraction.
What is “it’s a small world”?
This force pulls a coaster downhill after it crests a lift hill.
What is gravity?
A robotic character designed to move and perform in an attraction is commonly called this.
What is an animatronic?
The acronym CAD stands for this.
What is computer-aided design?
In Toy Story, Buzz Lightyear’s signature catchphrase begins “To infinity…” and ends with these two words.
What is “and beyond”?
Guests board a “Doom Buggy” to tour this spooky Disney attraction.
What is the Haunted Mansion?
As a coaster descends, gravitational potential energy converts primarily into this energy of motion.
What is kinetic energy?
Designers use this term for the overall story, setting, and visual identity tying an attraction together.
What is theming?
This mechanical component supports a rotating shaft while reducing friction.
What is a bearing?
This green ogre’s swamp gets overrun by fairy-tale creatures in his first movie.
Who is Shrek?
This train transports Universal Orlando guests between Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley.
What is the Hogwarts Express?
Enthusiasts use this term for the sensation of lifting out of their seat during low or negative apparent weight.
What is airtime?
By making upper floors and windows progressively smaller, designers use this technique to make a building appear taller.
What is forced perspective?
In a CAD assembly, this mate places the axes of two cylindrical surfaces on the same line.
What is a concentric mate?
In Finding Nemo, Dory famously repeats this three-word piece of advice.
What is “Just keep swimming”?
Named for a famous European mountain, this Disneyland attraction became the world’s first tubular steel roller coaster in 1959.
What is Matterhorn Bobsleds?
At the same speed, cutting a turn’s radius in half changes its centripetal acceleration by this factor.
What is two—it doubles?
This theatrical illusion uses reflections from an angled transparent surface to make a ghostly figure appear in a scene.
What is Pepper’s Ghost?
This manufacturing process creates a three-dimensional object by adding material layer by layer.
What is additive manufacturing? (3D printing works too)
In Monsters, Inc., this is the numerical code shouted when a human sock is discovered on George Sanderson.
What is 2319?
In the original Jurassic Park film, this fictional company creates the park’s cloned dinosaurs.
What is InGen?
Ignoring friction and air resistance, a coaster released from rest drops 20 meters. To the nearest whole number, its speed is this many meters per second. Use g = 9.8 m/s^2
What is 20 m/s? (19.8 m/s work too)
This design term describes a guest’s line of vision, which designers manage to reveal scenery and conceal backstage areas.
What is a sightline?
A freely moving rigid body in three-dimensional space has this many degrees of freedom.
What is six? (Three translations and three rotations.)
In The Emperor’s New Groove, this is the name of the squirrel who clashes with Kuzco and speaks with Kronk.
Who is Bucky?